Grimrock

Hi Thom,
Yeah, now I get it. Since there is no jumping in Grimrock, I never considered a step forward into space as yielding any rewards. I suppose the reaching up for the book back in the library should have alerterd me.
I have 3 more chalices and have reunited the lovers, but don't know what to do with the cold gem and bowl. None of the altars or alcoves seem to respond to them. Do the buttons in the gem room have sequence, and am i looking for lockpicks or a key for the chest?

The coldgem and the bowl are interacting with the deamonfaces and something else in the room where you've found them.

But if I got you right it is not necessary to worry about that because the reward is it not worth for you anymore...

I think I may have done something wrong. The gem disappeared and I got the vorpal blade but the door remains closed. The same happens if I use the other head, so I think I am missing the "other interaction"that you mentioned. Or is the door opening mechanism elsewhere? Down the other passage, I passed the first lot of pits, but not the second, and now can't get past the first set when I return. I guess I need another hint or two.
Terry

You've gained the Vorpalblade but the foggy door remains closed???


You can solve the pit-puzzles by laying or throwing items - sometimes onto open or closed pits.

Sorry, not clear enough. The door remaining closed was the gate or grill, not the foggy one covering the blade. I'll go back to the pits.
Terry

Hello,
I have it now, that gate doesn't open.I seem to have dealt with everything on this level of the crypt, but with two chalices not found, and the area next to the lever/gate puzzle not reached in the lower level, there is still work to do. I can leave with the blue gem, but would like to see what is still to be found. So, how does one get down to the unexplored sections of the lower crypt. I've checked every wall and retried every lever and button, but can't find another way down.

Go back to the healing crystal and search there...

Well Thom, that was tricky. I obviously have to get out of the thinking that this mod will necessarily follow past grimrock practices. I would have expected something to turn on a glowing pathway to get to that door. I had seen it, but was seeking a switch.
There must be one more area with the last chalice. I've tried the crown on various altars, particularly the helmet one, but nothing is apparent. Perhaps all of those alcoves in the cemetary part need something, but which one and what ?. (If they mean anything at all.) The big spider in the lower level suggested there was something nearby, but I haven't found it. Is it time to head out?

Therefore I do not know which chalice you found where I cannot give you a hint, where to find the last.

It is not the alcoves...

The chanlice-thing is optional - so if you get bored from searching, go ahead.

I have 5 chalices from the upper level. The one on the lower level I have came from the area accessed through the life crystal area. My guess is that there is another in the lower level. If not, then you are right, it will be too difficult to describe the locations I found the upper 5 in and I will move on.