T2 FM: The Violent End of Duncan Malveine (18th May 2020))

csamba on 27/5/2020 at 09:42

Quote Posted by Galaer

csamba: The missing secret is very well hidden switch in Smoking Room. Also thanks for hint about last secret I missed. I completely missed this third secret in Library.

Thanks Galaer, that ceiling spotlamp is really mischiveous, reminds me of a similar trick in TPOAIR...

However, it leads to the same secret room I already visited from the Library fireplace, by climbing down the ladder, and exiting through the Smoking Room fireplace from inside, so it does not count again as a new one.
Isn't there another secret somewhere in the basement? Maybe under the wine cellar - ?
If you have all the 11 secrets, I'd be grateful for your list:angel:.

csamba on 27/5/2020 at 09:48

@Arrowgrab: for missive #4 see post #95!

Galaer on 27/5/2020 at 10:43

csamba: Oh, I thought that Smoking Room secret switch and Library fireplace passage are 2 different secrets. I read again your list and checked what I did in mansion. So I believe you need to move to room near Lord's Study. Another sneaky switch that opens passage to nearby Playroom.

Marbrien on 27/5/2020 at 13:18

I can't find one of the secrets in the library. Assuming there are three, as stated above.

I have two: one downstairs (the fireplace, that opens a passage leading down to the smoking room), and one upstairs (a book which opens a non-bookself panel inside which is a grate with a skeleton arm visible below).

Hint please!

Galaer on 27/5/2020 at 13:27

Quote Posted by Marbrien

Check painting.

csamba on 27/5/2020 at 13:31

Quote Posted by Galaer

So I believe you need to move to room near Lord's Study. Another sneaky switch that opens passage to nearby Playroom.

Isn't this Theodore's room - W of the Lord's Study - with the switch behind the L corner wardrobe? If it is, I've already got that as well.
Do your final stats confirm 11 / 11 secrets? Then it must be something else you found but I didn't. I still suspect the grid in the wine cellar, which has a strong metallic sound when I jump on it - but there seems to be no way to open that.

Galaer on 27/5/2020 at 13:37

Quote Posted by csamba

No, I'm talking about unnamed room SW from Lord's Study. Secret switch opens metal grate in fireplace. It just leads to Playroom, so it's a bit pointless secret passage. Especially if you KO-ed everyone and disabled all watchers.

Esme on 27/5/2020 at 14:26

Finally got the last taffin card, now for the little vault

Had to resort to looking in this thread for some hints, even had to use dromed to find some of the buggers and every time it was a "How did I miss that !"

fantazm on 27/5/2020 at 14:29

It's my first post here ever, as I only recently decided to register so... hello there, fellow thieves and taffers.

This FM is one of the rare instances I am eager to spend several hours running through already visited places (I am more of a dexterity and action oriented, not a stalker). Mansion is very nicely planned, aesthetically pleasing and really big.

In my scenario Lord Malveine died because of wolfsbane poisoning. I am suspecting the female cook, as I located dried wolfsbane in her bedroom and determined that she isn't really who she is, but this Harrison gal and her son died in some supposedly unclear circumstances involving Duncan Malveine.

However, I do have some problems though. I simply cannot locate King of Hearts, "beneath the waiter's feet" meant for me that it is located somewhere in the dining room/bar/kitchen or in the rooms below. Not a trace, but maybe I am just blind after all this searching. Would anybody give me at least slight information if I am even thinking correct or maybe even outright spoil the location? Mission is fun and all, but I am really eager to finish my first run and then try different scenario.

Esme on 27/5/2020 at 15:02

Hint for the king of hearts

Hardish : Some waiters can't speak

Medium : Waiters aren't always people

Blatant: : Check the dumb waiter in the kitchen