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Heroes of the Lance FAQ Walkthrough
By: Shaggy
E-Mail: Shaggy6814@aol.com
Ver: 2.0
Date: 12/21/00
Table Of Contents
1. Updates
2. Introduction and Review
3. General Game Controls
4. Status Screen
5A. Clerical Magic Spells
5B. Magic User Spells
6. Walkthrough
7. FAQ
8. Copy Rights
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1. Updates
12/21 Fixed format!
11/27 Xarkos now gives me information that you may find useful and interesting!
9/10/00 Thanks to Dr. Strange he gave me some info on the that I found useful
and interesting.
9/1/00 Changed my name and e-mail
7/18/00- Walkthrough Complete.
7/13/00- Created FAQ
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2. Introduction
Well many would wonder why any body would want to play this game or write a FAQ
on it. Well I actually liked and found it to be a fun game. I answer all the
questions that plague mankind for centuries. How do I kill the damn midgets,
Dragons? Well all these questions and more will be answered. If you would like
to hear more about my thoughts on this game look here:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/review/R8956.html
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3. Basic Game Controls
Left: makes you walk left
Right makes you walk right
Up: N/A
Down: N/A
Up + A Makes you jump in place
Down + A Makes you duck
Holding R/L Run
Holding R/L while U/A Long Jump
COMBAT:
B Slash with weapon
B + Down
And way you are facing Lower Slash
B + Up
And way you are facing Upper Slash
Under Combat you will notice a compass which should look like this :
N
W E
S
Although some times it is reversed. I will use this in the Walk through a lot
like for ex. Go through the South Door means do down or North means up.
To go through a door hold up, or down.
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4. Status Screen
The Status screen looks like this
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| Hero Select Give |
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| Magic User Spell Drop |
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| Clerical Staff Spells Take |
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| Use Save |
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| Score Load |
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1. Hero Select- You can pick any living Hero of the Lance
2. Magic User Spells these spells are best used with Raistlin in your main 4
3. Clerical Staff Spells
4. Use to use a item
5. Score-To see how many points you earned
6. Give- give an item to another Hero of the Lance
7. Drop- discard an unwanted item
8. Take- to take an item
9. Save- Save your game for later play
10. Load- To play a game that has been previously saved
5A. Magic User Spells
For the best spells use Raistlin
Charm confuses Enemy
Sleep- Causes Enemy to Sleep
Magic Missile- Weak Projectile Atack
Web- Puts a Web around enemy similar to sleep but last longer
Detect Magic- Detects a magic near by
Detect Invisible- Detects something invisible nearby
Final Strike- An attack only Raistlin can use which kills him and everything
else on the screen
Burning Hands- Stronger magic Attack
5B. Clerical Staff User Spells
Cure Light Wound- Recovers some HP
Protect From Evil- Limited Protection from attacks
Finds Traps- Finds Hidden traps
Hold Person- Freezes Enemy
Spiritual Hammer- Magic Projectile
Prayer-????????
Cure Critical Wound- Recovers lots of HP
Deflect Dragon's Breath- Dragon's Breath Won't Hurt you.
6. Walkthrough
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ENTER Zak Tsaeroth
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Suggested Set up:
Front Four:
Caramon River Wind Goldmoon Raistlin
Skid Row:
Sturm Flint Tanis Tasslehoff
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To First Distant Alarm Bells
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Go NORTH through the door, head right and EAST through the next door. Take the
pouch and give it to Tasslehoff, he's the only one who can use it. Destroy the
Bozak and go SOUTH through the door. Go left and whip the Bozak or just push
him back far enough to get to do the opening go WEST through it. A midget
should be waiting for you, Kill him (refer to the FAQ if you don't know how)
Take the gem afterwards and go right. You should see a Bozak and a midget,
concentrate your attacks on the midget, and the Bozak should help you destroy
him by shooting fireballs downwards. Destroy the Bozak for all of his hard
work. Go to the far right door. Hit a right and go through the next door.
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To Second Distant Alarm Bells
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Once the drop an Aghar1 should be waiting for you. Web his big ass and hack
away, at him. Go SOUTH through the door head left ignore the first door, and
the curative waterfall will be there to sooth your injuries. Go back to the
door you previously ignored go EAST through it, a Midget should greet you. Kill
him and collect the goodies on the walls and floors. Go back through the door
and head left, Run and jump over the pit and destroy Baaz. Keep Left snags the
Gold Chalice, Go WEST through the door and you will be transported to a new
land. Destroy Aghar2 (the floating ones) and go WEST through the next door.
Go right and take a WEST through the next door. Go Left and take a WEST through
that door. Ignore the dragon, you can fight it if you want and go through the
door. Go right destroy the Bazak and go WEST through the door. SAVE YOUR GAME
HERE. Change the front Hero to Raistlin, and use WEB on the man. And jump over
the whole, change back to a stronger hero. Destroy him while his back is turned
and destroy the two mideons that will greet you. Go right and SOUTH through the
door. There should be some flames here and some arrows. Use *Protection Against
Evil* and run through with your strongest HP wise Hero go SOUTH through the
door.
