Niggling Mysteries

[jelricle]

This is not an un-openable container, but it still leaves a bee in my bonnet. Is there any point to the sundial in the Northeast cleft of the gloomy woods? The description says that it is oddly placed, since no sunlight will ever hit it.

There is a convenient "Elixer of Horus-re" in the Anduin's Ruins map, to the east, which lets you cast sunbeam. However when I cast sunbeam on the sundial, nothing seemed to happen. Did I miss something? Is this another decommissioned leftover from PoA, like the stuck lever in Anduin's Chapel that no longer needs a bottle of oil?

I also tried Sunburst. No luck.

[magecat]

You'll find several things in the pre-LL that either never got finished, or, as the game shifted, got abandoned.

If you haven't gone all the way up the side passage where you find the deaders off of the goblin camp, there is a tombstone up there that is similar in nature, there but no longer important to your progress.

[jelricle]

Sure, but it would be nice to know which ones are dead ends. Does anybody know about the sundial?

I thought the tombstone in the goblin camp was just a copy of the unknown hero's grave.

Separately, is there a way to translate the texts from Ssisthrak's dimension? Did I miss a book that gave a translation key? The translation rod does not seem to help when I use it on the documents.

Ditto for the Illithid texts. Aside from getting the Illithid sub-race (or some other psionic speaking race, if there is one) is there any way to read the texts from the illithids?

[KnightErrant]

I think the Sage can translate them for you at a cost...

KE.

[jelricle]

Ugh. I heard somebody recommend that, but the sage won't speak to me about anything, now that I am immortal, aside from congratulating me (even if I shackle) :_(

I guess I'll have to create a new character to bring him the documents.

[KnightErrant]

AFAIK the Sage will talk to you anytime, he'll even recharge your rest ring for a hefty sum.
Your likely not talking to the sage in his house?

KE.

[Sapphire [SL]]

The sundail was just a placement item but on another version of PoA it was used to obtain an ice cube which was a means of accessing a snowy area to seek out "Tux" a dangerous penguin boss but KE is right most of those items you mentioned are sort of legacy items no longer in use...

[jelricle]

I just confirmed, the sage does not say anything to me as an imortal other than "COngratulations" and "Do you want to recharge your planar ring." He does not look at _any_ interesting tems in my inventory. I will create new character to see if the sage is willing to translate Sissyphian and Ilithid.

Ah, so the sun dial is like the rusted lever in the Anduin Chapel. Ah well.

[chainlink]

He translates Ssith stuff if you have not previously completed the run as you will not be able to use the translation rod until he has.

[KnightErrant]

The barn stall has nothing in it, not sure if it ever did since I never played the original POA mod.

KE.

[jelricle]

Feb 7, 2021 20:28:42 GMT chainlink said:

He translates Ssith stuff if you have not previously completed the run as you will not be able to use the translation rod until he has.

Is it the master translation rod from the sissthrak dimension?  How do I use it?  I tried using it on myself and on the documents, but the documents remain unreadable.

How about the Illithid documents.  Is there a translation rod for them, as well?

[chainlink]

Feb 8, 2021 0:14:10 GMT jelricle said:

Feb 7, 2021 20:28:42 GMT chainlink said:

He translates Ssith stuff if you have not previously completed the run as you will not be able to use the translation rod until he has.

Is it the master translation rod from the sissthrak dimension?  How do I use it?  I tried using it on myself and on the documents, but the documents remain unreadable.

How about the Illithid documents.  Is there a translation rod for them, as well?

The Ssithrak translation rods (of all types) are used to open portals not to translate documents (dimensional translation not literal).
If you have not previously completed the Ssithrak dimension you will need the Sage to tell you how to use the translation rod you obtain from the caster in the Translation Chamber, other than than I have no idea.

[jelricle]

Oh! Sorry, I misunderstood. So the documents were never meant to be read by us and I will need to create a new character to get the sage to react (a character who has not completed Sissy)

Is it the same for the Ilithid documents? I have not finished the mind floaters (the mid boss de spawned :_( ) but the sage has not commented on my ilithid note.

[chainlink]

Feb 9, 2021 3:51:35 GMT jelricle said:

Oh! Sorry, I misunderstood. So the documents were never meant to be read by us and I will need to create a new character to get the sage to react (a character who has not completed Sissy)

Is it the same for the Ilithid documents? I have not finished the mind floaters (the mid boss de spawned :_( ) but the sage has not commented on my ilithid note.

Historically characters with subraces had access to speak different languages (seems to have gone out of fashion for the newer races) so I wonder whether an Illithid character can read the Illithid documents although there's unlikely to be anything game changing within them either way.

[jelricle]

Just tried with a brand new character. The sage tells me nothing, when I am carrying Sissy and Ilithid documents. :_(

Found another odd mystery, though. In the Vashyk Ruin, after you talk to the ghost and cross the chasm, there is an exit point at the base of the cliff. However, when I click on it, it says "Only a Drider would be able to climb these cliffs." (This is the text, even when I am in my drider form!) Is there some dexterity check that is not being listed?