Menzoberranzan (Part 3)

                 Solution by Alex van Kaam

@~Continued from Issue 40

-----> Stage 8, Temple of Dumathoin - 3,

NPC: None
Monsters: Spitting crawlers and Hook horrors
Items: Potion of fire resistance, Citrine, Plate mail, Halberd,
       Iron circle key, Diamond, Shield of lightning protection,
       Shield, Silver axe key, Axe of hurling, Battle axe, Ring
       of generation, 2 Potions of extra heal and the Scrolls of
       Improved identify, Remove paralysis and Draw dexterity.

Again an easy level, there are three things you must find to
advance, the iron circle key to the north/west, a diamond to the
north and a silver axe key to the north/east.

Explore the whole level and go through the door with the iron
circle lock, here you will find the fountain, place the diamond in
your hand and use it on the fountain, in return you will get the
axe of hurling, now place the chalice in your hand and Borenorak
will be healed.

The exit to this level is south from the fountain.

-----> Stage 6, Temple of Dumathoin - 1

NPC: None
Monsters: Roper
Items: None

You will now enter in the s/e area, kill the roper and go down
the other stairs.




-----> Stage 5, Dwarven Mines

NPC: None
Monsters: Drow fighters and Drow priestesses
Item: None

You will appear in the north/east of this level, kill the Drow and
make your way to the first door, here you will be ambushed by Drow
fighters and they will take Drizzt.

Now before going any further go back to the Temple of Dumathoin,
level 2 and free the prisoner, he will join you but you must help
him find the Myconids and their king, he is the only one who can
help Vlakverdling from his poison.

Now make your way back to were you were ambushed and give
Vlakverdling the items that Drizzt dropped, you have to hurry
since Vlakverdling is suffering from the radiation and he needs
Drizzt's gem.

After all this go through the gate, kill the Drow and make your
way to the mine car, remember, once you entered this there is no
way back.

-----> Stage 9, Cavern of the Myconids

NPC: None
Monsters: Violet funguses, Shriekers, Umber hulks and Fungi
          Skeletons
Items: Jade spider, Quiver, 4 Arrows, Ring of protection,
       Adamantite chain helm, Battle axe, Dagger of throwing,
       Adamantite plate helm, Wand of enemy detection, 3 Lumps
       of fungus, 2-Handed sword, Plate mail and the Scrolls of
       Magical stones, Levitate, Hold monster, Protection from
       evil 10 foot, Flame strike, Haste and Vampiric touch.

Near your entrance you will find a Jade spider, take it and attach
it to the helm you got from the innkeeper, now explore the east
and west of this level and after this head south.  At some places
you will see a pillar standing in front of an entrance, to get
through just walk through the wall that closes the other side of
this entrance.

After a while you will come to a large area with Fungi skeletons,
kill them and head south, here you will meet Myconids guards,
after a short chat they send you to their king called Feerus, he
can be found south from the guards in his throne room.  He will
help you with a cure for Vlakverdling if you destroy an Umber hulk
who is destroying the fungus fields.

Go west, kill the Umber hulk and return to Feerus, he will give
you 3 lumps of fungus, use one on Vlakverdling to cure him, now go
and find the exit in the south/west of this level.

-----> Stage 10, Cavern of the Galeb Duhr

NPC: None
Monsters: Ropers and Verbeegs
Items: Plate helm, Galeb Duhr's necklace, White robe, Blue candle,
       Chest with Borgenar's stone, Broad sword, Quiver, Shield,
       Blue gem, 5 Potions of flying, 3 Potions of passweb and the
       scrolls of Cone of cold, darkfire, Wizard's eye, Spider
       cloak armor, Aid, Acid bolt, Enchant weapon, Prayer and
       Disintegrate.

At the start this area is very small, and you will soon meet Galeb
Duhr, talk to him and he will tell you that if you return his
necklace he will open a passageway for you, agree and he will make
a passage to the north.

Go north and you will find his necklace in the north/west, nearby
you will also find Borgenar's stone, use this to cast stone skin
on one or all party members.  Return the necklace to Galeb Duhr
and he will open a passage to the west, now find the exit in the
south/west corner, remember that once through there is no way
back.




