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3. > > > > Chapter 3: The Guild War
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Exposition:
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When the party has gained over 15,000 gold, while in the city, you will
be confronted by two interested parties. The first, a thief named Valen,
tells you to meet her mistress in the Graveyard. This is the evil track.
The second, Brus -- whom we met before -- tells you to go back to Gaelan.

There are many other examples of the guild war. At night throughout the
city you will see thieves and vampires conversing, attacking and whatnot.
Sansuki, a thief, will beg you for aid. You can fight off his vampire
enemies to get 8500 experience (plus what the vampires are worth). There
are other fights as well, and you can get involved in them if you wish.

The next two sections are mutually exclusive. If you work for the Shadow
Thieves, you CAN'T work for Bodhi and vice versa.

Once you pay your money you start Chapter 3 and get to watch as Jon
Irenicus breaks free of the Cowled Wizards prison. Spiffy.


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3.1 > > > > Working for the Shadow Thieves
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Walkthrough:
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- TALK TO ARAN LINVAIL

Once you have paid your 15,000 gold to Gaelan, he gives you a key and
tells you to go talk with Aran Linvail, the TRUE power behind the Shadow
Thieves. (Renal Bloodscalp is for tourists) Head over to the Docks and
enter the Shadow Thieves guild from the main door.

Open the northeastern door to reach the back room. There search the
wall to find the Secret Door (which is locked with the key Gaelan sold
you). (x 1375 y 330) Go down the stairs here.

Note: If you lost the key, the item code to create it is: misc4s

Welcome to the TRUE Shadow Thieves Guild. On this level you will find
all sorts of crazy things. Thieves training with all manner of objects,
spells, and whatnot. We don't need to get involved in any of that
(although it is quite interesting, and has a few items to boot), so just
open up the secret door (x 1560 y 1800). Go down this hallway all the
way until you reach Aran's room. Talk with him and agree to help him
beat the other guild. In exchange he gives you some items:

Amulet of Power (5% magic res., reduces casting time)
Ring of Protection +2

- JOB 1: HELP MOOK AT THE DOCKS

Wait until nightfall and head down to where the ships are loaded where
you will find the thief, Mook. (x 1700 y 3625) Talk to her to get things
rolling. She has seen some guy wandering around looking suspicious.
Soon the guy shows up and she goes up to talk to him. Soon he kills her,
and you must fight him. When you get him beat, he turns to mist and
floats away. You will have to deal with Lassal again later.

Return to Aran Linvail, and tell him what transpired. He gives everyone
in your party 28,500 experience and another job.

- JOB 2: PREVENT MORE THIEVES FROM LEAVING

Aran tells you that several of his thieves are suspected of wanting to
leave the guild. You are to meet with these thieves on the second floor
of the Five Flagons Inn in the Bridge District where they are to meet
with their contact from the rival guild. You will find these thieves
in the second room on the left.

Pretend to be on their side (like you are switching as well), then when
they ask you who you are there to see, turn the tables on them and
accuse them of spying on you. (3,3,1) They accidentally reveal the
name of their contact to be Gracen before attacking you.

Then wait for the Guild Contact to arrive. He asks what is going on.
Reply with 4) Nothing, Gracen... and he thinks that you are they. He
tells you to meet under the graveyard, past the big blue doors. Then
kill the Contact as he is of no more use to you (plus whatever you say
leads to him attacking you). Return to Aran.

Report to him what has happened and everyone gets 28,500 experience.
Oh, and he has one last job for you.

- JOB 3: CLEAR OUT THE VAMPIRE NEST

He wants you to go underneath the Graveyard, and clear out the vampires.
In order to get the big doors open, he will be sending a mage to assist.
He also gives you a lot of wooden stakes with which to kill the vampires.

When you're ready, head on out to the Graveyard and go down into the
crypts (x 650 y 1820). Now we need to go to the top crypts to find our
mage who will have his Golem open the big doors for us (x 1725 y 1475).
Be prepared for a battle with vampires.

Lassal soon appears, taunts you and vanishes. He sets his Grimwarders
to attack you. They are like invisible skeletons. (4000 exp) The mage
always manages to get himself killed here. Oh well. Forward!

Take a left (x 1000 y 950) after Lassal taunts you again. Here you will
fight your first vampire, Gellal (14,500 exp). Notice how it turns to
mist. That means that you haven't actually KILLED him, simply destroyed
his current form. Follow this passage left, then down. Enter the first
room on the left and kill the Clay Golem. There are three coffins in
here, one of which is now occupied by Gellal (x 340 y 1360). Notice how
the mouse turns to the sword icon? Go up to the coffin and Stake the
Vampire (9000 exp). Every time you kill a vampire with a Name, come back
here to finish it off. If you need more stakes, you can find a pair in
the room to the south.

Open the big obvious secret door (x 450 y 1250). Within this room are a
Greater Ghoul, a Fledgling Vampire and another Vampire named Durst. When
Durst is dead, go back to the previous room to Stake him. (9000 exp)
Search the pool of blood (click it twice) to get: (x 400 y 700)

Mace of Disruption +1 (kills undead, can be upgraded with Illithium)

Open the right wall to return to the main room. (x 700 y 750) Go now
right in the bottom passage (x 1630 y 715) until you bump into a few more
vampires. One of them, Tanova, casts spells and such. (10,000 exp) And
despite having a "name" when you kill her she doesn't retreat to a
coffin. Further to the right is a Spiked Room. Don't go here yet as
there is nothing to see. Now go down the stairs (x 1550 y 565).

Follow this Ghoul filled passageway to the door. This brings up a battle
with 3 vampires and 4 Grimwarders. Nothing tough. If you have trouble
with it, stay within the passage and fight the monsters one at a time as
they come through the door (doesn't work on the archers).

In the left room you will find a trapped chest of treasure (x 1040 y 200)

Ashen Scale (AC 2)
Katana +2

In the right room you will find Lassal. He taunts you and tells you to
meet him upstairs in the bladed room. Go upstairs and follow his
instructions. You will find him at the top right of the bladed room.
Kill him (11,500 exp).

Return to the room of coffins and Stake Lassal (9000 exp). With that
done, Bodhi appears. She talks to you for a LOOOONG time about the
Shadow Thieves (she says you can't trust them), Imoen (who escaped your
notice) and Irenicus. Then, of course, you do battle. She soon flees
(18,750 exp) leaving you to wonder about things.

Keep a Stake around, you'll need at least one for later.

- TO SPELLHOLD

Return to Aran Linvail and talk to him. He has a lot of explaining to
do! For this everyone in the party gets 50,000 experience points. He
explains how the Shadow Thieves found Irenicus and whatnot. Then
he has a plan to rescue Imoen. You will sail to the island where the
Asylum called Spellhold is located. There you can formulate a plan to
break in and steal Imoen out. When you are ready, take his offer of a
ship to Spellhold. But, be warned, you won't be coming back to Athkatla
for a VERY long time!

This is continued in the Spellhold Section.


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Walkthrough:
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- MEET WITH BODHI

You cannot do this once you have joined with the Shadow Thieves.
Conversely if you join here you won't be able to join the Shadow Thieves.
Also, if the main character is a Thief, then Bodhi won't offer you a job
at all. Finally, if you attacked any of the vampires at night, she won't
appear.

Once you have the 15,000 gold, merely go to the Graveyard at night to
meet with Bodhi, the leader of the "rival guild." Then meet with Bodhi.
She knows much about you and your situation. If you want, give her the
money and she gives you a room in her crypt to rest in if you want. You
are also given a job. Everyone in the party gains 36,750 experience.

- JOB 1: DISRUPT THE SHIPMENT AT THE DOCKS

The first job is the reverse of what you would do with Aran, namely,
disrupt the Shadow Thief shipment and take the cargo back to Bodhi. Go
to the Docks district. Careful, as every Shadow Thief is now your enemy.
Go to the southwest of this area, to the shipyards. (x 1850 y 3615)
Kill the thieves and then search them for treasure:

Shipment (needed for Bodhi)
Rifthome Axe +3 (throwing axe, returns to sender)
Short Sword +2

Return with the shipment to Bodhi. You'll find her in the crypt, main
hall. Give her the item and everyone in the party gets 28,500 exp.

- JOB 2: PICK YOUR TASK

Bodhi takes the shipment and has a choice of two jobs for you, a "noble"
task and a "not so noble" task. You must pick one as you can't do both.

Good: Rescue Palern Flynn from the Shadow Thieves. One of the Shadow
Thieves turned traitor, but was captured and is currently being
interrogated. You must break into the Shadow Thieves compound,
go to the second floor and rescue Palern. You have about one day
to complete this before he is killed.

Go to the Docks. This is easiest done by going in the side door
on the Shadow Thieves building (x 1000 y 1200) as this leads
directly to the second floor. Clear out the thieves on this level
and then talk to Palern to free him. There are also some minor
treasures on this level.

Return to Bodhi for 28,500 experience for everyone and another
job. (If Palern was killed, you get no experience)

Bad: Kill Senior Armagaran Vulova and implicate the Shadow Thieves.
Bodhi wants you to kill a member of the government and set the
blame to fall on the Shadow Thieves. She gives you a Cloak and a
Dagger for you to place in Vulova's fountain once the deed is
done. Oh, and if you have Good aligned players, they will
complain vociferously about this. Head out to the Government
District.

You will find Vulova's Estate at the very top of the map here
(x 2400 y 133). Walk towards him and he'll automatically talk to
you. You can tell him to just die, at which point you have to
fight his goons. Once he is dead, place the Cloak and Dagger in
his fountain. If you let him live you will not get experience
from Bodhi later.

Return to Bodhi for another 28,500 experience for all party
members and one last job. (and again if you didn't kill Vulova,
you get no experience)

- JOB 3: KILL ARAN LINVAIL

Your final job for Bodhi is to assassinate the secret leader of the
Shadow Thieves, Aran Linvail. You will first need to get the key from
Gaelan, so go back to the Slums. Gaelan's house is just to the left of
Jan Jansen's tower (x 3140 y 1170). Kill Gaelan and take his key. (He
has several other magical weapons, etc.)

Go now to the Docks. Enter the Shadow Thieves Guild from the front
entrance, kill everyone here and loot what you can. Then open the
northeast door and enter this small room. Search for the secret door on
the northeast wall (x 1380 y 330). Open it and go in.

After another battle with thieves here, you will find Tizzak (a member of
Bodhi's guild) just past a door down and right (x 1333 y 2220). He asks
you to kill the torturer to get his key. Go right to find the torturer.
Kill Booter and take his key. Return to Tizzak and free him. He tells
you how to get to Aran. Aran's lair is protected by two magical doors.
The first is opened via a button, while the second requires a key. You
can probably find that key on Haz, Aran's right hand man.

Go up the northwest passage (x 1100 y 1600). At the fork, turn right and
go up. Make your way across this bridge, through the enemies until you
reach the room with the false buildings. Beware of traps in here, they
will Maze you. Head up the northeast passage. This will be heavily
trapped. Here you will find a big red glowing button (x 3550 y 300).
Push it to open the first door.

Back to the false building room, then take the southeast passage. (Beware
of traps and orcs) This leads to a couple of doors, go through those and
up the next passage. Past this passage is a room that contains Haz the
mage. (x 3820 y 1175) Kill Haz and his goons to get the key to Aran's
lair. Go all the way back to where we first entered this level. (x 1333
y 2220) On the way back I was ambushed by Dedral and some Shadow Thieves
(10,000 exp).

Open the secret door on the northeastern wall (x 1550 y 1800). Go all
the way down this passage, through the orcs and elementals through the
first door (which we opened with the button) to the second door (which
you can open with the key). Open it to find Aran Linvail, the
Shadowmaster. Aran has many Shadow Thieves with him, including Mages and
Priests.

Aran Linvail - 17,000 experience
Elven Chainmail +1
Amulet of Power (5% magic res., -1 casting time)
Ring of Protection +2
Short Sword +2
Light Crossbow +2

Also search his chest (x 4500 y 1930) to find more interesting treasures:

Ring of Djinni Summoning
Katana +2

We're done here, head back to Bodhi.

- TO SPELLHOLD

She explains that while you want to help Imoen, she wants to get Irenicus
and access his knowledge. She admits that they are related, and that
what he was attempting to do with you was to free your power. She has
arranged a transport for you to the Spellhold Island, aboard a ship.
Whenever you are ready, tell her you want to go to the island. Careful,
you won't be coming back for a long, long time.


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Exposition:
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First thing we get to see what Irenicus has been up to all this time,
testing various things on Imoen (and that also explains why Bodhi captured
all those Shadow Thieves). Then you are taken across the sea to the town
of Brynnlaw, which is a stone's throw away from the Asylum Spellhold.

If you followed the Shadow Thieves, then Sime will say that she doesn't
trust Saemon, your captain. He does seem suspicious...

If you followed Bodhi, then Bodhi will have Saemon show you around town
before vanishing into the night. Saemon tells you to seek the tavern,
before ending his tour. He isn't very motivated.

Walkthrough:
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- FIND INFORMATION

Once off the Shadow Thieves ship, Saemon turns traitor and has some
Vampires attack you, before vanishing himself. Fight off the three
vampires and Sime will talk to you. She recommends talking to Sanik in
the tavern to discover an entrance to Spellhold.

If you got off Bodhi's Ship, Saemon merely waits by his ship. He also
recommends talking to Sanik in the tavern to gain entrance to Spellhold.

Head out to the Vulgar Monkey Tavern. It is up one level (seeing as the
city is built on several terraced levels), about in the center of the
map (x 2000 y 1550). You will find Sanik inside, he is dressed as a
green mage. Talk with him. He begins telling you some stuff, but is
quickly assassinated in the name of Guildmistress Galvena. The innkeeper
will then talk with you. He provides some details on the situation,
telling you that Sanik's bride likely knows a way into Spellhold, but
that she would be currently held by Galvena. This would require getting
into the Guild, one way or the other.

- GALVENA'S GUILD

We can now enter the Guild (x 1080 y 1485) on the first level of town.
However, talk to one of the Courtesan's just outside the guild and get
them to take you inside (which may require that you buy their services
for 100 gold). Once inside, tell the courtesan that you are there to
rescue Claire and they should leave you alone.

Leave that room. You are in the main hallway, go leftwards. Kill the
guards (one has a Halberd +2). Enter the room to the right of the guards
(x 345 y 195), and search the wardrobe in the back to find Galvena's Key.
Go back to the hall, and enter the last door.

Search the jail until you find Galvena. Tell her that her evil ways are
over, then kill her. (4000 exp) She also has her mage, Vadek, with her
(8000 exp) and they have some minor magical treasures.

Alternatively: When talking to the Courtesans in front of Lady
(from Galvena's Festhall, offer to pay to pry information
Willis Su) about Claire. You can complain about the high fee that
he/she charges you (200 gold!!) and the courtesan will
tell you what you need to know (reputation/charisma
influence?). You will find that the courtesans are
sympathetic to Claire. Offer to kill Galvena to free
the courtesans will also bring you into the Festhall.
Also ask how you might move about the Festhall secretly
without alarming people, and the courtesans will tell
you to obtain a guild pin that all courtesan masters
wear. The Ginia quest can now be completed like it
should.

Talk to the courtesan again and he/she will offer to
take you in (that or you can offer to go in on your own
with the medallion). Once inside, the courtesan offers
you a sleeping potion that you can take to the cooks.
Before heading into the kitchen, the guards will stop
you, and now you can bluff them with your medallion.
Convince Ellie in the kitchen to help you save Claire,
and the courtesan in the kitchen will volunteer to slip
the drugged ale to the guards. In return you have to
promise to rid them of Galvena. Follow the courtesan
to drug the guards. 4,000 exp after they are all
drugged. The Galvena Quest can now be completed as
usual. When Galvena is killed, go back and talk to
Ellie and every one in the party will receive 2,250
exp. There is a bug here, and if you keep talking to
Ellie, you can keep on racking in the 2,250 exp. And
since the guards are drugged, you can finish them off
at your leisure without a nasty fight.

- PERTH THE ADEPT

Talk to Claire and she'll agree to take you to see Golin who may know
how to get into the Asylum. (10,000 exp) Golin thanks you and will even
give you 22 gold (2000 exp). He mentions that only 2 types of people can
enter Spellhold, Cowled Wizards and Magical Deviants. There is one
crazy Cowled Wizard living in town, Perth the Adept who may have a way
in. You can also have the Pirate Captain throw you in there if you
prove to be unstable enough.

The best option is to go find Perth and take his wardstone. You will
find Perth's house at the top of the city (x 3000 y 1200). Perth is
apparently being Dominated by Irenicus as he wants to "test your limits."
Interestingly, Yoshimo tells him that there will no testing with Yoshimo
around, and Perth calls that inconsequential. Hmmm...

Perth - 20,000 experience
Wardstone for the Asylum
Book of Infinite Spells

We can now go to Spellhold (x 3500 y 2).

- PIRATE KING

Alternatively you can go seek the Aid of the Pirate King. Head up to
the pirate king's house, and talk to his door guard (x 1115 y 665). Tell
him that Golin sent you and he'll open the door to the house. You get
38,500 exp for convincing him that you are crazy. And there is no reason
that you can't get Perth's experience then have the Pirate King commit
you. Having trouble convincing him that you're crazy? Let Minsc at him!

SPOILERS

Keeping Yoshimo Note: (from Accord)

"If you really want to keep Yoshi, have him in your party, then before
you enter the Spellhold, go inside an inn (or any building), put him
near the doorway and drop him from the party (and tell him to wait for
you). Once you finished the whole Spellhold drama, head back to where
you drop Yoshi off, as soon as you walk into the inn (or whatever
building he is in), PAUSE the game and command your character to talk
to him. When you talk to him, talk him back into the party. When the
conversation ends and Yoshi is in your party, he will die from the
geas. Just take him to a temple or resurrect him and he is as good as
new."

Note: Yoshimo cannot be taken to Brynnlaw in order for this to work.

"Nerfing" Yoshimo Note: (from Xar)

Since you know when he will betray you, dual him into a mage just
before going through the door. When he reappears with Irenicus he will
be nearly completely useless.

END SPOILERS

Quests:
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QUEST: Liberate Ginia the Courtesan

Ginia - Brynnlaw (AR 1600, x 3450 y 1700)
Chremy - Brynnlaw (AR 1600, x 1820 y 1450)
Calahan - Brynnlaw (AR 1600, x 1590 y 1740)

At the top right of the city you will meet a woman named Ginia who
was recently forced into prostitution. Instead, she tries begging
instead and says that she has done the deed. Ask her what the
trouble is. You see, Chremy holds her brother captive, and as long
as he does, she is forced to gather money for him. Agree to help.

You will find Chremy to the left of her. Talk to him. He doesn't
see reason (did you think that he would?), forcing you to kill him.
Interestingly, he has Galvena's Medallion on him, which you could
use to get into Galvena's Guildhall if you wanted. Now we have to
smuggle Ginia out of town. Drop down another level and find
Calahan, the Smuggler.

Talk to Calahan and ask him to get Ginia out of town. For 200 gold
he will smuggle them out to Ulgoth's Beard for you. (2000 exp)
Return to Ginia and tell her the good news (9000 exp).

QUEST: Ason the Little Thief

Ason - Brynnlaw (AR 1600, x 560 y 1170)

In the western part of the city, a young boy will approach you and
swipe 10 gold off of you. He mentions that if he doesn't steal
from you then someone will hit him. This is related to the above
quest about Ginia (Ason is her brother).

OTHER: Pirates

This town is crawling in Pirates. Some will attack you, others
will attack each other. None of them have any good treasures.

OTHER: Priestess of Umberlee

Temple of Umberlee - Brynnlaw (AR 1600, x 2530 y 1600)

Within Brynnlaw there is a temple to the goddess Umberlee. Makes
sense as Umberlee rules the waves. Anyway, you can buy several
interesting objects from her, like a Girdle of Bluntness, but you
can also kill her for no loss of reputation and 14,000 exp.


