Pentamerous

"The King's tomb -- Pentamerous was designed to fool every intrusive effort, and to forever protect the sacred man's final resting place." - In-game description

Objective[]

Retrieve the King's Crown
- Bring a light source, it's dark in here.
- The Guardian boomerang will be your best weapon here. A huge fight with many strong monsters at the ribs can be funneled into a corridor, making a miss a second opportunity for a hit.

Monsters[]

Death 9,21 Angry
Happy Bat 14,22 Happy
Zombie 13,40 Angry
Phase Gargoyle 13,49 Angry
Phase Gargoyle 8,87 Angry
Phase Gargoyle 9,89 Angry
Strong Orc 12,89 Angry
Dark Gargoyle 15,89 Angry
Dark Gargoyle 18,88 Angry
Dark Gargoyle 21,82 Angry
Dark Gargoyle 23,82 Angry
Old Fervition 20,47
Dark Gargoyle 21,44 Angry
Rainbow Scorpion 21,42 Angry
Tentavisor 18,31 Angry
Great Zombie 22,31 Angry
Flies 17,21 Normal
Bat 23,22 Normal
Common Snake 16,17 Normal
Xlozphroc 18,13 Angry
Bonecrack 22,13 Angry
Demon 26,13 Angry
Apparition 30,13 Angry
Dark Gargoyle 33,16 Angry
Bat 31,22 Normal
Greater Wraith 26,31 Angry
Lichened 30,31 Angry
Specter 33,29 Angry
Phase Gargoyle 26,43 Angry
Dark Gargoyle 25,80 Angry
Grim Reaper 28,83 Angry
Phase Gargoyle 25,88 Angry
Berserker 36,77 Angry
Bonecrack 35,27 Angry
Ghost Warrior 38,26 Angry
Bat 37,22 Normal
Wight 38,18 Angry
Zombie 35,17 Angry
Old Fervition 60,86 Angry
Small Goblin 52,59 Angry
Lesser Zombie 56,57 Angry
Zombie 57,54 Angry
Zombie 59,54 Angry
Zombie 56,51 Angry
Great Zombie 59,45 Angry
Great Zombie 65,40 Angry
Zombie 63,45 Angry
Lesser Zombie 67,45 Angry
Zombie 61,50 Angry
Zombie 63,49 Angry
Zombie 63,53 Angry
Skeleton 68,54 Angry
Phase Gargoyle 64,59 Angry
Young Fervition 64,79 Angry
Phase Gargoyle 72,56 Angry
Zombie 73,55 Angry
Aged Skeleton 71,50 Angry

Treasures[]

Bones 10,13
Dung 10,13
King's bones 9,14
Bones 9,16
Dung 9,16
Dried blood 8,17
Bones 8,17
Bones 9,18
Dried blood 9,18
Dried blood 8,19
Bones 8,19
Bones 9,20
Dung 9,20
Bones 8,21
Bones 9,22
Bones 8,23
Bones 8,25
Bones 9,25
Bones 8,27
Bones 9,27
Bones 9,29
Bones 10,30
Dung 10,30
Bones 14,13
Bones 13,15
Bones 12,17
Bones 13,17
Bones 12,18
Bones 13,19
Bones 12,21
Bones 13,21
Bones 12,23
Bones 13,23
Bones 12,25
Bones 12,27
Bones 13,27
Bones 13,30
Bones 14,30
Recent skull 18,31
Bone parts 18,31
Skull 18,31
Guts 18,31
Old skull 18,31
Recent skull 22,31
Zoom Shield 18,13
Bone parts 18,13
Recent skull 18,13
Recent skull 22,13
Bone parts 26,14
Recent skull 30,13
Skull 33,15
Healing potion 33,16
Old skull 26,31
Old skull 30,31
Skull 33,29
Spinach 33,68
Revive stamina 33,84
Scroll o' noise 33,84
Steakburger 25,87
Spinach 26,89
Cheeseburger 41,89
Depressions 42,90
Slay Blade 36,77
Bones 38,75
Slugs 40,76
Bones 40,70
Video game tokens 34,72
Spinach 36,68
Gold pieces 36,63
Bar o' platinum 35,44
Gold piece 36,43
Gold piece 36,42
Gold piece 36,41
Gold piece 36,40
Gold piece 36,38
Gold piece 35,36
Gold piece 36,42
Gold piece 40,36
Guts 35,27
Old skull 38,26
Recent skull 39,24
Old skull 39,20
Bone parts 41,23
Recent skull 42,21
Skull 38,18
Skull 35,17
Invisibility Ring 45,17 (A nod to LOTR?)
Silver pieces 47,31
Gold piece 44,33
Rare coin 47,35
Gold piece 47,36
Bar o' gold 47,37
Platinum pieces 47,38
Gold pieces 47,39
Wheat-back pennies 47,40
Rubies 47,41
Bar o' electrum 47,42
Topaz 47,43
Colorful stones 47,44
Gems 46,36
Copper pieces 46,37
Bus tokens 46,42
Copper piece 46,43
Electrum piece 45,37
Bar o' copper 45,38
Silver piece 45,41
Bar o' platinum 45,42
Diamonds 44,38
Bar o' silver 44,39
Emeralds 44,40
Silver pieces 44,41
Electrum pieces 43,39
Platinum piece 43,40
Revive stamina 44,56
Spinach 51,67
Bones 45,69
Home cooked meal 56,61
Rations 55,58
Short sword 57,50
Zelphon's Mace 64,52 (Stone compartment)
Enhance Aim 71,89
Enhance Armor 71,89
Enhance Damage 71,89
Bar o' platinum 73,62
Iron rations 73,58

Utilities[]

Recycle bin 11,7
Auto teller 11,8
Circle switch (on) at 9,86 swaps the Circle wall at 30,79 with Cobblestone
Diamond switch (on) at 23,79 toggles the Diamond force field at 19,82
Heart switch (on) at 25,74 toggles the Heart force field at 22,80
Square switch (on) at 27,78 toggles the Square force field at 21,86
Polygon switch (on) at 29,84 toggles the Polygon force field at 26,79
Dark Stone switch (on) at 27,84 swaps the Transparent wall for Cobblestone at 27,84 (Grim Reaper)
Clover switch (on) at 30,87 toggles the Clover force field at 64,81
Odd looking floor 39,75 39,76
Trapbricks 35,44 changes floor at 36,43 to Dark stone wall
TaskMaker floor 36,42 changes floor at 36,43 to TaskMaker floor
Teledirt 43,81 sends you to 73,83
Teledirt 44,83 sends you to 43,81
Teledirt 73,83 sends you to 72,81
Teledirt 72,81 sends you to 44,83
Teleporter maze: See graphic.

Map[]

Hints and Tricks[]

Teleportation Puzzle[]

Large arrows represent shortest paths through the puzzle.

Trivia[]

Author's notes[]

The Author's notes, dominating the southwest quadrant of the map, reads:

"Author's notes: TaskMaker began as a role playing board game in 1982. All that remains is the intent of the TaskMaker, the central name 'Castle Hall', and the name 'TaskMaker'. The original players were Dan (Zelphon Ki), Laura (Amber), Lori (Bunny), and myself (Vidair). The program started in September 1988 and was written part-time until Sept 1989. The rewrite to color and various improvements occurred in Feb - Mar 1993; After the licenses to the sleazy publisher were over! BK SR is evil!!! Almost all the work occurred after midnight, and apologies must go to my roommates - Mike, Rod, and Chris. My 1st system was a humble yet effective 2.5meg duo drive SE, 70 meg hard disk. Think C 3.0-5.0. David"