#AREADATA
Name The Spawning Pit~
Builders Fluffy Halodar~
VNUMs 1800 1899
Credits {90 160} Rossarian The Spawning Pit~
Security 9
Version 1
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#MOBILES
#1800
berserker raging~
a raging berserker~
A berserker storms around violently.
~
A wild berserker storms around furiously looking for something
to release some of that built up tension on.
Pity to whoever it comes across.
~
unique~
ABCDEFG ABCDEFGIV 0 0
121 120 10d244+6000 1d1+499 25d10+60 smash
-80 -80 -80 -40
ABCDEFGKVX ABCP ABCDLQ ABCIK
stand stand male 12000
ABCHMV ABCDEFGHIJKNUVW medium unknown
#1801
scavenger chabrat~
a chabrat~
A warty scavenger sniffs for food.
~
One of the more disgusting scavengers of the realms, the chabrat was the
result of some magical crossbreeding of crabs and giant rats. Its hard
shell is pocked with oozing warts, and its mouth constantly drips a fetid
slime as it searches for food.
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unique~
ABCDEFGH ABCDEFGVZ -100 0
90 90 10d167+4500 1d1+499 14d8+45 claw
-60 -60 -60 -30
ABCDEFGHKV ABC ABCL ABCI
stand stand either 50
ABCGXc ABCDEFHKQV medium unknown
#1802
dust cloud~
a dust cloud~
A cloud of dust flits around the room.
~
An indistinct cloud of grey dust flies around the room, spending its time
examining the weapons. Faint whispers of an unknown language reach your
ears whenever it comes near, and although you do not know the words, you
feel the bitter regret and loneliness in them.
~
unique~
ABCDEFGHO ABCDEFGNTUZ 500 0
90 90 10d167+4500 1d1+499 16d8+50 wrath
-60 -60 -60 -30
ABCDEFGHV ABCLQ ABCJQ ABCDHNS
stand stand female 2000
ABCHMV ABCDEFGHIJK medium unknown
#1803
mage golan darr~
Golan Darr~
A powerful mage searches for the secrets of the archives.
~
He acknowledges your presence with only a sneer, and then somehow you
know his name is Golan Darr, here to unlock the mysteries of the ancient
library. Somehow he has placed the knowledge directly into your mind
without speaking. His robes are black as pitch, covered with a pattern of
stars so realistic it appears as though he wears the night sky on his body.
~
unique~
ABCDEFGHR ABCDEFGV -700 0
110 110 10d870+2500 1d1+499 20d10+60 none
-73 -73 -73 -36
ABCDEFGKNV ABC ABC ABC
stand stand male 11000
ABCHMV ABCDEFGHIJK medium unknown
#1804
vitriol essence~
the Vitriol Essence~
The Vitriol Essence arises from the pool in wrath.
~
A giant made of gelatinous acid arises from its pool. Its face is
dominated by a massive mouth of needle-like fangs, and its arms are tipped
with claws that could crush a hobbit with little trouble. Its eyes glare at
you and a thunderous voice booms out: "You fool! You have awakened me too
soon! You must die, just as you have killed our hope of salvation!"
~
unique~
ABCDEFGT ABCDEFG 0 0
120 125 10d280+5600 1d1+499 23d10+65 acbite
-80 -80 -80 -40
ABCDEFGHKV ABCKL ABC ABC
stand stand none 12000
ABCHMV ABCDEFGHIJK huge unknown
#1805
flying polyp~
a flying polyp~
A flying polyp flails its tentacles at you.
~
A two-hundred pound mass of pulpy flesh and tentacles, it resembles a
mutant jellyfish floating on air. The rubbery skin has a mottled red and
black pattern which changes from moment to moment. A strange burbling
sound, like the laughter of a drowning man, comes from the creature as it
turns in your direction.
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unique~
ABCDEFGHT ABCDEFGTV -800 0
115 115 10d307+6000 1d1+499 21d12+52 suction
0 0 0 0
ABCDEFGKV ABC ABCFI ABCE
stand stand either 11000
ABCGHSZ ABCDEFHJKLNOPQUVWXY medium unknown
#1806
statue iron golem~
the iron golem~
A reddish statue stands motionless.
~
This statue stands out from all the others. At a mere twenty feet high,
it is a quarter their height, as well as being a rusty red in colour. Its
features are rudely carved to resemble a squat humanoid standing at
attention.
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unique~
ABCDEFGT ABCDEFGNO 0 0
95 95 10d130+5000 1d1+499 18d10+42 crush
-63 -63 -63 -31
ABCDEFGIJOVWX ABCLQ ABC ABC
stand stand none 0
ABCHJMV ABCDEFGHIJK huge iron
#1807
shabbath n'or nor~
Shabbath N'or~
Shabbath N'or awaits you.
