Grimoire gameplay and hints thread

[mondblut]

Does it seem to anyone else that the sleep lute can only sleep 3 mobs in a group? Since groups of 6 are getting common I've been having to revise my strategy a little, especially since a lot of enemies are getting really fast and acting before my bard. Luckily I can usually kill 3 (thanks to lethal blows) and cc the rest, but when there are multiple groups it gets a little tricky. I'm now having to east some big groups hits (and all the fast enemies seem to hit like 5 times and still cast a spell or two each) and use my casters as additional cc instead of dd.

Horn of Winter freezes entire group. Supposed to have charges, but they are never spent.

 

[YES!]

Does it seem to anyone else that the sleep lute can only sleep 3 mobs in a group? Since groups of 6 are getting common I've been having to revise my strategy a little, especially since a lot of enemies are getting really fast and acting before my bard. Luckily I can usually kill 3 (thanks to lethal blows) and cc the rest, but when there are multiple groups it gets a little tricky. I'm now having to east some big groups hits (and all the fast enemies seem to hit like 5 times and still cast a spell or two each) and use my casters as additional cc instead of dd.

Horn of Winter freezes entire group. Supposed to have charges, but they are never spent.

I had it but never used it and sold it. Damn.

 

[mercyRPG]

Poisoned Dagger WOW!!

Spoiler

Just found it in Briarpatch Woods (starting a NG), where you LOOK at the dead party's and find Bone Dagger. That treasure is partly randomized! 2D4 Poison Dagger, woohooo, my Barrower Jester loves it!! Imagine the amazing BackStabbings with this baby!

 

[Haba]

Btw, how do I

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revive medea? Casting Raise Dead is not working.

What spell level? I think you need a really high spell level and that takes way more mana than my lvl 7/8/9 party has close to having now. I can cast 3 and am a couple levels from 4.

Phoenix Feather

 

[YES!]

Btw, how do I

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revive medea? Casting Raise Dead is not working.

What spell level? I think you need a really high spell level and that takes way more mana than my lvl 7/8/9 party has close to having now. I can cast 3 and am a couple levels from 4.

Phoenix Feather

Nice. I always forget about consumables unless there is a fight I have issues with.

 

[mercyRPG]

BLACK LOTUS!

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Anybody found the Black Lotus in Briarpatch Woods? SE area, where the dragonfly attacks you in the (1 cell) watery area. LOOK and you find a blue flower. Identify it. CHARM 4 charges baby!!

 

[Rpguy]

Are drows useless because of the mana regen issue or do they actually get special items that makes up for it? (like it says on character creation)

 

[JarlFrank]

So does anyone know if there's a way to deal with Elias Conachur that doesn't involve killing him or stealing his ring?

Also, where do I encounter him a second time? First time I encountered him I was in his hut and he confronted me when I left, when I go in there again he's nowhere to be seen.

 

[ukdouble1]

It seems, chars no need "music" skill for successful use all instruments. Its OK?

 

[Great Deceiver]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I've been stuck at the Cenotaph of the Black Lich - I can summon Hobknob (too hard for my party), but there's another path blocked by a gate, right next to the riddle mouth outside of the Hobknob altar. How do I open this?

 

[Haba]

Locations are linear for the most part. So you have to defeat Hobknob first.

 

[Nixheb]

Holy God, I have the key of the raptor but I am unable to find the place to use it ! I'm running in circle for two hours I have almost 100% on all explored maps !

Can anybody help ?

 

[Streaming Instability]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I've been stuck at the Cenotaph of the Black Lich - I can summon Hobknob (too hard for my party), but there's another path blocked by a gate, right next to the riddle mouth outside of the Hobknob altar. How do I open this?

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You open it from the other side by defeating Hobknob. :^)

 

[Haba]

Ugh... I am stuck in Grendel's Domain, I've fed the bones to the mouths but the door is still not opening.

Edit: figured it out... detect secret on all the time, sigh...

