10-31-2003, 08:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-03-2012, 01:01 AM by MongoJerry.)
IRENE: CATACOMBS LEVEL 4, ENTRANCE
Irene and Aliza, against advice, stepped down into the Catacombs Level 4, and Aliza immediately began shooting at the wall. That meant that a dark shaman was probably right on the other side of the wall, which meant that it would be difficult to kill dark ones in the entrance chamber and not get them revived right away. Argh.
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Irene pulled Aliza to the back wall to make her stop attracting the attention of any more monsters that might be on the other side of the front wall. It turned out that there were three slow moving ghouls in the bottom corner of the entrance chamber. Ghouls are slow, but they hit hard, so Irene and Aliza stayed as far away from them as they could while simultaneously trying to stay against the back wall.
As Aliza started to whittle down the first ghoul, the door opened and a couple of dark ones and an afflicted came barging through it (dark ones and afflicted can open doors). Aliza had woken up some monsters with her antics after all.
At first, Irene and Aliza had difficulty dealing with the now larger number of monsters. Irene could tank the afflicted, and given enough time, kill the dark ones. But the hard hitting ghouls kept interfering with attempts to kill the afflicted and dark ones, and the faster afflicted and dark ones kept interfering with attempts to kill the ghouls. Meanwhile, Irene and Aliza had very little room to work with, because they had to stay close to the back wall to prevent the shaman from waking up the dark ones when they did get killed and, most importantly, to prevent more monsters from waking up and entering the room.
After running back and forth a few times, they did finally manage to kill a couple of the ghouls. In the process, though, a couple more dark ones came through the door and were killed. Irene thought for a minute and figured that if Aliza could keep the remaining monsters in the entrance room busy, then perhaps she could sneak out the door and kill the annoying but now very much alone shaman.
The plan almost worked. Irene whittled the shaman down to about 20% of his life, but by that time a ghoul and tainted from the main room had closed the distance to Irene and were dealing damage too quickly to be healed even with light healing potions. Irene had to withdraw back to the entrance room.
The dark ones that had been killed previously in the entrance room had, of course been revived. Irene and Aliza again ran back and forth along the back wall of the entrance room and finally killed everyone. They then ran out the door to take on the shaman. Unfortunately, the shaman had moved farther away from the door, so charging the shaman meant waking up more monsters.
A couple of afflicted came barreling down on them, a group of dark ones from the far wall ran menacingly toward them, and several ghouls walked purposefully toward them. Still, Irene and Aliza killed the annoying shaman before the main monster pack arrived. They then retreated into the entrance room and killed the two afflicted there. A couple of dark ones in the entrance room had been revived and the dark ones from the far wall walked through the door and joined the fray.
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"Hi! I'm Irene," said Irene.
"Hi! I'm Aliza," said Aliza.
"We're the ones who are going to kill you over and over again today," said a chipper sounding Irene.
They killed the dark ones and then encouraged the ghouls in the center of the main room to come be killed in the entrance room. They then explored further into the main room and got most of the dark ones along the far wall to come and be killed in the entrance room. Of course, this meant waking up the three shaman along the far wall who then quickly revived the dark ones who had been previously killed in the entrance room. (Remember what matters is not whether the shaman can see the corpse. What matters is if the shaman can see you). Still Irene and Aliza once again quickly disposed of all the dark ones they had gathered in the entrance room. The propensity of dark ones to run away when one of their fellows dies made this a safe and easy thing to do.
![[Image: 7DYqo.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/7DYqo.jpg)
A few more ghouls along the far wall had to be encouraged to come be killed in the entrance room -- and in the process some dark ones were revived and then killed again. Finally, Irene and Aliza had a clear shot at the three shaman along the far wall. They killed them all in one sweep.
![[Image: EvK8U.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/EvK8U.jpg)
Irene and Aliza returned to the entrance room, killed the dark ones who had been revived (again), and made a sweep around the first two chambers to make sure there weren't any hidden ghouls or other monsters. Once they were satisfied that the first two chambers had been completely cleared, they prepared to open the wooden door to Andariel's throne room.
