[Coco] Paladin's Legacy

[Fred D. Provoncha]

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> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:41:01 -0500
> From: "Allan Chaney" <chaneya at acwoodworksinc.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Paladin's Legacy
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> 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


Allan,

Thanks again for the help! Last night I played it again for the first time in a few years and your tips definitely helped. The major problem was I had never figured out that you could be changed back to Good by paying 10 gold to Sister Shara in the Cathedral. Armed with that knowledge, I made a lot of progress last night. I was kicking butt until I entered the mine on the far side of the mountains looking for the Elven Torch. The creatures down there are powerful! I didn't get far before they wasted me.  I'll try earning more experience, get my experience level higher, and try again. I'll let you know *when* I get stuck again :-)

Thanks,
Fred Provoncha
Stansbury Park, UT



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