Invisiclues

Is it possible to enter the room that lies southwest from the Lair?

1. Yes.
2. Figuring out how to subdue the Beast would help.

How can I stop the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal from killing me?

1. The Beast will devour you about five turns after you pop up in its Lair.
2. Leaving the room (EAST) will buy you some time.
3. Have you read the Guide entry on the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal?
4. You must find a way to prevent yourself from seeing the Beast. The Beast will then decide that since you can't see it, it can't see you!
5. Closing your eyes isn't obvious enough for the Beast to notice.
6. You have to cover your head with something.
7. It's something important, which no interstellar hitchhiker should ever be without.
8. The towel. COVER MY HEAD WlTH THE TOWEL or PUT THE TOWEL OVER MY EYES or WRAP THE TOWEL AROUND MY HEAD or, well, you get the idea.
9. Unfortunately, you can't move around very well with a towel over your eyes. Furthermore, as you may have already noticed, this method is also only temporarily effective.

Why does the beast ask me to say my name?

1. A good question. Have you tried figuring out the answer your self?
2. Have you been in the Beast's Outer Lair?
3. Have you ever tried saying your name as the Beast demands?
4. There are at least a dozen ways to say your name: SAY MY NAME or SAY "ARTHUR DENT" or SAY "MY NAME IS ARTHUR DENT" or SAY "I AM ARTHUR DENT" or TELL THE BEAST MY NAME or TELL MY NAME TO THE BEAST. You could also say BEAST, MY NAME IS ARTHUR DENT or BEAST, I'M ARTHUR DENT. There are some others but you've probably got the general idea by now.
5. You have to give your correct name to the Beast, or (in a rare moment of Bugblatter Beast perceptivity) it will be able to tell that you're lying. In addition, you can't tell the Beast your name if the Beast thinks it can't see you.
6. The Beast's response when you told it your name should provide an additional hint toward why the Beast wants to know your name and how to solve this entire Traal puzzle.
7. Still stuck? Go on to the next question.

What is the significance of the sandstone memorial?

1. Have you figured out why the Beast wants to know your name?
2. The Beast wants to carve your name in this, his memorial of remembrance, after he has devoured you.
3. Have you figured out how to stop the Beast from attacking you, at least on a temporary basis?
4. Don't go on until you have figured out how to convince the Beast that it can't see you.
5. There's a way to confuse the Beast...
6. ...into thinking that it has already eaten you.
7. You want to carve your name in the memorial, as in CARVE MY NAME ON THE SANDSTONE MEMORIAL.
8. Of course, you'll need something to carve with.
9. It's not any of the tools.
10. It's something found on Traal.
11. Use one of the sharp stones that are lying on the ground.
12. First you have to tell the Beast your name and cover your head with the towel.
13. It is now safe to remove the towel from your head, and to go southwest from the Lair.

Are the tall walls around the courtyard important?

1. If you could climb them, you might be able to escape the Beast.
2. If you could collapse them onto the Beast, that just might do it in.
3. If you could transmute them into steaming mounds of Qurmeesian Mega-Rhino flank steaks, the Beast might start in on those and ignore your few measly pounds of stringy flesh.
4. Unfortunately, you can't do any of the above.

Are the bleached bones important?

1. Don't go on until you've found the black paint.
2. Have you tried painting the bones with the paint?
3. Where does the Beast go when he sees the black bones?
4. Black paint? Remember the warning in the introduction! Developing the hints to random questions will spoil the game for you. Stick to just those points where you're stuck.

Are the sharp stones important?

1. Yes.
2. Have you examined them?
3. See the question about the sandstone memorial.

What is the point of this whole Traal scene?

1. First you'll have to figure out how to "neutralize" the Beast.
2. Don't go on until the Beast is sleeping.
3. Have you been in the Inner Lair?
4. Go southwest from the Lair.
5. The entire point of this scene is to get that Nutrimat/Computer Interface.
6. You have a limited number of moves to get the interface, after the Beast falls asleep and before the Fronurbdian Beasthunters arrive.