I know this is an old thread, but I came across it while I was looking for help with Armaeth (Google Search).
Since then, I have beaten the game and it's actually pretty good. Or at least I thought so. It gets much better after you leave the first area and is much longer and more involved than I'd expected. I'd say it's sort of a cross between the early King's Quest and the early Quest for Glory games. There is some fighting. Most of the talking you'll do is minimal and with people that intend to kill or rob you unless you manage to knock them out or kill them first. Like the KQ games, some of the death scenes are pretty entertaining. So, save often and let Killian get eaten or otherwise meet his maker, occasionally.
Since I couldn't find anything online, I did resort to the help file a couple of times, but it never contained the info I needed in an easy to find format and sometimes not at all. So I ended up spoiling a few things for myself by even trying to use it. I finally just gave up and quit using it. Once I won, I read it all and discovered that things like how to get the wood for a torch is not even in there. It does tell you how to light one, which is no easy feat in the beginning, but even after reading that, I was still unable to do it the way they suggest.
My final score was 685 out of 725 points, so I missed a few things to do somewhere. I did find all the treasure, though: 13720 out of 13720 gold coins (or the equivalent in treasure).
Anyway, if anyone still needs help, I'll be happy to offer hints for Armaeth. If you flat out want spoilers you'll have to make that plain.
Just as a general help, it IS possible to get to the left side of the woodpile. What you have to know is that whoever wrote this game has their own idea of geographic reality and just because you went one scene to the left does not mean you are actually one scene to the left. If you find the scene with the low cliffs, you can get to the woodpile for torches. (If anyone wants specific directions, let me know.) Good luck!
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