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Exposition:
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As there are two ways into Spellhold, there are two places you can end up.
If you simply walked to the Asylum using Perth's Wardstone, you must enter
the Asylum on your own. In that case you enter through the front doors.
(x 625 y 1050)

If you asked the Pirate King to have you committed you will find yourself
already inside one of the cell's in the Asylum. However, you won't stay
there long, as soon enough Irenicus teleports in. You can talk to each
of the inmates several times, and some give you items (gems and worthless
scrolls).

If Yoshimo is in your party, he turns traitor. Turns out that he was
working for Irenicus the entire time. Not that he was actually doing
anything to hamper your efforts, but still. Whether he was in your party
or not, the results are the same.

You are drugged and put to sleep, when you awaken you are in the tube...

Walkthrough:
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- THE (ALMOST) FINAL DREAM

Remember the three dreams that you had in chapters 2 and 3? Well now is
the time for the (near) Final Dream, and this time you are given control.
After listening to Imoen we're on our way. First thing first, go through
the gate to enter the castle (this is the Dream Candlekeep, and if you
didn't play the first Baldur's Gate, Candlekeep is where that game
started).

If you don't want to lose a stat, see the Alternatively below.

You will find a Demon barring your way. He wants you to make a sacrifice
to enter. What will you sacrifice?

Your mind -1 INT
Your Health -1 CON
Your agility -1 DEX
Your wits -1 WIS

Give up whatever you can afford to give up (fighters should drop Wisdom
or Intelligence, mages Constitution, etc. Try not to give up Dexterity
whatever class you are). You lose whatever you chose to lose, and can
then enter the castle (x 2000 y 1500). Go to the back of this room to
find the dream Imoen. She tells you to "lead the beast here." Sounds
easy enough. Leave the castle.

Go left to find Bhaal (about x 1000 y 1800). Talk to him and get him to
chase you. Now return to the castle, go in and go to Imoen. Don't worry
Bhaal will follow you. Imoen then says she will make it vulnerable.
Attack. Once defeated Bhaal gets irritated.

Alternatively: (from K.C.)

The demon has to take it away from you; you don't simply lose it.
Therefore if the demon never has time to take away your stat you'll
never lose it. Fight Bhaal outside and weaken him to near death
status. Lure him over to the door and talk to the demon just as he's
about to catch up. Choose any stat to sacrifice (it doesn't matter
which). Quickly do a fake-talk as soon as the conversation ends and
use the time to run inside. If you're quick enough you won't lose the
stat. Now when you talk to Imoen the dream will come to an abrupt end
and you'll be transported out of the area without losing anything.

SPOILER: The Imoen in your dream is actually your own soul taken form
to help you out. This is why the dream ends with "Imoen"
screaming... your soul has just been sucked out of you.


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Exposition:
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Bodhi was given the task of killing you, and instead she dumped you in a
maze to play with you some more. She says that she will give you time to
escape and stop Irenicus from his evil plans...

Also you can pick up Imoen again (and you really should, she IS your
sister). I assume that Yoshimo turned traitor to make room for Imoen to
return to your party. If you talk to Imoen, but don't take her with you,
she simply heads back to the surface, where you could get her later.

Due to the nature of this maze, all the optional items (the riddles and
the portal) have been integrated into the walkthrough. This is just for
convenience sake.

Walkthrough:
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- EXPLORE THE MAZE

Ok, we are in a big evil maze, and need to find the way out. Don't be
afraid to rest. Sure, Bodhi said you are on a clock but she is an evil
vampire who can't be trusted. Go down the southwest passage, kill
whatever is there (for me it was Umber Hulks and Minotaurs) to find the
big statue head (x 750 y 2100). He asks you to find the Builder's Hand.
Also you can search a pot near him for some spells. Back to the
beginning.

There are now three directions we can travel: Northeast, Northwest and
Southeast. (we've been southwest) Go up the northeast passage first,
(x 2170 y 1200). There is a door dead ahead, open it. Kill the Clay
Golem within. Then you can search for treasure (trapped!):

Bag of Holding (container that holds a lot)
Opal Stone (keep this, it's a key, not a gem)
Rogue Stone (useful if you want to go in that one Bridge door)
Spells - Prismatic Spray (Mage)
Arrows (etc.)

If you go left from this room, it goes up to a corridor with a big nasty
trap that squishes anyone who enters it. So avoid that.

Go back to the start, then go up the northwest passage (x 1300 y 1210)
and open the door to the right (x 1350 y 960). Kill whatever is in here
(Gibberlings). Search the 2 containers in here:

Ruby Stone (keep it)
Spear +3
Magical Arrows (etc.)

- RIDDLES

Head west to the next room (x 760 y 1075) and go in. Welcome to the
riddle room! In the center is a chest full of bizarre riddly objects.
These objects are then placed in the arms of the statue that they solve
the riddle for. Starting from just left of the door and going around,
the riddles are:

Riddle: Answering Object:
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At night I come without being fetched, at Star Medallion
day I am gone without being stolen.

No beginning. No end. I am a symbol of the Golden Circlet
world's cycles.

Two brothers we are, great burdens we bear, Worn Out Boots
all day we are bitterly pressed; Yet this I will
say - we are full all the day, and empty when
we go to rest.

Here, in this place, you swallow me. Yet, were I Jar of Water
more, I could swallow you.

I have seen the mountains rise. I have seen the Sundial
fall of Netheril. You shall die but still shall I
march on.

To those within the dungeon I am joy. To those Sun Medallion
fully beneath my gaze, I can be Hell.

I will save your life but yet can you die by me. I Sword Medallion
will settle disputes yet not with words.

Name me and so shall you break me. Gagged Man

Always do I tell the truth, yet cannot speak. Look Mirror
to me and see what really is.

I have two heads but one body. The more I stand Hourglass
still, the faster I run.

Try to defeat me but try in vain. When I win I Grinning Skull
end your pain.

Complete all the riddles to get 20,000 experience. Then search the
center chest again to find:

Sapphire Stone (keep it)
Dusty Rose Ioun Stone

Open the next door (x 875 y 915), and then open the next door to the
right (x 1033 y 700). This is the second riddle room. Go up and click
each of the faces twice to be teleported into the center. There you will
be asked a riddle. Get it right and you are rewarded, get it wrong and
you are punished. There are 12 faces and 12 corresponding riddles:

Riddle: Answer:
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Lighter than what I am made of, more of me is Ice
hidden than is seen, I am the bane of the mariner,
a tooth within the sea. Speak my name.

A spirited jig it dances bright, banishing all Fire
but darkest night. Give it food and it will live;
give it water and it will die.

The man who invented it, doesn't want it for himself. A Coffin
The man who bought it, doesn't need it for himself. The
man who needs it, doesn't know it when he needs it.

The life I lead is mere hours or less, I serve all my A Candle
time by being consumed. I am quickest when thin, slowest
when fat, and wind is the bane of the gift that I bring.

The more that there is, the less that you see. Squint Darkness
all you wish when surrounded by me.

They come to witness the night without being called, Stars
a sailor's guide and a poet's tears. They are lost to
sight each day without the hand of a thief.

They follow and lead, but only as you pass. Dress Shadows
yourself in darkest black, and they are darker still.
Always they flee the light, though without the sun
there would be none.

I have holes throughout, from back to front and top A Sponge
to bottom to core. More nothing than something within,
and yet I still hold water.

I am free for the taking through all of your life, Breath
though given but once at birth. I am less than nothing
in weight, but will fell the strongest of you if held.

Alive as you but without breath, as cold in my life as Fish
in my death; never a thirst though I always drink,
dressed in a mail but never a clink.

Of all your possessions, I am the hardest to guard. If A Secret
you have me, you will want to share me. If you share me,
you no longer have me.

I can have no color, though there may be darkness A Hole
within. I have no weight and hold nothing, and if placed
in a container it becomes all the lighter.

When all 12 riddles are answered, then everyone gets 5000 experience
points and you receive:

Ring of Regeneration (regenerate 1 HP every 6 seconds)

- THE PORTAL

Go back to the previous passage, and open the other door (x 750 y 800).
Fight the monsters in here (Rakshasa and Mephits). Past them is a big
portal. Remember those gems that we gathered that I told you not to
put in your gem bag? (Opal Stone, Sapphire Stone and Ruby Stone) They
are the key to this portal. Click the portal once and a Greater Wolfwere
appears, twice and a Demon appears, three times and a Djinni appears and
gives you:

Doomplate +3 (Plate Mail AC 0)

We are done here, so go back to the start, then take the southeast
passage to the next level (x 2100 y 1800).

- LEVEL TWO (AR 1513)

We start in a room. That is ordinary enough. Just ahead, the room
narrows quite suspiciously. When someone goes through that narrow, a
gate shuts and lots of Umber Hulks appear in this room and the next.
Which means that your party will probably be split in two for this
battle. To avoid this fate, I sent out a Wizard Eye to scout out the
area, it triggered the gate and left my entire party on one side. You
can also have a thief pick the lock on the gate to open it. One "Death
Spell" will clear this room out.

Prepare yourself for a big battle with a Lich. Wander down the passage
to the first door (x 2100 y 1800) and go in it. Here you will find the
aforementioned Lich and his undead buddies (Greater Mummies and Skeletal
Warriors). With Protective Spells active, you shouldn't lose any people
(or if you do, you shouldn't lose too many). Keep the Liches defenses
down by Breaching, Piercing Magic, etc. Also make sure you have good
undead fighting weapons equipped (Daystar, Mace of Disruption, etc.)
Liches are worth 22,000 experience. After the battle you can search the
pots here for some minor treasures (Cleric's Staff +3, etc.).

Enter the room right here, and search it for treasure. (spells and gold
mostly, as well as some arrows)

Head further down the passage, it turns to the west. Follow it to the
door (x 1050 y 2070). Open it to find Dace, a vampire. This ends in a
battle. Kill him and he retreats to his coffin. Then you stake him to
get his Hand (the object we need to escape this place). If you don't
have stakes, then when you go by the library again, he reappears inside
and tells you that your job is half finished. You can find a Stake
later on in this level when you get to the Kobold Shamans. (the SECOND
group of kobolds that appears... the one with the staff has the Stake)

- KOBOLDS

Back to the main passage, then continue north to the next room. (x 3000
y 1100) I found a Wandering Horror here to fight. There are also 3
containers in here with spells (Simulacrum, etc.) and other minor
treasures. Open the next door.

In the middle of this room (x 2340 y 515) you will find a book on a
pedestal. Click it twice to turn the page. Each time you do this it
summons forth a "bloodthirsty" monster:

Kobold Captain
Sword Spider
Umber Hulk
Mind Flayer
Beholder

Treasures: Ring of Free Action
Spells - Simulacrum
Summon Fiend

Search the wall (x 2030 y 520) for a secret door, open it and go through.
This is the Kobold/Imp room. Past this is the Crystal Room, which also
has the Kobold Witch Doctor. More Kobolds will appear around the
Crystal, and summon forth its "defenders" (more kobolds... and one xvart
looking guy). When they are dead, you get a Piece of the Crystal. You
may need to click the crystal to get the second group to appear.

Go back to the book room, open the door and go up the stairs.

- THE GIANT STATUE HEAD

Go now to the southwest passage again to the big giant statue head. Talk
to it with both the Crystal from the Kobolds and the Hand from Dace to
get it to open the passage. For this everyone gets 29,500 experience.
The head opens its mouth, and you can now enter the door behind it.
(x 470 y 1890)

Trick: You may be able to talk to it again and again to get more
experience. Cornelius Chesterfield did it 6 times.

- FINAL LEVEL (AR 1514)

There are two doors to the right, we want to take the bottom one (x 630
y 820). Open the secret door to the right (x 820 y 1020). Inside is a
switch, click twice to open the secret door to the left (x 560 y 1020).
Within here are a group of trolls (including one 12,000 exp troll).
Search the nearby pot to find:

2 Mithril Tokens (used later to gain an item)
Spell - Breach
Arrows +2

Back to the passage, and take it down to the next door (x 650 y 1500).
There are Minotaurs (3000 exp) in here. Near the door we came in is a
pot:

2 Mithril Tokens (so we have 4 total now)
Spell - Sunfire
Bolts +2
Gold

Open the door at the top of the room (x 1000 y 1450) and go in. Search
the pool in the center of the room to find:

Minotaur's Horn (used much later)
2 Mithril Tokens (6 total)
Mind Flayer Painting

There are 3 statues in this room, each of which has another "monster"
painting. So click on each statue twice to get their painting. They
WILL shoot spells at you, no matter what you do. Once you have the 4
paintings, head back to the beginning room. Then open the top door
(x 900 y 650), go through the passage and open that door too.

- THE PAINTED DOORS

This leads to a room full of monsters (for me it was Yuan-ti) that must
be dispatched before anything can be done. There are then four doors in
here, each with a picture of a monster on it that corresponds with one
of the paintings we got. From left to right:

Mind Flayer - 11,000 experience
Flame of the North (2Hnd +2, 10% magic res., +4 vs Evil)
Spirit Troll - 8000 experience
Katana +2: Malakar (+2 AC vs. Slashing weapons)
Umber Hulk - 10,000 experience
Djinni - 10,000 experience
Bloodstone Amulet

The Umber Hulk door leads to the next passage to go in. There were a
number of Wolfwere's in this passage. Go up and search the pot
(x 2280 y 185):

Gems
Arrows (Bolts and Bullets)
Spell - Phantom Blade

Then enter the room to the right. In this room you will find 3 Clay
Golems guarding the one treasure chest there. Funky. When you take the
items from the chest, the door slams shut and the Clay Golems attack.
Make sure you have Blunt weapons. Then I would kill the Clay Golems
first (Fake Talk works fine) and then unlock and take the treasures:

4 Mithril Tokens (10 total)
Gesen Bow String (final part of the powerful Gesen Bow)
Gem

Back into the passage, now take the southern door (x 2025 y 515). I
found a Stone Golem in here. Search the table:

3 Mithril Tokens (13 total)
Gold
Lots and lots of throwing darts and axes

And also search the pot to the left:

2 Mithril Tokens (15 total)
Gems
Throwing Items
Spell - Maze

Open the next door to the south to find the Vending Machine. This is the
reason we are collecting Mithril Tokens. Depending on how many tokens
are put in, you get a treasure:

5 Tokens - Boots of the North (50% cold resistance)
10 Tokens - Boots of Grounding (50% electrical resistance)
15 Tokens - Boots of Speed (Haste permanently on user)
20 Tokens - Jester's Chain +4 (AC 1)

Right now you should have 15 tokens. There are more than can be found
throughout the level. I found the Jester's Chain to be quite useless,
so I would get the Boots of Speed. Then later come back and spend
whatever tokens you have on the Boots of the North. (If you plan to come
back, you should probably mark it on your map)

- THE ORB ROOM

Go back to the beginning, then back down the bottom passage to the
Minotaur room. (x 933 y 1667) Open the door on the southeast wall.
This passage leads to another door, which opens up to the Orb Room.
There are 4 orbs in here that will cast a spell on whoever is standing
on the mosaic in the center of the room. From left to right the Orbs
cast:

Slow (x 1400 y 1575)
Heal (x 1500 y 1500)
Haste (x 1750 y 1525)
Lightning Bolt (x 1850 y 1600)

A great place to Heal people, but the Haste Orb is probably more useful.

Head up the next passage.

- BODHI AND THE (VAMPIRE) SLAYER

Within the next room is a giant minotaur statue, some vampires, and, oh,
Bodhi. She has decided to kill you once and for all, well before you
were supposed to meet (at least that is what I got out of that
conversation). A battle breaks out, but quickly, the main character
changes into the Slayer. This rightly freaks Bodhi out and she flees
taking her vampire cronies with her.

Which leaves you as the Slayer, and you aren't entirely in control of
your power. Keep everyone else in the party away from the Slayer else
they might get killed by it. Your party members will rightly comment
on this when you revert to normal. The Slayer is the Avatar form (mortal
form) of Bhaal and if you are turning into Bhaal...

The next time you rest after this, you turn in the Slayer again, and
chase someone in your party around (possibly the person you are in a
romance with). You may even end out killing them.

The next time you sleep after that, you MAY get the Slayer Dream, where
you gain the ability to change into the Slayer. The cost of turning into
the Slayer is a reputation loss of 2 points. Also you cannot stay the
Slayer for too long else you will die. (It says "you feel yourself losing
control" when it gets close)

- ESCAPE THE DUNGEON

Open the door to your left (x 1965 y 1150). There will probably be a
Minotaur here to kill. Then search the pool near the door:

4 Mithril Tokens (19 total)
Gold
Spell - Chain Lightning

If you go further up this passage you will find a Gauth (small green
Beholder like creature, worth 9000 exp) and more Minotaurs. No
treasure. Back to the Statue room.

Now take the lower right passage. (x 2330 y 1425) This leads to a small
room with yet more Minotaurs. When they are dead, search the pot to
find:

Minotaur Horn (used on the statue)
2 Mithril Tokens (21 total)
Spell - Limited Wish
Gold
Arrows

You now have all the Mithril Tokens in the game, so you can go back to
the Vending Machine and get whatever you want from it.

Put the Horns on the Minotaur Statue (everyone gets 29,500 experience)
to open the exit. Go out.

- THE CHALLENGES

Oh, but we aren't free yet! You will be in a small circular room with
6 enemies, goblins and hobgoblins for you to kill. Once they are dead,
the Tester Apparition appears to administer the test to you. These
tests have right and wrong answers, a right answer makes your life
easier (sends you to an easier area) and a wrong answer makes your life
a little harder. I will document only the easy path (although the hard
path has nothing special in it):

Agree to take the test and you will be teleported to a small room with
a Spore Colony. Kill it.

Answer the next question with 'Splinter,' and be teleported to a room
with a table:

Cloak of Reflection (reflects electrical damage back to source)

Then talk to the Apparitions around the table and answer their riddles:

Rich have need of it, poor have it: Nothing
Runs as it wills: A River
Dwell with weak, rarely brave: Fear
Shines laughter or tears: Memory

Note: If you messed up the 'table riddlers' last question (memory)
you will be teleported to a room with a machine. The correct
order of the machine is:

1. Mithril 2. Ruby 3. Emerald 4. Sandalwood 5. Jade 6. Onyx

This will get you a Bracers AC 5. (from Redd Barren)

This takes us to the Troll room. Kill the three trolls you find and
take from one of them a Head. Go up and the Apparition will appear and
mention that this room isn't part of the test. Tell him you'd like to
stay. Then put the Head in the Troll Altar. This gets you the:

Bone Club +2, +3 vs. Undead

Talk to the Apparition to get out.

You will then be judged. If you took the Easy Path (the one I just
described) then everyone in your party gets 51,250 experience points. If
you took a harder path, then he teleports in a Mind Flayer for you to
fight. (Everyone then gets 41,250 experience on the harder path)

There is one thing of Minor Treasure (x 970 y 380), but nothing
important. Leave this area.


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4.3 > > > > Escape from Spellhold
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Exposition:
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Once you return to the Asylum, you will be met by Saemon (the captain who
brought you to Brynnlaw, if you forgot). He offers you one sage bit of
advice, get the deviant mages to help you defeat Irenicus.

Walkthrough:
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- GAIN ALLIES TO FIGHT IRENICUS

Avoid the big room in the middle of this area for the moment, if you go
in there you WILL be destroyed by Irenicus (it's not even a fight! He
just kills you!). There are some minor treasures in a northern room
(x 1720 y 550). Open the door at (x 1400 y 400) and go up the stairs.