~
Shabbath N'or, the Beast of Leng, rises up to its sixty foot height.. A
mass of squirming, grey ropes glued together with black slime, dozens of
gaping mouths devouring its own flesh, only to be excreted and attached
elsewhere on the foul body, hundreds of staring eyes.. This is Shabbath
N'or. Its thoughts force their way into your mind and tell you:
{R"You are mine.."{x
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unique~
ABCDEFGR ABCDEFGHJZ -1000 0
125 130 10d130+7000 1d1+999 25d17+66 wrath
-83 -83 -83 -41
ABCDEFGHKO ABC ABC ABC
stand stand none 20000
ABCHSZc ABCDEFHJKLOPQUVWXY giant unknown
M death 1809 100~
M hpcnt 1808 30~
M grall 1807 100~
#1808
oozing mass slime~
an oozing mass~
An oozing mass of slime sticks to the ceiling.
~
Dark green with patches of white, the slime sticks to whatever it
touches. And now it is reaching for you..
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unique~
ABCDEFGT ABCDEFGPZc -100 0
90 90 10d150+4000 1d1+499 18d8+40 slime
-60 -60 -60 -30
ABCDEFGHKV ABC ABCDFI ABCEI
stand stand none 5000
ABCGOS ABCEFK medium unknown
#1809
blood lurcher~
a blood lurcher~
The blood lurcher searches for prey.
~
A bulbous, distended stomach appears out of the darkness.. It is
followed by huge talons on ropey arms, clawed feet, and a low, eyeless head.
Its gaping mouth is filled with writhing tentacles. The blood lurcher seeks
to shred your body and suck you dry.
~
unique~
ABCDEFGHT ABCDEFGJc -600 0
100 105 10d150+5500 1d1+499 19d10+55 slash
-66 -66 -66 -33
ABCDEFGJKNV ABC ABC ABC
stand stand either 4000
ABCHMV ABCDEFGHIJK large unknown
#1810
mirror demon~
a mirror demon~
A mirror demon screams obscenities at you!
~
The mirror demon is shaped vaguely like a pretty, lithe woman, but that
is where the resemblance ends. Four faces sprout from a single head, and
four arms curl from the same shoulders. Its hips sport two pairs of legs,
muscled like a dancer's.
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unique~
ABCDEFGR ABCDEFG -500 0
100 100 10d100+4500 1d1+499 19d10+55 stab
-66 -66 -66 -33
ABCDEFGJKV ABC ABC ABC
stand stand none 8000
ABCHMV ABCDEFGHIJK medium unknown
#1811
head h'sin hsin varu~
the head of H'sin Varu~
A gigantic head is nailed to the floor.
~
A six-foot-tall head has been severed from its body at the neck, and
nailed onto the horrid floor. Its eyes have been stitched shut, but the
head snaps up to attention at the sound of your footfalls. The head speaks
unto you: {W"Know well that I am H'sin Varu, the undying. Do not resist
those that come from Outside, lest you suffer a worse fate.." {x Having
said his piece, he closes his mouth and remains silent.
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unique~
ABCDEFGT ABCDEFGc 600 0
105 105 10d100+6500 1d1+499 20d10+53 bite
-70 -70 -70 -35
ABCDEFGHKN ABC ABC ABC
stand stand male 20000
ABCHMV ABCDEFGHIJKV medium unknown
#1812
burning beetle~
a burning beetle~
{RA large beetle flickers with inner fire.{x
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A huge black beetle glares menacingly at you with its dark eyes. Under
its carapace, red light flickers as though the insect was on fire. The same
glow burns along the length of its thin antennae.
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unique~
ABCDEFGH ABCDEFGZ -300 0
108 110 10d240+5800 1d1+499 20d10+60 chomp
-72 -72 -72 -36
ABCDEFGV ABC ABCFHI ABCEI
stand stand either 100
ABCGO ABCKM medium unknown
#1813
living stump~
a living stump~
{gA mossy, rotten stump crumbles into the water.{x
~
A thick stump lays half-submerged in the water. The crumbling wood has
left ragged holes in the stump that resemble a face. To your great
surprise, its roots twist and curl, and the stump rears into motion right at
you!
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unique~
ABCDEFGT ABCDEFG -250 0
98 100 10d136+5600 1d1+499 18d10+55 none
-65 -65 -65 -32
ABCDEFGKNVW ABC ABC ABC
stand stand none 2000
ABCHMV ABCDEFGHIJK medium unknown
#1814
little person~
a wee little person~
A little person glares at you.
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This little person is no more than three feet high.
However, this little person is holding a very BIG rock and looking
at you in an extremely unfriendly fashion.
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unique~
ABCDEFGT ABCDEFGJc -550 0
92 77 10d230+4800 1d1+499 15d8+48 pound
0 0 0 0
ABCDEFGHJKLUV ABC ABCLQ ABCFR
stand stand either 3500
ABCHMV ABCDEFGHIJK small unknown
M greet 1814 100~
#1815
snippeth n'mor dragon large~
Snippeth N'mor~
A large dragon stands here eagerly.