A Baaz will be waiting, kill him and head left a Dragon will be there (refer to
the FAQ if you don't know how to kill it) Go WEST through the door. A series of
pits will be there switch to Raistlin to get over these with ease, switch to a
stronger hero and go EAST through the door. Distant Alarm Bells here.
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To The Dragon
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After the drop it would be wise TO SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Go SOUTH through the
door and immediately destroy the dragon. After that destroys a weak Spider and
another Dragon will greet you, if you didn't destroy the first one you are in
for some trouble because now you got a dragon breathing down your throat and
one up your ass. Destroy the one in front of you, and go EAST through the door.
There should be a door right next to the one you went through go through that
one. Go right and SOUTH through the first door. Kill the punk spider, There
will be 4 doors. The firs two have dragons in there protecting some Gem's the,
third has a spider protecting a gem.
And the last one is the ticket out, go EAST through that. Go right and through
the first door, this will land you in a room with a dragon in it. Ice him off
and go NORTH through the door. Go Left and through the next door, Go right now
and destroy the monsters. Go North through the next door, Go left and through
that door. Head right and go to the far right door, head left and destroy the
two Aghar1's Go through the door the huge Dragon awaits. SAVE before going in.
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Dragon & Disk of Miskhail
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Can a game ending boss be this easy? He looks like a challenge but he's not.
Put Goldmoon, in the front of the Heroes, use *Deflect Dragon Breath* if you
have any blue Crystal left in the staff. Then heal her up, as much as possible.
Use PRAYER, I'm not confirmed if this helps but it seems to get close to the
dragon, basically as close as possible she will take a beating but it won't
kill her. Press B, enough times and she will throw the staff at the dragon,
which will kill his big ass. Now go right the disk will be waiting for you,
grab those stand around for a minute, and enjoy the ending.
7. FAQ
Q1. Hey, I just bought Heroes of the Lance yesterday, it sucks badly so what is
it all about?
A1. According to Dr. Strange Heroes of the Lance is an adaptation of Advanced
Dungeons and Dragons, in a manner of speaking. The AD&D setting is called
'Dragonlance' and is one of the more popular modules for the game. More
specifically, Heroes of the Lance is a (pretty much) direct adaptation
of several chapters from the novel "Dragons of Autumn Twilight", the
first in a long and fantastically-written series of Dragonlance-set
novels written by the literary team of Hickman and Weis. In fact,
'Heroes of the Lance' was a title of honor given to the adventurers
(yes, they're identical in the game and the book). Also, if you watch
the intro (where it shows images of each character), you can see that
the images are identical to those used on the cover art of the
first-edition publishing of the series.
Q2. Ok Shaggy, what does Enter Zak Tsaeroth mean?
A2. -According to Dr. Strange Xak Tsaroth (as it was spelled in the novel) was
a
ruined city in which the Disks of Mishakal (also spelled differently in the
book) were guarded by an evil black dragon. 'Enter Xak Tsaroth' means just
that: enter the city of Xak Tsaroth.
Q3. Hey Shaggy How come I keep falling in this pit? This door doesn't do
nothing!!!
A3. Don't go to the pit, hold up or down by the door.
Q4. I'm really stuck Shaggy how do I beat those Midgets!!!! I tried everything
and nothing works help me!!!!!!!
A4. You have to press B and Down and the way your facing 5 hits will kill them.
Q5. Shaggy how do I use magic spells????
A5. You have to have Raistlin, and Gold Moon, as two of the main Heroes of the
Lance, Raistlin, for Magic Staff, and Gold Moon, for Clerical.
Q6. Thanks Shaggy I killed thousands of those midgets, but there is this dragon
and he totally demolished me now what?
A6. Get GoldMoon in your front four. Go To the status screen under Clerical
Magic scroll up you will see ^Deflect Dragons Breath ^Hack away at him in 5-8
he is dead
Q7. Now there's these floating guys they keep going pass me they killed my
whole crew, and I don't know what to do!!!
A7. Ok, these guys are the opposite of The Midgets. This is what you do in
stead of attacking down like you did with the midget's attack up. I would
suggest using one of the stronger characters.
Steve M. Asked "Why does this game suck so much?"
A8. Well that's a matter of personal opinion some don't think it sucks like me
Steve M. asked "What's wrong with this game, how come I don't gain
experience??????"
Xarkos Says:
A9. Frequent misconception, this isn't a FF style rpg but a true table-top rpg
in video game format. in TT xp is earned at the end of a session,
therefore the characters can't advance in the middle of the game, the
monster kill chart and treasure rating in this game are basically just for
fun with no true purpose i can discover, but are nice references for AD&D
players who want to compare the game to a TT session.
Q10. Why can't some characters hold the blue staff, and other weapons?
A10. According to Dr. Strange In Raistlin's case, his staff, the Staff of
Magius, possesses (in the novel) a mind of it's own. It chooses who can weild
it. In Goldmoon's case, the Blue Crystal Staff can only be touched by one who
is of pure heart because it was created by a goddess of pure good (ditto, from
the novel).
Q11. How come I can't use either type of Magic Spells?
A11. You have to have Raistlin or Goldmoon as one of the front 4 heroes
Q12. What's the best characters to use?