You will immediately meet up with Lonk the Sane. Convince him to free
the inmates (one way or another). Then convince the Inmates that
Irenicus should be killed and they will teleport you into his room
downstairs. Quickly a fight between you and him breaks out. This battle
is one of the larger battles in the game, as not only do you have
Irenicus to face, but soon he summons forth a small army (of clones that
look like your party) to help him. Plus you have allies in the Deviants
(so, if it says "Wanev casts Death Spell on Mazzy", it means that he
is casting that on your evil clone). Defeat Irenicus and everyone in
your party gets 68,500 experience.

Irenicus flees, leaving you to face another group of "murderers".
(thieves mostly)

Tip: At this point, you could close the door, preventing the thieves
from entering. Then you could rest and prepare to face them. You
could also trap the outside of the room first, so that they get
killed before attacking you.

If Yoshimo betrayed you, then he enters the scene after this and will
attack you. Kill him and take his heart. This heart will allow you to
undo the Geas on Yoshimo and give him peace in death. To do that you
have to take the heart to a temple of Ilmater (there's one on top of
the Copper Coronet, and another in Waukeen's Promenade).

- ESCAPE FROM SPELLHOLD

Go back upstairs. Follow the passage up and left to find Saemon again.
He says that he wants to help you and that he knows a way out. You have
three options here: one, trust him and go with him; two, kill him; and
three don't kill him and enter the portal downstairs. Do the first one,
trust him and he will teleport you outside. He goes to town and tells
you to follow. Don't, re-enter the Asylum.

Note: If you take the Portal you will skip the Sahuagin City (and its
wonderful treasures). No matter which you choose, you will end
out in the Underdark eventually.

Enter Irenicus' Office (x 1550 y 1000). There was a Stone Golem here.
Search the dresser for:

Staff of Thunder and Lightning

Search the desk for:

The Complete Journal of Jon Irenicus (parts 1 and 2)

Go into the next room. Search the cabinet on the wall:

Horn of Silence

Then search the drawers south of the bed for:

Rogue Stone
Jon's Key (if you took the portal in the basement, this would open the
secret door, but don't do that)

Leave the Asylum and head back to Brynnlaw.

- ESCAPE FROM BRYNNLAW

Go to the Vulgar Monkey Tavern and talk to Saemon again. His ship was
destroyed by the pirate lord (who probably had good reasons for doing
that). What he needs is for you to steal the Pirate Horn for him so
that you can steal one of the Pirate Lord's ships. Without the horn you
will not make it out of the harbor. He offers you the Vorpal Blade in
exchange for doing this. You will find the Horn on the lord's mistress
Cayia at night.

Go to Cayia's house (x 615 y 1475) at night, enter. After listening to
Cayia and her current lover's pillow talk, they call the guards and flee.
Kill the pirates, then search her Table to find the Pirate Horn (and
another Rogue Stone). Leave her house.

Head over to the Pirate Ship (x 1700 y 1900) where a group of pirates
will attempt to enslave you as a rower. Disabuse them of that notion.

Continue east to find Saemon (x 2950 y 2500), and talk to him. This gets
you aboard the ship, but soon the Pirate Lord tracks you down. There is
a bit of a scene, and Desharik, the Pirate Lord, even kills his own
mistress, Cayia. Saemon, ever courageous asks you to kill Desharik for
him. Kill the pirates and Saemon rewards you with:

Silver Blade (part of the Vorpal Sword)

The ship casts off...

- THE GITHYANKI INCURSION

Soon the ship is overrun by Giths looking for their sacred Blade.
Although Saemon tries to get a non-violent solution to this, it isn't
meant to be and a battle soon breaks out. You have a very brief window
to kill Saemon, if you want (18,000 experience). Soon this battle is
forced to a conclusion when the Sahuagin capsize the ship sending
everyone overboard...


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4.4 > > > > Sahuagin City (AR 2300)
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Exposition:
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Welcome to the underwater city. At first you cannot understand what they
are saying, but soon they cast a spell that allows you to hear them. They
don't seem hostile (for once). They tell you that your coming was
prophesized (they usually eat surfacers that they capture). Their city
will be destroyed lest you save them.

Go willingly for the moment, as you are best served by listening.

Paul Dickinson points out:

In the Sahuagin City, I discovered that I was able to sell gems to
the temple for 4/3 of the price at which they could be bought back. For
example, I could sell a rogue stone for 4000 gold, and buy it back for
3000. At this time I had 18 charisma and 20 reputation. I could've had
unlimited gold here, but that seemed to be cheating, so I just sold my
rogue stone collection and left it at that. This place also has a nice
collection of spells to buy with all the money from gems.

Gunslinger notes:

You can pickpocket the key to the treasury of the Sahaugin city from the
King, along with the rope needed to descend to the Underdark (Now you can
leave without even caring about the issues of the Sahaugin people).

Walkthrough:
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- THE CHALLENGE

You are brought before their King, who soon enough asks you whether you
are the surfacers of prophecy. It doesn't matter what you say as they
think the same thing of you in any case. Accept their challenge to
fight one of their slaves.

You are set to fight an Ettin, nothing that challenging. Kill it (5000
experience) to prove that you are indeed the prophesized one. The losing
priestess is sacrificed, and you are told about the Sahuagin Rebels.
The King wishes the Rebels to be exterminated, while the priestess who
sponsored you wishes them to be negotiated with. Agree to the King's
demands to bring back the heart of the Rebel Prince to him. The
Priestess wishes to speak with you before you leave to go do the deed.

Head over to the temple (x 1335 y 225) and you can watch the losing
priestess get sacrificed. Then she gives you a couple of jobs to do,
first retrieve a Tooth from a Drow temple. This will allow you to leave
the city later, and second to try to get the Rebels back in power within
the city. In other words, to do the opposite of what the King asked you
to do. Agree to do that as well and she gives you an orb that the Prince
will recognize. Now you have a choice of which plots to do, kill the
Prince or kill the King.

- THE DROW TEMPLE

Head down then right (x 1350 y 1900). You will be warned of Drow in the
area. Continue right, then down (careful to look for traps). You will
bump into some spiders. Continue south and take out the Bone Golem
(x 940 y 3470).

Go left (careful to look for traps), then up. Several Imps here have a
game they want you to play in order to get the Drow treasure. They will
create images of 5 famous people of the realms in front of 5 chests.
Each person has a treasure. What you need to do is gather these
treasures, then put them in the chest behind the person they belong to.
Oh, and this entire platform needs to be deTRAPPED.

Needs: Has:
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Alustriel - Pendant Elminster's Pipe
Drizzt - Scimitar Piergeiron's Helmet
Elminster - Pipe Drizzt's Scimitar
Khelben - Staff Alustriel's Pendant
Piergeiron - Helmet Khelben's Staff

Once all the items are in their proper place, the Imps open the final
chest. For this everyone in your party gets 18,500 experience. Within
the chest you will find:

Boots of Etherealness
Cloak of Protection +2

Continue up the passage until a Beholder named Spectator appears. Talk
to him. He doesn't have a great existence as he was set to guard the
treasure chest behind him for 99 years. If you try to take the items
in the chest, he will attack you. But, you need the item. So, ask him
if there's no way that you could see the item. With a bit of verbal
wrangling (either you must have Cernd, Haer'Dalis, or Edwin in your party
or have at least 13 Wisdom yourself) he agrees to let you check inside
the chest. Open it and grab the tooth. Spectator seems disappointed in
it, and leaves. (15,000 exp)

Note: Or you can have anyone with at least 13 Wisdom talk to the
Spectator.

- ENTER THE REBEL BASE

Head all the way north (x 2680 y 50). Then go right until you reach the
stairs (x 4600 y 1200). Don't worry about killing the rebels on the
way there, they're insignificant. Go down the stairs. Go through this
ambush to the doors (x 3700 y 2340).

Here you find the Sahuagin Chieftain who will take you to see the Rebel
Prince (if you have the Priestess' Orb, that is).

- SIDE WITH THE PRINCE

Now you have to make a choice which side to go with. On the one hand you
can go with the Prince's schemes, accept the Fake Heart and give that to
the King. (if you want to do it the other way, see below) If you have
a Monk, I would recommend siding with the King.

Take the Heart over to the King and give it to him. He does fall for it
and would reward you. Then the Prince and his goons attack the city and
you are forced into combat with the king. Kill the king to get his
items:

The Impaler Spear +3, +10 piercing damage
Key to Treasury
(etc.)

The Prince then enters and takes control of the city. He then rewards
you for your efforts:

60,500 experience for each person
Magical Rope

Go over and open the treasury (x 460 y 670) to loot the contents:

Rod of Lordly Might
Magical Rope
Spell - Protection from the Elements

Of course, now you can also double cross the prince and kill him. That
way you can still get the Wave Blade (you could probably also pickpocket
it off him, but Imoen has a horrible Pickpocket rating, so if you have
her, you probably can't do that).

- SIDE WITH THE KING

Or, you can assault the rebel prince and take his real heart. He also
has some treasure on him:

Wave Blade (part of the Wave Halberd)
The Impaler Spear +3, +10 piercing damage

Return to the King with the Heart and he will take you to the entrance
to the underdark. He also gives you a fairly generous reward:

Gauntlets of Crushing (+4 to THAC0, DMG, for unarmed combat)
Rod of Lordly Might (can change into different weapons)
Magical Rope
2000 gold
58,500 experience for each character

In case you are wondering, you get nothing for turning in the Priestess.
Also, the King vanishes so you can neither talk to him again nor double
cross him and kill him.

- LEAVE FOR THE UNDERDARK

Once you are done here, you will be shown to the exit. Simply go down.

Quests:
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OTHER: The Cloak of Mirroring

Fish Head - Sahuagin City (AR 2300, x 2350 y 1140)

There are many rebels throughout the city, and one of them has the
fabled Cloak of Mirroring on his person. Head to the giant Fish
Head, and stand in the center. You will then be ambushed by
several Sahuagin, one of which has the cloak. The cloak reflects
spells back to their source.

OTHER: Sea Zombie Lord

Zombie Lord - Sahuagin City (AR 2300, x 2630 y 3120)

One of the stranger sights to see in the city is a bloody pit
filled with zombies and the Zombie Lord. (6000 exp) Not worth much
in terms of experience OR treasure, but it is interesting.


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5. > > > > Chapter 5: The Underdark (AR 2100)
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Exposition:
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If you took the portal from Irenicus' basement, you will come straight
here. The other way here is from the Sahuagin City.

You get to watch as Irenicus has sided with the Drow to defeat the surface
elves. An ... interesting alliance to say the least.

Walkthrough:
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- FIND TRACES OF IRENICUS

Walk east and a little south (x 1600 y 3700) to find a group of Duergar.
These are traders, and they have seen Irenicus and Bodhi hanging around
the Drow city, but believe that you wouldn't be able to simply walk into
the city (and trust me, you can't). One of them thinks he has a
better way. Then you get to shop if you want. (You can also do the
Imprisoned Mage quest while here)

Head north, through the Drow, then west, through the Myconids and north
to get to the Svirfneblin city. (x 630 y 1135) The Deep Gnomes want you
to talk to their leader, and say you "could be useful." Enter the city,
go around the passage, south, then west. There are two rooms here, and
the leader is in the right room. Go in and talk to him.

He wants you to deal with an otherworldly creature that they accidentally
dug up, and in exchange he agrees to help you get into the Drow city to
hunt Irenicus. Within a deep dark cave is a creature called Adalon, who
can help you enter the city. However, you can't get in her cave without
getting a gem from the gnomes. (Svirfneblin is another name for "Deep
Gnome") Agree to help them with their demon problem for the gem. (Of
course, if you were Evil, you could just kill him and take the gem... IF
you were evil)

Note: Gunslinger mentions that you could just pick this gnome's pocket
to get the gem... he won't like it, but then, you don't need his
approval for anything.

- DEFEAT THE GNOME'S DEMON

He tells you that the demon can be found in the new passage to the
northeast. You will find the passage at (x 3600 y 600). Talk to the
guard there to open the door. When you are ready, click on the pit and
the Balor will appear. He requires about a +3 weapon to hit. (But if
you followed this walkthrough, you should have several +3 or better
weapons by this point) Kill him to get 26,000 experience. But we aren't
done yet! Oh no. Put that scroll (that the gnome gave you) in someone's
Quick Item slot, and use it. That seals up the hole.

Head back to the leader Gnome to get your reward:

Mace +3, Skullcrusher (extra damage to Humanoids)
Light Gem
25,000 experience for each character

- TALK TO ADALON

Leave the city, then head eastwards. You may have to fight through the
Kuo-toa's, but possibly not. Then you go north to get to the bridge
(x 3950 y 1890). When you cross this bridge, a Drow war party ambushes
you. Make sure that everyone who can, is wearing some of the spiffy
Drow armor. (Spiffy)

This path then splits into two groups, take the left path. (x 4100
y 1200) Enter the cave.

This is the lair of the Silver Dragon Adalon. (If you are evil, and need
Silver Dragon's Blood to make the "Human Leather Armor"... WAIT and do
it later!) Go down and talk to her. She wants your help (of course).
Her eggs were stolen by the Drow to keep her from interfering with them
as they invaded the surface for Irenicus. In exchange for this she will
help you get out of the Underdark to chase Irenicus at your leisure. To
assist with that goal, she casts a powerful illusion on your party making
them all appear to be Drow.

- ENTER THE DROW CITY, UST NATHA

Leave the cave, go down then take the other passage up to the Drow Gates.
The gates will automatically open and a Drow guard confronts you. Be
confidant and tell them that you are "Veldrin from Ched Nassad". You are
told to be in the Males Fighters Society within three days.

Enter Ust Natha.

Quests:
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OTHER: Mind Flayers

Mind Flayers - Underdark (AR 2100, x 200 y 2650)

Just north of where you first enter the area you will find some
Mind Flayers. These three goons make for good practice at fighting
them, which you might need if you want to take on the Illithid
city. (9000 exp each)

OTHER: First Drow Battle

Drow - Underdark (AR 2100, x 1735 y 2170)

The first real battle against the drow occurs just north of the
point where you free Vithal (see the next quest below). Drow fight
well with magic, summoning creatures to help them defeat you and
casting spells fairly intelligently. The most notable thing about
them is their Drow Armor, which you should definitely take. Drow
Full Plate +5 is the best armor in the game. It will dissolve
when taken to the surface, but that will still give you a lot of
good use with it.

QUEST: The Imprisoned Mage

Uder Mordin - Underdark (AR 2100, x 1770 y 3800)
Mage - Underdark (AR 2100, x 1930 y 2090)
Svirfneblin - Underdark (AR 2100, x 1633 y 750)
Vithal (later) - Underdark (AR 2100, x 2375 y 3320)

Talking with the last Duergar, Uder Mordin, he brings up the story
of a mage who was imprisoned in the earth after a battle. Seems
this fellow was looking for some artifact of importance. Talk to
the seller Duergar and buy a Freedom Scroll. Don't scribe this
to your spellbook, simply cast the spell, then move north to find
the mage. (10,000 experience)

Talk with Vithal to learn that he was searching for a great
treasure of some sort. He asks for your help in completing his
work. Agree. He wants you to fetch his Book of Rituals from the
Svirfneblin. The Svirfneblin city can be found at the top left of
the area. You will find the book on the Innkeeper in the left room
of their city. You can buy it off him for 300 gold. If you are
currently in Drow form (having already been to Adalon) then you get
the book for free.

You will find Vithal standing just northeast of the Duergar
position near one of the three portals in the area. Talk to him
and give him the book of rituals. Agree to help him out. Then a
Greater Earth Elemental (10,000 experience) appears. Keep it from
killing Vithal. Then Vithal enters the portal. Wait a moment,
then he reappears and tells you to come to the Fire Gate, which is
just above this gate. Talk to him again. A Greater Fire Elemental
(10,000 experience) appears. Same thing happens with Vithal
entering the portal. Then you go leftwards to the Air gate.

Talk to Vithal again and the same thing happens with a Greater Air
Elemental this time. (11,000 experience)

When Vithal returns (everyone gets 20,000 experience) he offers you
some treasure:

Rod of Absorption

If you complain, he will give you a couple of spells (Simulacrum
and Abi Dalzim's Horrid Wilting). If you complain further he will
attack you. Try to beat him quickly to avoid his Imprisonments.

Vithal - 20,000 experience
Skull of Death (Helm, casts Death Spell)
Spells - Wail of the Banshee
Incendiary Cloud
Time Stop
Infravision

QUEST: The Giant Soul Gem

Gem - Underdark (AR 2100, x 1940 y 1860)
Dagglefodd - Underdark (AR 2100, x 1770 y 610)

Just left of center in this area is a giant soul gem. This gem has
6 facets, when each facet is manipulated a new monster is freed.
These will then fight you. From left to right:

Facet 1 (x 1845 y 1862) - Madman Aganalo - 6000 experience
Jhor the Bleeder (Bastard Sw +2)
Facet 2 (x 1872 y 1901) - Raevilin Strathi - 20,000 experience
Spells (summoning)
Facet 3 (x 1920 y 1920) - Riti - 8000 experience
Spear +3, Backbiter (Cursed)
Spells - Improved Haste
Facet 4 (x 1980 y 1920) - Alchra Diagott (Lich) - 22,000 exp
Spells - Summon Nishruu
Delayed Blast Fireball
Spell Turning
Facet 5 (x 2025 y 1885) - Bedlen Dagglefodd (don't attack him)
Facet 6 (x 2035 y 1850) - Gont of Riatavin - 7000 experience
(if you let him go, you get nothing but
advice)

Note: In the Underdark Soul Machine, there is a mad wizard
called Raevilin Strathi, who attacks you. His head has
been stuffed up, and if you cast the cleric spell Heal on
him, he will come to his senses, and give you the sword
Albruin +1 as a reward. (from John Howard)

Then talk to the elder Dagglefodd up in the Svirfneblin city to get
an extra reward:

Bracers AC 4
10,000 experience

He will also sell you items from then on (not that he has anything
that good).


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5.1 > > > > Ust Natha (AR 2200)
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Exposition:
-----------

When you enter the city you get to watch a little display between a Drow
and his slave. He kills the slave, and is in turn killed by his mother.
This just emphasizes that Drow are evil. Really evil.

Do NOT reveal yourselves as "non-drow" or the entire city becomes hostile.
Worse than that, they might seal you in.

Walkthrough:
------------

- GETTING ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY

We are here to do one thing and one thing only, get the Silver Dragon
eggs to give to Adalon. In order to do that we need to keep our ears to
the ground and search for information. Also we need to ally ourselves
with a Family. Once we are allied then the quests become available
(for instance, you can't "Free the Humans" until you have become allied).

Head over to the Male Fighter's Society (x 3535 y 1650). Here you will
meet up with Solaufein. He asks for your name, tell him that it doesn't
matter what your name is and he will be amused and like you more for it.
He tells you that you are going to be working for the Matron Mothers, and
to meet up with her handmaiden on a platform near the entrance. From
this point you have three days to get to that platform and meet with the
Handmaiden.

On your way back to the entrance, you will see a meeting between some
Mind Flayers (Ambassadors, no less) and Drow. This isn't particularly
important, but it is interesting. Go to the platform. (x 1550 y 3300)
Talk to Solaufein again. He explains that some "devourers" have taken
a priestess hostage. He asks if you know what those are:

Int 15+ - You can say "Illithid" and Solaufein likes you more
Int 9 to 14 - You can say "Mind Flayers" and nothing happens
Int 8 or less - You say "Otyugh" and Solaufein likes you less
"I don't know" - nothing happens

You are to rescue that Drow from the Illithid before they take her to
their city. You have three days.

