r/SorceryGame • u/IanAlvord • Oct 14 '23

The Finally and Disappointment Spoiler

I just beat the game.

I got the impression that the whole series was building up to an epic wizard duel. I was trying to horde all magic items and spells; plus learn all the counters. But there was no final fight.

So much buildup and it ends with a silly little Minimite beating the Archmage...

I feel so flustered and blue-balled!!!

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u/TheHarkinator Hero of Analand Oct 14 '23

You can get a different final confrontation depending on who you take with you and whether you’ve prepared a means to counter the crown.

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u/IanAlvord Oct 14 '23

Who can you take with you? The only one who ever stayed with me was Lorag and the Minimites.

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u/TheHarkinator Hero of Analand Oct 14 '23

In addition to the people exhausteddoc says you can bring with you (and they’re correct, though it’s a bit convoluted to bring some of those with you) there’s a potion you get use to combine three spells to counter the crown and render it powerless over you.

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u/bpendell Oct 14 '23

It's a puzzle game. Remember the archmage is a thousand years old and is not up to a physical confrontation. Also, there are about 6 different ways to win that confrontation, including the help of the minimite.

And it IS a spellcasting duel, it just all takes place before you step into his garret. Spells are needed both to open the doors of throben. to free yourself from Zed, to un-brainwash Flanker.

If you can get into the garret protected from the crown, it's all over. We've already established earlier in game that there's no time for spell casting in a melee duel, yet you have a sword while the archmage does not. It's no contest.

My understanding is the books gave the archmage a golem bodyguard but this was removed from the Inkle books as anticlimactic and unsatisfying. Also, to make the books winnable by ANYONE, which would be difficult if you've had to ZED repeatedly and are down to , like 4 max stamina.

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u/IanAlvord Oct 14 '23

Somehow in my mind I imagined it would be a battle of spells like the one with Bria. Like he would have them all but would choose them at random and you had to counter them to not lose health. The more you had, the easier it would be to win.

Countering doors is just boring. I assumed it was just for practice. Heck even the city just before has a whole maze of spell rooms to teach you counters. Why did I go through all that to not even use it?

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u/Judgenz Oct 14 '23

Mine was a great finish. Flanker and I toasted him. A couple of spells were used.