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Chapter 7: The Pyramid
Detour time! Let's talk to the Old Barbarian.
"A true warrior ye art.
Slay a score of da monster dat wuzz yer first kill.
If ya manage dat, come back and I'll teach he sumthing."
And what was that monster? Let's look back!
LARGE BATS: 0/20
Keeping track now. I may finish this, I may never.
Enough faffing about. Into the pyramid!
The Pyramid
An ancient labyrinth
Threat Level: 3/5
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Jackal demon
Threat Level: 3/10
Special: Confusion
Corpse: N/A
Like the graveyard, the pyramid is a trap-laden labyrinth.
Guaranteed item deposit hidden behind some walls! I get myself a pickaxe (very useful), a backup climbing set (not bad), and some other crap I ignore.
Z
Mummy
Threat Level: 3/10
Special: Sickness, weak to fire
Corpse: N/A
SO MUCH TRAP
A trap destroyed by Girdle of Carrying, but I had a spare!
Second floor! More jackals, skeletons, and mummies.
TRAPS
TRAPS EVERYWHERE
Floor 2 is smaller than floor 1! That's because I'm in a pyramid.
And now for the fun part.
The top floor has a unique staircase - every time you enter the floor, it moves to a random place. Also, monsters won't follow you down it.
FORWARD
"Greetings, hero!
Permit Us to welcome thee in our chambers.
We have waited a long time for thee to arrive.
Thy skin will make a nice new wrapping worthy of Us.
Prepare to release the rights to thy skin!"
Z
Rehetep, the mummy lord
Threat Level: 6/10
Special: Unique, sickness, vulnerable to fire
Corpse: N/A
Time to engage in STRATEGY.
TO THE STAIRCASE
COWARD TACTICS
WAIT FOR ENEMIES TO SURROUND
Get disarmed by a Master Swordsman!
DOESN'T MATTER
ACTIVATE MARBLE WAND
BLESSED WAND OF FIREBALLS
TWELVE CHARGES
BURN
BURN EVERYTHING
Some magic, as the Quasit was immune to fire.
Now to retrieve my legendary sword, and do battle with the lord of mummies!
Not USING the sword, of course.
This wasn't necessary at all, but it was fun and rewarding!
Last monster killed! Let's see what I won.
A second pickaxe!
The best necklace in the game!
Artifact armor!
Not actually that great, the ancient mummy wrapping is notable for providing total immunity to cold.
The Ankh, on the other hand, grants Lucky and Fate Smiles, two awesome intrinsics, in addition to +2 DV, +2 PV, and a soft increase of luck in general.
The wrapping be abused later, but not worn now.
Dropping some non-essential items here for safe-keeping!
Now... to HEAD WEST...
TOWARDS THE TOWER OF ETERNAL FLAMES...
...and past it!
Let's see what's up here.
I couldn't enter the Rift even if I wanted to.
AND I DON'T.
Another extremely dangerous area that I don't want to go to anyway!
Here we go.
Next time: A dangerous new frontier!
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