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From: se2044@mail.bris.ac.uk (Graham Willmott)
Subject: Re: Curses help..poss. spoilers
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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 11:11:52 GMT
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Ellen Bart (ebart@mail.sas.upenn.edu) wrote:
: I am stuck in Curses, and would very much appreciate some hints.

: Spoiler alert -- long page down

























: 1.  As soon as I get to Hamburg, I wind up in a cell and am drugged and
: die.  Can I prevent this?

Yes. You need an antidote. But where to get one...?

: 2. The brass key so far doesn't open anything I've tried, not locked doors,
: jewellery boxes, etc.  The demon says it isn't even for the attic.  SHould
: I continue to carry it around?

Well you went to so much trouble to get it... surely you wouldn't want to
get rid of it now?

By the way, what does your common sense tell you about the words of demons?

: 3.  In Unreal City, is there any way to travel on the underground?  I have
: no money, and no ticket.  Also, I'm confused about the tarot cards.  I seem
: to need to drop almost everything I'm carrying in order to take them.

As to the first bit... I don't know. As far as I know it's irrelevant to the
game. (Correct me if I'm wrong, please!) The tarot cards have their uses
later on, though those particular ones are perhaps less useful than others
in existance. There's a cure for your carrying problem - you've probably
already found it - but you have to recharge your torch to get to it.

: 4.  From the garden, I am stuck.  I went through the maze and got the
: etching.  I don't know what to do with the well, and I can't get back into
: the house.

I suggest you ignore this bit until you've explored the house fully. There's
a door... but you'll need a key, and it's locked from the inside. You
don't appear to have _found_ some of the better-concealed puzzles yet; keep
looking and they'll appear.

Hope this helps. If you can't get unstuck, mail me or post here.

Graham
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