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SixOfSpades · 03-17-2003, 05:30 PM

Actually, the note can be decrypted by normal analysis--I certainly was able to. Just start with the small words (single-letter words are always either "a" or "I", so you've got common vowels right off the bat), and the note certainly has its share of small words, handing you most of the most common letters on a silver platter, just as Thorfinn said.

About the second note: There is no second note. Yeah, maybe if you look at the code, you'll see that there's a chance to be given a second note, but if I stood there for 15 minutes, collecting enough notes to fill the backpacks of every single member of my party (in stacks of 5), and all the notes were exactly the same, there IS no second note. (16 * 5 * 6 = 480 times that I did *not* get the 2nd note.)

03-17-2003, 05:30 PM	#6
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 48 Posts: 6,901	Actually, the note can be decrypted by normal analysis--I certainly was able to. Just start with the small words (single-letter words are always either "a" or "I", so you've got common vowels right off the bat), and the note certainly has its share of small words, handing you most of the most common letters on a silver platter, just as Thorfinn said. About the second note: There is no second note. Yeah, maybe if you look at the code, you'll see that there's a chance to be given a second note, but if I stood there for 15 minutes, collecting enough notes to fill the backpacks of every single member of my party (in stacks of 5), and all the notes were exactly the same, there IS no second note. (16 * 5 * 6 = 480 times that I did not get the 2nd note.) __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.