The Black Parade Mission 5: The Brand

marbleman on 20/12/2023 at 21:09

There is no ritual. You don't have to interact with the ceremonial circle in any way.

Helblind on 20/12/2023 at 23:50

So, I found a pick-up-able "scroll" that looks like a tube in the mansion basement in the room with the necromancer seemingly sewing up a corpse.

Is this potentially a usable object? Any idea of where it might be used?

I have tried throwing it into the furnace, bringing it to the bathroom rune, throwing it in the tubs, placing it in the ritual circle, all to no avail.

Feels like it has to be something. 🤔

sub-res on 21/12/2023 at 14:52

That gem levitating by the skeleton on the mansion roof was some deviously hidden loot! It got me over the 90% mark though so I can rest easy with this mission for now. Probably one of my favorite missions of the campaign.

demagogue on 22/12/2023 at 00:17

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I'm also missing one of the paintings. Are there two in the attic? I already found one in the room with the cage.

Not in the attic per se, but in a room that can be accessed from the attic.

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Found it, thanks. I thought I was seeing one of the rooms I've already accessed when I looked down that open hatch, so I didn't bother climbing down there. Whoops.

I thought this would be straightforward, but evidently I need more guidance about which open hatch is being mentioned here. There is a middle level below (and only accessible from) the attic that has two open holes, one going down to a bedroom and one to a bathroom on the 2nd floor. But I don't think I see anything else that fits the description of open hatch from the attic & its immediately surrounds. Could someone describe more explicitly where it is.

One issue is that I guess with my graphics card, the gamma correction isn't having any effect, so dark areas are very dark. Normally that's not an issue since it makes for a better atmosphere anyway, and I play it in the dark, but if I'm hunting for something specific in the dark it can be a challenge... though I don't know if that's the issue here. (It definitely was an issue for that necklace in the Bonehoard knock-off! I'm lucky I finally stumbled into that!)

Atropos on 22/12/2023 at 00:52

If you reached the attic from the big library it's the first door on the left. The room with the corpse hanging from the seiling.

demagogue on 22/12/2023 at 01:53

Geez, I don't know how I missed that, except to say when it's dark you can miss an entire door (9_9).

Komag on 22/12/2023 at 11:42

I'd say that's too dark, time for a new graphics card. Just go for something older but different from yours, and it will be quite cheap.

FenPhoenix on 22/12/2023 at 11:59

Quote Posted by demagogue

One issue is that I guess with my graphics card, the gamma correction isn't having any effect, so dark areas are very dark.

Have you tried opening cam_ext.cfg and changing

;d3d_disp_sw_cc

to

d3d_disp_sw_cc

?

demagogue on 23/12/2023 at 19:53

Yes, that enabled the gamma correction to work for me. Thanks! It does make a difference for a game like this.

Arrowgrab on 27/12/2023 at 23:22

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Got a question, Stycaveus' Antimonium place has this lever behind the bars, with the ladder going down. How do I reach it? Is it something I have to reach from the zombie district and it's just a way to go back to the normal one?

I'm boosting this question because I can't figure it out, either. How do you get there?

And please don't say "You'll get there later in the mission," because I've just finished the mission without finding a way to that spot. Need instructions.

EDIT: Okay, so I found a playthrough which had the bit. When you're done with everything in the mansion, you'll need to leave the sealed quarter through the sewers, where you'll find a frobbable glowing rune in a spot. As far as I can tell, you'll miss the area if you leave via any of the other routes.