Invisiclues

Are potions liquids or powders?

1. Yes.

What is a nymph?

1. Look it up in the encyclopedia in the Library.

Is it okay to rifle through the belongings of fellow Enchanters?

1. In general, that would not be proper behavior.
2. But this is an emergency.

Where is it safe to sleep?

1. The Guild Hall isn't safe until you've rescued Belboz.
2. It's safe to sleep almost everywhere else.
3. Some obvious exceptions: the river bed locations, inside the coal mine, Twisted Forest, Tree Branch, Snake Pit, Mine Field, Meadow, Drawbridge, River Bank, Hollow, Surface of Lagoon, Lagoon Floor, and Belboz's Hideout.
4. You might want to try sleeping in those locations, just to see what happens...but do a SAVE first.

Are the dreams meaningful?

1. No, none of the dreams contains any useful information.
2. In fact, these dreams all appeared in Enchanter(tm), also.
3. Perhaps you suffer from recurring dreams.

Is the YOMIN spell useful?

1. Not really.
2. It is sort of interesting to use, though.

What is guano?

1. GUANO -- n. (gwan-o) A substance composed chiefly of excrement and used as fertilizer.

Where is the scroll with the ZIKKLE spell?

1. The leader of the rockworm tribe can tell you.
2. But first you need to learn rockworm speech.
3. You can do that by reading the invisible carvings in the Hall of Carvings.
4. You can make them visible using the ZIKKLE spell.

How can I dry out wet spell books and wet scrolls?

1. You can't. Once your spell book or a scroll has gotten wet, it's useless.

Is the VEZZA spell important?

1. It provides a few hints.
2. But you could finish the game without ever using it.
3. Note that two of the glimpses are previews of the third Enchanter game: the pile of white blocks, and the Guildmasters meeting in Borphee.

Why do I sometimes suddenly cease to exist?

1. Don't continue unless you've used the GOLMAC spell.
2. A time travel paradox is involved.
3. One way to "poof" out of existence is to enter the lower chute after casting GOLMAC without informing your younger self of the combination. This sets up a paradox.
4. Another way to "poof" is to cast GOLMAC on yourself a second time (the scroll re-appears on the ground of the Slanted Room when you GOLMAC). A second dose of this spell sends you too far back in time to meet your younger self, thus creating another paradox.
5. Two other ways to "poof" are to leave the Slanted Room before casting GOLMAC, or to carry the shimmering scroll out of the Slanted Room.

How were the spells and potions named?

1. GNUSTO, FROTZ, REZROV, and IZYUK are taken from Enchanter.
2. FWEEP is the sound that the deranged bat in Zork I makes. Perhaps it is repeating the last word it ever heard as a human.
3. AIMFIZ is ZIFMIA backwards. ZIFMIA, in Enchanter, causes someone to be transported to YOUR location.
4. GOLMAC is short for gold machine, the time travel device in Zork III. The gold machine was probably imbued with this spell.
5. YOMIN is an anagram of the name of an actor who played a famous mind-prober on a sci-fi TV show.
6. MALYON is a corruption of Pygmalion, a sculptor who (according to ancient Greek legend) brought his creation to life.
7. FOOBLE is a potential reset code in Suspended(tm).
8. YONK is a reference to the author's birthplace.
9. Some others are the names of Infocom employees.