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| Game | Tales of Maj'Eyal: Age of Ascendancy 1.6.7 |
| Addons | Passive Cooldowns 1.6.0A tweak to the Minimalist UI to show the effect cooldowns of various passive talents and prodigies with triggered effects in the buffs area. Affected talents in the base module:
Affected talents from the Embers of Rage DLC:
Affected talents from the Ashes of Urh'Rok DLC:
Affected talents from the Forbidden Cults DLC:
Also available as part of the ZOmnibus Addon Pack and ZOmnibus Lite. Frequently Asked Questions: Improved Combat Text v2 1.6.0Description Original Improved Combat Text mod by Codefly This addon replaces ToME's floating combat text: Installation: Remove: or make it easy in game: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: РУС ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Описание Upd: Я просто исправил ошибки чекера. Мод корректно работает на новых версиях игры. Этот аддон заменяет всплывающий текст боя в игре: Установка: Удаление: или в игре: Possessor Bonus Class 1.6.6Donators/Buyers bonus! Easy Map v2 1.6.0Description Original Easy Map mod by Codefly This addon replaces ToME's map display with one that's more in-line with other games. You can drag the mouse to scroll, use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out, and left-click to set the currently viewed area (instead of accidentally traveling there, which can still be done via right-click menu). It also shows the viewport rectangle on the map, and if your computer is powerful enough, you can even show the actual terrain instead of the confusing color blocks, or make the walls red to easily find paths you have yet to explore. The player and zone exits are also displayed as icons on the map. Additionally, if you travel via the map and stop unexpectedly (i.e., you ran into your golem), a friendly dialog will pop up asking if you'd like to continue to your destination. Installation: Remove: or make it easy in game: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: РУС ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Описание Обновление: Я просто пофиксил чекер версии мода и убрал всплывающее окошко о новой версии игры и изменил цвет легенды на черный Мод заменяет карту игры на нечто более схожее с другими играми. Вы можете перемещать карту мышкой, приближать или отдалять карту колесиком и устанавливать текущий обзор левым кликом мыши (вместо того, что бы случайно переместиться туда, как было ранее). Карат способна отображать реальную местность ландшафта и окрашивать непроходимые места в красный цвет, что бы проще найти дорогу. Установка: Удаление: или в игре: Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.6.7Official Expansion!Many in Maj'Eyal have heard of "demons", sadistic creatures who appear seemingly from nowhere, leaving a trail of suffering and destruction whereever they go. Their Fearscape floats far above the skies, watching and waiting, but not idly; their agents scout the land, their legions build up their forces, and their scholars develop new spells and strategies. As the barrier between our worlds begins to crack under their scrutiny, helpless Eyalites have begun to disappear, whisked up to serve as their slaves and playthings. They imbue these victims with magical powers to better survive the ensuing stresses - can you use your new-found abilities to escape the legions of Mal'Rok?
Features:
Embers of Rage 1.6.7Official Expansion!One year has passed since the one the Orcs call the "Scourge from the West" came and single-handedly crushed the Orc Prides of Grushnak, Vor, Gorbat, and Rak'Shor. The Allied Kingdoms, now linked by farportal to their distant, long-lost Sunwall allies, have helped them conquer most of Var'Eyal. The few remnants of the ravaged Prides are caged... but one Pride remains. Kruk Pride, isolated on an island, is the last orcish settlement that stands; they, too, face their impending doom. The Sunwall has blockaded the only exit point from the island, and now, the technologically advanced civilization of Steam Giants have come down from the mountains to take their homeland with machines and weaponry unlike anything else on Eyal. Kruk Pride has reverse-engineered their technology before; their only hope is to do it again and rise up against the Pride's foes. Features:
Showing Items Tier in Inventory 1.6.0This addon add a column to inventory which show items Tier and allows sorting to show higher Tier first There is an option under "Game Setting"->UI->Sort Items by Tier by default items which is going to be transmo- and of type scroll (rune,infusion..), tinker or other without Tier specified will be placed at the top of the inventory to avoid occasional transmo of valuables This mod is safe to use without starting new game (new) Nekarcos's Quality of Life 01: Effect Display 1.0.0This is a stand-alone Quality of Life pack that improves some minor things about ToME gameplay.