~
This is Shabbath N'or's older, more common brother. You've probably seen
somthing like him just about everywhere you have travelled. He sure gets
around. Yawn.
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unique~
ABCDEFGR ABCDEFGJZ -1000 0
120 130 10d130+6300 1d1+999 25d12+50 wrath
-83 -83 -83 -41
ABCDEFGKO ABC ABC ABC
stand stand none 50000
ABCHZc ABCDEFHJKLOPQUVWXY giant unknown
#1816
noble djinni~
a Djinni Noble~
A noble Djinni grins proudly.
~
A large Djinni, a genie from the elemental plane of air
looks down and grins mockingly.
A truly fine example of warrior finesse.
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unique~
ABCDEFGR ABCDEFGT 750 0
135 145 10d130+13000 1d1+999 25d20+66 pound
-70 -70 -70 -70
ABCDEFGH ABC ABC ABCD
stand stand male 75000
ABCHMV ABCDEFGHIJK medium unknown
#1817
none ~
a fierce rager~
A fierce rager charges forth.
~
A warrior of great reknown, this rager is dressed in fine armors
and wields a dangerous looking large sword.
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unique~
ABCDEFGT ABCDEFGV 0 0
125 135 10d200+6000 1d1+999 25d23+70 charge
-70 -70 -70 -70
ABCDEFGHKW ABC ABC ABC
stand stand male 15000
ABCHMV ABCDEFGHIJK medium unknown
#1818
big hydra~
{GThe Giant Hydra{g~
A {gHydra{G of giant proportions looms.{X
~
Foul smelling saliva drips from the yellowed teeth that line each of this
massive reptillian creature's five maws. It's dark, thick leathery hide is
pulled taught over its well musced and obviously strong form. Whilst being
slow on its feet, its serpentine heads move with frightening fluidity.
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unique~
ABCDEFGT ABCDEFGJVZ 0 0
160 170 10d200+5000 1d1+999 25d50+50 bite
-80 -80 -80 -80
ABCDEFGH ABC ABC ABC
stand stand either 7500
ABCHMV ABCDEFGHIJK small unknown
#1819
skeleton figure skeletal lich~
The Lich~
A richly attired skeletal figure broods in silence.
~
Grey sinewy strips of decaying flesh hang from the skeletal figures dank
rancid bones. From within the depths of it's eye sockets burns a most
unholy flame of a poisonous emerald hue.
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unique~
ABCDEFGR ABCDEFG -1000 0
145 160 10d200+6800 1d1+999 25d35+50 wrath
-75 -75 -75 -75
ABCDEFG ABCMP ABCFLQ ABCNY
stand stand none 0
ABCHMV ABCGHIJ medium unknown
#1820
man hybrid manscorpion scorpion~
The Manscorpion~
A hybrid of man and scorpion.
~
The beast, bearing its chitinous clad form upon six similarly armored
legs, fixes you with an anger filled glare with its pupil-less yellow eyes.
Emitting a sub-vocal growl, it slowly advances forward, flexing its talonous
clawed arms.
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unique~
ABCDEFGR ABCDEFG -750 0
150 150 10d200+7500 1d1+999 25d40+50 smash
-75 -75 -75 -75
ABCDEFGKM ABC ABCDHL ABCK
stand stand none 20000
ABCHMV ABCDEFGHIJKQU large unknown
#1821
death knight~
a death knight~
A knight clad in darken plate stands in a shadow.
~
The most evil of all knights, this vile undead warrior personifies terror
as its blazen eyes scan the room. Feared throughout generations these
cursed knights are deserved of everything feared in them.
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unique~
ABCDEFGT ABCDEFGKQc -1000 0
130 140 10d130+11000 1d1+999 25d20+50 wrath
-70 -70 -70 -70
ABCDEFGK ABC ABC ABC
stand stand none 10000
ABCHMV ABCEGHIJ medium unknown
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#OBJECTS
#0
#ROOMS
#1800
A Reeking Gorge~
Like a jagged wound cut into the flesh of the earth, the ground falls
away here, as though some primordial titan stabbed the earth with its
trident in wrath. From the deeps below rises a thin mist, pale yellow in
colour, reeking of fungus, of rot, and of the uncounted years this place has
decayed, far from the sight of the world. A pale white boulder stands out
from the rest of the terrain, both by its colour and its soft roundness. On
its side, in letters the size of a minotaur, you can just make out an
inscription. At your feet, a crumbling stair with steps six feet high picks
its way down the canyon wall.
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inscription~
{Y===========================
{y....How mightily we wrought...
In t.. bowels of earth.. ...
...... it our sanctuary. .....
Lit..e knew we of .... ..
The Others that would covet...
...y..lahothep...fr.m..Outside..
{Y==========================={x
The rest of the inscription is worn away, ravaged by time.
