Part XIII: Dwarf Fortress
A new location on the map, Dorns Deep an old Dwarven city.
Upon arriving we enter chapter four, thats about half way through if I remember correctly.
: What a great day, nothing could ruin this
: Don't know a few kobolds might
: They would make a tasty meal, I don't see how that would ruin ones day
...
: What? What did I say?
Unlike with rats one can engage in diplomacy with orogs, however it doesn't work.
: There you bastards got what you deserve for ruining my day... actually killing you freaks made it better.
: Alright great, now I'm just gonna take some of it with me for provisions.
: Your not actually gonna eat that are you?
: Why not?
: Never mind
Ready to take the plunge down into this most mysterious hole
SO far the only thing we've seen is some mushrooms.
: Only more shrooms over here, wait whats this?
It's..
alive!
Spore cause Tetris to go berserk
: A reference to such a shitty game makes me want to kick every body's ass around here! *aerrggrggh*
: I think I'll cure you off that before you kill some one... that you shouldn't be killing
More myconid things, and more spores flying through the air
: Hah I'm immune suckers
: Some sort of cave, perhaps some dwarves dwell further down, this is supposed to be a dwarf fortress after all.
: Umm those sure don't look like dwarves
: Thats because they're filthy orcs, kill them all!
: Indeed and then eat the.... what?
: I love the smell of fried orc in the morning
A pack of orcs aren't much a challenge at this level
More shroom men are sighted
They go all the way around while were shooting arrows at them
Easily killed, Aghar levels up
So does Lovecraft
. This statue is just like that thing Labelas was talking about
More mushroom men, this place is full of the things
Tetris goes berserk again
: Raaaaaarrrhghrhgrrrrr..... *froths at mouth*
: Man I had this odd dream that I was trying to kill you all...
: Well actually you tried
Next we find some two headed giants, they have a ton of hit points but they seem to have a low AC and high THAC0 so not much of a problem, no spells either
.. and more
Now we can get a good look at the statue at least
: Well this has to be Dorn's deep, nice that we will go some where non hostile for once.
: I don't know I've got a bad feeling about this
: You always have bad feelings about things
: I think that was the first time I said that actually
The caves thus far
Well this bridge certainly looks like it leads some where interesting, though there is still some stuff left in here
On our way there we encounter and slaughter some mushroom men
and a giant
The last place in here is a small cave
Scouting a head
we find some dual headed giants
We find this bottle.
: So we risked our lives and all we got was this bloody bottle?
: Yeah It would seem so
: Why do I even bother doing this
McGuffin levels up
: hah I am now able to cast the fifth rank of spells!
: great that means you can resurrect us if we die
: Nope.
: Why, why not?!
: It's against my religion, it decrees that resurrection is for queer folks.
Next on this tour is the entrance across the bridge.
: Now this has to be the Dwarf Fortress, great I'm so tiered of killing things
: One can never kick to many asses
: Indeed though sometimes a break is required
: Guys these sure don't look like dwarves...
: What there have to be, I mean what else could be down here?!
Preparing for combat
Sending in the arrow fodder
: *sniff sniff* whats that cooking smells great
: Just some cooking orc, smells good doesn't it?
: yeah it does... wait orc? Forget I said anything
Magic missile spam proves to much for Lovecraft who gets stuck behind some dim witted orogs and can't retreat
RIP
But the battle is far from lost
: Much evil ass has been permanently kicked, it was a good battle may our fallen comrade even peace even though evil.
: Enough with the eulogy, let's get to looting already. There were Drow here among others there is bound to be good stuff here!
This is the best item we find... really.
Next we go get some
cannon fodder reinforcements.
Back in the cave
: Halt, be ye friend or foe?
: Do you really think some one would answer enemy?
: Well maybe there are some evil does that are honest, any way what are you doing here in all of places?
: I'm just exploring this wonderful sunny meadow
: Sunny? Meadow? This is a freaking cave!
: What it is? I have been tricked, how could I know when I can't see
: *whispers* you know... we could use this blind one as.... arrow fodder, wouldn't know what hit her.
Makabreska joins the party
Back again
Thats one big orog thing
: Why fight it when you can make it do your bidding?
: Wasn't that a risky thing to do?
: Nah these things have no will to resist me, just like that fellow I meet once I think the Kodexer was his name or something like that
We send in our new minion
We continue down the hall.
Another general thing, though ours is doing some good old backstabbing on theirs
Though suddenly it breaks free from control, Makabreska stuns one with an icelance though
I kinda miss Lovecrafts damage output, but an additional mage in great.
Killing the first and stunning the second, the rest are easily finished
makabreska scouts a head, two more generals and some smaller ones
: Have at you, you overgrown mongrels!
: You know you only reach up to their waists?
: Yeah hit them were it hurts
Easy as pie, or cake. Whichever one is better
Overview
We walk into some more orogs,
Moping up the rest
Lets see what we have a head
: Guys they sure don't look like dwarves...
: How would she know? She's blind!
: Trust me.
: I'm not sure if I should
: I'm not sure if Drow are that evil...
: They are, I can see it.
Forward
Though the drow come at us instead so we back out
The stuff we got off the drow can be seen here, just a bunch of +1 swords and mail
: looks like there is a meadow ahead here
: Looks like a cave to me lass
We finish exploring the rest of this area before pushing on
More pesky Drow
: Hmm I can see something... whats this
: Ahh a door
: How the hell does she?!
: No idea, but let's see how she handles traps...
We will return here later, the cave first
: Whats with all these talking monsters? It's time for me to say something... die freaks!
Evil monsters are killed, well lets' check what we've got
a +4 great sword thats some incline right there
Some other junk is also found
Cenobyte levels up
Aghar levels up
We head back and talk to the guy, seems like that was all there was to it
: So these giants live together peacefully with those orog things?
: Yeah obviously
: Isn't that strange?
: No why should it be?
Giants are killed
>Hmm whats this?
An axe
and another note, this one hinting at how one continues
Alright let's check the other exit, note the table
: This kinda looks like that table in the other room...
. Indeed it does...
Makabreska has a look around
It's a simple puzzle, all the zones of the circles are trapped, save for one on each which has a sign on it depicted on the table in the earlier room on the corresponding circle. Stepping on the one with the correct sign disables that ring, and stepping on the wrong one unleashes the pain
the second ring
Well thats all of them, though nothing happened, lets head back and check
Now we can move the hammer of the Dwarf, it was previously locked in the other position
Ah a most mysterious stair case
: Ah perhaps we will finally find some Dwarves in here
: Perhaps, we shall see
Hint: We won't, at least not any ununlivning ones
