Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor: Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Amazon.ca: Dan Irish: Books

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The wave of pure evil curses all it touches

• Character and party creation tips, including new races, new classes, and which NPCs to recruit to enhance your party
• Complete single-player walkthrough including puzzle solutions
• Turn-based battle tricks; when to move, cast spells, and attack
• In-depth character info including special abilities, feats, and multiclass capabilities
• Details on over 100 available spells
• Comprehensive info on monsters and items
• Multiplayer strategies for random dungeons and battling with friends

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Companion to the game., Jun 8 2002

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This review is from: Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

I am a fan to Prima's strategy guides. They are indepth and thorough. Some of the games that are out now are huge, and sometimes you need some help. Look no further. Prima has you covered.

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3.0 out of 5 stars This guide could use some improvement, Jan 5 2002

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This review is from: Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

While I agree with everything the other reviewers said about the description of character classes and the easy-to-read maps with great descriptions of the areas and details of exactly what you will find there, this hint book has two very serious flaws I found.

The first is that in all the "walkthrough" descriptions, in many of the places they tell you what to do to get through the area ONCE YOU GET INTO IT. But they do NOT say, for instance, "before you can get into this area you have to complete such and such quest." I thought I was at a serious impasse early in the game because the book described in the main halls that the word of the dragon was required to open one of the doors, and you had to talk to some creatures there to get the right word. When i first went there, THERE WERE NO CREATURES THERE. They did not make any mention of the need to complete previous quests that would activate the creatures in the area. This is not the only section of the book with this flaw. You can't walk through the areas as they are presented in the book, step by step...there are still a lot of things to figure out and finding the right hint can get very confusing.

The second bad flaw this book had was the incomplete index. For instance, I found something called a "stronghold key" that I could not figure out which door to get open. If you want to ask "what is the stronghold key and which door does it open" the "stronghold key" does not appear in the index, nor does "key, stronghold". Again, this makes finding the right hint you want very difficult...unless you know exactly the area you are in and look up the hint IMMEDIATELY after you find something new, the book is just a pain to search through for the correct hint.

If you just want a general overview of the game and area descriptions, and some good maps to follow, this is a good book to get. If you're looking for an answer to a specific problem, this book will only help you if you are willing to spend a bit of time searching through it...it can take time to find the right solution...very disorganized in that sense.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Why buy a beta?, Oct 27 2001

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Don't buy it, it's full of bugs. And if you buy it, wait with installing the game until they have released all the patches.
It crash often, the save games gets corrupted and worst of all, the uninstaller have been reported to making havoc with your windows register.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best
This truly is one of the better guides I've seen in a long time. With Prima being the larget producer of such books, I generally approach these manuals with more than a little... Read more

Published on Oct 8 2001 by Brian Seiler

4.0 out of 5 stars A concise, clear guide, and nicely organized.
This is a great companion to Pool of Radiance Ruins of Myth Drannor or the Collector's Edition version. Read more

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