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#1 Fletcher

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Posted 30 October 2001 - 02:29 PM

What does this spell do? Does it even do anything? I thought it might be to catch that guy in Catamarca that everyone thinks is lying, but I beat the game and never used it once.

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Posted 31 October 2001 - 07:18 AM

Well, you can beat the game without using any spells, but I see what you mean: I never used it either.

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Posted 31 October 2001 - 03:07 PM

You can beat the game without spells, but you need Remote Manipulation (or Fetch Posted Image

) to get into the Tyrant's Tomb.

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Posted 31 October 2001 - 05:32 PM

Using fetch would be cheating, and if you are going to cheat you might as well hack, that's what I did. I did do the maze puzzel and bells normaly, they we're fun.

Me: Watch out for the spikes.
Hector : Hua? Ouch!
Melager: What Hector? Ouch! Ahh, my foot!
Me: *Sigh*
You get the idea.

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Posted 01 November 2001 - 11:36 AM

Timon: *dies* Posted Image

I beat the game before I even knew about the whole Fetch bug. Which makes me realize, can you bypass the swamp ruin's problems with fetch? Has anyone else even done them? What a sad world hacking has brought us Posted Image

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Posted 01 November 2001 - 02:58 PM

Me: Aethon, disarm that blasted spike trap!
Aethon: Oh, all right, if you insist.

I didn't use Fetch for the swamp ruins (or the rest of the game); I DID use Slayer's guide, though. Don't how it would have worked out, otherwise.

I tried Ascertainment once, on one of the Kosha boys - the one that was always with Berossus. Other than confirming that he was lying through his teeth (which I'd already figured) it didn't help much at all - couldn't do anything with the knowledge. The only magic I used much was healing, embrightenment and other vision related spells, unlock, remove magelock, directed nexus, the odd mystic arrow, remote manipulation ONCE, and deathstrike. Everything else is pretty much a waste of time.

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Posted 07 November 2001 - 05:16 PM

Acertainment can be used to detect lying, in fact I've seen it myself. Try talking to Myus in a new game with it on. Almost everything he says is a lie.

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#8 idiotSavant

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Posted 07 November 2001 - 07:45 PM

While using fetch is cheating it comes in handy if you don't want to make the effort of getting all the Sapphire Books, among other things

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Posted 08 November 2001 - 02:18 PM

Well, like I said above, you don't need spells at all... and there is some other way without using fetch (although its still cheating). I can't remember what it is, or who first found it, but it involves keeping a container open on top with the book while talking to Selinus...

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Posted 08 November 2001 - 02:59 PM

But how can you see if it's a lie? I wanna know! Does the text turn red or something?

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Posted 08 November 2001 - 03:09 PM

As I recall, it posts a little message at the bottom of the 'conversation' box saying 'so-and-so is lying'. It's been a while, though, so I could be wrong.

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Posted 08 November 2001 - 06:43 PM

Cache is right. A little box appears and says something like "he appears to be lying, or at least not telling the truth."

Rogan: you've got 15 karma Posted Image

Does this mean you get moki's 'award'?

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Posted 09 November 2001 - 04:40 PM

What's moki's award? The Oscar of the web boards? Posted Image

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#14 TheDarkDragon

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Posted 09 November 2001 - 04:44 PM

Dunno, but you're definitely the first one to do it.

Email andrew and make sure he knows about it.

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Posted 08 December 2001 - 01:33 AM

I finished the whole game without fetch OR the slayer's guide .This was before I knew about either Posted Image

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Posted 08 December 2001 - 01:37 AM

Well done! Not many here can say the same, I bet!

Oh, and on behalf of the Cytheran community, welcome to the boards! Posted Image

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Posted 08 December 2001 - 10:20 AM

Also, your really lucky. This topic had almost been dead for a month. As cache said welcome to the boards, but try not to post in old topics that haven't been posted in for a a while.

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