Wizardry : Nemesis - part 4

            The last lap of a solution by Arnie

@~Continued from Issue 51

Return to the village and head for the forsaken crypt. Kill the
two gargoyles and enter the crypt, the door closes behind you and
will not open until you solve the level. Look in a barrel for a
crowbar, walk forward and defeat the pile of bones. Go west and
pick up some arrows; also to be found gold teeth, scraps of rags
but no talismen. Keep walking and killing and open every wall
cupboard and door until you get your last spell of paralyse and
enhanced protection. Now find the niche with Seldin's ghost, he
wants his bones returned there. Mark this location on the map and
save game.

Break down the crumbling wall and defeat Tas the zombie, he is the
friend of the village drunkard but most importantly he has the
final talisman of Birds of Prey. You now have all 7 items and are
ready for the final battle. The biggest problem now is finding
Seldin's bones and getting back to the entrance. The screen map
has dissolved and all the walls shift around. Use the rags by
dropping them on the floor to mark known routes, it is very very
frustrating as every time a spirit passes that means the walls
have moved. By trial and error find the room of bones and get the
page from the diary, the bones and armour. Read the diary pieces
and the map should re-appear as normal. Go back to your marked
position and return the bones, this will open the entrance and you
can now go back to the gondola station ready for the showdown.

Jaren's Keep

Find your way back to the desk and translate the runes with the
code from the table in the desolate castle. (A note here if you
have a burned copy of the book I cannot help as Graham Wheeler
found out). The password is to do with families so search your
inventory for some books on the subject, or look at the
highlighted book title in Nemesis solution part 2 (or ring Arnie).
If you have done it right a growl comes from another room and the
runes turn blue. Head for the dragon skeleton and stand in front
of it again. This time it doesn't hurt but it lifts the chains to
reveal an underground passage to the last level.  Down this level
I found a lot of irrelevant action such as pulling levers to make
monsters appear and human experiment attacking me. Why this was
put in I have no idea as it does nothing for the quest but I
suppose those who actually followed the storyline now see that
Jaren is indeed a fiend in disguise. The only item required here
is a key to the big door. This key is found by right clicking on
the globe at the top of the ladder. So on to the confrontation.

Before opening the big door with the key make sure you are at max
strength and protection and armed to the teeth. Once the door is
open you have no input for a very long time until a battle screen
between yourself and the Nithos. Now as I wrote before there was
now way I even dented the Nithos so before entering the door on a
rerun I used the Power of the Basilisk which instantly wiped him
out and the story ends in a whimper. Very, very poor endings seem
to be the order of the day.
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