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I decided to play this. I downloaded it from its home page but<\/a> the game has been updated<\/strong>. Here are my  notes, which talks a bit about version control but also includes some hints. For more, including the play hints, see below\/overleaf.
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Install<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Maerdin has updated the module, I need to apply the update to my game, now done and remove my mirrors. The update is hosted on its home page<\/a>. I initially made a zip file and hosted it on my google share, this is no longer useful and so I have amended this index entry i.e. I now longer point at it. Detailed install instructions are held in the .pdf  Read Me<\/a>., which itself is deprecated, there is now a .doc version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yup! Fights are hard, but here’s my party about to leave “Drawn Swords”. (I) am a fighter\/magic-user, trying to recreate my first ever character.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Walkthrough, Notes & Hints<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I found a partial walkthrough at Lilura’s blog<\/a>, and a further review at Belariad’s blog<\/a>, which reinforces the positive comments on its beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She offers the following advice, “Set Puppet mode to ON<\/b> and set Party AI to OFF<\/b>. This gives you full control of what your companions do in combat.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another of her pieces of advice is to stock up, she talks of healing kits, and arrows. I’d add acid vials, spells and flame spells, the trolls implement the rule that unless scorched by acid or flame, they regenerate. Nasty. Don’t sell the great sword that does fire damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This needs some study, both for Trolls and Treants, both spell casters need to maximise their fire damage, and probably have their AI turned off so they only cast it when the Trolls are vulnerable<\/acronym>. I have been watching Critical Role and note that they change their spell caster’s spell books to optimise for specific enemies, undead, drow, daemons etc. Perhaps I need to do this, my normal style is to select the most damage dealing spells available to me irrespective of damage type. (This may no longer work as well as I’d have hoped).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other spells required are buffs, for instance, the wyverns have no specific vulnerabilities, you just have to keep standing and smashing until they die, I need to concentrate on increasing armour class (or dex) and the to hit<\/em> score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also believe you are punished for sleeping too much, this is tough, especially for spell casters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s some frustratingly odd stuff, the side quests offer significant and useful treasures, these side quests include the Backland Barrow, (Lilandra’s walk-through explains this<\/acronym>), as does the pop-up below, and the Dryad’s Fire<\/a>, in the Northdark Woods (North) which has a frustrating moral dilemma, only the violent route yields the loot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Backland Barrow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n