Dark Sun: Shattered Lands

Spells/Effects:

• Toughness(Giant Race): double maximum health [op!!!]
• Insectoid (Three-Krin Race): multihit attack, paralyze, cannot wear items [op!!!]
  [quick, +2 more attacks, chance of paralyzing the enemy, boomerang ranged weapon, superior to the sling and rivaling the bow in power, due to being completely inhuman in shape, they cannot wear armor, cloaks, belts, boots, rings]
• Dualclass(Human Race): can switch to another class, can choose up to 3 classes [op!!!]
  [expand their abilities; choose a new class and start leveling in the chosen class, downside, lose access to previous class abilities, may no longer advance in those classes left behind, once that level rises past their old one, the old class abilities return and allow them to call on both sets of abilities]
• Multiclassing: choose up to 3 classes, lower hp, more utility [strong]
  [experience is divided among the classes rather than focused, gain a fraction of the hp for a level up, slower pace of leveling and less hp growth
• Glitterdust: creates an area of glittering particles, creatures failing save are blinded, invisible creatures are revealed 
• Web: creates a mass of strong sticky webs, preventing movment, can only be removed by fire.
• Absorb Disease: allows you to transfer a disease from one creature to the psionist. [does it pacify them if they have rabies?]
• Share Strength: transfer 2 points of strength to another character for every point sacrificed
• Gaze Reflection: creates a mirror-like area around the caster, any gaze attack will be reflected back at the attacker
• Chill Touch: attacks the life force of a living creature for +x dmg and +y strength loss per successful attack, undead suffer no damage but may flee
• Blink: allows the caster to blink out of existence after acting each round, caster can be attacked before acting in a round, but not after
• Fireball: explosion does 1-6 dmg/lvl to all targets within the area of effect, if target makes a save the damage is halved
• Haste: doubles the recipient's movement and number of melee attacks per round, the spell may age you [-1 year loss]
• Lighting Bolt: 1-6 dmg/lvl to each target in its path
• Slow: halves the movement and number of attacks of all foes within the area of effect
• Vampiric Touch: temporarily allows caster to raise hit points by draining opponents, 1-6 dmg/2lvl
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Quest:

• The Arena: [survive the enemy wave] condemned to fight in Draj's arena until they die, by order of the migthy and omnipotent king tectuktitlay, all slaves fit to carry a sword shall fight in the arena, Death shall be the gladiators' payment for weakness, let the games begin!, this day the mage celgor will battle x, watch and enjoy!, do not worry, $name, your turn will come soon, stand back and watch the battle [show], watch a defiler being torn apart by a rampager, gladiators, step forward, into the arena!, citizens of draj, before you stands x, watch as they fight to the death with the denizens of our land, behold the gift of your king tectuktitlay, vicious defender of draj, the gift of battle and death, monster trainer, release your horde, not a surprise the monster died, it had been sick anyway, it could barely stand, attention gladiators, go back to the pens to heal your wounds, the corridor leads down to the slave pens, do you wish to continue?
  • There are bodies around the floor which have a few useful items on them, There are some tied up people here, but you are best off not dealing with them until you have water, There's also a vulture which you can smack the feathers off and take
  • In subsequent visits, you will be told to approach the center of the arena for your battle, each fight gets progressively more difficult, but when you reach the fifth trip out into the arena you will be challenged by Scar to either escape with him or fight for dominance in the pens. I have not heard of any upper limit to the battles, but you will continue getting tougher fights until you either force your escape or die in the arena
• Insult the narrator: after finishing a wave, you are given the option to yell back at the arena announcer which will trigger additional and tougher fights [more enemy waves spawned]
  
