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Bard's Tale Trilogy, The (PC)

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Hints for Beginners

Run Away. Know the monsters in the area, and if they are too strong for your team, Run.

You want to avoid monsters that hit hard and exceed your ability to heal.

In the initial Skara Brae area, hard hitting random monsters include Nomads, Barbarians, Skeletons, Orcs, Dwarves, and Mercenaries. Don't fight these with your low level party. Run away at all costs.

What do you fight at low levels? Find small groups of weak monsters... Hobbits, Kobolds, Thieves, and so on. Monsters with weak damage dice allow your team to survive a bad round of combat.

Survival and advancement... That's the grind you'll need to repeat over and over.

Kill weak monster groups and take their stuff. Gear up, repeat. In Skara Brae, you can easily raise a few levels on weak monsters if you grind well. Once you've leveled a couple times, then seek out the Wine Cellar.

One method of grinding in Skara Brae... The endless door kick. When you exit the Adventurers' Guild, turn right.

There are two houses that face each other, 1 step south of the Guild hall.

You can keep moving forward, shuffling between those two houses with the "W" key to walk forward. No need to turn around... The buildings do that for you. The idea is to repeat this over and over, grinding the random encounters until you level up.

Various Steam Achievements

Complete the indicated task to unlock the achievement.

Achievement	How to unlock
A Good Year	Find the wine cellar.
A Song of Only Fire	Use a fire horn.
Apprentice	Level a character to level 10.
Art Critic	Destroy every statue in Skara Brae.
Crystal Clear	Defeat the Crystal Golem.
Dean's List	Be promoted at the review board for the first time.
Endgame	Enter Mangar's Tower.
Gold Digger	Amass 100,000 gold coins.
Heroes of Skara Brae	Complete Tales of the Unknown.
I'm 'armless!	Disarm 50 traps.
Journeyman	Level a character to level 25.
Master	Level a character to level 50.
Nemesis	Win 500 battles.
Roleplaying	Create your first character.
Skara Brae Shopaholic	Purchase services at an inn, a temple, Garth's and Roscoe's.
Something's Smelly	Enter the sewers.
Storm the Gates	Enter Harkyn's Castle.
The Mage's Tale	Learn all 7 levels of spells for Conjurer, Magician, Sorcerer and Wizard with one character.
The Magic Word	Enter the catacombs.
Weapon of Legend	Acquire the Spectre Snare.