Stuck in Serpent Isle

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> Okay, I've killed Batlin, collected all the serpent doohickeys,
> captured the Banes, and I'm stuck in a circle. Rennra (or whatever her
> name is) in Monitor tells me to go back to Monk Isle. Xenka tells me
> to talk to Draxa. Draxa tells me to find the Chaos Heirophant. I've
> got the eye from the guy in the Temple of Emotion, but when I go back
> to the Temple of Chaos, casting Summon Shade does nothing. There seems
> to be something else I need to do in Monitor, but I'm not sure what.
> Any clues? What have I missed?

Where are you trying to cast the spell?
Your post says you're trying in the Temple of Chaos, which is wrong. The
body of the Hierophant of Chaos is in the courtyard of the Temple of
Enthusiasm. You usually can get the spell to work from the Serpent Gate.

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With a deafening roar and a whoosh of spray, Fluffy the Confused Dragon
swings about and addresses the awaiting newsgroup...

> O
>>
>> Where are you trying to cast the spell?
>> Your post says you're trying in the Temple of Chaos, which is wrong.
>> The body of the Hierophant of Chaos is in the courtyard of the Temple
>> of Enthusiasm. You usually can get the spell to work from the Serpent
>> Gate.
>
> Aahhhhh, I see, said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.
>
> The walkthrough I'm following is more than a little bit confusing. So
> I go to Enthusiasm, talk to the guy there, and then go back to Monk
> Isle?

That should work.

> And is there any way to cure Cantra? I'm thinking about getting
> close and dousing her with various liquids until she settles down and
> goes home to Mom.

In the basic game this was accidently left out. The actual coding and
dialogues were done, but not actually switched on in the final version.
Some of the Exult upgrades fix the issue so you can cure her.

> Thank you muchly, as always.
>
> Even when they're not finished and buggy, these are still so much
> better than most of the newer games.
>
> BTW, is there an immortality/invincibility cheat in U1? I'd love to
> get eyestrain and enjoy the 4-color graphics of the first three, but
> after dying 50 times and getting nowhere (can you have *negative*
> experience points? ) I've decided to just read about it.

Nothing official as in an option built into the original game itself, but
you might try Lord Empire Dragon's cheats at the
Backpacker's Guide to Britannia. http://members.shaw.ca/ultima/index.htm

My own advice is to first save the game and then steal like hell from
the weapons and armour vendors, reloading if needed. You can pick up the
best weapons and armour quickly even without a thief character, which
makes the rest of the game much easier.

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You must talk to Balance Hierophant's spirit first on the Isle of
Crypts. He gives a clue where the Chaos Hierophant body is, and thus where
you should cast Summon Shade.

Max

"Fluffy the Confused Dragon" <lpayne.DeleteThis@digitalpla.net> wrote in message
news:1176411136.275041.67340@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Okay, I've killed Batlin, collected all the serpent doohickeys,
> captured the Banes, and I'm stuck in a circle. Rennra (or whatever her
> name is) in Monitor tells me to go back to Monk Isle. Xenka tells me
> to talk to Draxa. Draxa tells me to find the Chaos Heirophant. I've
> got the eye from the guy in the Temple of Emotion, but when I go back
> to the Temple of Chaos, casting Summon Shade does nothing. There seems
> to be something else I need to do in Monitor, but I'm not sure what.
> Any clues? What have I missed?
>
> Fluffy the Confused Dragon
>
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> Isle? And is there any way to cure Cantra?

No. The speakings of cured Cantra are in the usecode, but this plot path was
not coded, it was only started.

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Fluffy the Confused Dragon wrote:

> BTW, is there an immortality/invincibility cheat in U1? I'd love to
> get eyestrain and enjoy the 4-color graphics of the first three, but
> after dying 50 times and getting nowhere (can you have *negative*
> experience points? ) I've decided to just read about it.

Have you tried running the old California Pacific release in an Apple
emulator? To me it feels like the opponents don't do as much damage in
that version. Though to be honest I didn't read the code so maybe this
is just an illusion.

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