SEVEN PARCHMENTS OF KANDOS
by Martin Page
Sinclair User
Spectrum 128
This game has many, many random elements and several useless objects which make
it very frustrating to play. I'm not sure you can win without doing a
SAVE/RESTORE when needed.
You goal is to find seven parchments, and when you meet him back in your garden,
defeat Kandos.
HINTS:
On the way you will meet several adversaries which you must defeat. You can use
spells or combat. All of the parchments are either healing or combat spells.
Periodically you will need to eat and drink, and your supply appears unlimited.
While you can carry many objects, there is a limit. You cannot drop any of the
parchments once you have them.
You can ask some people you meet to JOIN <name of person> or LEAVE <name of
person>. Having Tindrel with you may help with navigation of the boat.
The "JFMAMJJASOND" puzzle is simply the initial letters of the 12 months.
Apparently Dwalo can read the ship's log for you, though I have not been able to
figure out how to do this. This is not necessary to finish the game.
EXAMINE what objects you can and listen to what Tindrel and Dwalo say. Some of
the hints are helpful, some not. You can avoid the Pixies by not going there.
Take the chess set to the pawnbroker.
Even people who you would not think to kill, you should. Most of the time you
get a parchment, so you cannot avoid killing them.
Use the balm instead of a spell.
Buy only two objects at the shop – something to help with light, and food.
Any friends who are with you during combat sometimes die. Tindrel needs to die.
When in the dungeon, EXAMINE ROOM (not dungeon).
Sometimes only the first word of a two-word description is needed.
The necessary objects are any objects that have an aura of magic (talisman,
ring, amulet, swimming/drinking the water), balm, torch, spade, rope, key,
scroll, matches, food, wine, chess set, ticket, piccolo, idol, horn, helm.
You would think that the gauntlets should be able to protect you from a scorpion
bite, but they don't.
Unnecessary objects include the aardvaark gazette, necklace, jewel box, potion
(though maybe I just was unable to figure out how to use them).
Explore the sea fully before deciding where to stop first since there are only a
limited number of moves before you die, and some dead ends. You need to use
SAVE/RESTORE since you cannot map in the usual way by dropping objects.
The parchments with their Magic Points necessary to use, their function, and
their name:
RED – 2 MP – to heal wounds sustained in battle; (h) - healing
YELLOW – 3 MP – to open metal doors; (s) - sesame
BLUE – 4 MP – to slow enemies in combat; (w) - web
PURPLE – 5MP – to evade blows in combat; (i) - invisibility
GREEN – 6 MP – to fall from heights with ease; (f) - feather
BLACK – 8 MP – to cast denizens to the void in combat; (v) void
WHITE – 10 MP – to resurrect yourself; cast before death takes place; (r) -
resurrection
To use a spell, type SPELL and the letter. Use the lower ranking one when you
can. Save your spell points, though there appears to be many ways that they are
increased.
Some spells, like the yellow, and the green, are necessary in particular
situations. Other, the combat spells are optional. Despite being given the
option to retreat, you seem to always die. You can use the spells more than
once. There were several spells I did not use. SAVE/RESTORE each successful
combat move, but prepared for many, many, very many of these. Strength and
endurance are randomly depleted every time you are hit. Endurance is lost more
frequently and it appears to be more necessary to minimize its loss.
SOLUTION:
INVENTORY (nothing), UP, EXAM BED (you see a chess set), TAKE CHESS, DOWN, TAKE
WINESKIN, DOWN, TAKE TORCH, UP, OPEN BACK DOOR, E, TAKE SPADE, S, S, OPEN
CUPBOARD (you see a healing balm), TAKE BALM, N, W (Sorbo wants his idol in
exchange for showing you the great ocean), E, E, E, N (you see a golbin), KILL
GOBLIN, TAKE TUBE, EXAMINE TUBE (you get a scroll), READ SCROLL (Gorlab), DROP
SCROLL, W, E, S, CLIMB TREE (you see a piccolo), TAKE PICCOLO, E, N, E (you see
freshly dug earth), DIG, DROP SPADE, TAKE AMULET, EXAMINE AMULET (magic aura),
S, W, W, S, W, PAWN CHESS (you get money and a ticket), EXAMINE TICKET (remember
the random number that is generated), E, E, BUY FOOD, BUY MATCHES, KILL
SHOPKEEPER.