- RESCUE PHAERE FROM THE ILLITHIDS

So, exit the city, and head south. I encountered an adventuring group,
that naturally assumed that I was evil. (x 3300 y 2225) One of these
goons has:

Dragons Breath, Halberd +4 (+1 ice, fire, elec., poison & acid dmg)

Continue south, then cross the bridge to find Solaufein (x 4715 y 3100).
He asks if you have any questions. If you apologize to him, he will like
you more. After which he tells you to get ready for battle. Cast all
your protective spells (Protection from Evil is very useful) and get
ready for combat with some Mind Flayers. You must fight 3 Mind Flayers
as well as 2 Umber Hulks. I would take out the Flayers first, one at a
time, then the Hulks. After the battle, Phaere (whom you just rescued)
sort of thanks you. (20,000 experience) Nothing you say to Phaere
matters. They both go back to the city. You have three days to go back
and talk with Solaufein again.

Battle Tip: Death Spell will annihilate your enemies here. Don't
assume it will always work on Mind Flayers, it won't. It
works here because these Mind Flayers are considered by
the game to be "summoned."

- WORKING FOR HOUSE DESPANA

Enter the tavern and find Phaere and Solaufein. Phaere automatically
talks to you and asks you to join forces with her house. Respond to this
in the affirmative (say "yes")... you can also intimate that you would
rather have her as a reward (if you know what I mean), but that has some
bad consequences if you are currently in a romance with someone else.
She wants you to meet her at the same platform as before... but not right
now. For now she wants you to enjoy yourself in the Tavern. (see the
Quests below if you need something to do) When she leaves the Tavern
you have 3 days to get to the Platform.

Get to the Platform and talk with Phaere. She tells you that a Beholder
is in the city smuggling Adamantite. She wants you to go over there and
kill it. Solaufein and her will scout it out ahead of time. You will
find Phaere again in the Southeast part of the city (x 4200 y 3340).
Talk with her to get the battle rolling.

Kill the Beholder (14,000 exp) and Solaufein seems happy about things.
Phaere mentions that the body is going to be collected for... other
uses (20,000 exp). Phaere tells you to visit her in the tavern within 3
days.

- DROW VS. SVIRFNEBLIN

Phaere wants you and Solaufein to attack a Deep Gnome patrol to keep them
properly fearful of the Drow. Solaufein naturally hates being sent on
such stupid missions, especially given how weak the Gnomes are. You will
meet up with Solaufein west of Ust Natha near the gnomish city. (x 890
y 2225)

Talk to Solaufein. If Solaufein likes you, you can convince him to let
you handle this on your own. At that point he goes back to the city.
(of course, if you have been cheesing him off, then he won't leave) The
Gnome Patrol arrives, tell them that you were sent to kill them, and that
you won't. Then ask for their helmets as a sign that the deed was done.
Head back to the tavern.

- PHAERE

Phaere is pleased that you brought her the helmet, and asks that you meet
her in her chambers at the Female Fighters guild within ONE HOUR.
(everyone gets 28,000 experience) Head over to the Female Fighters
(x 2500 y 2050), enter and talk with Phaere. She wants Solaufein dead.
Why? Lover's quarrel. She wants you to enter his home in the Male
Fighters guild, kill him, and take his Piwafwi Cloak as proof of his
death. Agree to her demands. You now have 3 days to get to Solaufein.
(x 3500 y 1575)

Talk to Solaufein and tell him that you were sent to kill him, but that
you don't want to do it. Then ask him for his Piwafwi Cloak as proof
that he is "dead." Solaufein has a little speech, and he likes you more.
You can then search his place, but there is nothing good here.

Evil Alternative: (from Cyrille Artho)

When you kill Solaufein, he obviously cannot give you his fake dragon
eggs, which you normally use to trick Phaere. However, not
everything is lost. When you give the real dragon eggs to Phaere,
there are three possible outcomes:

1) You interrupt the ritual (bad idea). Matron Ardulace then casts a
spell that reveals the true identity of the party, and you are
chased out of the city. It will be rather difficult to recover
the eggs and kill all the drows.
2) You let the ritual be completed.
a) You prevent Phaere from handing over the eggs to the Demon Lord
(good idea). The Demon Lord then attacks everybody. He does
not have many hit points but you need a +5 weapon to hit --
which you probably don't have at that point (unless you have a
Paladin with the Holy Avenger). A cleric with four Bolts of
Glory (10d6 damage to demons) works well enough, since that
spell ignores magic resistance (which is 95 or 100% for the
Demon Lord). Killing the demon lord gives 26000 exp. Pray
that his initial "Wail of the Banshee" does not kill anybody;
if it does, *hurry* and don't try to re-equip everything
perfectly -- just get your stuff and leave *quickly*! If
nobody is killed, you actually even have time to sell Phaere's
gems to the drow before they all turn red and try to kill
you. Incidentally, "Protection from Evil" will not prevent the
Demon Lord from casting his first attack spell, but he will not
attack you immediately. Also, I could still get out of the
city just after the drow turned hostile -- probably it takes a
few seconds until the city gates are locked.
b) You let Phaere give the eggs to the demon lord (bad idea). He
(being a mean guy) reveals the true identity of the party.
Immediately, all drows turn hostile and attack the party.
Again, this way is not the best (you will also have to deal
with an angry silver dragon then).

Note: If you have recovered the eggs, don't talk to Adalon --
otherwise you can never kill her for her blood (because she'll
teleport you away). Instead, attack her right away. This gives
you less experience and no crossbow +3, only some gold and a
scroll that allows you to proceed to chapter 6 :-(

Personal note: I found it a pity that evil parties cannot let the
drow ritual take place as planned - a duel between the silver dragon
and the demon lord would have been a grand sight. Also, the story is
not very logical in the sense that the drow attack still happens,
despite the loss of their leaders (and a few powerful warriors due to
duels in the tavern and mysterious murderers) and not having the
demon on their side. No surprise, they lose.

/End of the Evil Alternative

Report back to Phaere. (everyone gets 30,000 experience) If you are male
then she wants to talk to you alone... for a little nooky. If you refuse
her, she will sound the alarm and the entire city turns hostile. Of
course, you could try to convince her that you "*really* can't", i.e. are
impotent. In order to pull off one of these deceptions you need either
17 INT or 13 CHA (and in some cases 17 CHA).

After that (whether you talked your way out of it, did it, or didn't get
offered because you are female) she wants you to meet the Matron
Ardulace Despana, who is currently in the Temple. You have 3 days to get
there (everything takes 3 days, for some reason). Oh, and if you did
sleep with Phaere, then anyone you had a romance with is upset with you.

- MATRON ARDULACE

Head down to the Temple of Lolth (x 4200 y 2350). Enter, and walk
forward until you find Phaere, who will automatically talk to you and
introduce you to the Matron. The Matron wants you to prove yourself to
her, and in order to do that you must bring back the Blood of one of the
"noble races", which are Beholders, Mind Flayers or Kuo-Toa's. Oh, and
it can't be any of them, it must be something special.

So, depending on what you want to do:

Beholders go to the next section "Beholder City"
Mind Flayers go to the section after that "The Illithid Lair"
or the easiest Kuo-Toa's "Exit from the Underdark"

If you don't retrieve one of these items in a timely fashion, (three
days) then Phaere will track you down (wherever you may be) and tell
you that your disguise has failed, thus instigating a battle (and
forevermore keeping you out of Ust Natha). So don't waste time.

Come back when you have one of these items and she will take them and
reward you with 22,000 experience for each character. Phaere then asks
to see you in her rooms, within one hour. (she lives in the Female
Fighter's Society, if you have forgotten)

- THE DRAGON'S EGGS

Phaere details her plans to overthrow the Matron Ardulace and set herself
up as head of the house. She wants your help in this, so agree to help
her get rid of the Matron. House Despana is going to use the Blood you
collected along with the Silver Dragon's Eggs to summon a demon. What
Phaere wants to do is replace the Eggs with false ones so that Ardulace
is destroyed when the demon is summoned. She can then use the real eggs
to gain control of the demon. She gives you a key and a set of false
eggs marked as "Phaere's". Leave her house.

Return to the Temple as that is where the eggs are kept. If you did well
by Solaufein, he will appear near the entrance with a further proposition
for you. He wants to give you a second set of false eggs that you can
give to Phaere. This way both the Matron and Phaere get killed by the
Demon. Agree to his plan and enter the temple.

Brian Camley has an interesting strategy for the temple:

While I was in Ust Natha, and was sent to retrieve and replace the
dragon's eggs, I really didn't feel like fighting Drow and Golems, so I
saw if SpookyScarecrow's trick for the Golems in the De'Arnise Hold
would work in this case - I gave Aerie the Boots of Speed, and had her
cast Sanctuary. She got in and out quickly - this works for most
encounters with guards of some sort - the exception being, of course,
getting the Gesen Bow String - using this strategy will leave your
cleric trapped in a room with some angry guardians. Not a good idea.

Once in the temple, take the passage immediately to your right, and take
that up to the Egg Room (x 2067 y 780). Kill the 2 guards and enter.
There are 5 Golems in here, just waiting to pounce on you once you have
taken the eggs. Kill the Golems. Take the Real Eggs and REPLACE THEM
with PHAERE'S EGGS. (don't forget to do that!)

Back to Phaere's. Give her Solaufein's Eggs (20,000 experience) and she
seems awfully pleased. Well, that won't last. Listen to the Imp when
it appears, then get back to the Temple. Phaere is right within the
first passage and soon the Ritual of Summoning begins. The Demon kills
the two Drow women one by one, then will leave if you remain silent. Be
sure to search the two corpses for treasure:

Ring of Spell Turning
Gorgon Plate +4
Lots of Gems
4500 gold

Evil Alternative: (from Daniel Pang)

In the Drow City, if you give the Demon lord the real eggs after
Phaere and Ardulace are gone you can ask him for a tithe in return.
Asking him for a powerful magical item yields the Halberd +4:
Blackmist, and asking him for safe exit from the Underdark will get
you just that. Ask him for anything else however, and he attacks you.

Now, QUICKLY, leave the Temple and get OUT of the city as fast as is
humanly possible. If you delay, you will be trapped in the city forever.
(Actually, in that case, you simply have to kill everyone in the city,
then you can leave)

Return to Adalon and give her the real eggs. She gives you an Item:

Necaradan's Crossbow +3
78,500 experience (for each character)

And you are then teleported to the Exit from the Underdark. The gate out
is just to the left, but you can explore around if you didn't already.
(see the "Exit from the Underdark" section for more details)

Trick: On the surface, Drow items are meant to turn to dust. Want to
keep that nifty Drow stuff you got? If you have NOT gotten the
Harper's Pin for Jaheira, you can give her all of your Drow
items, and kick her out of the party. She should go out to
the Harper Hold in the Docks District. (If you have done all
the Harper quests already, then she just leaves for good)
Then when you pick her up again, all the Drow items are still
there and can be worn in the daylight! As long as you never
take these items to the "Exit from the Underdark" area, you
can keep them forever. (Gabriel)

Alternate Trick: (from Chris Norman)

I noticed there was a trick to save the drow items
upon leaving the underdark. I liked this idea, but did not
want to kick a member out of my party to do it. Also, my main
character was in a romance with Jaheira so I didn't know what
kicking her out would do. I decided to try to come up with an
alternate method of doing this. What I came up with works, but
it is somewhat inconvenient to do if you're walking around with
full inventories due to having to trade the armor between many
people. My trick works because the game only checks the items
every round or so and will not decay items on the ground. Here
is what you do. (When picking up items, use the inventory
screen instead of the overhead display method of picking stuff
up)

1. Immediately pause the game when you gain control of the
party after leaving the underdark, before the drow equipment
decays. Transfer ALL the drow stuff you want to keep on to
one person and have that person drop it all into a pile on
the ground. You can then unpause it. Adamantine dust will
appear in your inventory just like if the items decayed, but
they will still be on the ground. Also, opening the bag of
holding seems to decay items as well even if paused, so do
not put anything you want to keep in there.

2. Next, string your characters to the edge of the map, and
have one of them as close as you can get without trying to
exit the screen. The trick here is to have the people
close enough together that they may pass items still. Keep
the character that dropped the items in the same spot so
that he can pass them all to the next person.

3. Now, repause the game, and have the character over the
stack of items pick them up and pass them down the line of
characters until the person near the edge has them. Have
that person drop them all in a pile on the ground again.
(Since the game is paused here, you are in effect, moving
the items to the edge of the map before any time can pass,
so they do not decay.)

4. Move your whole party close enough to the edge of the map so
that you can leave the area with just a single click and no
one will have to walk. Leave the guy on the stack of items
again.

5. Pause again, and pick up all the equipment, passing some of
it to other people if you need to again. Leave the
inventory screen, and click where the party will leave the
area. Then unpause, and the party will leave before the
items decay.

Note: I had to do this procedure again after the Drizzt
meeting. I guess that the program checks for drow items
on that screen as well, so you will probably have to do
it again as well. After leaving the Drizzt zone, items
stuck just fine though, just like with the Jaheira
trick.

Also note that normal Drow Longswords don't turn to
dust.

Yes, this is a somewhat complex method, but if you don't want
to kick out a party member, or have Jaheira's quest completed,
this will keep your drow armor intact.

Note: Drow items aren't worth much, so unless you want to
wear them, don't bother keeping them.

Quests:
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QUEST: The Duergar's Tank, the Aboleth

Duergar - Ust Natha (AR 2200, x 1050 y 3150)
Qilue - Ust Natha (AR 2200, x 2725 y 1890)

Just after freeing Phaere from the clutches of the Mind Flayers,
a Duergar near the entrance will tell you to talk to his "master"
who is in a big tank just behind him.

Talk to the Aboleth, the creature in the tank, and he wants an
exchange. You get him Qilue's brain and he won't reveal that you
are not Drow. Sounds good. You can find Qilue's home right next
to the Female Fighter's society. Enter.

Alternatively: When talking to the Aboleth the first time, you
can refuse to do his quest. Then when he asks
why, simply tell him that if he reveals you, then
you will reveal his treachery as well. For this
you get 12,000 experience. (from Cyrille Artho)

Once inside, kill everything that moves. Besides Qilue, there are
5 servants (mages mostly) to be killed. You can find most of these
to the right. Search Qilue: (4000 exp)

Boneblade Dagger +4
Qilue's Brain

There isn't really anything else here, so return to the Aboleth,
who gives you 10,000 experience and promises not to tell anyone who
you are.

QUEST: Free the Humans

Slave Trader - Ust Natha (AR 2200, x 1111 y 1808)

Just north of the tavern is the slave area, where humans are sold
to Drow masters. If you've been on the second floor of the Tavern
you probably know that slaves don't have much to look forward to
in Drow Culture.

After you have talked to Matron Ardulace, talk to the Slave Trader
and buy the slaves. We want them armed, so pay him the full
price of 2000 gold. He will actually lower the cost to 1500 if you
ask him. The slaves will be teleported near you. Tell them that
they are now free, and that they should head to the surface. For
this you get Reputation +1 and 7500 experience.

QUEST: Defeat the Cultists

Taso Kala - Ust Natha (AR 2200, x 2480 y 2100)
Cult - Ust Natha (AR 2200, x 4200 y 3340)

After accepting the quest from Matron Ardulace, you will find Taso
Kala in front of Phaere's doorway. She automatically talks to you
and ORDERS you to find and destroy the Cult of Ghaunadaur. Accept
this (if you don't want your cover story blown). You will find
the "cultists" where the Beholder was earlier, in the southeastern
part of the city. You have one day to complete this quest.

This battle consists of Drow, Otyughs and Oozes of all colors.
Destroy them. None of them have any significant treasure. Go back
to the Priestess to report your success. Be subservient and she'll
go away (you weren't expecting a reward were you?).

QUEST: The Trapped Djinn

Dola Fadoon - Ust Natha (AR 2200, x 1930 y 3180)

Just to the right of the entrance is a djinn being tortured for the
fun of it (or whatever). It begs for someone to destroy it. I
wouldn't do that until you have talked to Matron Ardulace. Kill
it. Then the torturer will demand compensation. She wants 4000
gold as compensation and if you don't have it, you get a day to
come up with it. If you have talked to Matron Ardulace, then you
can wheedle it down to a mere 2000 gold.

This quest is best done just before you leave the Underdark
forever. That way you can kill Dola Fadoon, tell her that you
don't have the money, and leave the Underdark before anything bad
ever happens to you. For all this you get a measly 5000 exp.

QUEST: Deirex the Lich and Jarlaxle the Mercenary

Visaj - Ust Natha (AR 2200, x 3000 y 2275)
Deirex's Tower - Ust Natha (AR 2200, x 3700 y 2850)
House Jae'llat - Ust Natha (AR 2200, x 3260 y 1460)

Just after meeting the Matron Ardulace for the first time, Visaj
appears on the path just north of Deirex's Tower. He approaches
you and wants to sell you a Rope. Not just any rope, but a magic
lich-defense negating rope. Useful, no doubt, for breaking into
Deirex's Tower and stealing his items. There is the small chance
that the famed mercenary Jarlaxle will come looking for it, but
how likely is that? Buy the rope for 1000 gold. (If you don't have
that much he'll sell it for 750 gold. If your charisma is 15 or
higher, you can talk him down to 500, OR you could just threaten
him and take the rope from him)

Now head down to Deirex's Tower and enter. Deirex is right there,
and although the Rope does seem to do what it was advertised to do,
you are soon teleported to Jarlaxle's Pocket Dimension®. There
isn't really any way to change how things turn out in here. He
tells you that he wants some Gems from Deirex, as his men are
imprisoned within them. He gives you a day to accomplish this
before teleporting you back to Deirex's Tower.

Fight with Deirex. He is a fairly standard Lich and fights as
such. (Time Stop, Abi Dalzim, etc.) By this point Liches shouldn't
present too tough a challenge for you. (22,000 experience) Be
sure to search his body for the Lich's Tooth and the Jae'llat
Wardstone.

Then search the place for treasures: (4 containers, not all in this
room, and some are trapped)

Spells - Glitterdust
Wizard Eye
Deafness
Contagion
Remove Magic
Limited Wish
Melf's Minute Meteors
Spook
Leather Armor of the Viper +5
Jarlaxle's Gems

Take the Gems and you will instantly be teleported back to his
little Pocket Dimension. Jarlaxle takes the Gems and thanks you
for your efforts. Now you can either accept his thanks (2500 gold
and 10,000 experience) or you can attack and kill him and his
mage (14,000 experience and 12,000 experience). They don't have
any good items for you to take. In any case you will be teleported
back to Deirex's Tower.

Go up to the next door (x 3475 y 2730), and enter. Search the lake
for treasure:

Gold
Gems
Spells - Cacofiend
Ruby Ray of Reversal
Spear +3
Wand of Frost & Wand of Magic Missiles
Two Handed Sword +2
Crossbow of Affliction +4 (-2 STR, +4 DMG & THAC0)
Short Sword +2
Ring of Folly (cursed)

That's it for the Lich's treasure (the other door on the outside
leads in here). Leave the tower, go up and right to reach the
House Jae'llat (it's marked on the map). The Wardstone will allow
you entrance. (x 3260 y 1460)

This is, of course, a fairly large battle against many Drow
warriors and priestesses. It just wouldn't be a Drow House
without those elements. Each Jae'llat Guard is worth 6000
experience. This is the first battle, there is another one when
you go over to the right. This battle has Hindra Jae'llat in it
(14,000 experience) as well as Istar Jae'llat (16,000 experience).
Then search the place for treasure:

2500 Gold
And a LOT of Gems (about 50)

If you are wondering about the other warded door out there, it also
leads into the Jae'llat house.

OTHER: The Running Girl

Near the female fighter's society you will see a human girl running
for her life. Later a couple of drow warriors ask you which way
she went. You can lie or tell the truth, I've seen no real
consequences of it.

OTHER: The Tavern Duels

Tavern - Ust Natha (AR 2200, x 1835 y 2550)
Sondal - Tavern (AR 2202, x 580 y 1133)

On the main level of the tavern, to the left near the stairs, you
will find Sondal, the Duel master. Agree to watch the first duel.
One Drow easily defeats four others, comes out and asks for your
opinion on the matter. Tell him that he shouldn't gloat over
children and he challenges you to a duel. Accept.