Items Vault 1.6.0Donators/Buyers bonus! Wall Clock 1.6.0Turn Separators v2 1.6.0Description I just fixed OoDChecker. This was good idea with update mod in a time, but ... Original Turn Separators mod by Codefly Installation: Remove: or make it easy in game: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: РУС ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Описание Это моя улучшенная версия оригинального мода. Убрана проверка версии клиента. Замечали когда-нибудь, что новые строки в журнале битвы не всегда соответствуют концу своего хода? Этот мод помещает "------" между строками хода, что бы можно было легче визуально отделить минувшую очередь действий. Мод по прежнему добавляет разделитель между игровыми ходами для большей наглядности. Установка: Удаление: или в игре: Go to Landmark 1.1.0Adds a new game menu option "Show known Landmarks", which presents a list of landmarks (up/down stairs, golden chests, zone entrances and the like) that you've seen on the current level and allows you to go to them or view them on the map. You can also set your own landmarks for later reference by right-clicking on the map and choosing "Set landmark". Also available as part of the ZOmnibus Addon Pack and ZOmnibus Lite. Enhanced Object Compare 1.6.0Improves the "Press
Also available as part of the ZOmnibus Addon Pack and ZOmnibus Lite. Inventory Sort Order 1.3.0Improves the default sort order of items in the player's inventory. Also available as part of the ZOmnibus Addon Pack and ZOmnibus Lite. Ignore Race/Class Locks 1.1.0Modifies the character creation dialog to bypass the lock check for races and classes, allowing characters to be created using locked races and classes. Doesn't actually unlock anything. Frequently Asked Questions:
[License note: This addon uses a modified version of an image by Lorc from Game-icons.net, pursuant to the Creative Commons CC-BY-3.0 license.] Better Item Description 1.6.6This addon makes items description easier to read and determine on a glance it's usefulness Most important thing to remember it's not recommended to use this mod if you'r new to the game Escorts Enhanced 1.3.1Various enhancements to escort quest NPCs: Forbidden Cults 1.6.7Official Expansion!Not all adventurers seek fortune, not all that defend the world have good deeds in mind. Forbidden Cults is a big expansion for Tales of Maj'Eyal to let you explore the horrors that lurk beneath the surface, to delve in long lost knowledge and lore and as usual to die a lot!
Both those classes use a new resource called Insanity that gradually makes you both more chaotic and powerful as it fills up.
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| Campaign | Maj'Eyal |
| Mode | Normal Adventure |
| Sex | Male |
| Race | Drem |
| Class | Doombringer |
| Level / Exp | 11 / 21% |
| Size | medium |
| Lifes / Deaths | no deaths recorded 4 / 0 |
Primary Stats
| Strength | 37 (base 34) |
| Dexterity | 15 (base 10) |
| Constitution | 17 (base 12) |
| Magic | 34 (base 22) |
| Willpower | 9 (base 10) |
| Cunning | 12 (base 11) |
Resources
| Life | 357/357 |
| Stamina | 128/128 |
| Vim | 140/140 |
| Healing Factor | 1.1561497326203 |
| Regeneration | 2.6013368983957 |
Speed
| Mental | 0% |
| Attack | 0% |
| Movement | 0% |
| Spell | 0% |
| Global | +100% |
Vision
| Sight | 10 |
| Lite | 5 |
| Infravision | 1 |
Offense: Mainhand
| Damage | 68 |
| Accuracy | 42 |
| Crit Chance | 6% |
| APR | 7 |
| Speed | 1.00 |
Offense: Spell
| Spellpower | 28 |
| Crit Chance | 2% |
| Speed | 1 |
Offense: Mind
| Mindpower | 11 |
| Crit Chance | 2% |
| Speed | 1 |
Offense: Damage Bonus
| Physical | +11% |
| Light | +10% |
| Mind | +4% |
Defense: Base
| Armour (hardiness) | 26 (30%) |
| Defense | 18 |
| Ranged Defense | 18 |
| Fatigue | 6 |
| Physical Save | 26 |
| Spell Save | 20 |
| Mental Save | 13 |
Defense: Resistances
| Lightning | + 11%( 70%) |
| Light | + 30%( 70%) |
| Physical | + 26%( 70%) |
| Mind | + 5%( 70%) |
| All | 0%( 70%) |
