Good morning!
Started in on your suggestions this fine day, and four hard boots later, am reporting in. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
1 - Checked the stats of the two items, nothing like "Know Creature", but the sword does have Stun (5). Maybe it's stunning me instead of the foe? heh
2 - Took off the shield and equipped just the sword. No worries. Killed 3 corpses and having no probs. Decided to go for the gusto and equip the shield as well. Killed one corpse and elatedly saved the game. Ooops... Premature. Froze at the next corpse and hard boot.
3 - Tried to load the above saved game just in case. Nope. Froze half-way thru loading ->> another hard boot.
4 - Took off shield, equipped the sword and just killed in the graveyard. I had reached 25 slayings without trouble. The last Dark Corpse dropped a Priestly Large Shield of Massive Walls. I wanted to find out if the Dragon Shield was the ONLY one that wouldn't play nicely with the Nobleman's Sword. I saved the game, then equipped the Priestly Shield. AHA!!!! Next corpse brought the familiar frozen screen and subsequent hard boot
Sooooooooooooooo..... This sword figures I don't need no stinkin' shield when it's around, I guess.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" />
Next on the agenda, after taking a break from this reboot excitement <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> is to reload an earlier game and retrieve a different holy sword and see how it cooperates. Actually, I'd decided to do that anyway, because with Stun (5) **AND** Frost (2) this Noblemans' Sword is simply tooooooooooooooo much! I had steered clear of any weapons with Frost on them, and now understand why so many said to do just that. Way too easy!
Thanks again, Raze. Will let you know if a new Holy Sword works out. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
