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Chapter 8: Tomb of the High Kings
Unnatural Cavern
A stairway leading deep into the caves
Threat level: 3/5
For the most part, this is the same as other dungeons. Nothing special in the upper floors...
FUCKING CATS
Sealed!
ONWARDS
Adamantium cap!
Same status, but it's lighter, and almost impossible to destroy.
Pretty boring floor! Do more await?
NOPE
CAVERNOUS FLOORS GO
LARGE BATS: 1/20
LEVEL UP
Continuing in my theme of being FUCKING INVINCIBLE, I'm going with Tough Skin for a further +1 PV.
Next level at 187,392 experience.
LARGE BATS: 2/20
Going is slow on cavernous floors, because there are SO MANfreakin' monsters.
Acid vortex!
LARGE BATS: 3/20
Surefire sign of an impending dark elf!
Sure enough, the spiders are coming from a dark elven princess!
Most caster dark elves are the same. Wave hands, summon spiders, be a dick.
Down located!
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Dwarven chaos knight
Threat Level: 5/10
Special: Corruption
Corpse: No effect
Kill at a distance. These things are monsters in melee.
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Quickling
Threat Level:4/10
Special: Stupidly fast
Corpse: Increase speed, decrease lifespan
D
Blue baby dragon
Threat Level: 4/10
Special: Immune to shock, breathes lightning
Corpse: Shock resistance
TO THE STAIRS
Still not done!
ALERT ALERT ALERT
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Blink dog
Threat Level: 2/10
Special: Teleports, summons allies
Corpse: Teleport control
I need to bait it into summoning allies. If I can get enough, I'm more likely to find a corpse, and more likely to get one of the game's most important intrinsics.
There!
Now to back out into the hallway and wipe this crowd out.
Much expenditure of magic later, the throng is cut down a bit.
Level 16!
Next one at 252,979 experience.
YES
MAD DASH FOR THE STAIRS
Unnnatural Cavern, Bottom Floor
The Tomb of the High Kings
Threat level: 3/5
Aha
HahahAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
New way to deal with cats!
The other new book I picked up was a Tract of Chaos.
Don't read those if you're Neutral or Lawful.
Time to check this floor out!
The center is filled with a massive lake filled with Chaos Pihranas. Each turn I spend in that water, I lose about 150-200 HP.
So, swimming isn't an option.
Dropping a bunch of stuff to get my equipment weight under 2000s...
Then, ice bridge!
Time for danger.
Z
Skeletal King
Threat Level: 7/10
Special: Unique, Confusion, magical attacks, summons skeletal warriors, ignores water
Corpse: N/A
Get off the bridge GET OFF THE BRIDGE
Teleportation doesn't work here!
RUN
This is why I'm running! The skeletal king can confuse me, if he's lucky.
When confused, I might stagger into the water.
His magical bolts bypass my PV! I'm vulnerable!
Sheeiiit....
SHIT
EMERGENCY MEASURES
There is a Clean Ears command. Because there is a way to plug your ears to avoid noise.
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Using Clean Ears passes a turn without moving, even while confused.
ABUSE.
Fine, we'll do this in melee! Behold my 25 PV!
RRAAAGH
DEFEATED
Now, to claim my prize!
RING OF THE HIGH KINGS
+2 DV! +3 PV!
Fire resistance!
Cold resistance!
Shock resistance!
Poison resistance!
Plot key item!
I have two sources of fire resistance now, but that's not going to be enough.
Next time: Back to the Caverns of Chaos!
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