-----> Stage 11, Caverns of the Driders - 1

NPC: None
Monsters: Carrion crawlers, Violet funguses, Driders, Uropyguses
          and Drow fighters.
Items: Javelin of lightning, Plate mail, Blue gem, 3 Potions of
       flying and the Scrolls of Passweb, Cure serious wounds,
       Ice knife, Slow, Improved identify and Cure disease.

This is a bit of a tricky level, east of where you start you will
find 2 transporters, one of these is behind a web.  Now first
enter the one behind the web, if you take the other one you will
reach a point where you can't go back anymore and you would miss a
large piece of this and the Myconids' level.

So be sure that you take the one behind the web, if you encounter
any rust monsters you have taken the wrong one.

Now make your way to the north/west, finding a blue gem and an
exit to the Myconids' level.

-----> Stage 9, Cavern of the Myconids

NPC:
Monsters: Ochre jellies and Night hunters
Items: Potion of levitation, Admantite plate mail, Halberd and
       the scrolls of Draw strenght and Web.

You will now be able to map the north/west area of this level, in
the south/east of this area behind 2 doors is a hole in the
floor, do not enter this, it will drop you to the Caverns of the
Driders - 1 but you will miss a lot of that level.

After mapping this area go back the same way you came.

-----> Stage 11, Caverns of the Driders - 1

NPC: None
Monsters: Rust monsters, Carrion crawlers, Driders, Drow fighters,

          Drow priestesses, Uropyguses, Violet funguses and
          Cloaker lords.
Items: Blue gem, Rusted plate mail, Ivory scroll case, Rod of
       anti levitation, Wand of magic missile, Adamantite chain
       mail, Potion of passweb, Potion of flying and the Scrolls
       of Lightning bolt, Cure critical wounds, Ice storm and
       Fireseed.

Now make your way back to the transporter behind the web and take
the other one, it's a bit to the south.

Now make sure that you explore this whole area, getting the gem,
before you continue to explore the area behind the Carrion
crawler, because in the area behind him is a one way transporter.

This transporter will transport you to a new small area, here you
will find another transporter which will transport to yet another
area where you will find the exit to the next level.


-----> Stage 12, Caverns of the Driders - 2

NPC: Vonar
Monsters: Driders
Items: Throwing knife, Black candle, Gauntlets of stone giants
       strenght, Gem of infravision and the Scrolls of Spider
       venom immunity and Stinking cloud.

This is a small level, north of your entrance you will find Vonar,
swap him for Vlakverdling, then west you will find a exit back to
the Caverns of the Driders - 1, now this is where you would have
come from if you dropped through the hole on the Myconids' level.

North of where you found Vonar you will encounter a drider by the
name of Maznafein, he will give you a scroll to pass a chasm if
you agree to go and see Ssar Tarell in the bazaar of
Menzoberranzan.  Make the deal and continue east until you find
the gem and the exit.


-----> Stage 11, Caverns of the Driders - 1

NPC: None
Monsters: Night hunters and Cloaker lords.
Items: Potion of fly, Potion of giant strenght, Piwafwi cloak,
       2 Blue gems, Keoghtom's ointment and the Scroll of
       Flamestrike.

Make your way west until you come to a big spider web, use the
scroll you got from Maznafein here.

Now explore the rest of this level until you reach the exit to the
east.

-----> Stage 13, Underground river

NPC: None
Monsters: A lot
Items: None

Pay the ferryman 2 gems and enter the boat, but be sure you are at
full health because on your trip on this boat you are being
attacked by a lot of monsters and there is nothing you can do
about it.

After leaving the boat go to the exit.

-----> Stage 14, Approach to Menzoberranzan

NPC: None
Monsters: Uropyguses and Umber hulks
Items: Keoghtom's ointment, Banded mail and the Scroll of Raise
       dead.

This is a small easy level, just find the exit in the south/east
and go through.  You have now reached the city of Menzoberranzan,
on the map that you see now are several buildings, some you can
enter now, others later after doing certain tasks.

Now first enter the merchant's bazaar.

-----> Menzoberranzan, Merchant's bazaar

NPC: None
Monsters: None
Items: Long sword, Potion of levitation, Potion of healing and
       the Scroll of Cure serious wounds

Ssar Tarell's shop is the second shop east of the entrance, enter
it and talk to her, tell her you met Maznafein and after a short
conversation she will send you to Jalyfein in the Tower of
Sorcery.

Leave the bazaar and enter the Tower of Sorcery.

@~The final part will be next issue



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