> Come on Sam, don't be cruel.
>
> DO NOT give the Soothsayer gold ***BEFORE*** you
>have beaten the evil dragon (with the Blessed
>Dagger of Wounding). You see, that gold is needed
>to buy the Potion of Portent from the Shopkeeper
>(if you haven't found him yet don't worry; it
>requires the Wings of Achilles to reach the City
>in the Clouds). Once you've killed the Dragon in
>the Cave, search it three times to uncover the
>Sacred Stone of Healing. Take the Stone back to
>the Boy of Sickness in Llyagrinorl and he'll give
>you another gold piece (this is the only other
>gold piece in the game). So you see, if you
>ditch your original gold piece, you can't get the
>Potion of Portent which means you'll never be a
>able to find the Dagger of Wounding to kill the >Dragon.
>
> If you've already spent your goldpiece, you can
>try and win one by throwing rocks in the Well of
>Wishing... but there's only a 1 in 128,000 chance
>of getting a piece of gold out of it. Have fun!


No Stephen, I think you're confusing Fantasy Quest with King's Quest I, in which if you let some silly little bird out of its cage about two minutes into the game, you can't possibly win the game, except you won't know that until days and days later, when you actually get to the part where you need the freekin' bird.

Do I sound bitter? Sorry.