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Re: RPG rookie needs help (Bards Tale)

#751
From: Sean... Sean Dees
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 1994 20:27
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In article <3c38ak$8...@charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU>, jp...@ecst.csuchico.edu
(John Pak) writes:
>
> Msg-ID: <3c38ak$8...@charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU>
> References: <3c2lbj$i...@eccdb1.pms.ford.com>
> Posted: 7 Dec 1994 02:57:24 GMT
>
> Org.  : California State University, Chico
>
> In article <3c2lbj$i...@eccdb1.pms.ford.com>,
> Dale Matkovich(R) <dmatkovi@pt0214.NoSubdomain.NoDomain> wrote:
> >I recently started playing Bards Tale and have some questions.  I
> >realize that this is an old game but any help would be greatly
> >appreciated.  If you thinks its funny that I'm playing such an old
> >game, you will really laugh when I tell you that my system is a 286.
> >
> >Anyhow, here are my questions:
> >
> >1. How do I get my characters to gain a level?  I have earned the
> >   necessary experience points but cannot find the proper location to
> >   gain the levels.  I have searched the city and spoken with the
> >   bartenders but no luck.
>
> I don't have BT I and never played it, but if it is like
> BT 3, you have to find the Wizard's Guild or something similar.
> Basically, the Guild is where you enter and an old man gives
> you level advancements.  In BT 3, there was only one Wizard's
> Guild for all characters but in BT 1, there ight be one for
> every class.  Sorry but I don't know where it/they is/are -
> Skara Brae is destroyed in BT III, remember?
>
> >2. Why do I lose all my gold when I save my party at the Inn?
>
> Don't know ... might be a bug in the game.  There is an
> amusing bug in Bard's Tale III, which allows you to trade
> stuff, then have both characters have the item that was
> traded.
>
> JP

   The Review Board is the second shop down from the top of Trumpet Street.
(When you are on a street press '?' (the question mark) and it will tell
you what street you are on, and what the time of day is.)
   I haven't been able to figure out the gold loss problem, but I managed
to finish Bard's Tale I about 2 or 3 months ago anyways... My best advice
is to only enter the Adventure's Inn when you are planning on quitting the
game. (And when you leave make a copy on your hard drive so you have a
backup game with gold if you die. Do this repeatedly if you have space on
your hard drive. I ended up having 10 or 11 copies of it on mine!)
   If you need any more help feel free to drop me some E-mail...

--
   -Sean Dees.
   Sean...@Mindlink.bc.ca
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