Defense: Immunities
| Disarm Resistance | 22% |
| Stun Resistance | 41% |
| Pinning Resistance | 21% |
| Instadeath Resistance | 100% |
| Knockback Resistance | 21% |
Inscriptions (3/3)
| Infusions | Effective talent level: 1.0 Infusion: RegenerationUse mode: Activated Range: melee/personal Cooldown: 12 Travel Speed: instantaneous Usage Speed: Standard (100% of a turn) Is: a nature gift Description: Activate the infusion to heal yourself for 186 life over 5 turns. Its effects scale with your Strength stat. |
| Runes | Effective talent level: 1.0 Rune: Shatter AfflictionsUse mode: Activated Range: melee/personal Cooldown: 18 Travel Speed: instantaneous Usage Speed: Instant (0% of a turn) Is: a spell Description: Activate the rune to instantly dissipate the energy of your ailments, cleansing all cross tier effects and 1 physical, mental, and magical effect. You use the dissipated energy to create a shield lasting 3 turns and blocking 50 damage per debuff cleansed (not counting cross-tier ones). If there were only cross-tier effects to cleanse, no shield is created and the rune goes on a 75% reduced cooldown. |
| Runes | Effective talent level: 1.0 Rune: BlinkUse mode: Activated Range: 3 Cooldown: 16 Travel Speed: instantaneous Usage Speed: Spell (100% of a turn) Is: a spell Description: Activate the rune to teleport up to 3 spaces within line of sight. Afterwards you stay out of phase for 3 turns. In this state all new negative status effects duration is reduced by 15%, your defense is increased by 15 and all your resistances by 15%. |
Class Talents
| Corruption / Torture | 1.30 |
| 5/5 |
| 4/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Corruption / Wrath | 1.30 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Corruption / Shadowflame | 1.30 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Corruption / Heart of Fire | 1.20 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Corruption / Brutality | 1.30 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Technique / Combat techniques | 1.10 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Technique / Combat veteran | 1.30 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
Generic Talents
| Cunning / Survival | 1.10 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Race / Drem | 1.00 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Corruption / Oppression | 1.20 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Corruption / Demonic strength | 1.30 |
| 1/5 |
| 1/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Corruption / Hexes | 1.10 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 0/5 |
| Technique / Combat training | 1.30 |
| 0/5 |
| 3/5 |
| 0/5 |
| 3/5 |
| 3/5 |
| 0/5 |
Effects
Quests
You met a novice mage who was tasked to collect an arcane powered artifact. An apprentice taskHe asked for your help, should you collect some that you do not need. * Collect an artifact arcane powered item. | active |
You successfully escorted the lone alchemist to the recall portal on level 2 of Norgos Lair. Escort: lone alchemist (level 2 of Norgos Lair)As a reward you improved Magic by +5. | done |
You successfully escorted the lone alchemist to the recall portal on level 3 of Trollmire. Escort: lone alchemist (level 3 of Trollmire)As a reward you improved Magic by +5. | done |
You have found all the clues leading to the hidden treasure. There should be a way on the third level of the Trollmire. Hidden treasureIt looks extremely dangerous, however - beware. You have slain Bill. His treasure is yours for the taking. | done |
Explore the caves below the ruins of Kor'Pul and the Trollmire in search of treasure and glory! Of trolls and damp caves* You have explored the Trollmire and vanquished Prox the Troll. * You must explore the ruins of Kor'Pul and find out what lurks there and what treasures are to be gained! | active |
