Namely, I needed to find a silver arrow in order to paralyze Zanzar Bone, then I needed to rub him with a lotion (I’ll avoid any ‘rubbing lotion on bone’ comments) made from lotus flower, black pearls and hag’s hair. Sure enough, when I got to the bridge, there he was – a gruff old wizard who told me to bugger off because he didn’t want to help me.Īfter some arm-twisting, I convinced him to tell me what I needed to do in order to get the job done by myself. Stopping in at a local clairvoyant (who, in FF books, are legitimately able to see the future, and not simply hucksters skilled in cold reading like they are in real-life), I was told that it’d be useful to look under the nearby bridge for Nicodemus. I think I must have bought a larger backpack too, because I would soon be carrying a great number of items.
Bidding my semi-naked friend a fond farewell, I went to a nearby stall and bought up everything they had for sale. I’m fairly sure that the ball was a leaded weight, and it was actually an impressive feat of gladiatorial skill which set the body to its limits… but as far as I’m concerned, we were just playing volleyball, because I won with great ease and made some nice gold. Nobody is allowed to make any Monty PythonĪn especially large, heavily muscled gentleman asked me to play ball with him. I wonder what the poor chap had really done – probably refused to take part in Monty Python’s Life of Brian stoning scene. I was able to get to the market square without too much trouble, where I seen a group of people pelting rotten fruit at some poor sod who was locked in some stocks. Killing thieves is a good source of income, it seems. Strangely enough, I found that it was my gold that went up and down most in this adventure.
Whoa, zen!”ĭeciding that it’d be a good idea to head to the market district, I took a path leading through some narrow alleys, and was attacked by two thieves. “Listen, mister city guard, I’m not trying to get philosophical here, but if the city of thieves’ own law enforcers are thieves, then who are the thieves? Think about it. I wonder how this conversation would have gone.
Y’know, being a corrupt guardsman must be a very profitable job. Oh lovely, a corrupt law enforcement agency, I’m sure that won’t come back and make trouble for me later in the adventure. My trouble began at the city gates, where one of the city’s guards refused to let me into the city until I’d bribed him. Unfortunately for all, Nicodemus lives in a wretched hive of scum and villainy, Port Blacksand – also known as the CITY OF THIEVES!!
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It seems that the wize old sage Nicodemus knows exactly how to slay Zanzar Bone, so I’ll need to talk with him. I don’t know what a moon dog is, but I imagine that their theme tune would be sung by a 1960s David Bowie.īefore you know it, you’ve agreed to help out. The foul monster wants to claim a young maiden for his own (I’ll resist the ‘bone’ comments), and when the village decided to resist, he has set his moon dogs to lay siege to the poor villagers. In City of Thieves, you are a hearty adventurer who wanders into the town of Silverton, which is beset by attacks from the villanous Zanzar Bone. Still not enough to actually win the game, though! This luck seemed to filter through to most of the actual gameplay as well. I was pretty lucky with City of Thieves today, because I rolled a 12 on my skill score. Written by Ian Livingstone, Artwork by Iain McCaig Return to the Parallax Walkthroughs Index City of Thieves playthrough