Pools of Darkness: part 1 of 31 - Pools of Darkness_21 walkthrough

KALISTES PARLOR – Level 2 1. Destination of the Opening of Level 1, Location 7 2. Monsters 3. Slaves 4. Treasure Room 5. Stairs Up to Level 1, Location 8 6. Destination of the Trap Door of Level 1, Location 3 7. Eggs Depending on the way you choose in the previous level your starting point will vary. Anyway if you drop down from the trap door you’ll find yourself at 6. Free all the slaves in the three rooms at 3 then access the treasure room at 4. Fight a large number of drows here and get the last useful treasure of this land. Use the ladder at 5 to go back to level 1 to rest in the barracks if you need it otherwise make your way to one of the rooms at 7 and save before entering. Here you’ll find a nest. “Destroy” the eggs and Kalistes will arrive to stop you. Be sure to cast all protective spells in your spell book before entering the battle because this one is though. You must fight six drow wizards, five drow champions, five pets of Kalistes and Kalistes herself in a very difficult split attack. Use your “Delayed Blast Fireballs” to quickly dispatch the pets while your fighters concentrate themselves on the powerful Kalistes. Try to kill her as quickly as possible then concentrate your efforts on the drows before they cause to much damage. It’s a tough fight but eventually you’ll prevail. Continue the battle to heal your characters then end the combat. Get the treasure along with the second relic and you’ll be immediately attacked. One of the slaves turns to be an evil emissary. He demands the relic and, when you refuse, another battle starts. You must fight six bits of Moander, two snakes and one earth elemental. This fight is easier than the previous one. Cast “Magic Missiles” on the bits to quickly eliminate them and a couple of “Fireballs” on the other creatures to conclude the battle. Now that all is over rest and heal in this room then begin the long way back to the Ruined Temple. Jump into the portal to return to the Limbo and listen to Elminster speech. Now rest and heal if you need it and train your characters. Drop all your items and access the “Storage” to retrieve your old gear then “Move On” and return to the Realms. Go back to the Steading if you need a shop otherwise head south and enter Myth Drannor at 18.

Acknowledgement

Annotated by Marco Alessandri for the RPG Gamers archive.