Various alchemists around Maj'Eyal are competing to gain entry into the great Brotherhood of Alchemists, and one or more have enlisted your aid. The Brotherhood of AlchemistsStire of Derth needs your help making an elixir of precision. He has given you some notes on the ingredients: * 'Needed: one pouch of luminous horror dust. Not to be confused with radiant horrors. If you encounter the latter, then I suppose there are always more adventurers.' * 'Needed: one snow giant kidney. I suggest not killing the snow giant by impaling it through the kidneys. You'll just have to find another.' * 'Needed: one wretchling eyeball. Evil little things, wretchlings. Feel free to kill as many as you can, though I just need the one intact eyeball.' Marus of Elvala needs your help making an elixir of mysticism. He has given you some notes on the ingredients: * 'Needed: one chunk of ghoul flesh. Unfortunately for you, the chunks that regularly fall off ghouls won't do. I need one freshly carved off.' * 'Needed: one storm wyrm claw. I recommend severing one of dewclaws. They're smaller and easier to remove, but they've never been blunted by use, so be careful you don't poke yourself. Oh yes, and don't get eaten.' * 'Needed: one vial of fire wyrm saliva. Keep this stuff well away from your campfire unless you want me to have to find a new, more alive adventurer.' | active |
A huge mindless and corrupted worm is heading toward Kroshkkur! The Worm That DevoursIt has to be stopped or the Sanctuary will fall, digested in the bowels of giant worm, its forbidden knowledge lost forever. * You have destroyed the Worm's neural spine, preventing the doom of the Sanctuary. | done |
Equipment
| On feet | scholar's pair of iron boots (0 def, 3 armour)3.0 T1 feet armor [Ego] Arcane While equipped: dps ---------- Spell.pwr +3 (+2 eff.) ----- def ----- Armour +3 Fatigue +2% Heavy boots, with metal strips at the toes, heels and other vulnerable parts, to better protect the wearer's feet from harm. |
| On hands | psychic's iron gauntlets of dexterity (+2) (0 def, 1 armour)1.5 T1 hands armor [Ego] Master/Psionic While equipped: Stats +2 Dex dps ---------- Melee+ 5 mind Dmg.mod +4% mind Acc +11 (+4 eff.) ----- def ----- Armour +1 Fatigue +1% Resists +5% mind Learn an unarmed attack talent or enable 'Always show glove combat' to see combat stats. Metal gloves protecting the hands up to the middle of the lower arm. |
| On head | Cyrymina the linen wizard hat (1 def, 10 armour)2.0 T1 head armor [Rare] Nature While equipped: dps ---------- Dmg.mod +11% physical ----- def ----- Armour +10 Defense +1 (+1 eff.) Resists +11% physical Phys.save +3 (+1 eff.) HP.reg +2.00 Stun/Frz- +20% A pointy cloth hat, very wizardly... |
| Tool | evasive elm totem of stinging [power 110] (15 cooldown)2.0 T1 totem charm [Ego+] Nature Sting an enemy dealing 110 nature damage over 7 turns and reducing their healing by 50% Puts all charms on 15 cooldown 100% to gain a 10% chance to evade weapon attacks for 2 turns. Natural totems are made by powerful wilders to store nature power. |
| On fingers | savior's copper ring0.1 T1 ring jewelry [Ego] Master While equipped: ----- def ----- Phys.save +7 (+3 eff.) Spell.save +6 (+3 eff.) Mind.save +6 (+6 eff.) Rings can have magical properties. |
| On fingers | titan's copper ring of tenacity0.1 T1 ring jewelry [Ego] Nature/Master While equipped: Stats +2 Con ----- def ----- Phys.save +4 (+2 eff.) Max.HP +20.00 Disarm- +22% Pinning- +21% Knockbk- +21% Rings can have magical properties. |
| Around neck | grounding copper amulet0.1 T1 amulet jewelry [Ego] Nature While equipped: ----- def ----- Resists +11% lightning Stun/Frz- +21% Amulets can have magical properties. |
