DRAGON WARS by Interplay - Part 4

                   Supplied by Phil Darke

@~Concluded from Issue 60

SLAVE ESTATE:
Located on Forlorn. You can learn in Lansk that Mog left this
estate to you. There are two buildings on the estate, one large
and one small.  Surrounding the estate are gardens with numerous
statues. Enter the large building through either of the entrances
on the EAST side <there is an entrance on the west side, but do
avoid it>. There are four treasures to be found in the large
building:
TREASURE 1:
  Hammer
  Ruby Dagger str 3
  Short sword
  Dragon Stones <6 quantity>
TREASURE 2: Mirror
TREASURE 3:
  Gauntlets
  Helm
  Arrow
  Magic Lamp  <20 charges of light spell>
  Shield
  Gold <1500>
TREASURE 4:
  Hand axe
  Gold <100>
In the southwest corner of the large building you will find the
artisan of the statues you have seen in the gardens. He is really
a Gaze Monster. Use the MIRROR to avoid being turned to stone.
Paragraph notes for Slave Estate: 1, 105, 99, 103, 117

SMUGGLER'S COVE:
Located north of Mud Toad on Quag, this is the pirate hang out of
Long John Ugly. On the northeast you wlil find a statue to Irkalla
at which you can pray. On the west you will find Long John's hang
out. Use Bureaucracy and pay at least 50g to enter. Inside you
will find two doors, one to the west and the other to the south.
Taking the southern door, Long John will ferry you over to
Necropolis, but he will not bring you back <there is a way, but it
isn't easy for beginning characters>. The west door reveals the
pirates' most precious possession, a ship! The pirates will fight
you to the death for this ship and they are a nasty bunch! They
can be defeated, but it is not easy. Defeating them gets you not
only unlimited use of the ship, but also a treasure. This treasure
chest will disappear even if you do not remove all its contents.
Take the gold and the Jade Eyes and the plate.
 TREASURE 1:
  Gold<3000>
  Pilgrim Garb <available also in Kingshome>
  Old Peg Leg
  Hook
  Parrot
  Heavy Plate
  Jade Eyes    <needed in ruins on King's Island>
Paragraph notes for Smuggler's Cove: 39, 3, 41, 43, 24

SNAKE PIT:
This city is located on the southwest corner of King's Island and
is accessable from the Old Bridge. On the north you will find the
King's boathouse. Leave the lad who is guarding this building
alone until you locate the secret rooms in the center of the large
cluster of buildings in the center of the city. In the wooded area
in the north you will find Branches. Use the Branches at the old
man in the tree on the south side of this area will get you the
BEAST CALL spell <druid magic>. The STONE HEAD needed for the
statue in Mud Toad is found on the west shore of this area.  There
is a large cluster of buildings in the center of the Snake Pit. A
secret passage from the room with the jester leads north into the
room where you will find two treasures:
TREASURE 1:
   Signet Ring  <use to gain access to Kingshome>
   Jewels       <worth 4000g>
TREASURE 2:
  Luck Wand
  Crush Mace
  Mega Bolt
  Grand Sword
  Magic Bow    dex 10
Use the signet ring where the boy guards the boat house and you
have access through a secret door to a boat that will take you out
of this area and left near Kingshome.
Paragraph notes for Snake Pit: 75, 76, 80, 81

STRANGE BUILDING:
See MAGIC COLLEGE

SUNKEN RUINS:
Accessable from the Eastern Isles <with the ship from Smuggler's
Cove>, you need to have accomplished freeing Irkalla from the Isle
of Woe prior to fully exploring this area. Irkalla would have
given you a breathe water potion that will be needed to enter the
lower level of this area. The upper level features a locked door
that take a skill of lockpick 4 to open and two secret passages.
In the center area there is a treasure:


TREASURE 1:
  Driftwood
  Flotsam
  Spiked Flail
  Driftwood
Using the breathe water potion you can enter the lower area. The
map wraps upon itself here and is relatively small in size. In one
large room you will fing a clam containing the SKULL OF ROBA. Do
not attempt to take the skull from the clam, just take the clam
<skull and all>. There is a locker to be found in this area <must
be Davy Jones'> in which is the following:
LOCKER:
  Trident
  Dragon Plate
  Dragon Sword
The locker is guarded by some pretty nasty creatures, so throw
everything you've got at them or be prepared to take a trip
through the Necropolis to the well of resurrection.
No paragraph notes for the Sunken Ruins.

