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for "unholy temple" difficulty spike, getting the "nympths spellbook" from getting the highest treasure reward in the previous adventure REALLY helps.
40 dmg along with sneak attack and a few items that increase damage with weapons is pretty good
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Great game. Only sad moment was when I crashed when I had nearly finished my attempt to beat the all-time high score "Best Treasure Amount". Ah well, that can happen.
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Adding to @accordingleaf's advice of using the Sneak Attack spell and casting it during your first turn to kill the enemy three times... you can cast the spell again. And again. And again. Untill you run out of green mana or rage. And there was a blue mana spell (forgot it's name) that deals 4 damage to the enemy and doesn't end your turn. You can also add that to your killing streak. That way, you can kill the enemy a TON of times.
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There's this one longsword in my shop that WILL NOT SELL and I've had it since like the beginning of the game...what on EARTH is going on?!?
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Best spell setup for endgame: Poison, Fire, Energy, Ice Storm, Endless rage and Treasure hunt: once you gather the first few mana you can go endlessly regenerating your mana, gaining rage, money and loot.
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Adding to @linty's advice, once you obtain the Sneak Attack spell and cast it during your first move, you can kill the enemy THREE times! You'll need it to grind everything up for Unholy Temple and beyond!
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Can't sell decent items but tatty pants sell as soon as they hit the shelf. The game is remarkably accurate to modern fashion
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I have found a good money/loot making method. First you acquire the "Healing Fire" spell. Then go to the first dungeon and stop at the first opponent. Now, start matching all elements except ice. When you have about 10hp less than your max hp, cast the spell and repeat. Theoretically, you can regenerate and collect as much loot as you want in one day, as long as you don't kill your opponent. It's a good method for low level players I think.
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Using the spell "COLD SNAP" to finish the enemy, you can do additional hits to earn more LOOT!
With 40 mana storage, this means 5 hits per enemy!
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I think that the game would be way better if the enemies actually played the game along with you, instead of just automatically attacking.
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Another bug: Sometimes, using timewarp will freeze the game - enemy won't move, but you can't either because it's their turn.
Other than some occasional bugs, this is a really enjoyable and addicting game.
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Ran into a bug with the Midas Touch spell - it created a ton of fire blocks and then didn't remove them, even though there were a couple rows of 3+. I swapped one fire with another and it triggered them all but I only got mana from the ones that I switched, and it left a fire element sprite in the top left of my screen.
Got the bug to repeat - this time I got the same result with the ice mana (except without the ice icon stuck at the top left)
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I got addicted to this game in a heartbeat! It's really fun, and although it's similar to Puzzle Quest in some ways, it has such unique features that it stands on its own...the 'enemies remaining' suggestion I saw above would definitely be awesome, though.
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Heal match needs to be increased, or at least increase over time. +2 health becomes pretty insignificant real quick. Really great game though :)
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I have to agree that unholy temple was a huge spike in difficulty that seemed out of place (as the rest of the levels were actually easier. That seems to be par for the course with this series though. Also, really easy to spam storm spells at the end to prevent enemy turn.
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One of my least favorite things about this game is that, by the time you pay off the debt, the items you get aren't really that good... Think I'll pay debt-free next time, that's a lot of gold I could have used elsewhere.
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Stupid timewarm is bugged... NEVER EVER use it if you do not have any gems you can combine, because it BANS scramble, surrender and spells! Ugh..
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You can actually kill them up to three times after they die if you have enough rage and are quick enough (yay daggers!)
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Badge hunters: the key here is survival over damage. 1) Wipe away the debt--that gives two essential regen items. 2) Spells: Regen, Warlord, Healing Fire, Life Leech, Wealth, Ice Shield. Use Regen constantly, keep purple mana high. Use Warlord when safe to max rage. UseUse green mana on Life Leech. Blue mana on Wealth to clear screen of (useless) gold. Wear tribal furs for regen. Have patience and enjoy!
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@Linty's comment: If you use the 'Sneak Attack' spell before you use Linty's double loot trick you can actually get TRIPLE loot from every enemy!
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there;s an annoying bug in the game; if you were to finish an adventure and press the button to continue instead of waiting for the board screen to vanish slowly, it will continue with the menu screen but the board screen will still be there.
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Oh, the NPC comments in this game
"I'm going to turn you into a walking pin cushion!" - No! If I can still walk when you're done, you're doing it wrong.
"Brains! Must have brains!" - So, you don't have any? Could have guessed.
"I like big bones and I cannot lie" - Mm~ I agree, I like big boners too.
"Would you dance with the wolf in the pale moon light?" - Aww, if you ask so nicely, of course I will.
"You are either very brave or very stupid, Which are you, boy?" - (proudly) I am both!