> > k, hate asking for help, but it is christmas...
> >
> > I have:
> >
> > 59 gold coins
> > magic armour
> > life preserver
> > guards sword
> > stone of strengthening
> > food rations
> > dead fish
> > bucket
> > rope
> > wire clippers
> > key o' opening
> > portrait
> > piece of trash
> > crate
> >
> > I am wondering where to get the old focus stone?
> >Need to see the sage
>
> > was the wraith I am supposed to fight in the
> > portal? well not really. After the 2nd portal hop go north and there is the wraith. if so, cant kill him for the life of me..
> >Remember Feinght, lunge, feint, lunge.
> > where is the sage?
> >Further in the path where the wraith was.
>
> > already been to boulder of doom, do I need to go again?
> >After the visit with the sage yes
> > tried to sell everything else to marion..whatelse do I have to sell? tried everything about 20 times!!!
> >Here are the items you can sell. First you need to ask her about selling them to be able to sell them.
> Life perserver, and the magic armor. To be able to sell the armor you need to peak with the sage
>
> > do I need a blanket and apples?
> >Not yet
> > where do I get these??
> >later in the game
> > sorry about all the questions, but figured I might
> > as well ask them all at once, spoilers are o.k.
> > I keep going back and forth between villages and
> > I am getting frustrated....
> >
> > please help, and thank-you so much to whoever does
> > and merry christmas.......
> >
> > (oh yeah, read somewhere that there might be a bug
> > in this game and that halfway through, I might
> > lose it...is this true?)
> I'm not sure. I don't think it is true. After all I've beaten it twice under slightly different names.

::There is a bug, but is is rare. I had it; it did not allow me to move into the 'portal area' in the Forest::