> I'm determined to find the secret area (I played
> up through most of GOA over a year ago, left it
> alone, my data got deleted, and I believe I'm
> near the end now, so I doubt I'll replay it yet
> again). I didn't read the GEE FATHOM SAGE
> bit, but I read about the anagram, and came
> up with A GEM OF THE SAGE, which made me
> suspect the Gemstone room/Sage's room, but
> I always thought it strange that you could drop
> the black gemstones in two places... the
> gemstone room and the chasm.
>
> Actually, I originally thought the secret area
> was in the building with the Gwuyils, because
> if you keep talking to them, one of them
> mentions a secret passage and points up, but
> you don't see anything. But you can't do
> anything if you return there after saving them,
> so I ruled that out.
>
> Anyway, perhaps it has something to do with
> the number of gemstones dropped? I'm
> gonna go experiment with that right now.

Okay, tell me about it when you're done.