Grimoire gameplay and hints thread

[mercyRPG]

Speaking of rings, what do the Rings of Pro-*Element* actually do? I figured they give you resistance to that particular element? Is that correct?

Yes. If you equip a Ring Pro Frost, for example, then click on the character's portrait and check the Resistances, you now see the COLD resistance has a red bar in it and a + sign, probably meaning added resistance vs. innate from racial resistance.

 

[JarlFrank]

Okay, I think I missed the

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Samhain Mausoleum. On what map do I find access to it?

Great Hall of Samhain, there's a lader that leads down to it.

 

[warcrimes666]

A couple of other points, one i noticed earlier in the thread. There is a difference between raise dead and resurrection. Raise dead spell does not have a 10pt CON reduction. It is the resurrection spell that has -10 CON in the description. I havent tried resurrection at all but am confirming that raise dead has no current observable negatives to use.

It is also raise dead and not resurrection that is used to resurrect old bones and the first set i found required a max 252 mp casting (around lvl 10-12 aeorb sage with save scum lvl up estimating from lvl 8 with a couple crappy rolls, or what i did use raghilda the inn girl leveled up 2 or 3 times, 253 mp)

Spoiler for bones of Medea:

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the bones of medea create a necromancer that can warn you of nearby enemies
Lvl 4, 160 hp, 240 mp
low attributes(ex. 38 SPD, 29 CON), high stats (>=50), mostly healing spells, starts with zero necro spells

 

[Lady_Error]

And the shawl is here to stay? How do I drop it?

The shawl is AC 10 and can be worn by any spell caster and even Durendil, I think. Why would you drop it?

 

[Viata]

Some questions to the Samhain Mausoleum:

managed to recite the Catechism correctly; still can't access the sword Caliburnus, and the other two stone masks in the room are silent. Are they supposed to do nothing?

There are four levers, I managed to open one gate with them but there are two more gates. Are those too opened with these levers or is there another way?

You need to get baptised.

Everything necessary is in that map.

There's a fountain I had everyone drink from, but other than that I have no idea how I would get baptized. Any more hints?
Those levers only work for one of the gates, right? There's another on the far side that I don't know how to open.

After reciting, a gate should be open, look for it.

 

[JarlFrank]

Also, I found an "Avian Helm", I think I got it in the Eyrie. It's marked as essential, does it have any use?

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I tried to put the space egg yolk into it but that obviously didn't do anything... bird egg in bird helm, why not?

 

[JarlFrank]

Some questions to the Samhain Mausoleum:

managed to recite the Catechism correctly; still can't access the sword Caliburnus, and the other two stone masks in the room are silent. Are they supposed to do nothing?

There are four levers, I managed to open one gate with them but there are two more gates. Are those too opened with these levers or is there another way?

You need to get baptised.

Everything necessary is in that map.

There's a fountain I had everyone drink from, but other than that I have no idea how I would get baptized. Any more hints?
Those levers only work for one of the gates, right? There's another on the far side that I don't know how to open.

After reciting, a gate should be open, look for it.

That might have been the one behind which a drinkable fountain was located. Drank from it with everyone, nothing is happening.

 

[warcrimes666]

Spoiler for what to do with bird helm, there are some clues but you need to do an improved identify or take it to the oracle to get them

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You have to equip it to any character then rest on the circular spot on the map to the right a bit of the nest at the eyrie, then prepare to be amazed

 

[Nixheb]

So...
I started from the eerie waste, hence, I have no exemplar statue. Can I find one somewhere ? I'm afraid it's needed to acces the timelesse lesson from the exemplarn which is needed to open the Kroondergraff, which is needed to ... (sic)

Furthermore, I'm stuck in front of the door or the great hall of samhain. I have the Royal Seal gaven by the dwarf but it doesn't open the door...

 

[JarlFrank]

Spoiler for what to do with bird helm, there are some clues but you need to do an improved identify or take it to the oracle to get them

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You have to equip it to any character then rest on the circular spot on the map to the right a bit of the nest at the eyrie, then prepare to be amazed

Haha wow, that's amazing!

This game just keeps getting better!

 

[Danthar]

So...
I started from the eerie waste, hence, I have no exemplar statue. Can I find one somewhere ? I'm afraid it's needed to acces the timelesse lesson from the exemplarn which is needed to open the Kroondergraff, which is needed to ... (sic)
Furthermore, I'm stuck in front of the door or the great hall of samhain. I have the Royal Seal gaven by the dwarf but it doesn't open the door...

I am nowhere near there, but since the Shrine-start statue is used up right at the start (well, optionally), I doubt you need that one.

 

[warcrimes666]

Another great tip i found is when you need to do any backtracking, go to configuration and set movement to 'single step' then use the map to set a waypoint and use pathfinding. Your movement will be near instantaneous so you can cover maps quickly that you've already explored without any crocodile tears. Waterport to crowl in less than 1min.

 

[Lady_Error]

Furthermore, I'm stuck in front of the door or the great hall of samhain. I have the Royal Seal gaven by the dwarf but it doesn't open the door...

Put the King Loogmar seal in the medallion.

 

[mondblut]

Mondblut, i believe you want this for phoenix cage:

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Moon, moon
fire, fish
fire, fish,
man

Thanks, but I'd rather solve the puzzle properly, via decoding the tablet.

 

[mondblut]

Some questions to the Samhain Mausoleum:

managed to recite the Catechism correctly; still can't access the sword Caliburnus, and the other two stone masks in the room are silent. Are they supposed to do nothing?

