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   Message 377 of 718   
   "mr. brad"    
   Re: Swords and Sorcery   
   27 Dec 05 04:11:02   
   
   From: @ll.net   
      
   where are you playing swords and sorcery at?   
      
   been awhile...   
      
   brad   
   former sysop lost gonzo bbs   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
   "Aeonilys"  wrote in message   
   news:1135674448.872928.10590@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...   
   > I was wondering if anybody remembers or plays or has played this game.   
   > If so, perhaps you can identify or answer some of the questions I have   
   > regarding the issues I've encountered in the game.   
   >   
   > I've just begun to play this game again and have re-discovered its   
   > apparent bugs.   
   >   
   > First off, corpses can sometimes spawn new monsters.  Especially if you   
   > drag a corpse.  I'm not sure what is causing this except maybe how the   
   > game programming links corpses to monsters incorrectly.   
   >   
   > Secondly, random items appear during the game as can be seen while   
   > walking around or swimming in the ocean.  Sometimes these spawned   
   > random items will be in unreachable places.  For example, inside a   
   > wall, or at the bottom of the ocean wall area etc.  This is probably a   
   > bug as well, the program isn't error checking where the item is   
   > randomly placed.  Or perhaps I don't know it yet, but there is a   
   > telekinesis spell which allows you to take items stuck in the walls?   
   >   
   > Next, I have found that the condition of being poisoned seemed to be   
   > broken.  I was poisoned once by a wyvern and died after one "5 second"   
   > turn.  I had over 100 hps left and I had killed the wyvern.  I also had   
   > the cure poison potion in my sack and was about to retrieve and use it.   
   > Does anyone know why this happened?   
   >   
   > This game's documentation is definitely lacking and many aspects of the   
   > game I think are unexplained and mysterious.  For example, there is a   
   > blacksmith in town but nowhere does it describe how to interact with   
   > this character.  Other interaction anomalies are with NPCs including   
   > the sheriff, Liz, or priest.  Does anyone have insight into this?   
   >   
   > It's kind of odd that I have such a keen interest to a game like this   
   > even with all its problem issues.  Maybe it's just that I had at one   
   > time played it and just wish it can be completed one day.   
   >   
   > Thanks in advance,   
   >   
   > Johnson Chen   
   >   
      
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