TAR'S RUINS <above ground>:
This area is accessable from Forlorn or from the Tar's Ruins
underground. To reveal the entrance to the underground use
strength on a rock on the northeast side. On the west side you
will find the body of a dead hero:
DEAD HERO:
  Firesword
  Lg Shield
  Dragon Stones <6>
On the southwest, you will find a cache of scrolls:
CACHE:
  Air Summon   <high magic>
  Elvar's Fire <high magic>
  Exorcism     <sun magic>
  Guidance     <sun magic>
In the center of the ruins is a 3X3 square building upon whose
walls you will see murals. These murals are an important hint on
how to deal with the Lansk Dragon.
Paragraph notes for Tar's Ruins <above ground>: 23

TAR'S RUINS <underground>:
Accessable from the Magan Underworld and from the Ruins on
Forlorn.  The entrance from the Magan Underworld leaves you in a
small enclosed room.  To return to M/Underworld, use the ability
climb, to explore this area exit through the secret passage to the
north. Immediately west of the square just described is another
secret room containing STONE ARMS which are needed in Mud Toad.
This area wraps north to south, east to west. It doesn't take too
much exploration to locate the other two secret passages that
contain treasures:
TREASURE 1:
  Healing Potion
  Dragon Stone<5>
TREASURE 2:
  Gold <2500>
  Fire Light   <high magic>
  Death Curse  <druid magic>
  Sun Stroke   <sun magic>
  Gold <1000>
No paragraph notes for Tar's Ruins.

YELLOW MUD TOAD:
See MUD TOAD.

END GAME AREAS & STRATEGY:
Prior to visiting Salvation it is a good idea to spend some time
in the Magan Underworld near the energy pool that restores magic
power CHARGEing up magic items with spells upon them. Of
particular use are HEALING POTIONS, BATTLE WAND <battle power
spell>, DRAGON HORN <rage of mithras spell>, and the SPEED WAND
<zak's speed>. You may choose to carry others at this point, but
the above will make your life in this end game period much easier.
The maximum charges you can boost in any item is 49. It will take
some time to charge all the items, but setting up a macro will
make this easier and is certainly worth the time and effort. If
you have already visited Salvation and taken the treasure that is
to be found there, be certain to stock up on DRAGON STONES before
entering into the end game period. Clear out of your inventory
anything that you do not need so that you can carry more dragon
stones.

SALVATION:
Accessable from Nisir or Magan Underworld. The exit to Nisir is in
the north and the stairs to the Magan Underworld are in the
southwestern portion of this area. On the west side there is a
treasure guarded by a rather nasty group of monsters.
TREASURE 1:
  Mage Staff        worth 10,000g
  Dragon Helm
  Dragon Plate
  Spiked Mace
  Heavy Sword
  Dragon Eye<28>    restores 30 points of magic power
On the east side of Salvation is a shrine to the universal god
<note 97>, use the Freedom Sword at this area. Doing so will allow
you to cast INFERNO SPELLS using the Freedom Sword. Not far from
the stairs to Magan Underworld and treasure 1 is a door. Avoid it.
Close to this door is an area where you will get a message about
an intelligent man could figure out a way through this wall. Use
intelligence then use the ability climb. You will now be in an
area where <3 squares south and 2 squares east> you over look a
chasm.  Use the Golden Boots to jump the chasm. Entering through
the doors here, you will begin to explore a large room when you
will suddenly find yourself falling into the Depths of Nisir.
Paragraph notes for Salvation: 97, 100, 55

DEPTHS OF NISIR:
Accessable only from Salvation, this area represents the most
complex area to map. The map wraps east to west and north to south
and include teleportals and turning floors. Use GUIDANCE to
maintain your sense of direction and look at the automap often.
Because the map wraps, it is difficult to give precise directions
on where you need to go. From your beginning location you need to
go 17 squares north and 14 squares east to reach an area that will
teleport you to an otherwise unaccessable area where Namtar is
hiding out with his army. Using SOFTEN STONE is your best means of
getting there.

Exploration of the entire area results in lots of encounters which
can rapidly drain your supply of Dragon Eyes and Dragon Stones.
Use CLOAK ARCANE for added protection against those encounters you
cannot avoid. Once you have reached the teleportal that will take
you to Namtar, walk south. Before you enter the larger area <you
are in a one square wide hallway> use the DRAGON GEM. The Queen
Dragon will answer and rout Namtar's army <thank heavens> and
Namtar, well sort of. Namtar will spring back to life and you will
fight him over and over again before you finally can pick up his
ashes.

Once you have you will be teleported to the Magan Underworld near
the energy restore pool the location of which you should by now be
most familiar. You will have time to restore your energy before
Namtar springs to life again. Kill him and head as fast as you can
to the cross shaped area surrounded by pits <chasms> in the
extreme south <see Magan Underworld notes> of the Magan
Underworld. Namtar will spring to life yet again. Defeat him and
use his ashes <body>. THis will result in his being thrown into
the chasm that spawned him and his destruction!  YOU'VE WON THE
GAME!!!
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