[Coco] Paladin's Legacy

[Allan Chaney]

Fred,

Man this is too funny.

You need two things to descend into the Mines and gather vast wealth (found
in chests) and numerous magic items and stat increases (found in special
Black Boxes).  The first is the Thieves Kit which allows you to unlock the
Mines entrance.  You buy a thieves kit at the Thieves City for 300 Gold.
With the Thieves kit you are able to enter through either side of the
mountains.  You will find however that as you descend into the mines,
darkness will engulf you further and further until you can't see.  A female
thief named Tamara in the Human City tells you of an Elven Torch which she
dropped while fleeing for her life from creatures in the mines.  You can
find the Elven torch by entering the mines on the opposite of the mountains.
Apparently, Tamara, being a master thief had both a Thieves Kit and Climbing
Boots.  With Climbing boots, purchased from the Thieves City you can walk
across the mountains.  Same goes for Snow boots when trying to climb the
slippery snow covered mountains in the North

Dealing with Thieves:  You have to buy the boots at the Thieves City in the
swamps as you already know.  This turns you evil but you can always go to
the cathedral which is just a few clicks directly west of the Main castle
and the Human city.  At the Cathedral, you have 2 options.  You can pay 100
gold for a potion that you can then Use (U) command and it will heal you for
100 HP.  (I think that should be changed by the way to 25 gold because 100
is way too much.  I guess at the time I was thinking that that is the
penalty for choosing the evil path.)  Anyway you are much better off with
your second option in the Cathedral which is to give 10 gold to Sister Shara
and she makes you pure of heart.  Once you are pure of heart again, you can
walk over to Elm, the city of elves and be healed for free by the Wood
Nymph.

Another thing to keep in mind is you will find numerous amazing magical
items in the mines like a magic carpet, invisibility cloak, All seeing
Sorcerer's Eye and more.  But in order to use these items you must be versed
in the 5 Magical Arts (Magic, Sorcery, Thaumatergy, Wizardry and Alchemy).
You must train and study each magical art (acquire and read the appropriate
scroll) before you can use the magical items.  There is a city for each
magical art where you can study and acquire the scrolls.

Another tip....You can steal a boat from the Thieves City and that sure
beats paying 1000 gold for one.  I think I was being ironic.....thieving
from thieves.

Allan

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Fred D. Provoncha
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 12:07 AM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: Re: [Coco] Paladin's Legacy

> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:55:34 -0500
> From: "Allan Chaney" <chaneya at acwoodworksinc.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] COCO to PC transfer and Using VCC
> To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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> Fred,
>
> Thanks for the compliment.  Yes I wrote it on a COCO II and then sent it
off
> to Sundog in the fall of 1988.  Glen Dahlgren with Sundog loved the game
but
> wanted me to get it running on the COCO3 as well and to keep it under 64k
so
> it would work on all COCO models.  It took me an entire year to not only
get
> it running on the COCO 3 but to get it polished enough for commercial
> release and to convert my then basic disk I/O into assembly.  I finished
it
> just in time for Christmas 1989.  That experience convinced me NOT to
pursue
> computer programming as a career but to keep it as a loved hobby.
> 
> Anyway....if you decide to play the game again.  I can tell you everything
> you could possibly want to know.  I have also scanned the manual in case
you
> or anyone else wants it.
>
> I just replayed the game for the first time in almost 20 years and I was
> shocked how hard it was just getting started with a new character.  So
just
> a tip....when you role your character max out your strength and Dexterity
> and don't worry about intelligence and Wisdom. You can increase those when
> you find Black Boxes in the Mines.  Also hit that first Human City and buy
a
> weapon and armor and Wear and Arm yourself to improve your AC and WC.
> Another huge tip is....Just west of the starting location in the game,
> through the thick forest is the Elven City of Elm.  In the upper right
> corner of that city are a couple of elves hanging out by a fire.  Talk to
> one and he tells you of a Wood Nymph that comes out on the darkest of
> nights.  That Wood Nymph will heal you to full health for free if you are
> pure of heart.  Do any transactions at the City of Thieves and you become
> evil.  Also you are asked that question at the beginning of the game. Go
to
> the Cathedral just west of your starting point and give alms for become
pure
> of heart.  
>
> I don't know what I was thinking when I charged 100 gold for a healing
> potion from the Bishop in the Cathedral.  And it only heals for 100 HP??!.
> That's nuts!
>
> Allan Chaney     


Allan,

Thank you for your offer of help with the game! I already have the manual,
so I'm already set there. Thanks for the tips! I think the main stumbling
block I faced, if I remember correctly, was that there were certain dungeons
that I had to get to in order to progress further in the game, which were
inaccessible without acquiring a special pair of boots to cross some certain
terrain. The boots were only to be found in the City of Theives. Once going
there, I would become evil and I would eventually die due to damage
inflicted during encounters with creatures, since I was unable to heal
myself at the Wood Nymph anymore since I was no longer pure in heart :-(

Fred Provoncha




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