The_White
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How on earth do you get at the tar mother in the corner?

doink~
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I remember struggling through this, so here are some small hints:





I know this is kind of obvious, and, of course, you have to

Hope this helps.

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The_White
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Yea, that's what I thought
I just cant seem to get there fast enough. thanks for the hint

[Edited by The_White on 04-19-2004 at 03:49 AM GMT]

doink~
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If that is not enough, then how about

Also, try to




Hope this helps, although I'm not sure how helpful it is...

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Lardarse
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doink~ wrote:

Click here to view the secret text

×You'll have to kill the tar mother before the second spawn.

Not necessarily...

Oneiromancer
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Lardarse wrote:

Click here to view the secret text

×Move your body here with your sword facing west. Or face the other way, whatever's quicker

Both you and your sword will block tar from spreading into those spaces. I'm sure that this information is needed in some of the later puzzles (and on the rest of level 8 as well...

Yup, that's a valid strategy, and a good thing to learn on your own! One small nitpick that you might want to be aware of though:

Game on,

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Chaco
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Yeah - the tar tries to grow onto Beethro, but can't, so it tries to form a tar baby on the square east of him, but his sword keeps the tar baby from forming.

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Ezlo
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You do realize we are trying to help someone who posted two years ago, right?

Oneiromancer
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Ezlo wrote:
You do realize we are trying to help someone who posted two years ago, right?

Actually...no, we're not. From what I can tell, Lardarse just beat it for the first time and he wanted to comment on someone else's hints for this room. Then Chaco and I commented on his comment. So yeah, the thread was kind of resurrected, but I think the comments are still valid.

Game on,

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Chaco
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Yep, so it's not my fault

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Lardarse
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Ezlo wrote:
You do realize we are trying to help someone who posted two years ago, right?

No, I'm trying to help anyone who is only just getting to this point

And I think that the comments are always still valid, even after the changes between Webfoot and AE that mean that monster spawning happens 1 turn later.

And it does say to re-use posts and not just blindly create new ones all of the time...

LA

PS: I hate tar mothers...
PPS: The tar growing on your sword mistake is a subtle difference that I didn't realise until a few hours after I posted...

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[Last edited by Lardarse at 01-26-2006 07:18 PM]