Chapter I: My name is gladiator
Good to know. Actually, it seems that games gives you about 10 save slots.
OK, let's start! First we have to create our own party (surprise!) so we don't have to play the default one.
I will play with something standard: a tank, a healer, a magician and a thief. Half-giant is exactly what I need for the first occupation:
Hurray for the bald dwarf woman! If she's not the hottest girl I've ever seen...
This lad didn't join my party. I'd take her as a wizard (preserver class) or a thief 'cause this race can't use armor anyway but those are only class they can't pick. Guess it wouldn't be balanced well.
The strange thing about character creation is the fact that game allows to change values of all stats and hit points however you want. It feels like blatant cheating so I'd kept the random stats. They do look like they're too high even though.
I don't have any clue what psionic skills are so I didn't took this class.
And here they are:
He seemed to be tough, even killed both green monsters with fireball but definitely had no chance fighting alone. Now my turn.
We will get them, Chauncey!
Warning! The next picture is horrifying! You should consider closing your eyes and scrolling down!
That's how casting bless looks.
If it's not clear, there are three green monsters.
Let's look what spells do we have. A classic magic missle should be enough for these enemies.
And I encountered first problem. Is it possible that I'm out of arrows in the second round of combat (yeah, I didn't took the screen shot)? Quick look at inventory screen assures me it is not the matter.
It seems that computer "thinks" you can't shoot if the round started with cursor on enemy. Untargeting him and targeting again is everything I need. Few, and I was scarred it might be some problem.
What? You must be kidding me! I will crush everything you may throw at me. Give me your best, biggest monsters!
I should have expected this. The combat started with fireball killing one of my men and almost killing another one. Tank stands pretyy unharmed and the magician managed to pull back before.
No I can try to run to eliminate the wizard which mean my healer with 2hp will be killed by one of enemies or choose any other option with the same outcome. I will try to do something brave and run into the centre of combat just to score at least one kill.
Now I shall get back in time and shut the fuck up before I will do something idiotic.
Good question!
Fuck. He's not that stupid. Let ask him about other topics.
Oh, this looks like an important note for the future.
This is like this giant he was talking about!
Now I'll just find a big a poster on the wall and check if it wasn't put to hid a huge hole in the wall leading to freedom. This should be easy.
Well, maybe not that easy but the first guy met in the pens know how to run away!
It's in the hands of the guy who's dying on the arena right now. Should've told me before I went there for the first time! I am not going to come back to this rapethirsty, fireballs throwing wizard!
Let's meet other inhabitants.
Ha, you won't see me again. Only a few hours and I will be a free man.
These guys try to hide something. Probably something that should be mine.
You don't ask suspicious guys what are they hiding. You kill them and take all the treasure.
Especially when you deal with some punks who shouldn't even scrach you and nobody will miss them -> nobody will ask questions.
A key...
...and a hundred coins. I can check a few more cells but now I want to obtain the gem. First a little rest before the next fight on the arena.
Fortunately, this is no more difficult than the first encounter. Only fighters, and not a powerful ones.
First slow them...
and then prevent them from fighting.
There's no time to waste after killing them because if I stay in the arena for too long I'll have to fight the second group.
I guess we will have to come back here again.
Getting rid of the announcer would be cool.
At least this doesn't make him angry and he didn't sent any more creatures because of that.
I could've kept the money cause you can find a pot in one of pens.
Now it's the time to explore the area again.
And here we have...
...a zombie, level 2. You may believe or not but he's just went through the wall.
This should explain how did he do this:
Start the pixel hunting! I almost gave up but finally found this:
Looks interesting:
Yes, here we have our gem. Still, it's not a bad idea to bring the water to the poor prisoner.
And here's the possibility to use a key found among the bodies of the guys who died in this strange accident. And I've found water!
Ok, this one is a little boring:
No, he hasn't.
Decadent woman! White woman! Aryan woman!
Yup, that's crime big enough to deserve being forced to become a gladiator.
This is probably everything I could do here for now before talking about running away.
He claims he'll tell where is the gem later. Not that it matters now.
Now let's finish the creatures sent against us. Only the first one is tough, other are just a cannon fodder.
That's everything for the first update, thanks for attention!