Welcome back.
◊ And meet the komodo dragon. He's got a special variety of bite that makes you sick when he bites you. Being sick keeps you from regenerating HP, don't forget. Combine this with a rather fearsome bite and the ability to take a bit of a hit and you've got a lizard that's ended a good number of games.
Something appears at your feet!
Okawaru grants you a gift!
Woo! At five stars or more, Okawaru starts giving weapons and armor as gifts. It's nice, real nice. Like a +3,+4 vorpalized dwarven broad axe. Oh yes.
This is a herd of elephants.
◊ They can AND WILL obliterate players that aren't tanks if they get in melee range. Other dick moves include usually appearing in herds, possibly pushing you back in melee range, and doing extra damage against smaller races thanks to a move called trampling.
Meet the nagas and the Snake Pit.
◊ You do not enter there without poison resistance because that's what they'll throw at you all day long down there and even some unresistable poison. Just don't bother until you've got the ability to survive that sort of stuff. Nagas themselves are relatively slow and easy to beat down in melee so go for it.
You again...
◊ Sorry buddy, but this time around I've got more levels, eat my axe! On a much less interesting note, this is a wolf.
◊ They go solo for whatever reason, are extra fast, and... easy to kill.
This stair case leads to the swamp, a place filled with water, deep water in fact, that can and will kill you if you get confused. Don't go there without clarity.
◊ The mosquito, if I remember right, suck HP from you, restore it to their own health, and are really freaking hard to hit. Their corpses also make you rot if you eat them and they make you sick by biting you. They just really suck in general, especially when in swarms (read: almost always).
R - an amulet of clarity (around neck)
Whelp, guess where we're headed. Anyway, a quick note, this protects you from various mental status ailments like confusion, berserk, etc.
Okay, to the north is a swamp drake. They spit toxic gas that confuses you.
◊ To the south is a swamp worm, which can swim and submerge itself. One is a threat, the other... isn't. And this is an alligator.
◊ It's like a crocodile except worse! It may also be guarding a nest of baby alligators, which are much easier to fight.
Giant leeches.
◊ They suck out your life for their own and they can make you rot by biting you. However, they're slow and so no where near as bad as the mosquitoes.
Did I mention hydras live in the swamp?
◊ Did I also mention they're great swimmers? Yeah... I need to get a flaming edge weapon soon.
Meet Norris.
◊ He's one radical dude death cultist and can handily kick your ass. He's buff, has several enchantment spells, and can smite. He's all around assholish. Anyway, I barely beat him out thanks to Heroism, but I think that's my warning to get out of the swamp before much worse things happen.
Oh hey, new ability from Okawaru. I forgot he had this one, it's called Finesse. While Heroism just upped your skills temporarily, Finesse makes you attack much faster all together and accuracy stays the same. This means you're hacking and slashing away like mad and it's awesome!
Oh hey, an artifact axe that's extra effective against orcs. I wonder where I should go now? Murderlicious.
◊ That orc knight has a crossbow which is the last weapon I need to complete my character.
◊ Dwarves are very good with crossbows and so this will be very effective for long range stuff.
Kiss my shiny metal covered ass Beogh
◊, I'm in your bases killin' your dudes!
Why are there centuars in the orcish mines?
◊ Whatever, murder murder. How many are there?!
◊ I decide to teleport out of there and that's it for now. Next time, Dwarf VS Army of Orcs and Centaurs. It's bound to be epic anti-climatic.