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You need to get the key of the domain to open the door, hidden switch above floor

 

[mondblut]

It seems, chars no need "music" skill for successful use all instruments. Its OK?

If you use them from inventory like a wand or something, which is not supposed to be done.

"Proper" use of instruments is equipping them as a weapon, which can only be done by bards and sages.

 

[Great Deceiver]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I've been stuck at the Cenotaph of the Black Lich - I can summon Hobknob (too hard for my party), but there's another path blocked by a gate, right next to the riddle mouth outside of the Hobknob altar. How do I open this?

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You open it from the other side by defeating Hobknob. :^)

Hobknob is actually a piece of cake after cheesing instruments. This is really the only negative criticism I have of the game, it's almost like a cheatmode and it's difficult to police myself not to use it.

 

[Rpguy]

Viata , Lady Error

You two seems far into the game, Did you find any "special drow only items" that are mentioned on character creation? any other specific race items?

 

[YES!]

BLACK LOTUS!

Spoiler

Anybody found the Black Lotus in Briarpatch Woods? SE area, where the dragonfly attacks you in the (1 cell) watery area. LOOK and you find a blue flower. Identify it. CHARM 4 charges baby!!

Yeah, that is my go to consumable for tough fights. or the only consumable I've used so far at least (besides the status removal ones). I sold all the rest that don't clearly do a useful cc but now I guess I sold the super nice Horn of Winter when I shouldn't have.

 

[YES!]

So does anyone know if there's a way to deal with Elias Conachur that doesn't involve killing him or stealing his ring?

Also, where do I encounter him a second time? First time I encountered him I was in his hut and he confronted me when I left, when I go in there again he's nowhere to be seen.

If you have a male character talk to him about sex and then date you can recruit him.

 

[Streaming Instability]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I've been stuck at the Cenotaph of the Black Lich - I can summon Hobknob (too hard for my party), but there's another path blocked by a gate, right next to the riddle mouth outside of the Hobknob altar. How do I open this?

Spoiler

You open it from the other side by defeating Hobknob. :^)

Hobknob is actually a piece of cake after cheesing instruments. This is really the only negative criticism I have of the game, it's almost like a cheatmode and it's difficult to police myself not to use it.

Cheesing, you mean using them without a bard or appropriate class in the party?

I like the fact that control works on bosses, but it actually makes me scared that the later encounters will be that much harder.

 

[Rpguy]

Poisoned Dagger WOW!!

Spoiler

Just found it in Briarpatch Woods (starting a NG), where you LOOK at the dead party's and find Bone Dagger. That treasure is partly randomized! 2D4 Poison Dagger, woohooo, my Barrower Jester loves it!! Imagine the amazing BackStabbings with this baby!

You started a new game and already have a jester?

 

[YES!]

Just FYI since people seem to really love Jesters - you can recruit one in the second city you go to still pretty early in the game.

 

[Viata]

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Okay, so this is getting awkward. I've been wandering around Nerukruel pyramid and have gotten through the path of the elders, though I can't beat Grendel due to antimagic making half my party useless and only one enchanted weapon that can harm it, so I guess there must be something else I can do before fighting it. Detect item reveals there's a key behind a locked door at the ziggurat apex but I've scoured the other floors and haven't found a way to open it. Also part of the path of the elders area is behind a locked door with no key. I found a ring pouch in the path of the elders but I have no idea what to do with it. Any help?

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That door is opened after defeating Grendel. I tried everything in that dungeon and I idn't find anything to help me, I had to restart from a save almost 10 hours ago, sadly. You are not supposed to go to this place this soon, you need an arsenal of magical weapon or strong character to kill him.

 

[YES!]

I just saw that Knok-Knok has been fixed, two new versions released pretty quickly over night.

 

[Haba]

Haba, can you open the doors in Kublai that you need to lockpick? For me and Viata they are broken, probably a bug.[/spoiler]

Finally got around to trying this, they are broken in even in the old versions. Lockpick succeeds, can't walk through the door.