Note: If you lose any duel, you will be permanently barred from
dueling. Also, all the duels here are One-on-One (unlike
the Monster battles).

When Lasonar is close to being defeated (30,000 experience) he
yields the fight and gives you his sword.

Blade of Searing +3 (Bastard Sword, with extra "searing" dmg)

After the battle, Chalinthra challenges you to a duel. (She was
involved with Lasonar, and found insult in you beating him) When
you are ready, talk to Sondal again to get the duel going.
Chalinthra is a Cleric of no small ability. However, she dies just
the same. (12,000 experience)

The next fight is against a Mage, and requires a Mage from your
party to duel him. So send a mage over and let the battle begin!
(6000 experience) The next battle is also a mage battle, but this
one is slightly more difficult (8000 experience). After that there
is one final mage (11,000 experience). I won these battles by
summoning a Nishruu and using the Cloak of Mirroring.

OTHER: The Tavern Monster Battles

Tavern - Ust Natha (AR 2200, x 1835 y 2550)
Szordrin - Tavern (AR 2202, x 1450 y 840)

On the main level of the Tavern is a man standing to the right,
Szordrin. Talk to him if you want to duel some animals. He has
several combats, which must be done in order: (return to him after
the battle to get a reward and another battle)

Umber Hulk - 4000 exp, 250 gold (from Szordrin)
Nabassu - 16,000 exp, 500 gold (from Szordrin)
Sahuagin Prince - 2000 exp, 750 gold (from Szordrin)
Beholder - 14,000 exp, 1000 gold (from Szorddrin)

He then claims that he will go to the pens to find more challenges
for you to fight, but he never returned (for me at least).


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5.2 > > > > Beholder City (AR 2101)
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Walkthrough:
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- BEHOLDER CITY

You will find the entrance to the Beholder City in the Southeast part of
the Underdark (x 4120 y 3700). It is the passage that leads down. (The
other one goes to the Illithid Lair)

We are here to find a Beholder Eye Stalk, and conveniently enough, we
can find it on one of the first Beholders here. Kill the Elder Orb to
find:

Elder Orb Eye
Blade of the Equalizer
Amulet of Spell Warding

Once you have the Eye, you can head back to Ust Natha and give it to the
Matron Mother. Or you can finish exploring in here and kill a LOT of
Beholders. If you have either the Shield of Balduran (from the
Collector's Edition bonus shop) or the Cloak of Mirroring (from the
Sahuagin City), then this place is a breeze. Put those items on your
two best fighters, and only send them out. The Beholders won't be able
to touch you. Elder Orbs can still cast Imprisonment on you, so you are
NOT invulnerable. This just means that you should attack Elder Orbs
first.

- FURTHER EXPLORATIONS

Go up and right to find Drow battling a Beholder. Explore the place at
your leisure. There are many Beholders, Gauths and a few Mind Flayers.

Just above and to the left of the Drow (x 790 y 605) is a small nook of
treasure: (all treasures here are hidden in "nooks")

Minor Treasures

Just to the right of the Drow (x 1213 y 770) is another nook o' treasure:

Sling of Avoreen +4 (casts Sonic Boom once a day)
Minor Treasure

Along the path to the top of the map (x 2500 y 580) is some treasure:

Greenstone Amulet (can protect user from Charm, Stun and Psionics,
useful against Mind Flayers, no doubt)
Rainbow Obsidian Necklace

There is treasure at the top of the map (x 2130 y 175):

5200 gold
Gems

Just left of that one is another treasure (x 1815 y 195):

Minor Treasures

Well south of that (x 2450 y 1080) in a passage to the left is a larger
thing of treasure (it's not a nook, I mean):

Minor Treasures

That is that for the Beholder City. Once you have killed all the
Beholders, you can take your leave and know that you have done good work
here.


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5.3 > > > > The Illithid Lair (AR 2400)
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Walkthrough:
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- THE ILLITHID LAIR

Note: You WILL want to make an Archive Save before going in here!
So, do a normal save, and call it "Illithid Lair", and don't
save over it until the entire lair is finished. That way, if
you screw up, you can easily go back to the beginning.

The most difficult, and potentially rewarding, of the three lairs is the
Illithid Lair, which you can get to via the Underdark. It is located in
the Southeast corner of the map, and you go right (x 5070 y 3400).

Once you have entered, you will be quickly captured by a group of Mind
Flayers who then enslave you.

- ENSLAVED

You wake up in a very small cell. Despite being slaves now, you still
have all of your items. After all, Illithids don't really fear physical
attacks.

A minute or so later, an Ogre will open your door and tell you that it is
time for you to fight. Remember the Gladiators back in the Copper
Coronet? Same idea, except now YOU are the gladiators. Soon enough you
are thrown into a pit to fight 3 Umber Hulks. Beat them and you will be
put back in your cell. When you are back, you will be given Healing
Potions.

Open the side door and talk to the Gith, Simyaz, inside. These Gith were
here to recover the Silver Blade (which you now possess, assuming you
went with Saemon) and ended out here instead. He offers no solutions.
Soon the Ogre comes again and this time takes the Gith out to fight.

Soon the Gith return and tell you that they are to fight you in the next
battle. However, they have a better idea. They will keep the Mind
Flayers busy, while you try to find an escape from the Lair. You will
soon be taken into the battle. Defeat the Kuo-Toa's and then escape out
to the right while the Githyanki keep the Mind Flayers busy.

- ESCAPE

Kill the Ogre Jailor here (10,000 exp). Then search the table:

Hilt of the Equalizer (which means that you probably have all 3 pieces)

Go right into the next half of the room. There are four doors here.
Open the bottom one first (x 3390 y 1760). Kill the 2 Kuo-Toa's here.
Then open the top right door (x 3270 y 1515) next to kill a couple of
Sahuagins. Next open the right door (x 3380 y 1620) and follow this
passage right. Kill the Mind Flayer here. Then go to one of the Vats,
and manipulate it until you get the Goo.

Go back to the Ogre Jailer room, and open the southern door (x 3050
y 1960). Go down this passage, fight the 2 Mind Flayers, and then go
right into a weird slave-control room. Find one of the smaller machines
and pour the goo into it (via clicking it twice). This frees the slaves
from their stasis. They tell you of a way to make Control Collars, as
well as ask you to find them a way out.

Go up to the big machine in the room and Use it to make Collars. Keep
using it until it no longer works. You will get 4 Collars. Equip these
in your Quick Item slot to use them. Then when you find a Mind Flayer,
use the item on him to control him permanently. (Control ends when you
open a door with him)

Note: How to get extra Mind Flayers (to open doors for you). There is
a room where you get the "Goo" which frees the slaves. In this
room a lone Mind Flayer will spawn once every minute or so (if
one is there, a new one won't spawn). There are at least two
doors that require a mind flayer to open and for both doors I
just went back to this room, controlled the mind flayer with one
of the collars and marched him over to the door. I didn't have
to turn into the Slayer once throughout the game (after the
first time which you don't control). (from Rakhiir)

Return to the right portion of the jail, and open the northern door
(x 3050 y 1450). Go through the passage and into the room. Search the
grate on the northern wall to find:

Methild's Harp (Bards can dispel Hold Person effects, 3x day)

Now try to open the door to the right and you get a strange message.
Only a great mind or a creature with godlike strength can open this door.
Which means either you go capture a Mind Flayer with the collars... or
you turn into the Slayer and force the door open. Turn into the Slayer
(unless you managed to keep a Mind Flayer alive), lose the 2 reputation
points, and go through the LEFT door. Once you are in the next room, go
up through the north door until you reach the Brine Room.

The Githyanki will now be freed and will come out to congratulate you.
Oh, and they aren't going to help you get out of here. (everyone gets
25,000 experience)

Once in the Brine Room, try to capture some Mind Flayers (don't use all
your collars). Click on the 8 vats to create 8 Brine Potions, which can
be used to protect your party from Psionic Attacks. Give these potions
ONLY to front line fighters, and use them ONLY when you are near Mind
Flayers, they have a very short effectiveness.

Go back to the previous room and open the lower left door (opening these
doors requires only that you have a Mind Flayer in the party, x 1690
y 1235). Have only your best fighters proceed, each having taken a swig
of the Brine Potion. (or using the Greenstone Amulet from the Beholder
City) Continue left to find a large group of Illithid and Umber Hulks.

From this room there are 3 doors, one to the north, one to the south and
a secret door to the northeast. Since we are being thorough, take the
south door first. This leads to a room with three bizarre Pod-like
things in it. Open each of them to reveal an enemy.

Kuo-Toa Priest - 2000 exp, Magic Bolts, etc.
Insane Dwarf - 1750 exp, Ring of Fire Control (50% fire res., spells)
Umber Hulk - 4000 exp

Back to the other room. Now open the Secret Door (x 1140 y 1300). Go
up this way to find 3 Mind Flayers and several Umber Hulks. Once they
are dead, search the table to find:

Staff of Command +2 (casts Domination once)

Back to the other room. That leaves only the northern door to go
through. (x 950 y 1280) I'm not sure why, but I had to turn into the
Slayer to open this door. What then was the point of taking control of
several Mind Flayers? If you have a Mind Flayer in your party, you can
then Lockpick the door as normal. Anyway go through there to find the
Big Evil Illithid Brain. Kill that first (40,000 experience), then
concentrate on the other Illithids in there, then the Umber Hulks and
finally the Brain Golems. When the Brain dies you automatically gain
some of its blood to give to Matron Ardulace.

- EXIT

Head back and then right to (x 3730 y 1100) to find the slaves who are
now escaping. They thank you (45,000 experience and a Reputation +1)
and leave. You should do the same.

You will find the Githyanki outside in the Underdark under the Tent.
If you have the Silver Blade on you, then they want it back and are
prepared to fight and die to get it.


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Walkthrough:
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- KUO-TOA DUNGEON (for the Kuo-Toa blood for Matron Ardulace)

This one is by far the hardest to spot. From the Underdark head west.
Go to just south of the Svirfneblin bridge. Then continue west into the
darkness. You will find that you can travel at (x 150 y 1840). It's not
marked on the map, and if you didn't know it was there, you might go
right by it.

If you did the Silver Dragon Quest, then you will appear at the END of
this particular level. In that case you may want to backtrack to find
all the spiffy items.

Anyway, go right. There are many strange symbols drawn on the ground.
The spiral indicates "danger". Go up the northern "spiraly" path to find
some beholders. (well one Beholder and 2 Gauth) These things are easily
killed by anyone with the proper Cloak of Mirroring (or Shield of
Balduran). Go back.

Now go up the northeastern passage (x 1230 y 1315). There are a group of
Kuo-toans here, including some wizards. Finish them off. Then search
the nearby pool to get some Tainted Tadpoles. Go back.

This time we go right. The path will split, one portion going north and
another continuing right. We want to keep going right, however, the
way is dangerous as a Flame Strike will hit you. Cross over and open the
big door (x 2800 y 1670).

- THE DEMOGORGON

Within is an empty room with several statues. At the top of the room is
a gigantic statue of a Demogorgon. It asks you to put a sacrifice in
front of it to "awaken the five." This is best done by casting "Animal
Summoning" or a similar spell, and putting the animal in front of the
statue. The animals dies, and the five demon knights appear.

Each of the Demon Knights is tough, does level drain and has some odd
spell casting abilities (such as Horror). Kill them.

16,000 experience each
Two Handed Swords +1
Soul Reaver: Two handed Sword +4 (not usable by Good)
Girdle of Frost Giant Strength (21 STR, part of the Crom Faeyr)
Armor of the Hart: Full Plate +3

Go back to the passage, and take the northern path.

- BLOOD OF A KUO-TOA

Just a little ways up the passage you will run into another large group
of Kuo-Toa's. Take these goons out.

Continue northeast into a small round room. It may have Kuo-Toa's in it,
or they may be in its two side rooms. In the right room you will find
the Kuo-Toa Prince. Kill him.

Kuo-Toa Prince - 4000 experience
Blood
Gems
Gold
Bracers of Blinding Strike (casts improved Haste)

Oh, and if you want to, you can put the Tainted Tadpoles in the pools in
the right room. (If this is done before the battle, it weakens the
Prince)

- EXIT

Now if you did the quest for Matron Ardulace, go back the way you came.
However, if you need to, you can leave the Underdark completely to the
left. I wouldn't recommend that, but if you have to, why not. (Your
disguise WILL fail if you attempt to leave, and then you can never
return to Ust Natha)

If you were merely teleported here by Adalon, then fight through the
Drow guards (some have good EXP, but none have good items) to exit the
area through the gates to the left.

- TO THE SURFACE (AR 2401)

This next series of passages leads to the surface. You will first
encounter a large Drow war party that needs to be taken out. Go up to
the next room to find Drow warring with surface Elves. They tell you to
get to the surface and talk to Captain Elhan. There is another battle
through the northwest doors.

Open the southwest doors (x 800 y 520) and go through. There is yet
another battle with Drow here. Continue through. Open the last door and
exit to the surface.


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6. > > > > Chapter 6: Back to Athkatla
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Exposition:
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You exit and are confronted by Elves who at first think you are Drow, but
even when they realize their error, still don't like you. You are taken
to see the Elven leaders, first a General, then Elhan...

Walkthrough:
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- ELHAN'S QUESTIONS

Elhan now will grill you on your various adventures. He has a sage
behind him who will verify the veracity of your statements (sort of like
a polygraph test). Just answer truthfully and things will go better.
For example, on the first question I told him that I left the Drow
"bloodied and battered... I did not flee." The conversation at first is
an exchange of information... mostly from you to them. Then once they
know that you know more than they, they want you to help them. They need
the Lanthorn to re-enter the city, but it was stolen by Bodhi. You must
find her and retrieve the item. Ask for their help in this matter and
get Holy Water and Stakes off of them.

If Viconia is in the party they force her to swear a Geas to serve you.

- GATHER ALLIES TO ASSAULT BODHI, DRIZZT

Naturally the first thing you will want to do upon exiting the Underdark
is to head over to Cromwell to make the Crom Faeyr, Long Sword of the
Equalizer and Gesen Bow. (all of which we have now found all the pieces
for)

However, on your way anywhere, you will bump into Drizzt Do'Urden and
his friends: Bruenor, Wulfgar, Regis and Catti-Brie (from the Salvatore
novels). If you happen to have killed Drizzt in the previous game (and
imported a save-game) then Drizzt is fairly hostile to you. If your
imported character had any of Drizzt's items, then he starts out fairly
hostile to you. Otherwise he is fairly friendly to you. He is, after
all, a force for GOOD in the world.

The point of Drizzt is to ask him to help you fight down the evil Vampire
Bodhi, which he promises to do. If you do that, then you can simply
meet him in her crypt in the Graveyard.

EVIL Parties: I'm betting, however, that many of you are going to fight
Drizzt to try to steal his nifty items. First off, this
makes you EVIL, as Drizzt is good. Secondly, several
party members will leave your party (or attack you) if
you do this:

Jaheira (leaves, goes to Athkatla)
Keldorn (leaves your party and attacks you)

Others aren't happy about it, but don't complain.

When the fight begins, Drizzt immediately summons forth
his spectral panther, Guenwhyvar to help him. I'd take
out Drizzt first, followed quickly by Catti-Brie. They
are the two fiercest here. Then concentrate on Wulfgar,
Guenhwyvar and Bruenor. Save Regis for last. This battle
shouldn't be too hard for you.

Catti-Brie - 12,000 experience
Tansheron's Bow +3
Long Sword +2
Chainmail +2

Regis - 1500 experience
Leather Armor +1
Mace +2
Ruby Pendant (Dire Charm 1x/day)

Bruenor - 3500 experience
Battle Axe +3
Mithril Field Plate +2

Wulfgar - 3000 experience
Aegis Fang (War Hammer +3)

Guenhwyvar - 1400 experience

Drizzt - 12,000 experience
Scimitar +5, Defender
Scimitar +3, Frostbrand
Mithril Chainmail +4

If you DO kill them and steal their things, later Malchor
Harpell will appear and attempt to retrieve these items.
(This often leads to strange bugs, where he doesn't
actually do anything, but keeps hanging around).

- GATHER MORE ALLIES

If you didn't want Drizzt as an Ally, there are other places to look for
friends. (You don't actually need any allies if you are confident enough
in your battle abilities)

The Shadow Thieves: Talk to Aran Linvail (basement of the Shadow Thieves
Guild) and ask him to back you up when you invade Bodhi's place and he
will send his "best" assassins out to help you.

Order of the Radiant Heart: Head over to the Order and a Squire will
meet with you. Then talk to Prelate Wesselan in the side room and ask
for his help in defeating Bodhi and he will send a contingent of Paladins
out to the Tomb to help out. (Interestingly, one of the Paladins sent has
the Two Handed Sword +3: Harbinger, that when it hits may hit with a
Fireball as well)

You may also be able to convince a Temple to help you IF that Temple is
your Stronghold.

- BODHI FINALE

Head over to the Graveyard to listen to Bodhi. If you are currently in a
Romance with someone, that person will be turned Cyan (such that you
cannot talk to them) and a battle between your party and Bodhi's vampires
breaks out. Your romantic interest will then be spirited away.

Head out to the entrance to the lower levels (x 590 y 980). The other
entrances are mostly barred to prevent entry. Go down into the crypt.
If you have allies down here, you will find them fighting away. I will
assume that you have no allies, so any allies you have will merely help
you. (although you get no experience for anything the "allies" kill)

Search the two nearby containers to find some spells (and some Stakes if
you need them):

Spells - Finger of Death
Symbol of Death

We're on the same battle plan as the first time we came here, namely kill
Vampires with names, and Stake them when they retreat to their coffins.
Go up the passage to find Valen and Del. Kill them, then enter the room
to the left to Stake the two of them.

Go up the northern passage (x 360 y 1080) to the blood bath room.
Here you will find more vampires (Salia, Meredath) and a pool of blood.
Kill the vampires. Neither of them deserve staking. Then go up to the
Pool and click it twice to use the Holy Water on it. This cleanses the
pool and weakens the vampires.

Go through the passage to the right. There you will find a HORDE of
vampires (hence why you wanted the allies, I would think). Simply go
forward until a couple vampires come your way, kill them, go a little
further forward, do some more, and so on. When the last of this room's
many vampires are dead, go back to the Coffin room and Stake it.

Tip: Other ways to kill vampires would be to launch Cloudkills into
the room, use Turn Undead (from an Evil priest you seize control
of Vampires and can turn them on each other).

Head into the next passage to the right to get to the Spiky Room. Here
you find a Guard Vampire, who casts spells on himself. Nothing a good
Breach spell can't remove. (x 2150 y 675) Enter the spiky room. There
are many Vampiric Mists and Traps in here. Search the center blood pool
to find:

Gauntlets of Weapon Expertise (+1 THAC0, +2 Damage)
Stakes

Back to the main room, and take the stairs to the lower level.
(x 1575 y 550)

If any of the three allies came with you (Drizzt, Eric the Paladin or
Arkanis the Shadow Thief) then they will automatically appear with you
(even if it didn't look like they understood what stairs are). This
first passage has 2 traps in it before you reach the door. Arkanis will
detrap these if he is with you.

Michael Schneider has a battle plan:

I recommend the following course of action if you have the
Mace of Destruction +2: Allow NO ONE to fight in the final Bodhi
battle save your strongest fighter with this weapon and some good
armor equipped (you won't take much *physical* damage in this battle
if your AC is -7 or lower), and a Cloak of Spell-turning (or Shield
of Balduran). The Mace of Destruction renders him immune to
level-drain (and the level-drain ability of the vampires and even
fledgling-vampires are enhanced for this battle; presumably this is
what the Holy Water weakens), which means that all of your party
(being unaffected) will be eligible for the big XP payoff at the
conclusion. Otherwise you'll need to cast a lot of Restorations
before staking her.