There are four levers, I managed to open one gate with them but there are two more gates. Are those too opened with these levers or is there another way?

You need to get baptised.

Everything necessary is in that map.

There's a fountain I had everyone drink from, but other than that I have no idea how I would get baptized. Any more hints?
Those levers only work for one of the gates, right? There's another on the far side that I don't know how to open.

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There is hidden chest w/Mausoleum key in one of the tombs. It opens the far gate with baptismal pool inside. The fountain beyond level puzzle door is irrelevant.

 

[mondblut]

As to raising NPC's from the dead, I remember dimly that Cleve said you need to use an altar for that? So maybe the Raise Dead scroll works only on dead characters already in your party (who are dead longer than 7 days), while bones need to be brought to an altar?

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I remember coming across an altar of the dead in subterranean cavern in one of the wilderness areas after Lalain Falls. Will try tonightto use it on Alonzo's bones. Should have kept Mistral's bones as well since that one was recruitable in the superdemo apparently. Though that altar is outside the superdemo area.

I tried to raise Alonzo with raise dead scroll, nothing happens.

 

[mondblut]

I agree, it is annoying. I skipped killing him by avoiding the temple after opening the gate. I'm not sure if I have to enter again or not but I plan on avoiding for now at least.

If you use a teleporter in Vault of the Exemplar, you'll have to go back through the temple. Or to swim across Chamber of the Waters, because your turtle is parked on the other side.

 

[luj1]

Shocking that this game keeps getting more complex with every region.

 

[mondblut]

Disable critical item lock in configuration.

What is "critical item lock" supposed to do?

Exactly that - prevents you from dropping (and selling?) items tagged as *critical*. The "adaptive" setting is supposed to clear the tag after item was used, but it hardly works, if at all.

 

[mondblut]

No, there should be an ability to tell everybody what he'd told me! I can't even tell the inn owner about his role in the disappearance of her sister.
They all act like I slaughtered a peaceful NPC, not defended myself from a raving lunatic. And I can't even explain myself!

You can. See that "negotiate" button and "diplomacy" skill? That's how you explain yourself.

Raghilda didn't care about Argosyre btw, and Trimestes was only mildly in the red. Only Gorlo, Krone and Smithers are really mad, and Gorlo can simply be bribed into neutrality. The other two, however, are still mad and can't be negotiated below red-5 despite already having green-10 from bribing. Probably needs better diplomacy skill.

 

[warcrimes666]

buru5
The bad reviews are from the recent save issues and some lesser bugs. Im still playing on version 1 and its fine, an occasional crash from portrait click but if you reload and refrain from clicking on the portrait after moving around a bit, it goes away. The bugs arent out of order for the kind of tweaking you had to do back in the day so you can mostly X those reviews out being from filthy mouthbreathing millenial scum. The UI, whatevers been said about it, is still superior to wizardry 7 in terms of number of clicks and information given. Its not a 2017 game, this is a 1997 game and its the best game ever released in the 1997 era easily. I replayed to various extents, all of them, in the last few weeks, wiz67, m&M 456, lands of lore, anvil of dawn, ravenloft and so on. Part of it may be because its a new story but in my opinion it is the best blobber of that style in existence regardless of any issues, personal or otherwise.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Not really sure where to go at this point. I cleared Aquavia and Spirit Caves.

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How do I get the key to the catacombs? I've asked Gorlo everything in the mindread list, as well as KEY.

Ask

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Gorlo for the KEY OF THE CATACOMBS. Make sure he's charmed by your party if he doesn't comply. Killing him might also work, though you'd miss out on a bit of optional material.

How do you give the letter of mark to the dwarf shopkeeper

Pick up the Letter of Marque from your inventory, then click on Smithers.

Some questions to the Samhain Mausoleum:

managed to recite the Catechism correctly; still can't access the sword Caliburnus, and the other two stone masks in the room are silent. Are they supposed to do nothing?

There are four levers, I managed to open one gate with them but there are two more gates. Are those too opened with these levers or is there another way?

You should have found a

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Mausoleum Key, which opens the gate leading to the holy bath/pool. After completing the catechism puzzle, step in the pool, then go to the shrine, and a wall section will disappear.

 

[Viata]

Another great tip i found is when you need to do any backtracking, go to configuration and set movement to 'single step' then use the map to set a waypoint and use pathfinding. Your movement will be near instantaneous so you can cover maps quickly that you've already explored without any crocodile tears. Waterport to crowl in less than 1min.

Been doing this, helping me a lot with backtracking.

 

[Viata]

I agree, it is annoying. I skipped killing him by avoiding the temple after opening the gate. I'm not sure if I have to enter again or not but I plan on avoiding for now at least.

If you use a teleporter in Vault of the Exemplar, you'll have to go back through the temple. Or to swim across Chamber of the Waters, because your turtle is parked on the other side.

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He can use the teleporter from Kublai to Crowl, inside Vanguard's Outpost.

 

[YES!]

Some questions to the Samhain Mausoleum:

managed to recite the Catechism correctly; still can't access the sword Caliburnus, and the other two stone masks in the room are silent. Are they supposed to do nothing?

There are four levers, I managed to open one gate with them but there are two more gates. Are those too opened with these levers or is there another way?

You need to get baptised.

Everything necessary is in that map.

There's a fountain I had everyone drink from, but other than that I have no idea how I would get baptized. Any more hints?
Those levers only work for one of the gates, right? There's another on the far side that I don't know how to open.

The baptism area is through a gate you get the key for in a chest