Arandor
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Chapter 4. "Reptile Hunt"
From Arandor's diary:
Day 37.
Oh, I am so sick of the cold, not to mention that old geezer with his quests. It's alright, just a little longer and I hope we'll leave this place, somewhere to the south where it's warm—the further, the better. Ah, dreams... but for now, we are staying at an inn run by a strange hobbit. By the way, he killed the previous owner, although he denies it and says the poor fellow was already dead when he arrived, and he simply replaced the will with his own, wrote his name in it, and thus acquired the inn. Heh, some people have all the luck. On the other hand, we forced him to confess to the deed, but he still kept the inn. Apparently, nobody cares about such things when all sorts of madness are happening in the city... So, not long ago we returned from the temple of mad fanatics, but what we were looking for wasn't there. So tomorrow we must set out again, but this time to the "Dragon's Eye" volcano; there is a system of caves there where those who possess the sacred amulet might be. Judging by the tracks left by the creatures who visited the fanatics before us and took the amulet, we are in for a battle with trolls and serpent spawn—vile, slimy, and constantly hissing... how I hate them! However, those scoundrels know where to build their nest. After all, the heat of the volcano warms the surrounding lands and dungeons, which is why they settled at its foot. Alright, I'm off to dinner and then to bed; I need to gather my strength before the trek.
...Entry ends
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Reached the destination, we were met by snow trolls.
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Following the path, we found ourselves before a cave. Upon entering, we saw lizards who attacked us immediately.
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Statue of a snake
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Skirmish. Used a bone shield (around the dwarf) with the priest, which damages everyone standing near the caster (the caster himself cannot move).
P.S. the "cool" lizardmen turned out to be not so cool.
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Shot from Arganzar (or something like that), a decent spell. I think we've descended to the second floor here, or maybe the next screen will be on the second floor[br][/br]
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Ugh, we couldn't get through this place right away\ these bugs release some kind of gas that hits quite hard, and what if you take their numbers into account? It was brutal overall; at first, we lured them out one by one and shot them before they could get close and spoil the air. Afterward, I started shooting fireballs into the whole pile with the mage.
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Well, this is just the character window
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Main hall of the 2nd level, which contained trolls, lizards, and some human cultists\ We couldn't kill them immediately either, but after rethinking the tactics, I finally did it, and without much difficulty. Yes, we freed the villagers from captivity (we also freed some on the 1st floor).
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3rd level of the dungeon, undead dwell here.
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At the top are kamikaze skeletons that run up and explode\, and at the bottom is green meat.
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Some thing named Prezio, apparently one of the leaders. He was wearing a Necromancer robe (with a hood!), which I tried to put on (visible in the next screens), but it was worse than the one I already had, so I took it off later.
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Damn traps, they get so annoying later[br][/br]
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4th floor, arranged as rooms. Some guy in blue attire came to meet us and invited us in, but Lokovsky's paladin sees evil right through and exposed the scoundrel, after which he attacked\ (who knows what would have happened if we had gone inside... The guy claimed he could help us, heal us, etc., maybe that's how it would have been, or they would have just attacked us with the whole horde)
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After killing the slowpoke humans and other cult adeptes, we entered a room where we saw something horrific :O There was a long table in the room, and human corpses were on it. Yuan-ti (snake-people, though no, just large, intelligent snakes) were sitting around the table, and the leader was rambling about something. We had to interrupt their feast and kill them.
On this same floor, we found a room full of corpses, and only four of them were alive. They turned out to be some party of adventurers. They pretended to be dead and were thrown in here, where they remained.
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Now we are on the 5th level of the damn dungeon, which has really gotten on our nerves\ and the traps here are just insane
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Still there, following the corridor, entering rooms and clearing them
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There we met some idiots called "Hitachi". They are somewhat like zombies, but they are alive and fast, although they are also weaklings.
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And here is the main room. Upon entering, we saw a little girl, who subsequently turned out to be a snake-like creature. She told us all sorts of things, said that she has the amulet and needs it for some war that has been going on for a very long time, etc.
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We told her to get lost and killed her.
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Returning to the village, we discovered that it had been attacked by orcs and some other ghouls (maybe a variety of orcs or hobgoblins).
After clearing the city of scumbags, we visited the archdruid. He thanked us for killing that royal snake, saying she was his old enemy and so on, then disappeared. Going up to the second floor, we found the real druid (for goodness sake!). He was lying on the floor, life leaving his body, but before death, he said that we must take the amulet to the elf ruins, specifically to the prison where an elven mage is imprisoned, who can use this amulet and help us.
In the end, it turns out we helped some random guy who was fighting this snake, although I'm not sure if that was her true form\ most likely these losers are from another world and are far from being the bosses of their teams. Apparently, there are very ancient and powerful beings behind them...
From Arandor's diary:
Day 37.