Open the door to find Bodhi. She gives her final Evil Rant and attacks.
If your lover was turned, you will find them here and they will attack
you forcing you to kill them. Go up to the Pool (any of them) and use
a Holy Water on it to weaken the vampires further. Kill Bodhi (91,000
experience) and she will flee to her coffin in the top right room. Go
up there and Stake her. (x 1700 y 100) This gets you:

55,000 + 48,500 experience for each character
Rhynn Lanthorn (needed to enter the elven city)

Before leaving be sure to get:

Bodhi's Black Heart
Body of your Lover (if applicable)
The Vapiricus Omnibus: Unabridged (from the top left room)

- RESTORE YOUR LOVER

Well, before we go to Chapter Seven we have to undo the rest of what
Bodhi did, namely we have to reverse the vampirism. The Vapiricus
Omnibus mentions the god Amaunator, whose temple we restored when we
defeated the Shade Lord (or, if you didn't do that, check out the Umar
Hills section). Go to the Temple Ruins area.

Enter the temple ruins. Make your way to the lettered-floor room
(where you can only cross safely by stepping on the letters AMAUNATOR)
cross and enter the left room with the giant statue. Place the Body and
Bodhi's Heart in the arms of the statue (x 2615 y 1620). Your lover will
be restored back to life and will be very thankful.

- RETURN THE LANTHORN

Go back to the 'exit from the underdark' area and talk to Elhan again.
Everything he says just reveals more and more that the elves knew
Irenicus and Bodhi from before. However, he does not wish to tell you
the entire story, and says that if you can rescue the Priestess Demin
from the city, Suldanessellar, then she will reveal all to you. (everyone
gets 74,500 experience) This is continued in the section titled
'Suldanessellar.'

Quests:
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QUEST: Restore Yoshimo's Soul

If you still have Yoshimo's (black) heart, you can try to remove
the Geas that holds his soul. Take it to any Priest of Ilmater
(for example, the Temple that is on the Roof of the Copper Coronet)
and ask that they help him. For this you gain 200,000 experience.

And no, Yoshimo cannot be resurrected after this. But hey, you did
save his soul!

OTHER: Find the Silver Hilt for the Vorpal Sword

You've had the Silver Blade forever now (assuming you went with
Saemon) and are probably wondering just when you are going to get
that pesky hilt for it. Well, when wandering near the Adventurer's
Mart in Waukeen's Promenade I encountered Kruin, a mean Gith who
needs the Sword to re-enter Limbo.

Refuse to hand over the sword and he starts casting spells like
crazy. Did I mention that he has several Gith buddies around?
Kill them to get the Silver Hilt, used to finish the Vorpal Sword.
(Rhetorical question, why didn't the Cowled Wizards show up when
the Gith started casting spells?)

OTHER: The Doppleganger Brigands

While traveling between areas you will be "waylaid" by a group of
what appears to be peasants. They ask if you are the famous
adventurer, renowned throughout the Sword Coast. Say yes and they
suddenly turn themselves into cloned versions of your party! Who
knows what diabolical scheme they have concocted to use with a
cloned version of your party. Kill them. I didn't really find
anything else remarkable about them.


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Walkthrough:
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- AREA ONE: SMALL TEETH PASS (AR 1700)

You probably couldn't help but notice that when you emerged from the
Underdark there were 3 new areas on your map. From left to right these
are: Small Teeth Pass, North Forest and the Forest of Tethir. We'll
hit them in that order starting with the Small Teeth Pass. There is
nothing in the Small Teeth Pass. Sure, you can fight some Wolfwere's,
or Vampiric Mists or even Gnolls, but other than that you won't find a
single thing of significance here. On to the next area.

- AREA TWO: NORTH FOREST (AR 1800)

This area is very small, but actually does have more significant things
in it. There is a grave (x 1550 y 525) near the top of the map that has
some random treasures in it. Yes, you heard me, random. Nothing great,
possibly some spells, potions or gems. At night this grave is guarded
by some Genies (a Djinn and an Efreet).

Further down from that you will find another set of graves, this one
defended by a Mage, a Priest and their goons. I would take out the mage
first to prevent him from casting his Time Stop and other spells. You
can search them, but they don't have any great treasures.

- AREA THREE: FOREST OF TETHIR (AR 2600)

Unlike the previous two areas, this one actually has something in it! A
Quest even! With murder and intrigue! You will likely start out at the
top of the map. Immediately to your right you will see a cage hanging
from a tree (x 2320 y 225). This is the Wolfwere camp and becomes
significant later. From there go south to the branch (x 2430 y 1630)
go left onto the branch and from there onto the really big fallen tree.
Go north up this tree to the next branch (x 1600 y 1180). Go left on
this branch to reach the Cabin.

Here you will meet up with Coran (x 580 y 1130) who tells you that he
wandered out here with Safana but now she has been kidnapped by
Wolfweres. Agree to help him out. (Also you can search the left side
of the cabin to find a minor treasure, it's on the wall) If you enter
his cabin you will find it overrun by Vampiric Mists and similar
creatures. There are also some +1 and +2 items in here, but by this
point in the game that isn't very noteworthy!

Leave the cabin and return to the Wolfwere camp to find Coran. Lanfear
has been "holding" Safana captive, but it turns out that they are in
cahoots and are out to get you for some bounty or another. Treachery!
And you thought Yoshimo hurt! (Safana and Coran were with you in Baldur's
Gate) However, Lanfear has her own plot to steal Coran away, and kills
Safana once he is there. A battle soon breaks out. Try to keep Coran
alive if you want (isn't important). If your main character was Female
then Lanfear simply kills Coran before the battle. (such is life, I
suppose) And that is that for Coran.

Back onto the left log (x 2020 y 1620). This time take it south to where
it intersects with another log (x 3040 y 2800). Now there is a branch
just to the south (and a little east) that leads south off of this
log (x 3240 y 2960). This leads to another branch that goes east.

Go north once you are off the branch until you reach the Door (x 4500
y 2220). Enter. Search the lake:

Mana Bow +4 (20% magic resistance)
minor treasures

There's nothing else worth looking at in here, so leave. (If you did go
into the back room, be sure to check for traps first) We're also done
with this area, so you can leave.


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7. > > > > Chapter 7: Suldanessellar (AR 2800)
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Exposition:
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Elhan uses the Lanthorn to open a hole in the tree to the Elven City of
Suldanessellar (everyone in the party gets another 74,500 experience).
The elves then re-enter their city and bid you to follow them...

Walkthrough:
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- SULDANESSELLAR

In case you are wondering, you are in the Forest of Tethir to start with
(see the above section 'Three New Areas' if you haven't been here
already). Enter the city. The elves move out to look for survivors, and
Elhan tells you to be careful and look for Ellesime.

We are currently in the bottom right portion of the map. Go north to
find the first building (x 4640 y 2500). Enter. Kill the three Golems
in here to save the two elves. They reveal that you will find Priestess
Demin in a house in the Southwestern part of the city, then leave.
Search the large bookcase on the right (x 680 y 270) to find the:

Stone Horn (needed)
Darts

The container just north of that bookcase holds a:

Cloak of Elvenkind (Hide in Shadows +50%)

The rest of the containers hold merely minor treasures. Exit the
building.

Head up the northwestern path (x 4515 y 2450). Beware Golems that may
lurk around here. There was a group of Rakshasa's (x 4060 y 1950) just
outside the next building. Be ready for a large battle, and enter the
building. If you cast Protection from Evil 10' on your party, then the
Glabrezu will not attack you. Once inside take out the mage first and
the rest will be easy. There is nothing else to be done here for the
moment, but remember this place (Temple of Rillifane), we will be back.
Exit.

Note: If you have the artifacts of Rillifane before coming here the
first time, and quickly placed them in the Altar, you could let
the Avatar of Rillifane fight this battle for you. (Rolander)

Head down the southwest path to the unmarked building (x 3160 y 2730).
There will probably be more Golems here to fight. Go up the stairs on
the building to rescue some elves. Tell them to get to the gates. South
of this building is a platform where some elves and trolls are fighting.
Once the trolls are defeated the elves "move out" to help out other
sections of the city.

- THE SYMBOL OF RILLIFANE

Go down the next southwest passage to the next building (x 2080 y 3240).
Enter the TOP room first, and search it until you find the Wardstone.
Then leave that room and enter the lower room. You can find the Meteor
Swarm spell on the fireplace mantle. To the right you will see three
dead elves around an odd piece of furniture. The answers to this thing's
questions can be found on the wardstone. Go up and use the thing:

First: Press the Rune of Corellan Lotharian
2nd: Press the Symbol of Rillifane
3rd: Press the elven Symbol of Water
4th: Press the Rune that denotes the Tree of Life

Do that correctly to get the Symbol of Rillifane. Leave this room.

- THE PRIESTESS DEMIN

Go west (where you will see Elves battling skeletal warriors), then
northwest to get to Demin's House (x 780 y 2140), which is guarded by a
Drow and a Demon. Go up the stairs and enter the building. Inside you
will find Demin fighting three Rakshasa's:

Girdle of Stone Giant Strength (20 STR)

On the shelf behind her you will find:

Spell - Absolute Immunity

Afterwards talk to Demin to learn all about Irenicus' past and why he has
invaded the elven city. She also has an idea to help clear the city of
its current pest problem, to restore the Guardians of the forest. What
you need is to find the three artifacts of Rillifane: The Cup, the
Symbol and the Moonblade. We already got the Symbol, all we need is the
Cup, which is on the Dragon to the northwest and the Moonblade, which is
in the Temple of the Moon to the east.

Leave her house.

- THE ARTIFACTS OF RILLIFANE

Go up the northern path to the Harpist's House (x 1060 y 625). Outside
the house a group of elves are fighting some golems. If you manage to
save the elves they give you 13,000 experience. Enter the building.
Search the desk in the top left to find:

Stone Harp (companion to the Stone Horn)

Leave the building.

Go up to the northwest passage (x 500 y 725). This path leads to a new
area with the Black Dragon that we must defeat to get the Golden Cup of
Rillifane. Take the passage. Once at the new area, cast whatever
protective spells you wish (I used Haste, Protection from Evil and
Mazzy's Protection from Fear), then go southwest and fight the dragon.

You can try to reason with him, but he won't fall for it, and a battle is
inevitable. Just keep his spell defenses down and attack. By this point
in the game you should be mighty enough to easily whack this pest.

Nizidramanii'yt - 52,000 experience
Golden Goblet of Life (fancier name)
Bladesinger Chain +4 (elven chainmail, AC 1)
Minor Treasures

Once the Dragon is dead, head back the way you came.

Alternatively: You can give the Dragon everything you have (gold and
items) for the Goblet. Naturally, you'll want to drop
all your items before doing this.

Go southeast, past the Harpist's House, southeast down the next passage
to get to the House of the Moon (x 1830 y 1450) and site of the final
artifact of Rillifane. Enter.

Within the house you get to watch as an elf kills a Balor, but is
destroyed himself in the process. Search the elf's remains to find the
Moonblade. Then search the rest of the room to find:

Boots of Elvenkind
Spells - Gate

Return to the Temple of Rillifane and place the three sacred objects
(Cup, Moonblade and Amulet) in the Altar in the center. This will
create the Avatar of Rillifane who is irritated that his temple has been
defiled by Irenicus. (everyone gets 65,000 experience) After talking
with you he summons forth the Guardians of the Forest, who clear out the
city and unseal the Palace for you to enter. You also get:

Staff of the Woodlands +4 (+3 AC, best weapon for Druids)

Leave the temple. Just outside the temple will be a new elf, Reirra, who
offers to sell you things. When you are ready head up to the Palace
(x 3450 y 600). Near the House of the Moon you will find some elves in
conflict with some monsters. Help out (although the elves seem to get
dominated).

- THE PALACE

Go up to the tree and keep using it until you get all the nuts (the
screen will fade to black). There is now only one door to go through,
so go through it. This leads to a pleasant garden with a waterfall in
the center. To the left are two statues, use the statues to put the
Stone Horn and Stone Harp on them. (3000 exp each) This removes the
waterfall and replaces it with a staircase. Go down the stairs. (after
first talking to your party members about the upcoming battle)

- THE TREE OF LIFE

When you first enter this area, Ellesime talks to you. She tells you
that you need to slay 3 parasites on the tree in order to weaken Irenicus
to the point where he can be defeated.

From where you start, go all the way left (x 1970 y 450) and one of your
Seeds will grow into a new branch that continues left. Go left to find
the first parasite (x 1430 y 140). Click on it to try to kill it,
however it has a defender that leaps out to attack you. (for me it was
2 Earth Elementals) Once they are dead, click on the parasite to kill
it. One down, two to go.

Go a little left and down from the first parasite and a new branch will
grow in. Cross it and go down. (x 877 y 1070) Follow this path down to
find the second parasite (x 1180 y 1480). Click on it until its
guardians attack you (air elementals). Once they are dead, kill the
second Parasite and Ellesime will contact you again. She is very excited
now and thinks there is a good chance that you could kill Irenicus. (or
as she calls him, Joneleth) One more Parasite to go.

Go down. You will pass right by Irenicus (x 1800 y 2035), go past him
on the path that leads eastwards. (x 2340 y 2400) Another branch will
grow in, cross it. Keep going right until you find the final parasite
(x 2875 2025). Do the same thing to kill it. When the last parasite
dies you are automatically teleported over to Irenicus.

- BATTLE WITH IRENICUS

There are many ways to fight Irenicus. Some might suggest summoning a
Nishruu or Hakeashar to deal with him. Others would recommend using
Protection from Magic scrolls. An easy strategy that often works is to
let him cast some spells, then just wander off for awhile. Most mages
don't follow you, and it can easily allow you to do what you will
(protective magics, healing, etc.). But perhaps the easiest strategy
for dealing with Irenicus comes from Xar: Since you can reach Irenicus
before killing the parasites, fill his areas with the nastiest traps you
have (either you need to be a thief or have Jan along – Imoen/Nalia’s
trap skill is too poor). The traps won’t activate until you get the
arch-villain speech. Seven traps (with some special snare or advanced)
will kill him before he can raise a single barrier. Next.

When Irenicus is dead, everyone is sucked into hell with him. If anyone
died, don't worry about their possessions, they will appear in hell
with you.


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Exposition:
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When Irenicus died, your stolen soul did not return to you and as a result
you followed Irenicus into hell. Imoen has a theory as to why the same
didn't happen with her, that Bodhi's vampirism made the soul transfer
easier. In any case, you must find Irenicus and finish things, once and
for all.

Walkthrough:
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- BHAAL'S TEARS: SAREVOK

Well that big giant door to the north seems like a likely place to have
to end out eventually, if only you could open it. Go over to the left
(x 575 y 840) and down the stairs.

Note: Each of these "tests" has a GOOD and an EVIL way to accomplish
them. Which you do has some fairly drastic effects when you
get around to opening the final doors.

Alternate Route: (from Henning Roes)

In your walkthrough you walked left and started with the Wraith of
Sarevok. If you walk right instead it seems that whatever you do you
will stay good. In my first game I went left and everything was like
you described. In my second and third game I went right and wasn't
able to get the evil reward or become evil. I sacrificed a peasent
for example by choosing the evil path to avoid the loss of DEX. When
I placed the Tear my alignment didn't change and I got the 'good'
reward. Same in every other cave.

The exception is the Wraith of Sarevok. When I showed him my wrath I
got the evil reward and my alignment changed.

There is even a small benefit by going right beside the benefits
mentioned above. Sarevok's Wraith is not able to hurt you when you're
immune to 0/+1-weapons. You can kill him with a dagger or your fists.

Walk forward a little to find Wraith Sarevok (he was the final bad-guy in
the first Baldur's Gate, if you didn't play it). Talk to him. He tells
you just about everything you will need to know about this hell you are
in. How you need to collect the Tears of Bhaal to open that door, and
to confront Irenicus for your soul. If you get really mad at Sarevok and
yell at him and so forth, then your stats will be increased. (It's along
the lines of you deserving the power of the Slayer) My Barbarian gained
+1 STR. That, however, is the EVIL path.

Note: Choosing the evil path when fighting Sarevok's Wraith gives you
+1 STR. This is permanently added to your STR. The +2 reward is
added to your actual equipment. For example: You have STR19,
gain the +1 then you have 20. Adding the +2 gives you 21. If
you're wearing a girdle of STR21 then your STR is increased to
21+2=23. (Henning Roes)

Go back up. Then go down, and left to the next staircase (x 830 y 1830).

- BHAAL'S TEARS: GREED

You will immediately confront a demon by the name of Greed. He greets
you and gives you the Blackrazor longsword (a +3 weapon with many good
effects).

Walk forward to find the trapped Genie. He gives you a little riddle.
The gist of which is that to free him and gain the Tear of Bhaal that you
need requires the use of the Blackrazor. You can either give him the
sword (20,000 exp) or you can kill him with it. (11,000 exp) In any case
once you have the tear go back up. Giving him the sword is the GOOD
path, killing him the EVIL path.

Go right, then down the center stairs (x 2100 y 2200).

- BHAAL'S TEARS: SELFISH

Walk forward to find the demon Selfish. It tells you that it has a Tear
but that you have to prove yourself worthy. It then steals one of your
companions (and if you happen to HAVE no companions, then it steals a
mortal from some random place... I have also heard that you can simply
dismiss an NPC before going here and he will still summon the peasant).
Then the choice becomes thus, if you go on the left path you must
sacrifice to save this person, if you go right you sacrifice nothing
(but the person being held is killed).

If you take the Left path, you will lose:

First Door: 2 HP from maximum
Second Door: 1 point of Dexterity
Third Door: Experience

Ard has an interesting alternative:

I have found a way around it. I came in with my main char and Imoen (I
did the whole game with one but kept Imoen when she returned) so Imoen
was taken hostage. She wore the boots of speed (perhaps haste works
too). I paused immediately when she appeared below and cued her to run
to the bottom left door and open it *from the inside*. Imoen could
just reach this before being held.

The demon was satisfied, gave up the tear and buzzed off without any of
the damage described.

Andrew Scarvell has another interesting alternative:

I found this out quite by accident. One of my multiplayer characters,
a female gnome illusionist/thief (aka Wierdo), had a Dispel Magic spell
stored away in a Contingency, set to go off if the character became
"helpless". Anyway, Wierdo was spirited away by Selfish, and had the
Hold spell put on her, thus rendering her helpless. The Contingency
spell therefore kicked in, and the dispel magic freed her.

Now, with Wierdo free in the demon's domain, she could simply talk to
the demon and the GOOD path was automatically chosen. She was then
able to open the final left door at her leisure, which caused the main
character to lose some experience, but this was the only penalty I
suffered as the other doors are now inactive. No loss of DEX or HP.
And I didn't cheat in any way - in fact it was positively in spirit
with the game, as a very innovative (or lucky) application of the
contingency/dispel magic combo. This is quite similar to Ard's cheat
involving the boots of speed, except that it isn't a cheat.

If you take the right path, YOU lose nothing, but the person held dies.
This is a permanent death (unless you have the Rules set to the easier
levels). Also if you are a Paladin or a Ranger you will become Fallen.
Naturally making the sacrifice is GOOD, and getting them killed is EVIL.

There is also some minor treasure by where your companion is held. Time
to leave this area, go back and get to the next set of stairs to the
right.

- BHAAL'S TEARS: FEAR

You will immediately encounter the Fear Demon. He tells you that there
are horrible fiends beyond him that will devour you alive. Your only
hope is a magical Nymph-skin cloak that he has. Don't take the cloak as
you don't need it. Taking the cloak is the EVIL path, not taking it is
the GOOD path.

Tip: Cast Remove Fear on your party ahead of time.

Past this demon there are two paths, a northern one that leads to
Beholders and a southern one that has a Fear aura on it. Take the
southern passage to the right, skip by the treasure chest. At the end
of the path is a bright red crystal. Click it to get the Tear of Bhaal.

