Pokey, I keep forgetting I can teleport. I've been running back to the portal itself. Duh! I hope I can finish the game this evening.

I went to the store to get Oblivion and the store I went to was sold out. My computer will not handle Oblivion. Did everyone get new computers?

If you teleport back and forth, you lose your invisibility, but it wasn't needed except at the water lord prison. I walked back to preserve it. The prisons were quite short, except for the earth one that took a lot of jumping. My computer handles Oblivion pretty well. You could probably get by with a new video card. What are your specs?

Petnium 3, 550 mgh, memory is 256+.

I'm still trying for the heart of fire. I went back and got another dragon. I guess I should take him to the orignal dragon cave to get him upgraded. I might turn in Cauri or my cleric for something else. Do you know if anyone else can heal?

CONGRATS on finishing the game.

Do you remember where to get Lloyds Beacon?

You can get it in Alvar. You need a Water grandmaster to use it. Might need a necromancer for that. Anyone that can use body magic should be able to heal. Can't you use invisibility to get through the fire plane? I used it till I reached the heart. I didn't use Lloyd's Beacon much. Only place it came in handy was the Plane of Earth.

Looking at your specs, you need a total upgrade to play Oblivian--CPU, video and memory.

Pokey, I guess I'll trade my cleric for a necromancer. I have a dark elf that has invisiblity, but she can only learn it up to master, not grand. It doean't seem to last very long. I can't get far in the castle of fire.

Good luck with your computer Smiley. I'll be wathing the board to follow the Oblivion thread.

If I played again, I'd chose the Necromancer as my character instead of the Dark Elf. Invisibility is really useful in the fire plane. I didn't need it in the prisons except for the Prison of the Water Lord.

Where are you in castle of fire?

If you know the route through the castle, you might be able to get through with just your Dark Elf. It doesn't take long. You could also add skill points to get more time. You might be able to clear out a space and cast invisibility right outside the castle. Much easier with a GM Necromancer though if you can manage that. Have you gotten to the long room with the lava flow?

This is where I've gotten in the castle....I only know of one door to enter. I go in and jump across to a ledge on the left. Then there are two rooms of winding road with lava at the bottom. I make it through the 1st and then the 2nd and going down against the wall there is a red hot spot and when I click on it it opens and I get blasted/dead. If I go down a little farhter I think it's just hot lava. The problem is when I first go inside and use the cast jump I loose my invisiblity. Same thing happens again when I enter the red hot spot on the wall. I'm getting ready to try again. I traded the dragon from Shadowspire for Brimstone in Regna. Thanks!

You don't need to cast jump. I was able to get through without it.

Thanks Pokey. As it turned out I fought my in and I got back to the front door again. I'll try again today. I think I'm close. I can't believe I fought all those fire thugs, what ever they're called.

Congrats. You're by the hardest part.

Not so sure about that Pokey. It's been really hard so far. I have had to leave, dropped dead, and return. I hope I can send a message that I finished. This inside the crystal is hard. I will manage I hope. Thanks so much for your help and support.

I used the invisible spell to get to the palace, but didn't need it inside. Lots of room to back up while throwing spells and there are not a lot of enemies and they are not very strong. I did find a nice map of the palace which was a great help.