Quest Blog Post 13
Thanks guys! Now begins the fourth chapter of Vlad's journey in Freymore. Chapter 4 will focus on side quests.
Chapter 4- Busybody Vlad
Vlad was angry at the Mysterious Man and had a hunch based on what the undead mayor had said that maybe his "ally" wasn't an ally at all. He knew that the Mysterious Man was powerful, though, and decided to prepare as best he could for whatever might be ahead.
Today, the Pyramid and Island of Ghula!...
NOTE: Before we begin: This is a challenging dungeon, and even experienced players may have trouble with the monsters and traps if they haven't gotten themselves as ready as possible. So, in order to prepare as best as possible, stock up on repair hammers, potions of healing (and mana, if needed), potions of cure (and possibly resist) Warrt and Plague. You cannot rest or teleport from the island but gain some jewels and a VERY useful magic item from this quest- a wand of ultimate restoration! Plus the experience is nice! Without further ado, let's begin!
Vlad was looking for quests that he could use to gain some money and supplies before the final assault, but first had his equipment repaired in Phryn. He threw out the Dark Maul. With that done, he realized that he was almost broke. He sold all of his extra magic items and skill books and was back up at 5.7k gold! Then he sold any unworn jewelry at the jeweler's place.
In Phryn he bought 2 master repair hammers and the following potions:
4 of strong resist magic
5 each of cure Warrt and Plague disease
7 each of full healing and full mana
Now Vlad wanted a mission. He walked around Phryn and at one door a man named Bojorner greeted him. When he mentioned a treasure map, Vlad acted as if he knew what the man was speaking of and was told that he could have the map for 1000 gold pieces. He accepted. The man said that it would be great if Vlad could bring something of his father's back to town. He also told Vlad to try the ship captains on the island for help.
With his armor fully repaired, Vlad
teleported to Mithria's port and spoke to captain Hanty. He agreed to drop Vlad off but not a await for his return. Vlad agreed.
Arriving, Vlad was washed ashore on a strange land. He wandered north and came to a bridge, where a specter began pelleting him with magic. He downed a resist magic potion and charged the spirit, taking it down slowly but surely. Now Vlad continued to the northeast and killed a couple more specters on the way.
He came to a pyramid with an entrance hole on the north side, and crawled through the hole to find a smelly room. A sign read:
"Home of the Keeper".
What a strange name. He wondered who lived there. Before long, he found out as a massive cyclops charged him! He swung at it and took it down with little trouble, surprisingly. He was getting strong. He took the thing's skull and a poison it dropped. He healed using magic and used the mana sphere in a corner to regenerate his magical powers. Now he left and went northwest to find a pressure plate, which he cautiously stepped on. He went southeast and came to a podium, which drew him. He felt possessed to place the red skull of the keeper on it and when he did, he felt a magical change in the place.
He also felt possessed to turn around and break the cracked wall of the pyramid to the west. It opened into a hole into the pyramid. He stepped in.
After grabbing several magical scrolls from side chambers he cut down a spider web and killed the mummy that attacked from behind it.
NOTE- I recommend saving before and after every fight in order to avoid diseases. The potions of cure Warrt and Plague are just in case.
Fortunately, Vlad has a good disease resistance so I didn't have to reload too many times.
Cutting through another cobweb in a side alcove showed him a well of healing, which he drank from and felt instantly better! He went up some stairs and found himself in a blue room. He killed another mummy and flipped a switch to the north side of the room, obscured by a cobweb. Seeing no other course of action, he headed back downstairs.
He found that one of the columns blocking the wall had moved and a mummy had advanced. After putting it down, Vlad cautiously moved I to the newly opened area. He grabbed a cap of resistance which he equipped for the time being, some wands, and some scrolls from a side alcove to his left and slid down a rope into a green room. He hit a button on the wall across from a teleporter and moved back up the rope and into the blue room again where a wall of force was gone. He stepped down the southern stairs and killed another mummy.
Reached level 13!
+4INT+1STR
+2Heavy Weapons/Heavy Armor, +1Block, +1Persuade,+2EnvMagic,+2Acc
He grabbed some junk scrolls from a shelf and slid down another rope. Vlad flipped a switch on the southern wall and went back up to the blue room to find the last green force wall gone. He took a key from an alcove there and went back down the southern stairs to the green room and went down another flight of stairs. He used the key to open a door and killed the blue mummy behind it. He looted a steel bow but was poisoned! He healed it with his only potion of curing poison.
Stepping into the room ahead Vlad was surrounded by a pillar on one side and two teleports on the others. He took them in this order:
East
North
Loot shelf to south
North
East
Walk into eastern teleporter
South
East
West
Flip southern switch
North
North
North
East
Finding himself back at the entrance,he walked back up the stairs. He made his way back to the starting room and went down the southern rope. He stepped inside the teleporter and found himself in a large open room with several mummies which he killed. He then went straight across the room and flipped a switch. He teleported back to the previous room and saw that a wall had opened up . He went in the room and, careful to avoid the holes in the floor, slew two mummies. He went to the west through some rattling chains and flipped another switch before heading back into the teleporter to the big room. He went to the east and picked up two keys from a statue's hands. Then he went to the blue and red doors in the same huge room and opened them with the keys , taking two ancient idols- one of brass and the other gold. Back through the teleporter he placed the golden idol on a shelf in the room with the chains hanging from the ceiling and the hole in the floor. A pillar moved and he placed the brass one in a corresponding location on the opposite side of the room. He jumped into the teleport on the other side of the room and killed the last three mummies the pyramid offered. He took the huge doors on the west of the room and found the old man's grandfather's gear in an alcove with a wand of ultimate restoration next to a teleporter which he took after grabbing everything. He ended up in Matras of all places. He now teleported back to Phyrn and sold off all his new loot but keeping the wand of ultimate restoration. He made a total of eight-thousand coins! Now he returned to Gorjan and gave him the armor of his grandfather. He was given a chest in return and told to seek out a master thief to unlock it. He took it to Mithria and found the master thief, who agreed to open it for 500 gold. Vlad got 700 gold and some gems, which he sold in the city, bringing him to
14 thousand gold! Now he went to the city in and hit the sack for some badly needed rest.
End of Post 13
Level:13 XP:111623/130000
AC:66 Damage:32-59
Max HP:134 Max MP:170
Gold:14295
We won't be finished by Christmas, sadly, but I would rather give you guys a lot of good content than a lot of mediocre content, even if it takes longer.
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