Go back out, and there is only one last set of stairs to hit. (x 3385
y 1000)

- BHAAL'S TEARS: PRIDE

Here you will meet with the final demon, Pride. He has a big long speech
since he is the last demon (actually any of them will give you this
speech if you do them last). Then he tells you that to get the last tear
you must defeat a big evil monster. Ask him what KIND of monster it is.
Then keep bugging him about the creature. Why does it deserve death?
Keep bugging him until he admits that the creature might just give you
the tear anyway.

Go forward to find the Dragon and it will give you the tear. That was
easy, wasn't it. Doing it that way is the GOOD path, fighting the dragon
anyway is the EVIL path.

There are some potions in a hidden container to the left by the red
glowing crystals.

If you chose to fight whatever was in there, it will be a Red Dragon and
it will have some interesting treasures, but at this point in the game,
it isn't really worthwhile.

Go back out.

- IRENICUS FINALE

I bet you're just saying to yourself, just how many times must I kill
Irenicus before he finally dies!? Well just this one more time, honest.

Head up to the Big Door (x 2050 y 400) and click it. Click it again to
remove the seals. (and again...) Depending on whether you did the
tests as "Good" or "Evil" you get these bonuses: (bonuses from ANDY)

FEAR TEAR (the Nymph cloak)
Good: Immunity to +1 weapons or less
Evil: +2 CON

SELFISHNESS TEAR (sacrifice for companion)
Good: +10 resistance to magic
Evil: +2 to your AC

GREED TEAR (the Blackrazor sword)
Good: +2 to all saving throws
Evil: +15 to HP

PRIDE TEAR (the dragon)
Good: +20% resistances to fire, cold and electricity
Evil: Gain 200,000 experience

WRATH TEAR (Sarevok)
Good: +1 to WIS and CHA
Evil: +2 to STR

IMPORTANT NOTE: If in any of the above tests you choose the Evil Path,
you lose one reputation point and also have the
alignment changed over to evil (if you were good or
neutral).

When the door opens, Irenicus blasts out to face you one last time. This
time, it's personal.

This time Irenicus summons forth 4 demons and then becomes the Slayer.
I ignored Irenicus and killed the demons first, then I concentrated all
firepower on Irenicus. I found this battle to be easier than the earlier
battle with him, but that is just me. He also will teleport around the
area. When he dies, he dies rather spectacularly.

And so the game ends...


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X1. > > > > Stronghold Walkthroughs
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These do not tell you how to get the Hold, (though they do tell you where to
start) these are intended to tell you what to do with the Hold when you get
it. Only the main character gets a stronghold. That means if your main
character is a Fighter, Monk or Barbarian, you get the Warrior Stronghold.
Sorcerers get the Mage Stronghold.

Warrior --> De'Arnise Hold

Talk to Nalia in the Copper Coronet in the Slums to get this
quest started. Then at the successful completion of the quest,
Nalia gives you the fortress as thanks. You MUST accept the
Stronghold when she first offers it! If you do not, it will
be seized by her enemies.

This stronghold's primary ability is to raise money, which it
does at a rate of 500 gp per week. This gold is collected in
the library on the second floor. You can also sleep anywhere in
the Keep. Also you can "raise the tax rate," which results in
an instant 1000 gp gain, but makes the people less happy. You
want to keep your people happy since when they get too unhappy
they will revolt. And if they revolt you lose control of the
Keep.

Plus about once a week someone will come to visit you at the
hold. These are "mini-quests" and usually involve a choice on
your part. Most of these are worth only experience. The best
time to know when to return to your keep is when you get the
message saying that "Gold has been placed in your Keep".

Event 1: Angry Merchant. Tolmas Bendelia is here and he is
quite upset. His caravan was waylaid by bandits in
your land and he wants restitution. From you. If you
do NOT pay him, he threatens to make life miserable
for your people. The caravan was worth 1000 gold.
You can either pay him the money, buy the debts of the
farmers, or laugh him out of your sight. Once that
is done you must decide what to do about the bandits.
You can hire mercenaries for 500 gold, 250 gold or
ignore them. Depending on your answers you get exp:

Buy debts for 1000 and 500 for mercenaries: 15,000
Pay him 1000 and 500 for mercenaries: 15,000
Pay him 1000 and 250 for mercenaries: 0
Pay him 500 (CHA of 15+) and 500 for mercs: 15,000

Event 2: The Guard Thief. Captain Cernick has caught one of
your guards stealing. Cernick, if asked, would have
the man executed immediately, but that won't gain you
anything. Talk to the thief and learn his side of the
story. Turns out he has a very good excuse (medicine
for wife). You can execute him, expel him from the
guard or help him out. The medicine costs 500 gold.

Forgive him: 15,500 exp
Expel him: 11,500 exp
Execute: nothing

Buying the medicine makes the people like you more,
and less likely to revolt.

Event 3: The Cleric of Tempus (Tempos). A priest of Tempus
wants to set up shop in your Keep. He's a very odd
character, and not someone that you will like.
Keldorn will recommend him, while Anomen doesn't like
him.

Let him stay: 15,500 exp
Don't take stranger into keep: 11,500 exp
Tell him to beat it: nothing

If you do keep him, you can find him upstairs in the
Golem area. It requires going through some secret
doors but it is your own temple.

Also letting him stay makes the people like you more.

Event 4: Somewhere around 2 weeks later (for me it was 16 days)
a messenger appears and tells you to get back to the
Hold within the next week OR ELSE.

Once you are there you meet with Lord Farthington
Roenall who wants you to give up the Keep. I suggest
you NOT do that.

Event 5: Chanelle the Maid. She has two men who wish to marry
her and only you can decide which she is to marry.
The first, Jessup, is poor but she loves him. The
second, Malvolio, is rich but she doesn't love him.

Marry Jessup: 15,500 exp
Marry Malvolio: 11,500 exp

If you let her marry Jessup then you have the option
of providing a dowry. A 500 gold dowry makes the
people like you more.

If you let her marry Malvolio, the people like you
less. However, if you refuse his 500 gp, then they
like you more (however, the two cancel each other out
so you end out where you started).

Event 6: The two moneylenders. They claim that the previous
Lord De'Arnise borrowed money from them and that you
are responsible for paying it. The Major Domo says
that there was no such debt, and that they could have
forged the documents themselves. You can pay them
their money if you wish, but you get no experience
from it. Either threaten them with executions or have
them executed.

Turns out they are blackmailers, but they might have
a hold over your people. If you didn't buy off the
blackmailers, you have to pay your people.

500 gold: 11,500 exp
1000 gold: 15,500 exp (and people like you more)

And not paying makes the people angry with you.

Event 7: Flooding. The old dikes have broken flooding the
land. Several angry farmers demand satisfaction from
you. You need to spend money to repair the farms:

5000 gold: 15,500 exp
partial: 4500 exp
none: nothing (and this makes a revolt more likely)

If you do a partial amount, you get experience based
on how much you shell out:

4000 gold: 6500 exp
3000 gold: 4500 exp
2000 gold: 2500 exp
1000 gold: nothing

And the less you pay, the more angry at you they
become.

Then you need to spend money to repair the dike:

2000 gold: the people like you more
none: nothing (possible bad effects with Roenall)

Listen to what the farmers say when they leave. If
they compliment you, then the people like you, if
they say... not so nice things, beware.

Event 8: Invasion. Lord Roenall now intends to take this Keep
by force and has invaded your lands. Your forces will
not hold up long. What you are asked to do is go out
to the battle and kill Lord Roenall, thus ending the
invasion. Captain Cernick asks that you go out to
help with the battle.

Just past the drawbridge you'll find the two opposing
forces. After Roenall taunts you, attack him with
everything you have. All you have to do is kill him
and the battle ends.

Roenall - 12,000 exp
Full Plate Mail +1
Bastard Sword +1

Back inside you are told the Keep is yours forever
more (assuming you don't tax yourself into a revolt)
and you get 50,000 exp. Be sure to search Roenall
afterwards.

The Keep is now yours forever, to generate an income, and be
a base of operations.


Priest --> Cult at the Temple District

Normally when you go to the Temple District you see a cult form,
and a Priest of Helm talks to you. Well when you go here as a
Priest, a representative from your Temple (ie Lathander) tells
you to come with him.

Return to whomever gave you the quest to accept your reward
(I got 8000 gold from Lathander as well as a Reputation +1).
They then give you a room in the temple and you are part of the
temple now. Then talk to their Acolyte to learn what you need
to be doing now.

Lathander - Acolyte Lara
Helm - Acolyte Byron
Talos - Acolyte Vilon

You then have to meet with some people and help them out. Talk
to the person, decide on a course of action. Then wait until
they return to tell you the results. After 24 hours or so, the
Acolyte will return to grade your performance. (The people are
the same in all temples, however the reward for what you have
them do changes)

Note: If you do something that the church you are a member of
doesn't like (such as a Priest of Lathander telling
someone to "kill all the witnesses") then you will be
stripped of your title.

Lathander: (best choices)

Glinden - Wife is unfaithful. Tell him to forgive her and let
her do as she will. Later the Acolyte comes and
evaluates your performance. (20,000 exp)
Ti'Vael - Killed a man. Have him pay restitution to the man's
family. 48 hours he returns. (20,000 exp)
Rania - Lost her faith. Give her time to think about
things. 48 hours later Acolyte Lara reappears and
gives you 20,000 exp.
Cortirso - You were instantly promoted over this gentleman in
the church, and he demands satisfaction (a duel).
Don't fight him and Lara will give you 20,000 exp.

Lara then gives you the task to assassinate the
Weathermistress Ada, chief of the Talos Temple. Every
follower of Talos is now your enemy. Head over to the Temple
and kill Ada. Return to Lara for your reward: 1000 gold and
35,000 experience.

Helm: (best choices)

Glinden - Wife is unfaithful. Tell him to remind his wife of
their vows. Byron will return later and give you
20,000 exp.
Ti'Vael - Killed a man. Tell him to turn himself in to the
authorities. Byron gives you 20,000 exp.
Rania - Lost her faith. Stress the importance of duty and
following. She doesn't like it that much, but
Helm does. Byron returns later to give you 20,000
experience.
Cortirso - You were instantly promoted over this gentleman in
the church, and he demands satisfaction (a duel).
Accept his challenge and kill him. Byron then gives
you 20,000 experience for following Helm.

You are then given the task of protecting the Temple of
Lathander from an attack of Talos. Also you must prevent the
Lathandites from gaining revenge on Talos after the attack.
Head over to the Temple of Lathander and prevent the assault
from going through. Then talk to Lara and talk her out of
assassinating Ada. (2,1) Return to Byron to get 1000 gold and
35,000 experience.

Talos: (best choices)

Glinden - Wife is unfaithful. Tell him to murder his wife AND
her lover, then when the Inspector shows up turn
Glinden in for a reward. You get 200 gold and
20,000 experience when Vilon returns.
Ti'Vael - Killed a man. Tell him to kill all the witnesses to
his crime. Then when he returns to you, kill him.
Then take his head to the government district and
give it to the inspector. Return to the temple.
When Vilon returns you get 500 gold and 20,000 exp.
Rania - Crisis of faith. Kill her for her lack of faith
(oh, and keep her head around).
Cortirso - You were instantly promoted over this gentleman in
the church, and he demands satisfaction (a duel).
Now take Rania's head to the Inspector and frame
Cortirso for the murder. Vilon will give you 30,000
experience for this clever action.

Now you are told to go assassinate Dawnmaster Kreel of the
Lathander temple. Go do so, and you have to attack every
follower of Lathander on your way there. Return to get your
reward of 35,000 experience and 2000 gold.


Paladin --> Order of the Radiant Heart

Talk to Lord Jierdan in the Copper Coronet (Slums) to get this
ball rolling. Finish the quest and return to Garren, who now
offers to help you enter the Order of the Radiant Heart. Your
Paladin special abilities will also be increased. Do NOT kill
Firkraag until you are asked to.

Note: Although it says that your abilities are increased,
nothing appears to happen.

Go to the Radiant Heart and talk to Prelate Wesselan in the top
left side room. Agree to what he says, then go talk to William
Reirrac. You are given a small room in the Order and started
out doing quests:

Event 1: Go to Umar Hills and rescue Knights from an attack.
When you arrive at the Umar Hills, a runner
immediately takes you to the site of the battle.
There are Orgs, Ogre Mages and Ettins around. Kill
them and try to keep the other Knights alive. Return
to Reirrac to get your reward: 10,000 exp.

Event 2: Reirrac now wants you to go back to Umar Hills to meet
a Baron in the Inn. This Baron wants you to remove
some Squatters from his land. Talk to Brunson, Pardo
and Moreno outside of the Inn before going inside and
speaking with the Baron. When speaking with the Baron
tell him everything you have learned from outside, and
Lanka will turn against him. A fight breaks out, kill
the Baron. Him and his goons range in experience from
3400 to 8000 and have some very minor treasures. Go
outside and the farmers will thank you. Return to the
Radiant Heart. Tell Reirrac what occurred to get
25,500 experience. (If you didn't talk to the farmers
and help the Baron remove them then you get a mere
10,000 experience, if you DID talk to the farmers but
removed them anyway you get 15,000 exp)

Event 3: The Morningales are being slaughtered for opposing the
slave trade. Only one member of this family has
survived, Tyrianna. Head out to the Docks district.
Enter the house just to the right of the Temple of
Oghma. Once inside you get to meet the "pleasant"
Tyrianna. Soon you will be attacked by assassins,
which can be easily dispatched. Then Tyrianna's
godfather, Hurgis arrives. There are two possibilities
here, 1) he may be an evil assassin, or 2) he has
no proof of his identity, but doesn't detect as evil.
So, cast Detect Evil to see which he is. If he
detects as evil he is an assassin that must be killed,
otherwise hand her over to him and return to the
Order. Talk to Reirrac to get a reward: Pride of the
Legion +2 (Plate Mail with AC of -1) and a Large
Shield +2. If you had "Fallen" then your Paladin
abilities will be regained.

Event 4: The final event is to retrieve the Avenger from the
Red Dragon Firkraag. Return to the dragon's lair and
go up to the dragon. Make your battle preparations.
Now pause it, click on the dragon as though you were
going to talk to it, then switch over and have
everyone attack it instead. If it works right, he'll
wait for you to talk to it, while you are busy
pummeling him!

Firkraag - 64,000 exp
Red Dragon Scales
Holy Avenger +5
Cloak of the Shield
1500 gold
Spells - Invisible Stalker (Mage)

Return to Reirrac to get some experience (35,000).
Take the Scales to the Docks area and have Cromwell
make it into the Red Scale Armor. (AC of -1)


Thief --> Shadow Thieves Guild (at the Docks)

Go over to the Shadow Thieves Guild at the Docks (they'll let
you in since you know Gaelan). Go to the back of the Guild, and
up the stairs. (or you could just go in the side door) Talk to
Renal Bloodscalp and finish up his quests. At the end of which,
Renal gives you control of Mae'Var's former guild as well as
10,500 gold to get it up and running. When he says he wants a
profit out of you, he means it! Everyone in your party also
gets 45,500 experience.

Go to your new Thieves Guild. You now have a new guard outside,
Brannel (whom you can chastise if you feel like it). Go inside,
and then open the top door to talk to Jariel. Jariel explains
the workings of your guild, that you direct your thieves
activities (high risk or low risk), bail them out of jail, etc.

At the beginning the thieves are at the Low Risk level, just
covering the quota. You are also offered the chance to change
your 5 thieving groups level of risks (one option at a time).
The more risk involved, the more money you can collect. Once
that is done, come back in 5 days. Collect your money from
Jariel, and possibly bail someone out of a jam. Then wait for
Joster to arrive and pay him your dues. (You will receive a
message above your head saying that he has arrived. When you
get that he appears next to Jariel)

Thieving Probabilities: (based on what you assign them in
conversation with Jariel)

Gold Gained
% success % jailed Hz: Gh: Kr: Ma: Va:

Thread: (2,1,2): 90% 10% 200 200 250 100 150
Thread: (2,1,1): 80% 20% 400 300 500 250 300
Thread: (2,2,2): 80% 20% 400 300 500 250 300
Thread: (1,1,2): 80% 20% 400 300 500 250 300
Thread: (1,1,1): 65% 35% 600 500 750 500 500
Thread: (1,2,2): 65% 35% 600 500 750 500 500
Thread: (2,2,1): 65% 35% 600 500 750 500 500
Thread: (1,2,1): 50% 50% 900 750 1000 750 800

Cost to bail out: ................ 100 200 50 250 300

Quotas: 1: 500 gold
2: 500 gold
3: 1000 gold
4: 1000 gold
5: 350 gold

Every time after is random:

50% - 500 gold
20% - 900
20% - 300
10% - 1000

If you fail to pay your Quota, then you lose your Thieves Guild.
To max out your returns, have all your first three thieves go
for the highest risk (1,2,1). If you want to see some more
Money Charts to support this, check out the Appendix.

Beyond that there are also events to deal with:

Event 1 - Talk to Lathan (the other thief by Jariel) and he
mentions that he is your "eyes and ears". He has
nothing to report, but soon another thief, named Ama,
appears. She wants you to help take out a government
official. Simply meet her any night after this in
Waukeen's Promenade. If you saved Kamuzu from the
cells that Mae'Var kept, then he will warn you NOT to
trust her. Gee, someone betraying you? Haven't seen
THAT before!

Anyway, at night, wander over to Waukeen's Promenade.
She'll appear and ask that you put your weapons away,
supposedly to not scare someone. Yeah, her. Soon,
you will be attacked by 6 assassins. They have some
minor treasures.

Event 2 - Talk to Lathan again, and tell him to never let such
things happen again. Then he has a bit of a problem,
a pickpocket is keeping profits from you. The
pickpockets know who is stealing but won't tell you.
You have four options here: Kill them all, kill one
of them (your choice), dock their pay or let their
supervisor, Kretor, fix it. It takes 5 days to get
results. (The thief is Darronal Gwin II)

If you dock their pay, the thieves will "fix" this
problem on their own, by killing the thief.

If you choose to do nothing or kill all the thieves,
Kretor will quit and you lose one of your thieving
divisions. This will make getting your quota that
much harder.

If you kill the wrong thief, then Kretor will quit.

If you choose to kill Darronal Gwin then the profit
skimming ends.

And that is that for the Thieves Guild.


Ranger --> Umar Hills Quest (start at Government District)

Talk to Delon in the Government District (near the statue) to
get the ball rolling on this one, then go to Umar Hills and
complete the quests there to gain control of the Ranger Cabin.
When you beat the Shade Lord talk to Minister Lloid and he'll
give you the cabin.

Note: Do NOT give the kids in Imnesvale beer or swords, or
you could get kicked out of your stronghold!

Search the cabin again to find new magical items, some gold and
a scroll from the townspeople. If you fail to make it back
after you are told of an event here, they will board up your
cabin and you won't be the Ranger Protector anymore.

Event 1: After three days you can find Mairyn in your cabin.
Mairyn is a spirit of the forest and needs your help.
Humans are tearing down her forest in the Temple Ruins
area. I found the "humans" in the south center of the
area. Talk to Lord Igen Tomblethen. Then search to
the east of him (x 3875 y 2315) to find a mithril
medallion and a note from his ancestor. Give him the
medallion and don't accept a reward of gold to get
10,000 exp. Return to your cabin, talk to Mairyn
again to get another 21,500 experience.