Oh, I am so sick of the cold, not to mention that old geezer with his quests. It's alright, just a little longer and I hope we'll leave this place, somewhere to the south where it's warm—the further, the better. Ah, dreams... but for now, we are staying at an inn run by a strange hobbit. By the way, he killed the previous owner, although he denies it and says the poor fellow was already dead when he arrived, and he simply replaced the will with his own, wrote his name in it, and thus acquired the inn. Heh, some people have all the luck. On the other hand, we forced him to confess to the deed, but he still kept the inn. Apparently, nobody cares about such things when all sorts of madness are happening in the city... So, not long ago we returned from the temple of mad fanatics, but what we were looking for wasn't there. So tomorrow we must set out again, but this time to the "Dragon's Eye" volcano; there is a system of caves there where those who possess the sacred amulet might be. Judging by the tracks left by the creatures who visited the fanatics before us and took the amulet, we are in for a battle with trolls and serpent spawn—vile, slimy, and constantly hissing... how I hate them! However, those scoundrels know where to build their nest. After all, the heat of the volcano warms the surrounding lands and dungeons, which is why they settled at its foot. Alright, I'm off to dinner and then to bed; I need to gather my strength before the trek.
...Entry ends
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Reached the destination, we were met by snow trolls.
screen №2
Following the path, we found ourselves before a cave. Upon entering, we saw lizards who attacked us immediately.
screen №3
Statue of a snake
screen №4
Skirmish. Used a bone shield (around the dwarf) with the priest, which damages everyone standing near the caster (the caster himself cannot move).
P.S. the "cool" lizardmen turned out to be not so cool.
screen №5
Shot from Arganzar (or something like that), a decent spell. I think we've descended to the second floor here, or maybe the next screen will be on the second floor[br][/br]
screen №6
Ugh, we couldn't get through this place right away\ these bugs release some kind of gas that hits quite hard, and what if you take their numbers into account? It was brutal overall; at first, we lured them out one by one and shot them before they could get close and spoil the air. Afterward, I started shooting fireballs into the whole pile with the mage.
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Well, this is just the character window
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Main hall of the 2nd level, which contained trolls, lizards, and some human cultists\ We couldn't kill them immediately either, but after rethinking the tactics, I finally did it, and without much difficulty. Yes, we freed the villagers from captivity (we also freed some on the 1st floor).
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3rd level of the dungeon, undead dwell here.
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At the top are kamikaze skeletons that run up and explode\, and at the bottom is green meat.
screen №11
Some thing named Prezio, apparently one of the leaders. He was wearing a Necromancer robe (with a hood!), which I tried to put on (visible in the next screens), but it was worse than the one I already had, so I took it off later.
screen №12
Damn traps, they get so annoying later[br][/br]
screen №13
4th floor, arranged as rooms. Some guy in blue attire came to meet us and invited us in, but Lokovsky's paladin sees evil right through and exposed the scoundrel, after which he attacked\ (who knows what would have happened if we had gone inside... The guy claimed he could help us, heal us, etc., maybe that's how it would have been, or they would have just attacked us with the whole horde)
screen №14
After killing the slowpoke humans and other cult adeptes, we entered a room where we saw something horrific :O There was a long table in the room, and human corpses were on it. Yuan-ti (snake-people, though no, just large, intelligent snakes) were sitting around the table, and the leader was rambling about something. We had to interrupt their feast and kill them.
On this same floor, we found a room full of corpses, and only four of them were alive. They turned out to be some party of adventurers. They pretended to be dead and were thrown in here, where they remained.
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Now we are on the 5th level of the damn dungeon, which has really gotten on our nerves\ and the traps here are just insane
screen №16
Still there, following the corridor, entering rooms and clearing them
screen №17
There we met some idiots called "Hitachi". They are somewhat like zombies, but they are alive and fast, although they are also weaklings.
screen №18
And here is the main room. Upon entering, we saw a little girl, who subsequently turned out to be a snake-like creature. She told us all sorts of things, said that she has the amulet and needs it for some war that has been going on for a very long time, etc.
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We told her to get lost and killed her.
screen №20
Returning to the village, we discovered that it had been attacked by orcs and some other ghouls (maybe a variety of orcs or hobgoblins).
After clearing the city of scumbags, we visited the archdruid. He thanked us for killing that royal snake, saying she was his old enemy and so on, then disappeared. Going up to the second floor, we found the real druid (for goodness sake!). He was lying on the floor, life leaving his body, but before death, he said that we must take the amulet to the elf ruins, specifically to the prison where an elven mage is imprisoned, who can use this amulet and help us.
In the end, it turns out we helped some random guy who was fighting this snake, although I'm not sure if that was her true form\ most likely these losers are from another world and are far from being the bosses of their teams. Apparently, there are very ancient and powerful beings behind them...
Be strong. Believe