watcher's keep deck of cards

[hitherebobby]

Should I play the games with this guy? What do you win/lose if you play for anything other than the gem? What are the other items he has for you and what do they do?

[Sir Exxon]

Yes, you shall play with this guy. Or kill him, ofcourse. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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And if you play for other things then the gem, you can also win good stuff.
You can win the +4 scimitar The SPECTRAL BRAND, and the SCROLL OF WISHES, I think.


see ya!

Hehe, I wagerd some of my vitality in that game, and lost. BUT, I had the cloak-of-something from the saughian city, and when the cambion casted "Vitality Drain" on me, it said "Spell Ineffective" [img]smile.gif[/img]

[hitherebobby]

Thanks. I did kill him and get the cards, and I'll try those according to other posts here. I didn't play the games with him, though.

I didn't want to go back to an early save for those items, because I don't use scimitars and would rather proceed with my game.

Unless a Scroll of Wishes is particularly good...

[Daniel]

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Originally posted by hitherebobby:
Thanks. I did kill him and get the cards, and I'll try those according to other posts here. I didn't play the games with him, though.

I didn't want to go back to an early save for those items, because I don't use scimitars and would rather proceed with my game.

Unless a Scroll of Wishes is particularly good...

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Bad choice(only my opinion though) once you have killed him you only get to use the cards 3 times and then you lose them. If you play then use use them 3 times then you can kill him and take them and use them a furthur 3 times. Each time you use them you have a chance of somthing good happening (+10 hp, raise one of your stats. even 1,000,000 exp if you are lucky) so dont be afraid to reload if you get a bad result.

P.S there is a key to getting the good results here it is(SPOILER)
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'Copy/paste from gamebanshee guide =]
Here's how the deck as an item works. *'ed cards are considered Bad Draws. The previous draw affects the subsequent draw. Note that some of the other draws can be pretty bad too, but they're not considered BAD in terms of subsequent drawing. Once you have drawn a BAD card, you will have to continue using the BAD draw list. This means that if you draw a good, then bad card, your third draw will be from the bad list.
First draw (random):

-Donjon* (Imprison user, save at -4)
-Ruin* (Party loses all gold)
-Euryale (permanent -1 to all saves, no save. ha ha.)
-Flames (Gate in a Balor and 4 fire elementals to play with)
-Gem (Get a rogue stone, king's tear, sapphire, diamond, ruby and emerald)
-Jester (User gets 50,000 exp)

Second Draw (if first draw was a BAD card):

-Void* (Disintegrates user, save at -4)
-Key (Get a powerful magic item, I think it's a ring of protection +3)
-Star (Get +1 to one stat, depending on class (fight/barb/pal/ranger str, mage/sorc int, thief/bard dex, monk/cleric/druid wis)
-Rogue (User is dire charmed and attacks the party until dead. Cannot be dispelled, so kill the person and raise him/her)
-Sun (party gains 300,000 exp)
-Vizier (User gets a mantle spell that lasts 24 hours)

Second Draw (if first draw was a NOT a BAD card):

-Void* (see above)
-Magician* (user turned into a rabbit. Cure with remove curse)
-Knight (summons 4 demon knights to duke it out. They do not drop equipment once killed)
-Rogue (see above)
-Sun (see above)
-Vizier (see above)

Third Draw (no BAD cards yet). Note that this is the final draw you can pull.

-Skull (Gates in a Death Shade to play with. Looks like a bone fiend, he attacks with +5 weapons, dispels magic with each hit, 100% magic resist, resists most attacks, sees invisible and attacks fast. Only tries to kill the user, and once the user is dead, leaves) summon a planetar to quickly kill =p
-Moon (+10 hp permanently)
-Talons (user permanently blinded until remove curse is cast)
-Fool (user's Wisdom lowered to 3 + confusion (no save). remove curse to restore wisdom, dispel to fix the confusion)
-Comet (5% fire resist permanently)
-Erinyes (+1 to all stats for 24 hours, also called the Fates)

Third Draw (Bad card happened sometime along the way)

-Skull (see above)
-Throne (party gains 1,000,000 exp)
-Moon (see above)
-Fool (see above)

Draw again? Deck dissappears.

~Personally, I always settle for nothing less than:
1st draw: Donjon (with spell immunity > abjuration cast)
2nd draw: Star, giving me +1 in some attribute.
3rd draw: Moon. more hit points are a welcome gift.

[Tancred]

Well, it's not an item called the Scrol of Wishes, it's just a scroll of the spell Wish. Powerful, but perhaps not worth loading a saved game for?

[SixOfSpades]

Also, the Spectral Brand is well worth gambling for if you have a Druid in the party, because I think it's the very best weapon Druids can use (once you upgrade it), unless for some reason you enjoy Fireballing your party with the Club of Detonation.

If you fail to get the Spectral Brand on the first try, you can try again on the second. This works for the Wish scroll too.

[toriuxik]

lol! Yes, FBing your party can get rather annoying at times... Of course, if used right, it can be helpful... I like Harbringer for this too. Send in 1 character to fight=FBs and dying enemies.