Ultima Underworld II - Loth Tomb

                 From a phone call with MerC

MerC was playing this RPG towards the end of February and hit a
very tough part towards the end of the Loth Tomb. The aim of Level
4 is to reach Praecor Loth but he is guarded by three liches who
are very hard to defeat. The first is a thief called Morphius, the
second a magician, Umbria, who is with two golems and the third
is Lethe, a tough warrior.

After a lot of struggling, MerC defeated Morphius but he couldn't
defeat the other two liches. In the end he said he would suggest
avoiding them - it IS possible - unless you have a very high
character. His paladin was at Level 14 (4,529 XP) at this point.

So, once past Morphius, avoid Umbria (cast Protection from Flames
and he won't be able to touch you too much) and go east into the
room past him. You have to cross the columns by jumping over. MerC
said, make sure you jump on the right hand side of them, not the
middle, otherwise you'll be teleported elsewhere. At the far side
is a pentacle with candles. Move the candles to let you get in to
see Lethe.

Again, avoid Lethe, dash east into the side room through the
monsters and pull the chain. MerC found Lethe had vanished when he
came back out of the room (I bet that was a relief!).

You can now enter Loth's Tomb ....










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