Thanks for the reply - I wasn't sure if you would still look at these comments
I actually restarted the game and second time around I passed the fire trial without any problem (I think I only lit torch 1 and the wall at 3 opened without lighting torch 2)
I've just entered Toxa temple and when I stepped on the monster pad at 2 all the party's skills and quests disappeared and all treasures were refreshed - I went around and collected enough money and scrolls to repopulate the party's skills and the same thing has happened again
I have the key from the fight - do I repopulate again and just avoid that fight or will the same happen at every fight?
Really enjoying this old school game but I think I've hit a bug.
In the trial of fire level 2 I've extinguished the 4 torches but the ladder to level 3 remains blocked - what do I do?
Hey, that's the only serious bug in the game. As someone mentioned in earlier comments, you can get to the bucket without lighting all the torches (I don't know how) and then you don't have enough torches to extinguish. I made the game 7 years ago, it's a little hard to change anything in the huge code :D Anyway, I tried to insert a safety catch just now - can you see if it works? Click on any of the extinguished torches, the way to the ladder should hopefully open - with fingers crossed! (I also had to change the main font, because I don't have the original one anymore, which means I couldn't compile the game as it was...)
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Hey, that's the only serious bug in the game. As someone mentioned in earlier comments, you can get to the bucket without lighting all the torches (I don't know how) and then you don't have enough torches to extinguish. I made the game 7 years ago, it's a little hard to change anything in the huge code :D Anyway, I tried to insert a safety catch just now - can you see if it works? Click on any of the extinguished torches, the way to the ladder should hopefully open - with fingers crossed! (I also had to change the main font, because I don't have the original one anymore, which means I couldn't compile the game as it was...)