| In main hand | Bill's Tree Trunk (30-51 power, 7 apr)5.0 T1 greatmaul 2H weapon [Unique] Master Power 30.0 - 51.0 Physical Uses 130% Str Mastery Weapons Mastery Acc+ +0.2% base dam (max 20%) Apr +7 Crit +1.5% Atk.spd 100% While equipped: Shattering Blow: Level 2.0 Pwr.cost 20 out of 20/20. Range melee/personal Travel.spd instantaneous Description: Hits the target with your weapon, doing 124% damage. If the attack hits, the target's armour and saves are reduced by 11 for 6 turns. Also if the target is protected by a temporary damage shield there is 60% chance to shatter it. Armor reduction chance increases with your Physical Power. This is a big, nasty-looking tree trunk that Bill the Troll used as a weapon. It could still serve this purpose, should you be strong enough to wield it! |
| Main armor | Spinal Cage (5 def, 8 armour)9.0 T2 light armor [Unique] Arcane/Nature While equipped: Stats +2 Dex ----- def ----- Armour +8 Defense +5 (+3 eff.) Fatigue +3% Resists +15% physical Bone Grab: Level 2.0 Pwr.cost 20 out of 30/30. Range 7 Travel.spd instantaneous Is a spell Description: Grab a target and teleport it to your side or if adjacent up to 6 spaces away from you, pinning it there with a bone rising from the ground for 5 turns. The bone will also deal 37.43 physical damage. The damage will increase with your Spellpower. A gross mass of spinal matter hastily assembled into armour. |
| Light source | Summertide Phial1.0 lite [Unique] Nature While equipped: dps ---------- Melee+ 15 Lite Light Burst (radius 1) Dmg.mod +10% light ----- def ----- Resists +30% light Heal.mod +10% ---------- misc Light +5 When attacking in melee, deals 15 light damage and lights tiles in radius 1. Call light, dispelling darkness and lighting tiles in radius 20.(48 power, based on Willpower). Uses 10 power out of 15/15 A small crystal phial that captured Sunlight during the Summertide. |
| Around waist | Emelarinn1.0 T1 belt armor [Rare] Master While equipped: Stats +1 Cun +2 Con ----- def ----- Armour +4 Defense +9 (+5 eff.) Stealth +6 Die.at -40.00 life ---------- misc Infravis +1 A belt that goes around your waist. |
Inventory
4 agate0.0 T1 black gem [Normal] While equipped: Stats +1 Str +1 Dex +1 Mag +1 Wil +1 Cun +1 Con Item imbue powers: Stats +1 Str +1 Dex +1 Mag +1 Wil +1 Cun +1 Con Latent Damage Type: Acid Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals. |
2 spinel0.0 T1 green gem [Normal] While equipped: Defense +2 (+2 eff.) Phys.save +2 (+1 eff.) Spell.save +2 (+1 eff.) Mind.save +2 (+2 eff.) Item imbue powers: Defense +2 (+2 eff.) Phys.save +2 (+1 eff.) Spell.save +2 (+1 eff.) Mind.save +2 (+2 eff.) Latent Damage Type: Nature Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals. |
ametrine0.0 T1 yellow gem [Normal] While equipped: Phys.crit +1.0% Spell.crit +1% Mind.crit +1% Dmg.mod +2% all Item imbue powers: Phys.crit +1.0% Spell.crit +1% Mind.crit +1% Dmg.mod +2% all Latent Damage Type: Light Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals. |
5 citrine0.0 T1 yellow gem [Normal] While equipped: Light +4 Infravis +4 Item imbue powers: Light +4 Infravis +4 Latent Damage Type: Light Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals. |
3 zircon0.0 T1 yellow gem [Normal] While equipped: Armour +1 Resists +1% all Item imbue powers: Armour +1 Resists +1% all Latent Damage Type: Light Gems can be sold for money or used in arcane rituals. |
Crystal Focus0.0 T2 multi-hued gem [Unique] Arcane While equipped: Stats +5 Mag Dmg.mod +20% arcane +20% blight (The created item can be activated to recover the Focus.) Latent Damage Type: Arcane Combine with a weapon (makes a non enchanted weapon into an artifact). Uses 1 power out of 1/1 This crystal radiates the power of the Spellblaze itself. |
Cobrapulverizer the iron pickaxe (dig speed 36 turns)3.0 T1 digger tool [Rare] Nature While equipped: Stats +1 Str +2 Mag +1 Cun dps ---------- Dmg.mod +9% nature +6% lightning Res.pen +10% nature ----- def ----- Resists +10% nature While carried: ---------- misc Talents +1 Dig Allows you to dig a wall, remove a tree, create ways. |
