: There's another little plot weirdness in here. The Great
: Devoid level instructions tell you to ignore anything
: Balor's head tells you, which clearly implies that
: it's not dead yet. This may be a remnant of a
: prerelease version where, as in the Black Company,
: powerful sorcerers could get pretty much diced into
: bits without dying--give them a staple gun and they're
: as good as new. Of course, in the final version
: Balor's head doesn't talk, so we don't know whether
: it's still alive one way or another.
I may be completely wrong about this, but have you tried throwing the head around with the dwarf before you actually get to the devoid. I have a dim recollection of it speaking if you threw it to the ground, but i may be mistaken…
-Disc