Fighting in the Bayjin Bucc Ghosts because I want to get 2 light swords for my party, and this way I can get 1 here, 1 in the chest in Bayjin and then the Light Shield off poor, poor Jan-ette. ( Feel bad when she dies. Odd tho, because in wizardry 7, right before I left Guardia I did a last "Who's alive and who's dead" with my Ultra-Psionic monk. Found out King Gorn, was alive, and a Munk, and that was about it, other than a few Umpani's. Jan-Ette is Dead. So how'd she even get to Dominus? If you say "Well they ressurected her" how come I can't ressurect her on Dominus? It's all very confusing. Wonder if Sirtech shoulda confronted that issue in Wizardry 8. )

So far from my Bayjin Shallows battle I have gotten :
30 bajillon Insta-death ray things
1 *Light* *Shield* ( hard to pass that baby up for a re-load )
3 Frontier Phasers
1 Mystery Ray
10 Guardian Angel potions
30 some Eye for eye and Hv. Heals
5 Naginatas

Few other odds and ends as well. So I've come to ask, am I doing anything wrong? I'm using my bard, ninja, and monk to fight them mostly. monk and ninja throw dust of banishment and bard toots away on Cornu of the Demonspawn ( thanks Torquesade, love ya baby ). Usualy take out most in the second / third round. Can / does wizardry 8 dectect somethin like that and not let me have the sword? Or is it totaly, completely, and utterly random?

• RE: Pains of the Light Sword,nomad, 06:18 PM, Dec-10-02
  • RE: Pains of the Light Sword,MouseBoy (Guest), 06:46 PM, Dec-10-02
  • RE: Pains of the Light Sword,Bub (Guest), 02:42 PM, Mar-03-03
• RE: Pains of the Light Sword,rbrown, 12:15 PM, Dec-11-02
  • RE: Pains of the Light Sword,MouseBoy (Guest), 12:38 PM, Dec-11-02
    • Never say "never",Llevram, 01:47 PM, Dec-11-02
• RE: Pains of the Light Sword,Cangaceiro, 03:18 PM, Dec-11-02
  • RE: Pains of the Light Sword,MouseBoy (Guest), 05:37 PM, Dec-12-02
    • RE: Pains of the Light Sword,Rudra (Guest), 07:30 AM, Dec-14-02
      • RE: Pains of the Light Sword,MouseBoy (Guest), 05:30 AM, Dec-16-02

I do believe that the *Light* *Sword* has a very small chance of appearing. I have never gotten one!!! I once tried 24 times and got nothing from the drops but the ray things. No phasers, shords, shields. Just some other common items.

Put in another 20 or so shots results :

4 ( 2 in a row!! boy thats depressing ) Frontier Phasers
3 Cutlasses of the Damned
1 Emerald Talisman
5 E.F.E & Mod / Hv. heal potions

Nothing *Light*. Now im only doing it to prove to myself these things do drop. Tired of hearing my lizardman whine "I miss my light sword... wahhhh"

Buccuneer ghosts blah! They never dropped the light sword, The easiest way I found is the lone chest on the beach in proximity to the plane crash. I had to reload just 4x, its just plain hell trying to get it from Bucc ghosts. enter bayjin from swamp, fight a few rynjin and run to the mountain pathway. I think this one is your best bet, Forget Bucc Ghosts. never found the light sword in the hut with single rynjin only light shield.

Off subject though, Hobbitt fighters are great, dracon & lizzardmen dont compare.

I usually do the Bayjin Buccaneers 10 times and keep the "best" battle. I think I've gotten 1 light sword in 100? battles. 3-4 teams have gotten it at the single-sentry chest. It seems to appear there more often and takes as long as the ghost fights.

Save outside the shallows-side entry, then run down the causeway, take out the guard. Wait at the door until the crabs/sentries are clear, then run straight for the chest. Kill the sentry, save game with a different name and open the chest. If it is unsatisfactory, go back to step 1. If you get the sword and set off Philosophers Bane or Heatwave, reload from the 2nd save and reopen.

Doin' that right now, cept I'm not using the 2nd save. With Divine Trap + Bard lock skill she has 120 percent chance, so she never fails ( thank Phoonzang for small miracles )

I hate it when my 105% thief chance fails to open a chest, w/o setting off the trap .... how is that? Must be one of those 110% traps

Tools for Wizardry(r) 7

I got the light sword on the 3rd try at the single sentry chest in bayjin weeeeeeee

Got *Light* *Sword* last night on my second try to Bayjin single sentry chest. Fighter nearly had a coniption when I gave it to him. Love chaotic personality.

"If anyone tries to take this from us, I'll rip out their teeth!!"

Then, re-loaded Jan-Ette till got *Shield*. Now when my fighter gets hit in the shield it sounds like BZzzZZZBoing!

On my way back through shallows, I ran into the Buccaneer ghosts. Saved, and engaged them. 3rd time, a second *Light* *Sword* dropped. Wooo hoo!

So party is fighting as follows
Fighter - *Light* Sword/Shield
Lord - Fang / Diamond Eyes
Ninja - *Light* *Sword* / Enchanted Wak
Monk / RFS-81 - Mystic Spear
Bard - Bloodlust
Bishop - Staff of Blessing ( gimme a break, he hardly never melees Thinking about giving him staff of Doom )

MouseBoy

Give your bishop the Staff of Death. It's very good (although u'll need some item to give u live regeneration).

Fighter - *Light* *Sword* / *Shield*
Lord - Fang / Diamond Eyes
RFS-81 / Monk - Zatoichi Bo(s)
Ninja - *Light* *Sword* / Enchanted Wakazashi
Bard - Flame Staff (Shes at the back of the party)
Bishop - Vampire Chain

For some odd reason I feel too powerful now.
Fought in the Rapax away camp last night, when it got down to pure melee I took out 26 rapax in 10 rounds.