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D1
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D5
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#1801
The Gate~
Before you lies the spectacular remains of a mammoth gate of stone,
banded with iron. Some 70 feet tall, the titan doors were obviously meant
to last for eternity and protect from all comers. But now the gates lay
twisted on their adamant hinges, nearly ripped from the cliffside they bar
by some vast force, a sickly yellow mist flowing thickly from the darkness
within. They were meant to guard forever from any threat the world could
bring. But not all dangers come from outside..
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gate~
The sight of the mighty doors twisted on the ground, like lovers slain in
the throes of passion, sends a chill through you. What manner of colossal
force could wreak such destruction?
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D2
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0 0 1802
D4
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0 0 1800
S
#1802
Anteroom~
Empty. That is the best word to describe the room you stand in. With a
ceiling over fifty feet high and walls twice that far apart, the room's
emptiness exudes a near-palpable menace. The walls are lined with large
globes of violet crystal, bathing you in an eerie light that makes parts of
your clothing and equipment seem to glow of their own accord. But you are
the only things the light has to illuminate. Aside from a staircase, and a
doorway to the east, the room is barren.
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E
crystal~
Just out of your reach, the globe is the size of a giant's skull, and has
been melted into the very rock. Its center burns with an unholy light that
leaps towards your face as you peer at it, but cannot escape its crystal
prison.
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D0
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0 0 1801
D1
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0 0 1803
D3
You see the faint outlines of a hidden door.
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trapdoor~
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D5
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0 0 1806
S
#1803
Guardhouse~
The room you have entered seems as though it was designed for guardsmen.
Racks for spears and shields line one wall, a map of the surrounding area
carved in stone adorns another, a cell occupies the east wall, and various
obscenities and limerics are scrawled over them all. A typical guardhouse.
Except that these guards would have had to have been thirty feet tall.
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0 12 0
E
map~
The map shows landmarks of the area that you recognize, that you yourself
have seen. Yet it also shows a range of mountains, stretching clear
overhead, where the land is now flat and barren for miles around. Where
could the very mountains go?
~
E
limerics~
{wI woz ere.
Ere I woz.
Woz I ere?
Yes I woz.{x
~
E
obscenities~
"Thy mother was an unwashed fire giant" and "Thy father's poetry is the
screeching of a hydra" seem to be the highlights.
~
D1
A large metal grate blocks the way.
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grate~
1 0 1805
D2
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0 0 1804
D3
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0 0 1802
S
#1804
Weapons Locker~
This appears to be the armoury of the guardsmen. Rusting racks of arms
line the walls, the weight of your footsteps bringing puffs of dust from the
rotten weapons. You see mostly swords, polearms, and other implements
suitable for hacking off limbs, all practically falling apart before your
eyes.
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0 8 0
D0
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0 0 1803
S
#1805
The Cell Block~
Large quantities of stone, thick metal bars, chains and manacles attached
to the wall opposite the door, and an enormous skeleton mark this nearly
lightless room as a prison cell. A pack of large rats is gnawing at the
skeleton. Strange. Surely, after all these years, even the marrow has
rotted away from those old bones.
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0 9 0
D3
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1 0 1803
S
#1806
Landing~
The staircase stops here for a moment and opens onto a landing before
continuing up and down. A few of the crystal globes which have lit the
darkness are cracked and have gone out. South of you is a strange hole in
the wall, seemingly melted out of the rock into a doorway. To the west, the
wall has been broken down to reveal a small chamber. High on that same
wall, a rectangular slit has been cut into the stone.
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0 8 0
E
slit~
About twenty feet off the floor, it is perhaps three feet across. It
seems to have been cut straight through the wall into the chamber behind.
~
D2
The rock has been melted away here.
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0 0 1808
D3
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0 0 1807
D4
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0 0 1802
D5
The stairway is crumbling away.
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0 0 1811
S
#1807
Murder Slit~
Directly in front of the wall is a huge stone roughly carved to resemble
a chair. A large, misshapen skeleton seems to have been melted into that
seat. High on the east wall is a slit cut into the rock. Scattered around
the floor is some rubble from the collapsed wall, and a few spears with odd
fletchings. You notice that there is no sign of any door. If that wall
hadn't collapsed, how would anyone get in or out of here?
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0 9 0
E
spears~
Upon closer inspection, these 'spears' in fact seem to be huge crossbow
bolts.
~
E
slit~
It is cut through the wall to the landing on the other side of the wall,
and reminds you of something you have seen in certain castles, murder slits
they were called, places to safely fire arrows at invaders.
~
E
skeleton~
Looking closer, the skeleton doesn't seem to have melted into the chair
as much as grown out of it. Its skull resembles a dragon's, while its body
is more reminiscent of a large ogre. Out the wrist of its right arm sprouts
a boney protuberance, almost like a large crossbow grown from bone and
sinew.