A12. Well almost all are good. Some are exceptional like Caramon. I would
definitely not use Raistlin as my main Hero, since he has a very low HP, and he
is the main black Mage. You should check their stats and the guys with the best
overall stats are ideal for the front 2. Goldmoon, and Rasitlin should be in
the back of the front four, but never on the bottom row.
Q13. What Characters, don't you use?
A13. Basically, Tasslehoff, Flint and some of those other guys stay on Skid
Row.
Q14. What do I do if I run out of magic?
Xarkos Says:
A14. I think the waterful might refill the magic meters (or maybe just the
bcs's meter) but i don't remember for sure.
Q15. Some items are totally useless, like coins & Gold Chalice's what do I do
with them?
A15: Xarkos Says:
A Gold coins, chalices, knifes, a lot of stuff
like that is just for treasure points at the end and don't have a real
purpose in the actual game, though scrolls potions and the like are still
VERY important (scrolls and potions don't use magic meters and may produce
effects that spells don't cover).
Q16. When a character has a grave instead of their face is their any
possibility of me reviving them.
Xarkos Says:
A. this was a method of determination by the designers to mark a difference
between characters who can be "raised" and those who can't. gravestones
remove all chance is bringing them back, gray faces can be brought back.
"final strike", falling in a pit, and leaving the body behind all produce
gravestones (though the last one does leave their items still, not sure
about "fs".)
Q17. This maze is crazy is there any short cuts or a secret way out of it?
A17. If you are in that first maze there is no way out of it, none that I could
see, so basically give up and cry.
Q18. You talked about those pits why can't I jump over them, I keep falling
off?
A18. Use Raistlin, he has the best jump, don't run just jump in place he will
glide over.
Q19. After I use Final Strike with Raistlin is there anyway to revive him?
A19. Nope he's pretty much toast.
Q20. Where is the disk I'm supposed to be looking for?
A20. Once you defeat the huge dragon the Disk of Miskal will be waiting for
you.
Q21. Do I have to use Goldmoon to kill the Huge Dragon?
Xarkos Says:
A21. actually if i remember correctly any of the characters that can pick up
the staff can use it against the dragon (the games way of letting her die
without ending the game), however they won't have access to all the
spells. another note on the staff, in the book the statue on the first floor
(of mishakal, the goddess who created the disks and gave riverwind (goldmoon's
fiancè the staff) revived the power of the staff (and brought goldmoon
back from the dead after the dragon killed her), however i have yet to
figure out how to do this in the game.
Q22. Ummm I accidentally killed her, now what?
A22. Look up there
Q23. Why does it say 'To Be Continued'?
A23. According to Dr. Strange: The game was based on a series of novels (well,
'almost directly translated' would be more accurate). Since the game itself
only represents a few chapters in one book, "To Be Continued" is a reference
to the other books and the fact that the story continues after the end
of the game.
Q24. Can I ask you a personal question? Why do you like this game when everyone
hates it?
A24. Well, my friend, some people are different. Everyone said how bad this
game sucked and I had to see for myself. It isn't that bad, I mean there are
worst games for NES and even Playstation that are worst than this, like Dr.
Jekyll Mr. Hyde and Kung Fu Heroes and the Tomb Raider Series. Those games
suck badly, and in my opinion this wasn't as bad as many people said it was.
Q25. Will there be a sequel to Heroes of the Lance, would you have liked to
have
seen one?
A25. N0, I highly doubt it. But, Sure I would of loved to see Heroes of the
Lance II, or a great sequel for Playstation or Dreamcast that would have been
great in my opinion.
Ok these were these basic questions if anyone has any more E-mail me and they
will be included in future updates.
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8. Copyright
No Midgets were hurt in the production of this game.
AD&D Dragon Lance & Heroes of the Lance are all copyrighted. All Rights
Reserved.
This FAQ is for personal use only, it can however be printed out, and used for
your own personal uses, not to be sold to others. You can not retransmit this
FAQ using any means electronically or mechanically. If you would like to
request to use this FAQ on your website then you must e-mail the author your's
truly at shaggy6814@aol.com.
First I would like to give thanks to God, and my parents and all other family
members and friends.
I would like to give thanks to CJayC for hosting my FAQ.
I would like to thank Uhhhhh (Uhhhhh@hotmail.com) for the grand Line Art that's
mega cool Uhhhhh!
I would like to think Dr. Strange for some background info on the game!
I would like to thank Xarkos for his contribution with some much needed help on
Q's!
I would also like to give thanks to my old NES after 15 years still running
strong!
I would like to give thanks to the person who sold me this game, if you read
this thinks for such a great game.
Finally I would like to give thanks to everyone at GameFAQs whom I'm cool with.
In particular BrandonJ33, Steve M., J-dog, Great1, Andy007, Bruplex, Andrew,
Mr. Posterior, and a bunch of others for making me feel welcome!
I would like to dedicate this FAQ to the 10 other reviewers, Bruplex, Ed the
Moogle, Epoetker, Falsiloqous, J-Dog, Jharring, K0LDSTeeL, Sephirstein,
SMcFadden & Viper who gave this a 1 =(
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