Event 2: Three days later Delon comes up to you again and asks
you to come back to Imnesvale to deal with some Orcs.
You have three days from the time you get the message
to get back, else they strip you of your cabin. Talk
to Minister Lloid who will apprise you on the
situation. Head out to the cave (x 1600 y 1300). At
the outside of the cave you will find Orogs. Go
into the cave. Talk to Madulf inside to get 21,750
experience. Talk to Minister Lloid again to get
another 25,000 exp. (this works out a little
differently if you killed Madulf before, of course,
you only get 20,000 exp when talking to Lloid)

Event 3: About 5 days later Delon comes to you and asks you to
return. It seems that the Umar Witch has returned.
Go talk to Minister Lloid again. Now go to the Temple
Ruins again. Before you enter the ruins, Mairyn
appears and asks the same thing. Enter. There are
many undead in here, as well as a Glabrezu (demon).
You will find Umar at the Crystal (x 760 y 1250).
Talk to her, but be ready for a fight. Turns out she
is just some minor mageling. Kill her and return to
the surface. Mairyn will then reward you with a
Moon Dog figurine, Reputation +1 and 26,750 exp. If
you were a Fallen Ranger this will also restore your
Rangerhood. Minister Lloid offers no reward this
time.

Moon Dog -- Cerebus

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
17 17 9 9 9 9
THAC0 HP AC Attacks Weapon
11 74 0 1 3d4 (strikes as +1)
Saves: Death - 6, Wand - 8, Polymorph - 7,
Breath - 7, Spells - 9
Resistances: All Physical Damage - 25%
Magic - 25%
Immunities: Charm, Fear, Poison,
Normal Weapons
Special Abilities: Healing Lick 3
Moon Dog Howl 1
Moon Dog Sight (True Sight) 1
Improved Invisibility 1
Mirror Image 1


And that is that.


Wizard --> The Planar Sphere

Talk to the Cowled Wizard in the main government building and
agree to track Valygar. Complete this quest as normal (oh, and
keep the Solamnic Knights alive). Once the Sphere quest is
completely finished, go back inside and talk to the Knights.
They want you to find them their way home (naturally), although
the Planar Sphere is no longer capable of such an action. Then
the wizard Teos appears with an offer. He proposes an alliance
between you and the Cowled Wizards. Accept. Then ask for his
help in returning the Knights to their home and he refers you to
Ribald at the Adventurer's Mart.

Event 1: Return the Solamnic Knights to their home. Go to the
adventurer's mart and talk to Ribald there. For the
price of 9000 gold he will send a mage out to your
Sphere tomorrow. Exactly 24 hours later, the mage
teleports herself directly into the room where the
Knights are. Talk with her and send the Knights home.
You get 45,000 exp and a Golden Girdle as reward.

Trick: There is a way to get experience for this one
twice. After talking to her once, before she
is completely teleported away, simply talk to
her again. As many times as you can talk to
her you get experience and a Girdle. (I
managed three times before she vanished)

Alternatively you can talk to Prelate Wessalan at the
Radiant Heart and ask him to let the Knights live
there. Tell the knights and you get 45,000 exp.
(Therefore the Mage is better, not only do you get a
Girdle, but there's a chance for multiple experience!)

Training Apprentices:

16 hours after getting the Sphere (give or take), Teos
will appear in the Sphere with three apprentices for
you to train, Morul, Larz and Nara. Teos leaves but
promises to return several times over the next few
weeks.

You now have to decide what to have your Apprentices
make:
cost time to complete

Wand of the Apprenti -- 1000 gold -- 4 days
Dagger of <yourname> -- 250 gold -- 4 days
Ring of Protection -- 2000 gold -- 4 to 5 days

There is a random chance that they will fail to make
whatever they are working on, no matter how easy.
When they make the Ring of Protection, Larz gets
vaporized (whether they succeed in making the ring or
not).

Note: You can tell if they are going to succeed in
their tasks, if when they tell you how long it
will take they say it will take a "few days".
If they say "few days" then they will succeed,
if they say "4 days" then they will fail. (this
works for the final choice as well)

Next they want to know which spell to transcribe:

Mislead -- 250 gold -- 4 days
Abi Dalzim's ... -- 1000 gold -- 4 to 5 days
Meteor Swarm -- 2500 gold -- 4 to 5 days

They will then give you a scroll of whichever spell
you assigned. If learning Meteor Swarm, Nara will be
exploded.

Finally there is one last artifact they want to try:

Robe of the Apprenti -- 250 gold -- 4 days
Ring of Wizardry -- 3000 gold -- 4 days
Staff of Power -- 10000 gold -- 4 days
Nothing (the only way they'll all live to graduate)

Whether these objects are completed depends on how
many Apprenti have survived: the more, the better the
odds. But still whether the objects are completed is
random. The Robe of the Apprenti kills Larz.
The Ring of Wizardry requires that all Apprenti be
alive, and it will kill Nara and Larz to make it.
The Staff of Power requires all Apprenti to be alive
to make. (else it results in a bug while creating)
Then it kills all three Apprenti, but you MAY get the
Staff! (random chance and all) A day after killing
them all, Teos returns to chide you (though he doesn't
seem to care).

If any of your Apprenti survived your training, then
Teos will hold the Graduation Ceremony in the Sphere,
about 5 minutes after appearing.

If all survived, then Graduation happens, but is quite
a bit more heartwarming. Funny too. For your trouble
you get 50,000 exp. (you only get Exp if you kept them
all alive, if only 2 survive you get nothing, if 1
survive you get nothing)

If Morul survives, he will return again after you
complete the rest of the Stronghold as an Apprentice
and every week he will make you potions. I hear that
he won't appear if you have fought Cowled Wizards (the
ones who appear in the streets when you cast a spell).

Event 3 - Two days later a messenger tells you to return to the
Sphere (therefore if you are IN the sphere after two
days, you'll need to leave it). Return to the
Sphere. Teos appears, but he seems to be as confused
about this as you are.

Soon it becomes clear that you have both been set up
for an ambush as the messenger reappears with a lot
of backup. Teos manages to hide during the battle,
and reappears when you have won. This attack was
precipitated by an anti-magic fanatic, Lord Argrim.
Teos wants you to take him out, not kill, but remove
him from existence with a Rune that he gives you. You
can find Argrim in the Inn at the City Gates,
upstairs. Have someone use the Rune on him (put it in
the Quick Item slot), then kill his guards.

Return to the Sphere and talk to Teos. Whether you
killed Argrim or Mazed him makes no difference, you
get 7500 experience either way. Then he tells you
what happened to Imoen.

After that, Morul reappears and offers to join you
as an apprentice again. He makes potions every week.
There are four random sets of potions that he can give
you, each has 5 potions in it:

Set One: Set Two:
2 Potions of Genius Empty Potion Bottle
Oil of Speed Potion of Firebreath
Elixir of Health Potion of Agility
Potion of Fire Resistance Potion of Defense
Potion of Cold Resist

Set Three: Set Four:
Potion of Extra Healing Potion of Genius
*Potion of Invulnerability Potion of Regeneration
Potion of Insight Potion of Stone Form
Potion of Perception Potion/Frost Giant STR
Potion of Master Thievery Potion/Invulnerability

* Set Three's Potion of Invulnerability is Cursed

Note: If you killed Agrim in the final Event, instead
of imprisoning him, then Morul will NOT appear.
(Henning Roes)

And that is that for the Mage Stronghold.


Bard --> Theatre beneath Five Flagons

Go to the Bridge District and into the Five Flagons. There you
will find a Theatre in the basement. Watch the horrible show
and listen to Raelis Shai's plea for help. Complete this quest
and you will get control of the theatre.

Once you are back in the theatre, the owner of the Five Flagons,
Samuel Thunderburp asks what is going on. You can tell him that
you were given the Deed to the Theatre by Raelis before she left
for Sigil. He also sends Higgold the famous director to talk to
you. He tells you to bring money in half a week.

Whenever you are needed, Higgold sends a boy out to bring you
back in. Each event is about 4 to 6 days apart. Do NOT delay
in getting there once the messenger talks to you, else the play
quality will suffer. You get THREE DAYS from the time you are
given the message until the play suffers from your absence. The
Play Quality determines how well the play does in the end, and
how much money you will earn from it later.

To determine your Play Quality, talk to the actors in the back.
The more confidant they sound, the better the play. They have
three separate comments: one is really depressed, the other is
unsure of themselves and the last they are super happy about
life.

Here are the events:

Event 1: Choose who to star: Naive Jenna or Actress Iltheia.
Sure, Jenna might be the sympathetic favorite, but
Iltheia will net you a better play in the end.
How much money to invest: the minimum is 1000gp, but
you can spend up to 10,000 gp. Naturally the more
you spend the better.

Event 2: Solve the jealousy between Jenna and Iltheia. If
Iltheia is playing the small role and you put her in
the larger one you improve the quality of the play and
get 6750 exp. Force Iltheia to accept her small role
for 15,750 exp and improve the Play Quality. Expand
her role for a mere 6750 exp, however the Play Quality
will suffer. If Jenna is in the small role and you
put her in the larger one, you get 6750 experience
but hurt the quality of the play. Letting them solve
things on their own cuts the quality and nets you no
experience. If Iltheia is in the lead, don't threaten
her or the play quality will dip. Compliment her for
11,500 experience. Then you have to give her 500 gp,
but it further improves the Play.

Event 3: Zeran is improvising. Allow him to rewrite the play
for 15,750 exp and improve the Quality of the Play a
lot. Allow him to keep improvising for 11,500 exp and
improve the quality of the play slightly. Stop his
improvisation and you get NO experience and the Play
Quality slips a little.

Event 4: Everyone is rewriting their characters. Have faith in
Zeran's changes, with a charisma of 17 or better and
the quality of the play improves. Stop all
changes for 11,500 exp. Stop the changes and pay them
500 gp as a bonus gets you 11,500 exp as well, this
also improves the quality of the Play. Threaten to
"let them walk out" and you get no exp and the Quality
of the Play drops. You can also take control of the
rewrites yourself, and if your Charisma is 17 or
better then you will also improve the quality of the
play and get 11,500 exp.

Event 5: The curse? Lots of weird things are going on, and a
Priest offers to cleanse the theatre for 1000 gp.
Give him the gold and get 11,500 exp and improve the
play quality. If you have a high charisma you can get
away with giving her 500 gp for 11,500 exp, but no
change in Play Quality. If you can't afford to pay
and have a high charisma you can give her nothing and
still improve the Play Quality. If you send her
packing, or have a low charisma you will hurt the play
quality quite a bit.

Event 6: Problems with the music. Your musician has vanished.
Hiring Balmitance (the famous musician) has a great
effect on the Play Quality and nets you 15,500 exp at
a cost of only 500 gold. Making Marcus write the
score hurts the Play Quality quite a bit. If your
Intelligence is 15 or less then letting Marcus play
while you write really hurts the play and gets you no
experience. If your INT is 16 or 17 you get 6750 exp
and a slight improvement to Quality. At 18 INT
letting Marcus play the Harp while you rewrite the
music for 11,500 exp. 19 or better INT gets you the
best experience 15,500 and a better improvement to
play quality (thought not so good as hiring the famous
musician!).

30 or so days later...

Event 7: Barbarians have invaded the Theatre. You meet Higgold
on the main level of the Five Flagons this time and
he begs for you to get rid of the barbarians who have
taken control. Go downstairs, clean out the five
goons here (including one mage) and get 15,500 exp.

Event 8: A day later you can watch the dress rehearsal. (You
could take notes on what is being said... it's kinda
important! Or you could just continue using this FAQ)

Event 9: Within three days (rather than the week you were
promised) you are summoned again. And again he is on
the main floor. Seems a major player at the City
Council is going to attend and Zeran is ill. You
must take up the role of the wizard (whether you are
male or female it doesn't matter).

The Play: Since you are now in the role of the wizard, that
means you have LINES to perform. Weren't paying
attention in the dress rehearsal? Your lines are:

2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1

The City Council person speaks, and depending on how
YOU personally did you get experience:

49,500 experience (near flawless)
35,500 exp (several mistakes)
19,500 exp (many mistakes)

If you get the "near flawless", you also are given
a gift, the Aslaer's Harp.

Next the overall quality of the play is judged:

50,000 experience (near perfection)
29,500 experience (not quite perfect)
19,500 experience (not even close to perfect)

Finally Higgold offers to buy the theatre off of you
for 10,000 gold. (If you got the "near perfection"
score, anyway) This is totally up to you.

How much money the Theatre generates during a week
depends entirely upon how much you invested at the
start and the quality of the play. The more you
invest, the better the return. If you invested the
maximum of 10,000 and had a phenomenal play, the max
amount per week is 1800 gp/week. Every week past the
first, the gold/week drops by 100 gold until it hits
500 gold/week where it will remain.

And that is that for the Bard's Theatre.


Druid --> Druid Grove (start at City Gate)

Talk to the man at the city gate to learn of the problems at
Trademeet. Complete that quest to gain access to the Druid
Grove. Your Druid MUST be at least level 14 to take control of
the Grove (but it isn't necessary to clear the Trademeet quest).
At the normal completion of clearing the grove you get the
Staff of Thunder and Lighting.

Note: If you complete the Druid Grove Quest, but are lower
than level 14 you can't take control of the Grove.
However, once you hit level 14 a Druid will arrive to
tell you to go to the Grove.

Challenge the Druid to a duel to assume control of the Grove.
For beating the Druid you get 10,000 exp. For becoming the
Great Druid you get another 20,000 exp and 10,000 gold as well
as a Cleric's Staff +3 and a Ring of Protection +2.

Event 1: Within 8 hours the Spirit of the Grove will come to
you and ask if you accept your responsibilities. By
all means, accept! She then challenges you to take
out the new leader of the Trolls, Nilthiri. To help
you with this task she gives you a club, The Root of
the Problem, which has special powers vs. unnatural
creatures (like trolls). If you didn't go by there
earlier, the Troll Mound is almost exactly south of
the Druid Grove. (though you have to go around to get
there)

Don't bother with going inside the Mound. Make sure
you have some method of killing Trolls, Fire or Acid.
(arrows, spells, weapons that do fire or acid
damage) From the Mound go right until you find
Nilthiri, the Troll Shaman. Kill Nilthiri and her
trolls (10,000 exp for Nil.) and the Spirit will
return and say "good job." (she also gives everyone
in your party 18,500 Quest Experience points) That's
it for now. (oddly, after this I went back to the
Grove and talked to the Challenge Master again, and he
gave me the reward for becoming the Great Druid again!
Very odd, but nice!)

Event 2: About 9 days later (maybe 10) sleep within the Grove
again and the Spirit will ask you to do another task.
This time the descendent of a great druid is in
danger, the child Loren. You must go to Trademeet to
protect this child. Loren is found outside of the
city walls, just to the right of the Yellow Tent.
Ask the child about the voices he hears, and then tell
him to fight the voices so that you can face them.
(3,1,1,1,1) Loren falls unconscious and Chaos
appears. Chaos turns into an odd phased-Beholder like
creature and attacks. (12,000 exp) When it is dead,
the Spirit returns and rewards you with a Golden Lion
Figurine (summons a Lion for 5 min, just like the Moon
Dog figurine). Also every character is given 20,500
Quest Experience points.

Golden Lion Figurine -- Joolon

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
18 9 9 9 9 9
THAC0 HP AC Attacks Weapon
15 45 6 3 1d12 (strikes as +1)
Saves: Death - 13, Wand - 15, Polymorph - 14,
Breath - 16, Spells - 16
Resistances: --
Immunities: Charm, Fear, Poison,
Normal Weapons
Special Abilities: Cloak of Fear - 1
Blur - 1

Although the Spirit mentions a ceremony of Ascendancy (for
Archdruids), that appears to be all you can do in the Druid
Grove.


Vash (on the GameFAQs Message Board) found a way to get two Strongholds:

I took a break from my main game to experiment with the much heralded
dualled Kensai/Mage. Very powerful, and I can only imagine how powerful
he'd be with his defenses after Tenser's Transformation kicks in.

Anyway, part of the experimenting was to see if he can get a stronghold for
each class and I found he can. He cleared out the de'Arnise keep first with
Nalia in the group, but initially refused to take over (I believe the
response used was something along the lines of ''I don't think I'm the
right person for this'').

Note: You could also simply not talk to her after clearing out the
Stronghold. (Robert Pay)

Then he went and cleared the Planar Sphere immediately after. At the end,
he was granted the Sphere by Lavok and it became the character's
stronghold. I found that if I accepted the keep from Nalia first, Lavok did
not grant the Sphere.

Then, I went back to the de'Arnise keep and told Nalia I would agree to her
proposition to lend his name to the keep and the keep became his stronghold
as well.

So in the end, I ended up with two strongholds.

Rabbit on the Shadowkeeper Message board has a cheating way to get all
Strongholds:

To get all 8 strongholds you must do the following:
1. When talking to the person who gives the stronghold quest, and when
talking to the person who ends the quest, use Shadow Keeper to give
yourself the appropriate class.
2. After getting each stronghold, you must set the stronghold flag back
to zero by typing the following into the debug console:

CLUAConsole:SetGlobal("PlayerHasStronghold","GLOBAL",0)


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X2. > > > > The Limited Wish Adventure
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Exposition:
-----------

This quest can be done whenever you feel like it, in either chapters 2, 3
or 6. You must have the Mercenaries of Riatavin still alive in Delosar's
Inn. Then cast Limited Wish, ask for a One-Time wish and select the
Adventure like you've never had before (it does require 10 or better WIS
to cast). A scroll appears at your feet.

Walkthrough:
------------

- THE SCROLL

Reading the scroll reveals several things about this quest: One, it is
about a gong, two, you should talk to the mercenaries of Riatavin at the
Delosar's Inn (Bridge) and three, there is someone named Captain Dennis
who should have the Gong.

Head out to the Bridge District and go near the Delosar's Inn. (x 1830
y 2880) Just outside you will meet with a man named Vittorio who asks
for your help in collecting money off of Dennis, who is inside. Agree to
help him and follow him inside.

- DENNIS

Captain Dennis and Vittorio are having a shouting match when you enter.
Listen to what they say. Seems that Vittorio stole and sold Dennis'
mother's gong in order to buy ale. That sounds bad. Agree to help
Vittorio find the gong. He says that he sold it to one Roger the Fence,
who you will find in the sewers beneath the Temple District.

- ROGER THE FENCE

Go to the Temple District and enter the sewers. You will find Roger in
the southern part of the sewers (x 1680 y 2300). Ask for a Gong and
say that you want Vittorio's gong. He doesn't have it, and won't tell
you where it is until you take care of a small problem he has. He wants
you to kill a local Sea Troll before he'll tell you anything. This troll
can be found by going left from Roger (x 400 y 2366). When it is good
and dead, return to Roger. Aside from whatever rewards you get for
killing the Troll (see the Sewers section above) he will also tell you
that he sold the gong to a Troll Shaman in the Troll Mound out by
Trademeet (you will probably have to talk to him again to get him to
reveal that).

Head out of the city and over to the Druid Grove (which may require
going through Trademeet).

- THE TROLL SHAMAN

At the Druid Grove, head left to find the Troll Mound (x 1330 y 2210).
Grae, the shaman, will be just outside of the mound. When asked about
the Gong she attacks you instead of giving it to you. When it gets close
to being defeated it tells you where the Gong is in exchange for its
life. (you can always kill it anyway) She says that she sold it to an
Ogre Mage in a tower to the northeast of here.

- OGRE MAGE

Wander north, then east, across the bridge to find the big house. We
don't want to enter the house, we want the tower that is south of it.
(x 4840 y 1270) (There is a little path leading southwards just past the
bridge) Enter the tower. This Ogre Mage is quite the peaceable
sort and is quite willing to trade the Gong for a Wand of Frost. If you
have a Wand of Frost, then you can trade for the gong. (12,250 exp)
Oh and don't mind the smell. Also in here you can find:

Scimitar +2: Belm (+1 attack per round)

Tip: Belm makes a great off-hand weapon, especially for Thieves (and
other characters who don't normally get multiple attacks).

Return to the Bridge District and give the gong back to Vittorio.
Everyone is happy and you get your reward:

1500 gold
16,500 experience for each character
Boomerang Dagger +2

 

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