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D1
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0 0 1806
S
#1808
Eaten Away~
The walls of this chamber are irregularly shaped, like a cave washed out
by water for thousands of years. The floor, however, is perfectly flat,
half of its area taken up by an enormous pentagram, surrounded by strange
writing and oddly warped circles. Beyond the pentagram on the far side of
the chamber is a large gate built directly into the floor, covered with a
host of magical sigils. The crystal globes in this area glow with a blood
red light, and seem to pulsate slowly with a life of their own.
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E
sigils~
They seem oddly related to the language of magic, but more archaic and
strangely frightening. Looking at them, they seem to squirm and writhe
under your gaze.
~
E
gate~
A single metal door bolted down onto the floor, every available surface
on it has been covered with magical sigils. Whatever its designers created
it for, they were certainly thorough.
~
E
writing~
You cannot recognize a word of the strange script, though looking at it
fills you with an faint sense of rememberance, as if recalling a
long-forgotten dream.
~
E
pentagram~
Grooves have been cut into the floor with absolute precision and filled
with a dark blue variety of marble to create the pentagram. The circle one
would expect to surround it is instead a number of ovals that have been
cunningly placed to create a circular pattern.
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D0
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0 0 1806
D5
A gate is built into the floor.
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gate~
1 1814 1809
S
#1809
A Narrow Ledge~
You stand on a small ledge of rock overlooking a deep pit, from which is
coming a constant, soft scratching sound, like sand being blown over
parchment. The walls of the nearly round pit extend up perhaps ten feet,
and down into blackness. The wall near you has been polished to a shine,
and is punched with innumerable holes.
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0 8 0
E
holes~
It looks almost as though some breed of worm has burrowed through the
rock, back and forth a million times.
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D4
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gate~
1 1814 1808
D5
Something is moving... everywhere.
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0 0 1810
S
#1810
Ants Ants Everywhere And Only You To Eat~
You land in their midst, ants the size of a man's finger, in their
millions eating away at the very stone as they have for uncounted years,
carving for themselves an inescapable pit, their monument to hunger. Up to
your waist in the creeping mass, they burrow into your flesh, ripping the
meat of your eyes, gnawing you to the marrow. If you have a god, pray they
answer your calls...
~
0 13 0
E
ants~
Yes, take a closer look, that one is chewing on your eye.
~
S
#1811
Crumbling Stairway~
The stone stairway here has crumbled and broken in places, making the
acsent and descent much easier, given that the steps here are normally six
feet high. The ruin has spread to some of the violet crystals, some of
which are now shattered. A faint reek of rotted meat fills the air.
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0 9 0
E
crystals~
The rocks beside the crystals that have shattered are coated with a pale
white fungus that has eaten into the stone.
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D4
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0 0 1806
D5
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0 0 1812
S
#1812
Collapsed Stairway~
The stairway has collapsed in this section, now a confusing jumble of
rectangular stones, girded with shallow pits in the earth. From far below,
you hear water dripping.
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0 9 0
D0
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0 0 2700
D4
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0 0 1811
D5
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0 0 1813
S
#1813
Cyclopean Pillars~
A vast hall spreads out into the darkness before you. Massive pillars of
black stone, taller and greater than the mightiest trees of Alanthia, line
the hall as far as the eye can see. The floor, made of blocks of dark
masonry, is covered with slippery fungal growths, fed by the constant drips
of water from the high ceiling. Almost hidden by the constant drip are
voices, soft and gentle as a feather, whispering amongst themselves of
horrid things. {W"Hastur..... Ord of the Wells.. Let them be...
Tsathoggua.... E well of night.. Fleshy ones... Not our concern.... Our
time will come again.." {x Looking up, you strain to make out the huge
graven images carved into the pillars where your light fades away, massive,
twisted faces of stone, but as still as the rock which spawned them.
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D0
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D1
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0 0 1815
D3
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D4
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0 0 1812
S
#1814
Fountain Room~
At the center of this once-opulent room stands a simple fountain of
stone, now dry. However, the floor is covered with a steadily-flowing
current of dark water which creeps from cracks in the northern wall, and
seeps away again in the south. Floating in the current you catch a glimpse
of a few bloated maggots, swollen and drowned. The crystal globes in this
room have long since been smashed.
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0 9 0
D1
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0 0 1813
S
#1815
Too Bright!~
Blinding light spills into your eyes from the thousands of candles lining
the room. The walls, the ceiling, even the floor are mirrored with polished
metal, and you see reflections of yourself cascading everywhere you look,
extending to infinity.
~
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reflections~
As you peer closely at your images, one of them, far in the distance,
waves its hand and runs out of view. Another one, just below your feet,
grins mirthlessly, and then returns to normal.
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D3
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0 0 1813
S
#1816
Shattered Altar~
A huge altarstone dominates the center of the room, the only thing that
has been spared destruction here. A towering set of statues at the southern
end of the room have been toppled and defaced, carvings on pillars have been
hacked with blades, and a river has eroded its way through the northern
wall, the foul water spilling over the floor and disappearing through large
cracks at the opposite side of the chamber. Embedded in the floor just
beside the intruding water lays a stained metal plaque.