UP, TAKE HORN, BLOW HORN (you get a helm), WEAR HELM, DOWN, DOWN, TAKE BLUE,
READ BLUE (web spell), UP, W, S, SWIM POOL, DRINK WATER (magic), S (ignore
Tindrel for now), N, N, N, N, E (you see a sign), READ SIGN (you can't read the
runes – it doesn't really matter), E, LIGHT TORCH, S, E, E, N, N, EXAMINE
STATUE, TAKE RED PARCHMENT, EXAMINE RED (healing spell), W, DOWN (Hermak gives
you a puzzle to solve), JFMAMJJASOND ("go south from the small sinister room to
find your way out"; - ignore the necklace), S, E, EXTINGUISH TORCH, S, S, SAY
GORLAB (the drawbridge opens), S, S, UP, W, UP, SPELL, S, N, UP, TAKE GAUNTLETS,
EXAMINE GAUNTLETS (magic), WEAR GAUNTLETS, DOWN, S, OPEN WARDROBE (you see the
idol).
KILL MANTICORE, TAKE IDOL, DOWN, E, EXAMINE PORTRAIT (you see a safe), OPEN SAFE
(need combination), <type the random number on the ticket>, DROP TICKET, TAKE
YELLOW, READ YELLOW (sesame spell), DOWN, S, EXAMINE ATLAS (there is a secret
passage in the dungeon), EXAMINE BOOKS (about manticore breeding), DOWN, W (in
the dungeon), EXAMINE ROOM (you see a secret passage), DOWN, UP, S, S, JOIN
TINDREL (if he says "no" keep trying), N, N, N, N, W, W, W, W, GIVE IDOL (he
tells you there is a way to the sea), W, DROP TORCH, DROP MATCHES, DROP MONEY
(it disappears but you don't need it any more), ENTER BOAT, W, S, E, E, DOWN,
EXAMINE LOG (you can't read it; Tindrel is upset), DOWN, OPEN BOX, KILL ZOMBIE
(allow Tindrel to die), TAKE PURPLE, EXAMINE PURPLE (invisibility spell),
EXAMINE TINDREL, TAKE GREEN, EXAMINE GREEN (feather spell), UP, UP, ENTER BOAT,
W, N, W, S, E, TAKE ROPE, JOIN DWALO, W, N, TAKE RING, EXAMINE RING (magic),
WEAR RING, N.
ENTER BOAT, N, N, S, S, W, S, S, E, E, E, TAKE KEY, W, W, S, S, TAKE TALISMAN,
EXAMINE TALISMAN (magic), N, N, W, S (at the unclimbable cliff), DROP ROPE, PLAY
PICCOLO (the rope ascends), DROP PICCOLO, UP, OPEN DOOR (locked), UNLOCK DOOR,
DROP KEY, W, DOWN, TAKE AARDVARK, READ AARDVARK (you haven't won the bingo),
DROP AARDVARK, UP, UP, UP, UP, OPEN JEWEL (you are stung), RUB BALM (you are
healed), TAKE JEWEL, UP, UP, UP, OPEN SARCOPHAGUS (a demon comes out), KILL
DEMON (I used the web spell before engaging in combat), TAKE WHITE, READ WHITE
(resurrection spell), DOWN (six times), E, DOWN, N, N, ENTER BOAT, N, E, N, W,
N, E (at the beach), E, E, E (Kandos is here and fights you), SPELL V (it may
not work the first time – try again). Dwalo goes home. W. You are finished.
Doreen Bardon and Terri Sheehan
2005-12-04
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