Introduction
Hints and spoilers for Eye of the Beholder I.
Graciously provided .
Whew! This (and the rest of this series) is one of the meanest and
most difficult RPG's I have ever come across. The puzzles are
fiendish and the combat is really tough. I really can't bother about
combat too much, so I cheated by editing the save game files and gave
myself LOTS of hit points (HP).
The start party I chose was a Paladin, a Fighter/Thief, a Mage
(essential) and a Cleric (essential). One of the puzzles in this game
requires strength, so make one character VERY strong.
Some global hints
- Doors can be opened in the following ways:
- a key that fits the lock
- forced open (by a strong party)
- opened with a button/lever on the door or wall nearby
- your thief can pick SOME locks (careful - lockpicks break!)
- activating some special mechanism or solving a puzzle
- Check the walls carefully for hidden buttons - they reveal secret
passages containing valuable items.
- Pressure plates can be stepped on to open doors etc. or you can
leave something on them - carry additional rocks for them.
- If you don't have maps, make maps! Otherwise you can spend your
time walking around in circles like a madman.
- The flashing purple lights are teleporters - they transport you to
some other location on the same level.
- By the way, there are 12 "levels" in this game, each level being a
32x32 grid of blocks (every time you move in a direction, you move
one block), with the level incrementing when you go down a
stairway and vice versa.
- Portals are doors with strange symbols on both sides. Notice that
one symbol is missing from each portal - place the matching "stone
item" (eg. stone dagger in level 2) on this symbol to transport to
ANOTHER LEVEL, and you can usually transport back as well.
- Gameplay - hope you have a mouse!!!
I used the cursor keys to move, Home and PgUp changes direction.
To use objects (eg. weapon, potion, spellbook) click the RIGHT
mouse button on a hand of a character. Some items are better than
others especially magical ones (use detect magic), and some wands
can be used this way (limited magic however).
The LEFT mouse button is used to pick/drop items and select menus.
You can use it to fight by picking up a weapon and clicking on an
enemy - I prefer the latter way however. The other functions are
logical (hopefully!).