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0 9 0
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plaque~
The strange letters twist under your gaze, reforming themselves into
words you can understand..
{R"Gaze Upon The Might of The Ones That Were Before And Shall Be Again"{x
~
E
altarstone~
It is some twenty feet high and over eighty feet across, a mammoth
obsidian altar carved to resemble a disembodied mouth screaming curses to
the skies far above. Gaps between the teeth lead into shallow channels
which empty into copper pots at each corner, where the blood of sacrifices
was likely collected for some unknown and horrible purpose.
~
E
statues~
If these are the gods of the builders of this structure, they long ago
abandoned these halls to their fate. Now toppled to the ground, the twisted
monstrosities resemble nothing more than the horrid spawn of squid, spider,
and snake.
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D1
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D2
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0 0 1813
D3
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#1817
Faces of the Enemy~
Everything is looking at you. The walls, the floor, the ceiling.. The
entire room has been constructed, by some magic the likes of which are only
whispered, of living faces. Humans, dwarves, ogres, dragons, goblins, faces
of all the races of Alanthia and many you cannot recognize, some unholy
magic has torn away the heads of thousands of living things and created this
place with them. A howling rips at your ears, the voices of all of the
creatures trapped here, screaming at you, some in hatred, some pleading,
others simply mad from the untold stretches of time spent imprisoned.
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goblins~
This goblin says nothing. It just cries to itself.
~
E
dragons~
".. Am the wisest here.. Why do they not see? YOU must see that! Free
me! Must.. Free... Falling downfallingdownalwaysincircles.."
~
E
ogres~
".. WILL KILL YOU! Rip meat from bones and devour! Will KILL you!"
~
E
dwarf~
".. Must work the stone, work, will be freed when it is done, work the
stone, work the stone, work the stone, work the stone, work.."
~
E
dwarves~
".. Must work the stone, work, will be freed when it is done, work the
stone, work the stone, work the stone, work the stone, work.."
~
E
humans~
"..help me I cannot go on like this.."
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D0
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D3
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#1818
Conjuring Room~
The floor disappears beneath your feet, but you do not fall. Somehow,
here, far beneath the earth, the stars have come out. All around you, above
and below, ten thousand pinpoints of light dot the midnight sky. Brightest
of all the constellations in the surrounding dark is one directly below you,
a perfectly formed pentagram. Intermittently, streaks of purple lightning
flash around the edge of the magical star-symbol.
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D2
~
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M 200 H 200
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#1819
Hall of Heroes~
Over one hundred statues line this massive hall, their eighty-foot
heights forged from some variety of bluish metal which has remained unharmed
and unstained all these years. A silvery path cuts its way through the
center of the room into another hall in the north. The crystal globes that
light the rest of the structure have been replaced with odd torches, which
seem to burn with an almost ethereal silver fire.
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statues~
Perhaps these were the heroes of this ancient land. They certainly are
an awe-inspring sight, formed with perfect detail to resemble warriors,
scholars, and workers of magic. Curiously there are no statues of priests.
Maybe the gods of this dead race communicated directly with them, not
needing the services of priests to spread their word.
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D0
~
~
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D1
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S
#1820
Hall of the Vanquished~
Some thirty statues are scattered randomly through this hall. They seem
to have been formed with perfect detail, right down to the skin tone and the
moistness of their eyes.... Eyes which seem to follow you as you move.
They appear to be depictions of the former occupants of these lands. In the
western wall, the stone has been shattered, carving out a rough cavern.
Hanging high above in mid-air, with no visible means of support, is a
warning written in flame. {R"Yith And Jotunheim Fell Before Us, As Did
These. As Will All." {x
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E
statues~
Examining more carefully, you see that these cannot be statues, unless
their creators could carve hairs and pores of the skin onto their works.
They could only be, then, the living, somehow trapped here motionless for
all the ages since this place fell. Looking again, you see the terror and
despair in their eyes, the only thing about them which moves.
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D2
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D3
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S
#1821
Last Stand~
Bones fill this rough cavern which has been brutally torn from the rock.
The lives of hundreds must have ended here in horrific fashion. Most of the
massive skeletons are incomplete, as if ripped limb from limb, and some are
simply shattered. The far western wall has been melted and many bones are
stuck inside the now-frozen rock. A powerful odour of fungus permeates the
air.
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D1
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#1822
Portal Room~
The floor of this room is completely awash with foul-smelling water which
floods in from a hole in the eastern wall. To the north, three huge hoops
of stone stand free on pedestals, flickers of old magic spitting off them.
Images flash inside the portals irregularly, scenes of distant lands and
ruined cities. A rickety staircase of wood seems to have been constructed
within the last few hundred years, leading up to a small hole in the wall.
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E
portals~
You catch glimpses of a circle of stones somewhere to the northeast of
Midgaard, the lands outside Old Thalos, a mountaintop, and a vast, empty
city somewhere beneath the ocean. The flickering images only last fractions
of a second at a time, otherwise you can see straight through the stone
hoops to the wall behind.
