Have been playing for an hour or two the past couple of days. Am progressing! Now I'm quite sure I will finish the game. I'm not quite to the endgame yet, but I'm closing in on it.
First, I did the entire quest to the Roman Fort, but, verdammt, I forgot to get any screenshots of it. Tried to sneak back in to get some, but you can't return to that location either. At least while I was there I managed to slaughter a few isolated Romans and steal their stuff. Didn't venture out into the entire fort, though, because they would have swarmed me.
That done and with the next quest to go to Annwn, the Land of the Dead, I knew I needed a few more spells. The ones I was missing weren't in the higher level, so I consulted my old hint book. I went back to Reptrakos's Lair and found that I had not done a quest for him involving slaying a basilisk. When I was there earlier I didn't have my nifty crystal shield, which protects from petrification (you only need one on the party lead). Did that, and Reptrakos gave me the spell I wanted.
Reptrakos in his glory. He is killable, but it's a tough fight.
I really wanted to get Sylaks Nourishing Bowl, which Reptrakos has in a chest, but you have to either fight him or flee very very quickly to get the thing. I have the create food spell, so I can use that in Annwn (you can't eat any food you find there or you will stay there until you join the other ghosts).
The library is a fountain of knowledge!
Then I went to the library in the Fairie Bazaar for the rest of the spells. Indeed, there they were! My priest now has everything, including all five of the Nether Arts spells. My sorcerer only lacks Ravage Life, but his spirit circle isn't high enough to get it. I thought I wouldn't need it in Annwn anyway (wrong.)
So! On to Annwn, which I remember as probably the toughest area.
Intimidating, yes?
The entrance isn't too imposing:
The way in
The way out is a bit more difficult. There is a resting area close to the entrance, so you can restore your spell points, which seem to become depleted much faster here. Am now about to go to the battlefield area, so I hope I can find another one there somewhere, or find out how to get back to the first one.
But first, after going through most of the bottom area, I found a portal which took me to the second floor (as it were), with nice green grass!
And there's a castle there, too!
That blue patch is deadly. There's a lot of that stuff all over. You can avoid it by casting "hovering feet," but watch carefully so that the spell doesn't expire before you do.
I've battled a buncha ghosts, and have obtained the ultimate mage robe, which is now on my sorcerer. And it's red! Whee!
I've got a quest to go and find a shadow key, or to escort a human out of Annwn, or to slay a second drake on the bottom floor (I got the first one already). But I want the key anyway. There's an attractive chest that needs that key, and I don't want to miss it.
So next time I'll be in the battle area! I've made all the energy potions that I have the ingredients for. I'm going to have to remember to use my consumables and free up inventory space for loot. Anyway, if I were ever going to use consumables, this is the place to do it.
So tomorrow I will venture forth into the fray!
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