Vorthod Wiler

Sorry, it's been a while since I played so I can't offer exact experiences for this mission, but I'll try to help you find the problem. Are you sure there's not an alternate path or another mark or something? I'm pretty sure traps are static, as are the "interesting marks," so I doubt they would code in a mark that's inaccessible without special items. (A screenshot of the map or game screen would be helpful if possible) I'm not sure he's in this game. I've got 100% on CG and scenes and have never seen him. That being said, Rogius sounds like a male name which *might* mean he has an obscure event that wouldn't be included in scene replay, but I think the chances of that are pretty tiny.

Yep, that's pretty much my interpretation of that trap too, and considering the layout of that minimap is an absolute wreck, I'm convinced that trap was activated in this picture. Though sometimes those traps can help you find those "fake wall" doors, times like this are basically what the trap is for, making you think you see your target but faking you out.

You don't need to buy items for party members, that's for sure (it's probably a renown thing) but I know for a fact that you can unlock things in her shop by purchasing more items. I went for nearly an entire playthrough with no shop expansions until I went to the shop, purchased a few hundred pairs of underwear, slept, and came back to a shop upgrade. I then alternated sleeping and visiting and got about 4-5 upgrades in a row I think. Command will go up with higher ranks (like floor boss and such), but I'm not sure of the maximum. as for CGs, you really need to check your numbers because a lot of CGs you mentioned are unlocked in the same scenes as consecutive CGs that you did not need. anyway, for some of the prison scenes, one or two images might be unlocked by viewing that girl's scene in the "extra" events menu, but I'm not positive

Don't worry, the exact same thing threw me for a loop as well my first time through. I didn't get stuck for long, but that might have been me getting lucky and spotting it on the other side of the wall as I passed a gap.

There are four markings, each in one corner of the dungeon. Three of them are in similar locations in those four corners and therefore they can be pretty easy to find. However, while three of them are all in pretty much the same nook (just in different parts of the symmetrical dungeon), the last one is closer to the outer edge of the map than the other three are. Pay attention to the three places you've found markings, and scour the last corner of the dungeon. It should be around there somewhere. Here's me trying to explain the same thing, but with a map; If you're looking at the map of this floor (found in the first post of this thread: http://chaosmemo.net/bunnyblack/bunnyblack_4kakon.html)I think this is floor 9, so while I can't remember exactly where this stuff is, think of it like this: If the first three marks were found in places like D4, D13, and M13 (inside all of those little corners), the fourth one might actually be in N4 instead of M4 where you would kind of expect it to be. So just spread out your search a little.

Liz events happen significantly later than Maki ones, if memory serves, so you may not need a Tifur to get the Liz scenes.

I see, well I guess I just had bad luck with the books. As for the monsters, i'm sure it would be the same thing about how you need to have them in your list, but not necessarily your party. The test should probably be something like only hiring units without scenes and getting as far as you can with that. For both options, let me just say you're going through certain parts of the game too quickly. 263-268 and 273-274: 116-130:

Hmm, I think I (or anyone else really) need to test whether the liz, maki, etc. scenes require that kind of demon in your party. I certainly did have those demons for most of them, but I am fairly certain I got the slimia scene before I had a slime in my party. If I get some time, I'll see which scenes require the party members and which ones don't

- You actually can get the XXX books from the magic chests from enemy drops. I've gotten black and blue books, but not red ones yet. - I suspect selling and/or hiring new units also contribute to unlocking stuff at Rakia's. Almost everytime I unlock something, it's after one of these two actions. - How do I know if I've unlocked everything with Rakia? The latest unlock for me was Vampiric Dagger You do realize this forum has a "spoiler" tag right? Instead of putting "SPOILERS" and "END SPOILERS" in those brackets, put "spoiler" and "/spoiler" I have found absolutely no books coming from enemy drops. Are you 100% certain that's where you got those? I sell a ton of stuff to Rakia and never got an inventory increase after it, but it's possible that the hiring thing could work, since in my second playthrough I didn't really hire many new units. The Vampiric Dagger seems to be at the last stage of the shop inventory expansions. I continued trying to expand the list after that and even after literally hundreds of purchases, all I got was a short scene with Rakia thanking me for shopping so much.

There is no benefit for swapping out your party members for the later versions. All those later versions are are palette swaps that start at a higher level than the original. If your original is already at or above the starting level of the other versions, then you shouldn't switch them out unless you really like the new color. On the other hand, if you suddenly think to yourself that a Loams would be a great addition to your specific party when you don't have one, then you might consider hiring a Rubbles instead in order to save time levelling it up.

Preach it, Brother. But yeah, luckily that becomes slightly less of a problem in late game because you get more uses of those healing abilities. Until then, some people recommend giving Darx some healing abilities to compensate for the bad AI. I don't find it necessary to do that, but I don't condemn the choice by any means, so do with that what you will.

Yes, Feathers and hawks increase the range at which you can spot the colored dots on the map, but they will not do anything to fill in missing spaces in your map. That being said, I haven't really seen evidence that you have to stop at those numbers. There's nothing to indicate that you couldn't find a third or fourth hawk's feather or hire a bunch of rock hawks I...think I've met Cass in the Den of Malevolence before. I know I've met someone in the Cavern of Flame because I remember laughing at their low hp. This was all before I realized how much attention I should have been paying to it all, so sadly I don't have much more info than that.