~
D0
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D1
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0 0 1829
D2
~
~
0 0 1816
D4
A crumbling wood staircase ends at a hole high in the wall
A crumbling wood staircase ends at a hole high in the wall.
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#1823
A Narrow Passage~
You stand in a plain rectangular passageway, which leads to a door in the
north, while a wooden stairway leads down. The air is filled with a soft,
regular thumping like a heartbeat.
~
0 8 0
D0
~
door~
1 0 1824
D5
~
~
0 0 1822
S
#1824
Catwalk~
You stand on a catwalk overlooking a large metal pool, filled to
overflowing with a caustic green sludge which bubbles madly, the vapours
from which painfully burn your eyes.
~
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D2
~
door~
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S
#1825
Blasted Remains~
Craters pit the floor, and smashed pillars lay on their sides where they
were toppled in this blasted room. The cracked bottoms of the deeper
craters spew forth a sulphurous vapour into the air. Passageways lead to
the west and south, while a smooth hole has been carved in the northern
wall.
~
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D0
~
~
0 0 1832
D2
~
~
0 0 1822
D3
~
~
0 0 1826
S
#1826
An Empty Passageway~
A dusty passageway winds its way into the darkness before you. Small
drippings of moisture and glowing fungal growths provide the only relief on
the bare walls.
~
0 9 0
D0
~
~
0 0 1827
D1
~
~
0 0 1825
S
#1827
An Echoing Hallway~
Every noise you make in this hollow passageway echoes back to you, and it
seems as though the very rocks are watching you silently. The hallway at
this point stretches south and curls around to the west.
~
0 0 0
D2
~
~
0 0 1826
D3
~
~
0 0 1828
S
#1828
The Archives~
Thousands upon thousands of gigantic shelves fill this colossal room from
floor to ceiling, filled with hundreds of thousands of books. The volumes
are bound in a bluish metal, and stamped with the strange runes common to
this place. A complex locking mechanism seems to keep the books in place,
one which works very well, for you can see only one or two scattered volumes
which have fallen over the millenia.
~
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E
shelves~
The shelves disappear into the dark depths of the library, near-limitless
in their extent. What knowledge must be sealed up in these volumes!
~
D1
~
~
0 0 1827
S
#1829
Underwater!~
An underground river has carved for itself a tube to flow through the
rock here. The current pulls you strongly to the west, but you could still
swim to the east with some effort.
~
0 9 6
D1
~
~
0 0 1830
D3
~
~
0 0 1822
S
#1830
A Tight Squeeze~
The underground river narrows here and the current increases greatly.
Large slimy objects ooze around your body in the raging torrent, and the
water exudes a foul reek. From here the river flows north and west.
~
0 9 6
D0
~
~
0 0 1831
D3
~
~
0 0 1829
S
#1831
A Turn in the River~
The sludgy water extends up to the ceiling here, where the river bends
sharply, extending to the west and south. Small pieces of bone and meat
drift past your vision, drawn by the current to some unknown destination
downstream.
~
0 0 0
D2
~
~
0 0 1830
D3
~
~
0 0 1832
S
#1832
A Dark Pool~
Stalagtites pierce the darkness above your head, their faint reflections
glimmering in the dark pool of scummy water below. A strange scent, foul
like milk left in the sun for a week, and yet strangely beguiling, fills the
air. A hole in the wall is to the south, while the river flows through
openings in the north and east walls.
~
0 9 0
D0
~
~
0 0 1833
D1
~
~
0 0 1831
D2
~
~
0 0 1825
S
#1833
Pale Boulders~
A wide, low cave stretches out before you. Small stalagtites hang from
the ceiling, and the floor is littered with hundreds of wide boulders,
dusted with pale-coloured fungus. The stream flowing in from the north
widens to fill the room with a few feet of sticky water.
~
0 9 0
D0
~
~
0 0 1834
D2
~
~
0 0 1832
S
#1834
Swampy Growths~
The water here flows very slowly, and a strange pool of life has sprung
up. Thick carpets of algae, pale white reeds, and some breed of floating
mushroom dominate the cave, while a few examples of stumpy trees lay
scattered around the perimiter. A soft, regular thumping sound fills the
otherwise silent cave.
~
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E
trees~
No more than 10 feet high, the tree seems made up more of roots than
anything else, while its bark is spongy and slimy. So that's what happens
to a tree left underground for so long.
~
D1
~
~
0 0 1835
D2
~
~
0 0 1833
S
#1835
Waterfall~
A 30-foot waterfall tumbles down into a deep pool, and might have been
beautiful were it not for the grey, slimy water, and the chunks of stinking
meat floating in the pool. A carved set of steps lead up the side of the
waterfall, from where you can hear a wet thump, rhythmically pounding in
your ears.
