Shining Standards, Vernstien Manor: secret bug and loot?

[Peter Smith]

I played Vernstien Manor for the second time, this time version 1.1, in the last couple of days. I eventually found all 13 secrets, but I got the last one (the floor trap) only after a restart. In my first go-through, I blind-frobbed the lever from behind the banner, and nothing happened. The lever would not function after that. On replay, it worked, both before and after slashing the banner. And yes, the lever is good for only one flip. I have no idea why it failed the first time I tried it. The differences were that in the first play I was ghost to that point, and I didn't pick up the Horn of Quintus. In the second play I BJ'ed every AI I could find and picked up the horn before going into the basement.

BTW, the author's secret list, which I found at TTLG, lists the horn as a secret, but it is not. There are 13 secrets not including the horn.

Counting the 165 loot I couldn't get due to the switch bug, I have accounted for 2172, still missing 80. I've looked for a very long time. It took several hours hunting just to be able to finish at 2007 (without the floor trap secret). That's some tough loot. Does anybody have a loot list? I would be curious to know what I missed, but I am through hunting for it for now.:)

BTW, I ghosted Benny and the wine crate. That was a lot of fun. Eventually I "gave up the ghost" because it seemed impossible to meet the loot requirement in that mode.

[Nightwalker]

I gave up at 60g from the total available, Peter, so a loot list from me wouldn't be much help. I didn't find many things worth 20g. and it may not be that at all, but here's what I did find:

A goblet on a table in an office with a man sitting behind the desk.
A candlestick in the Library secret, which I know you will have found
A spice bag in the indoor garden room.

That's all I have marked as being worth 20g., though my notes on this mission are a little disorganized. There are other things worth less than 20g., but I doubt that you missed them, as they are pretty obvious. :)