Irene and Aliza, against advice, stepped down into the Catacombs Level 4, and Aliza immediately began shooting at the wall. That meant that a dark shaman was probably right on the other side of the wall, which meant that it would be difficult to kill dark ones in the entrance chamber and not get them revived right away. Argh.
Irene pulled Aliza to the back wall to make her stop attracting the attention of any more monsters that might be on the other side of the front wall. It turned out that there were three slow moving ghouls in the bottom corner of the entrance chamber. Ghouls are slow, but they hit hard, so Irene and Aliza stayed as far away from them as they could while simultaneously trying to stay against the back wall.
As Aliza started to whittle down the first ghoul, the door opened and a couple of dark ones and an afflicted came barging through it (dark ones and afflicted can open doors). Aliza had woken up some monsters with her antics after all.
At first, Irene and Aliza had difficulty dealing with the now larger number of monsters. Irene could tank the afflicted, and given enough time, kill the dark ones. But the hard hitting ghouls kept interfering with attempts to kill the afflicted and dark ones, and the faster afflicted and dark ones kept interfering with attempts to kill the ghouls. Meanwhile, Irene and Aliza had very little room to work with, because they had to stay close to the back wall to prevent the shaman from waking up the dark ones when they did get killed and, most importantly, to prevent more monsters from waking up and entering the room.
After running back and forth a few times, they did finally manage to kill a couple of the ghouls. In the process, though, a couple more dark ones came through the door and were killed. Irene thought for a minute and figured that if Aliza could keep the remaining monsters in the entrance room busy, then perhaps she could sneak out the door and kill the annoying but now very much alone shaman.
The plan almost worked. Irene whittled the shaman down to about 20% of his life, but by that time a ghoul and tainted from the main room had closed the distance to Irene and were dealing damage too quickly to be healed even with light healing potions. Irene had to withdraw back to the entrance room.
The dark ones that had been killed previously in the entrance room had, of course been revived. Irene and Aliza again ran back and forth along the back wall of the entrance room and finally killed everyone. They then ran out the door to take on the shaman. Unfortunately, the shaman had moved farther away from the door, so charging the shaman meant waking up more monsters.
A couple of afflicted came barreling down on them, a group of dark ones from the far wall ran menacingly toward them, and several ghouls walked purposefully toward them. Still, Irene and Aliza killed the annoying shaman before the main monster pack arrived. They then retreated into the entrance room and killed the two afflicted there. A couple of dark ones in the entrance room had been revived and the dark ones from the far wall walked through the door and joined the fray.
"Hi! I'm Irene," said Irene.
"Hi! I'm Aliza," said Aliza.
"We're the ones who are going to kill you over and over again today," said a chipper sounding Irene.
They killed the dark ones and then encouraged the ghouls in the center of the main room to come be killed in the entrance room. They then explored further into the main room and got most of the dark ones along the far wall to come and be killed in the entrance room. Of course, this meant waking up the three shaman along the far wall who then quickly revived the dark ones who had been previously killed in the entrance room. (Remember what matters is not whether the shaman can see the corpse. What matters is if the shaman can see you). Still Irene and Aliza once again quickly disposed of all the dark ones they had gathered in the entrance room. The propensity of dark ones to run away when one of their fellows dies made this a safe and easy thing to do.
A few more ghouls along the far wall had to be encouraged to come be killed in the entrance room -- and in the process some dark ones were revived and then killed again. Finally, Irene and Aliza had a clear shot at the three shaman along the far wall. They killed them all in one sweep.
Irene and Aliza returned to the entrance room, killed the dark ones who had been revived (again), and made a sweep around the first two chambers to make sure there weren't any hidden ghouls or other monsters. Once they were satisfied that the first two chambers had been completely cleared, they prepared to open the wooden door to Andariel's throne room.