~
0 8 0
D3
~
~
0 0 1834
D4
~
~
0 0 1836
S
#1836
Heart of the River~
A large cave spreads out into the darkness here. Cracks in the walls and
ceiling leak a strong current of spring water into the pool your feet stand
in. A foul waterfall cascades down just behind you, spraying a fine mist in
the air and coating you with a slippery ooze. And hanging high in the air
is.. A hole. A hole has been torn in the fabric of space, lending you a
glimpse into some dark and chaotic realm. A rumble which you feel more than
hear emanates from within.
~
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E
hole~
A ragged tear in the fabric of reality, it appears to be a gate from some
other place. You can see blurred images, flashes of what might be tentacles
or faces, but your eyes can perceive nothing clearly within. A magical
sigil or ward of some sort traces faintly over the hole, blocking any
passage in or out.
~
D0
~
~
0 0 1840
D5
~
~
0 0 1835
S
#1837
A Tiny Passageway~
You can barely squeeze your body into this small passageway. The floor
is covered with many small footprints, going back and forth. To the east
lies a small, partially hidden door.
~
0 8 0
D0
~
~
0 0 1838
D1
~
trapdoor~
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#1838
Pygmy Haven~
A wide, low-ceilinged cave has been crudely cut out of the rock. The
walls and floor are covered with paintings of great skill however, depicting
tiny people killing beasts and people many times their own size, and eating
them. In the far recesses of the cave are a few bones scattered about.
~
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E
paintings~
The paintings are stories, depicting the tiny people attacking large
white bears, elves wandering the forest, small groups of minotaurs, and many
other creatures. All the stories end with the pygmies roasting and eating
their victims.
~
D2
~
~
0 0 1837
S
#1839
A Crack in the Mountainside~
The stone of the mountain has cracked here, leaving a natural passageway
to the other side. To the east you hear the sound of running water, while
an odour of fungus wafts in on the breeze from the west.
~
0 4 0
D0
~
~
0 0 20079
D3
~
~
0 0 1800
S
#1840
A dripping tunnel~
The tunnel walls are coated with a purplish fungus which drip with
moisture. The sound of the falling drops of water echoes in your ears.
~
0 8 0
D0
~
~
0 0 1841
D2
~
~
0 0 1836
S
#1841
A drippy tunnel~
Drops of water fall regularly from the ceiling, and in places,
stalagtites have begun to grow. On the floor, a foul-smelling pile of dead
skin rots slowly.
~
0 8 0
D0
~
~
0 0 1842
D2
~
~
0 0 1840
S
#1842
A really drippy tunnel~
A few cracks in the ceiling of the tunnel allow water to fall heavily to
the floor, making it seem as though it were raining here, far underground.
The floor is slick with a reeking white pus which does not wash away with
the water.
~
0 8 0
D0
~
~
0 0 1843
D2
~
~
0 0 1841
S
#1843
A blue cavern~
The air is moist and cool in this large cavern. The walls stretch high
into the air, and all around, a dull blue glow emanates from the rocks.
~
0 8 0
D0
~
~
0 0 1844
D2
~
~
0 0 1842
S
#1844
Heartfelt longings~
The cavern is filled with a ruddy glow from no apparent source. The
walls are covered with long, clinging vines which, so slowly as almost to be
unnoticeable, begin to reach out for you.
~
0 8 0
D0
~
~
0 0 1845
D2
~
~
0 0 1843
S
#1845
Flickering lights~
The rocky walls of this small, dry cave are covered with large, glassy
windows, from which magically spring flashing and flickering images of
far-away people and places. The effect is quite disconcerting, and you feel
your intellect begin to slowly drain away.
~
0 8 0
D0
~
~
0 0 1846
D2
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~
0 0 1844
S
#1846
A dark room~
The end of the tunnel is brought forth suddenly by a dark wall. This
room, covered in moss and vines is small in size, though echos boom forth,
emminating from any sound even vaguelly audible. Near the north wall of
this room there is a drop into a pit of total darkness, sounds of soft
chewing echo around the tunnel.
~
0 8 0
D2
~
~
0 0 1845
D5
~
~
0 0 1847
S
#1847
The End~
After he drop down from the room above, this dark pit stretches out for
quite a distance around. Many bones and torn clothing lie around the floor,
scattered in a most careless fashion. A few rocks clatter down the sides of
this pit and onto its rugged floor.
~
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D4
~
~
0 0 1846
S
#0
#SPECIALS
M 1803 spec_cast_mage
M 1804 spec_breath_acid
M 1805 spec_breath_frost
M 1807 spec_breath_any
M 1809 spec_cast_adept
M 1810 spec_cast_mage
M 1811 spec_cast_cleric
M 1812 spec_breath_fire
M 1813 spec_cast_undead
M 1816 spec_cast_mage
M 1818 spec_breath_any
M 1819 spec_cast_mage
M 1820 spec_poison
M 1821 spec_cast_undead
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#RESETS
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#SHOPS
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