i'm not quite sure what the ranger pathfinder skill does or how i use it... could someone enlighten me? please tell me it doesn't involve trying to 'enter' large clumps of trees... can't imagine anything more tedious...

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The pathfinding skill allows you to see secret passageways( the little S symbols hanging from trees. Behind them it may look solid but run around near it and Lo ! Behold the secret path.Secret paths lead usually in forests to little places filled with goodies, Other times they have somthing to do with the storyline. The pathfinding skill is not needed to win the game but is nice.

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ah... i'm so glad they are marked with little 's'. thank you very much!

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**The pathfinding skill allows you to see secret passageways( the little S symbols hanging from trees. Behind them it may look solid but run around near it and Lo ! Behold the secret path.Secret paths lead usually in forests to little places filled with goodies, Other times they have somthing to do with the storyline. The pathfinding skill is not needed to win the game but is nice.

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I've just acquired the pathfinding skill and I am curious to know if the "S" that indicates a secret location will appear on my map, or is it only something that can be seen from the actual game screen?

Sadly, the S does not appear on the map, but you have to walk everywhere to find them. The good thing is that the passages will never change place, so if you make a new character, you can immediately go back and get stuff

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It is unfortunate that they do not appear on the map...now I have to walk everywhere I've already been to see if there are any "S" around. Are the "S" large and easy to see or do I have to look hard?

They are fairly obvious. You won't miss it once you see one and know what to look for.

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It is unfortunate that they do not appear on the map...now I have to walk everywhere I've already been to see if there are any "S" around. Are the "S" large and easy to see or do I have to look hard?

There is another way. If you study the map in my signature below, any small area with grass completely enclosed by trees will most likely have a secret path leading to it somewhere. The first most obvious one is one square north of the Learning Tree and it connects two sections of the map from north to south. Other than the one that Mary Krystina leads you to, there are no others in the early game. ~RD

Edit: The only one I know of that is not marked beside Mary K's cave, is in the far south in the square with Karax, the dwarf. But this is definately an end game area.

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(This message has been edited by Rubber Ducky (edited 02-21-2003).)