Eye of the Dreaming One2.0 T1 misc tool [Unique] Psionic While equipped: Stats +5 Wil dps ---------- Mind.pwr +5 (+5 eff.) ----- def ----- Mind.save +10 (+8 eff.) The wearer is asleep. Lucid Dreamer: May act while sleeping Sleep: Level 3.0 Pwr.cost 20 out of 25/25. Range 7 Travel.spd instantaneous Is a mind power Description: Puts targets in a radius of 1 to sleep for 3 turns, rendering them unable to act. Every 4 points of damage the target suffers will reduce the effect duration by one turn. When Sleep ends, the target will suffer from Insomnia for a number of turns equal to the amount of time it was asleep (up to ten turns max), granting it 20% sleep immunity for each turn of the Insomnia effect. At talent level 5 Sleep will become contagious and has a 25% chance to spread to nearby targets each turn. The damage threshold will scale with your Mindpower. This ethereal eye stares eternally, as if seeing things that do not truly exist. |
Scrying Orb1.0 orb [Plot Item] Unknown While carried: This orb will automatically identify items you find. |
Transmogrification Chest2.0 sher'tul chest [Plot Item] Unknown While carried: Transmogrify all the items in your chest at once (also done automatically when you change level). Uses 0 power out of 1000/1000 This chest is an extension of old Sher'tul places of power. Any items dropped inside are transported to an other place, processed and destroyed to extract energy. The byproduct of this effect is the creation of gold, which is useless to process, so it is sent back to you. When you possess the chest all items you walk upon will automatically be put inside and transmogrified when you leave the level. Simply go to your inventory to move them out of the chest if you wish to keep them. Items in the chest will not encumber you. |
Rod of Recall (1/1)2.0 rod charm [Plot Item] Unknown Recall the user to the worldmap after 40 turns. Uses 202 power out of 245/400 This rod is made entirely of voratun, infused with raw magical energies that can bend space itself. You have heard of such items before. They are very useful to adventurers, allowing faster travel. |
Achievements
Level 10
Got a character to level 10.By Bozpou the Drem Doombringer level 10
29th Voratun 122nd year of Ascendancy at 14:33 see stats
Log
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Resting starts...
Rested for 3 turns (stop reason: all resources and life at maximum).
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Resting starts...
You are yanked out of this place!
Rested for 37 turns (stop reason: dialog is displayed).
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You gain 5.25 gold from the transmogrification of innervating elm wand of lightning storm [power 116] (15 cooldown).
You gain 2.70 gold from the transmogrification of pair of iron boots of tirelessness (0 def, 3 armour).
You gain 0.05 gold from the transmogrification of rough leather belt.
You gain 1.69 gold from the transmogrification of storming pouch of iron shots (13/13, 12-14.4 power, 1 apr).
You gain 1.15 gold from the transmogrification of flaming iron longsword of massacre (18-25.2 power, 2 apr).
You gain 2.45 gold from the transmogrification of thought-forged iron greatsword (14.5-23.2 power, 1 apr).
You gain 0.25 gold from the transmogrification of iron greatsword (15-24 power, 1 apr).
You gain 0.55 gold from the transmogrification of copper amulet of dexterity (+2).
You gain 1.71 gold from the transmogrification of shielding rune of the titan (absorb 123; dur 3; cd 16).
There is a Entrance to the Scintillating Caves here (press '' or right click to use).
You stride into this area without a second thought, while stifling a yawn. You feel your time might be better spent elsewhere.
Saving game...
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There is a Stairway into the Rhaloren Camp here (press '' or right click to use).
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Saving done.
There is an exit to the worldmap here (press '' or right click to use).
You stride into this area without a second thought, while stifling a yawn. You feel your time might be better spent elsewhere.
















































