  • Great Match: the crowd is awed by your awesome fighting ability, they begin chanting your name and tossing money down to the arena floor, enjoy your victory, while you can!, you will eventually meet your match!, >is that the best you can do?, >i want to fight again! now!, so anxious to kill, are we? tectuktitlay would be pleased, monster trainer, another fight for our heroes!
    effect: [+next arena wave (harder)][+fame: crowd][+reputation: tectuktitlay][generate gold piles]
    idea: if you get too famous, tectuktitlay himself may come and talk to you personality to congratulate you on your progress. [option to get hired as his personal guard]
  • Boring Match: [took too much time] the citizens of draj grow impatient with delays, i wouldn't suggest waiting for the monsters to die of old age as an entertaining tactic, citizens of draj, these pathetic, wretched sorry excuses for gladiators are not our only entertainment, do not worry! real warriors will be fighting later today, the crowd yawns, a few are still awake to applaud, oh! sorry for the delay, i was just resting my eyes..., what a pathetic creature! its trainer would fight better!, >pathetic? i'll take on your best!, >i am a real warrior and i'll prove it!
    effect: [+next arena wave(harder)][-fame: crowd][-reputation: tectuktitlay]
    idea: if matches continue being boring, trigger harder ones to wipe the party, or guards forcibly remove you for the arena, or archers fire for refusing to take part in the fight
  • Lucky Match: [survived with great injuries] luck seems to be on the side of the gladiators this day, >that wasn't luck!, >you're the lucky one, i will let you live!, even a wounded rat will fight, if cornered, >wounded rats, huh? send out your worst!, >call me a rat again and you'll pay!
  • Finish Match: >you're the best announcer i've seen. effect: delay next fight and return to pens
  • Challenge Tectuktilay: the gladiators seem to have some nerve in them! what?! you upstarts! you dare challenge the legitimacy of his rule, take this!, look on the bodies all you want, it won't help you, you'll still die
  • effect: [trigger sudden death arena waves fights][fight tectuktilay guards][archers fire arrows as background stage effect you must dodge them, like cave collapse, avoid boulders minigame]
    idea: if you survive, you may duel tectuktilay himself, but since he is lv40 and you are lv1, you will wipe unless you import your saved game, or have grinded in the arena a lot
• The Slave Pens:
  
  • Kurzak the Head Guard: These are the slavepens, i'm kurzak, leader of the guards, follow me, i'm here to lead you to your cell, >have many slaves escaped?, no one escapes! keep in line or else!, >working on the pyramid?, the pyramid is being build for the sorcerer-king, everything's been slowed down since his disappearance, but that's all you're entitled to know, >how well-guarded are the exits?, the only exit you'll see is the monster that kills you, >you must not get paid well, i'm compensated by my love of my work, >goodbye, aye, i enjoy seeing you fight in the arena, now get moving!, >such dedication deserves a reward, aye, i believe 35 ceramic pieces would always be welcome, give him the money?, thanks, the money will come in handy, >help me escape or i'll kill you, i hope you fight better than you negotiate, even if i let you go, you'd propably be back fast enough, hand over 48 ceramic pieces and we can be friends, >buy water flask for 40cp, [when he escorts you to the prisoner cells] i'll come get you when it's time for your next fight, if you want to fight before that, knock on the door
  • Legcrusher: half-ogre, it's kurzak you want to talk to, i'm just the monster trainer, [reveals you what next match opponents are]
  • Trustee: the city of draj prides itself on its cruelty and violence, draj warriors are supposedly feared throughout athas, the arena keeps the populace happy and feeds king tectuktitlay with violence, i have a key, go south, i'll be there in a second, would you like to meet dinos?, okay, it's open, don't tell anyone i did this for you! i'm going to get back to work, i'd love to talk more, but i have to get back to work, they don't feed your for nothing around here!,
  • Dinos: i am dinos, you must be new here, >why are you in here?, i was a chief at the red plume inn in draj, a high templar asked for the best meal in the house, which was hafilon, the templar was allergic to nafilon, and assumed that i was trying to cause him an undue illness, i was immediately arrested, >why is your cell so nice?, i cook for the head templar, so he makes sure that i'm not killed by the others, it may be a nice room, but i am locked in here, >have you fought in the arena?, heavens, no, i haven't fought in the arena!, i'm not a gladiator, they would be wasting my talents if i were put in the arena, i'm too good a chef and they know that, >who else is here?, if you ever have any questions about anyone in here, i should be the first person you ask, i know everythig about everyone, the guy who walks around the cell is the trustee, there are two gangs here merzol's and scar's, gilal is an nteresting case, at one point, she was fine, then she was gone for a few days, and she hasn't been the same since, it's a shame to see someone in that state, she can't remember anything past one day, she doesn't even know who i am, she just sits there, not talking to anyone, dinos is an extraordinary cook, when the templars of the pens caught wind of his talents, dinos was taken as his personal chef, dinos hasn't fought in the arena since, he was moved into a suite of rooms, mirlon's ambitious, but he's a little fungus, acts all sweet and friendly 'till he can make some money off you, he'd sell his brother for 5 ceramics, scar's the toughest gladiator around, and the crowd's favorite in the arena, he rules the inner slave pens, 
  • Gilal: i stole a loaf of bread to feed my family, they were starving, i had no other choice, a neighbor turned me in for the reward money, his family was starving too, >what's all this straw for?, it's what we sleep on, of course, draj's gladiators may be respected, but we still sleep on the cold ground, >have you fought in the arena?, after i was arrested, i was immediately thrown into the arena with five other gladiators to fight a pack of screamer beetles, i was the only survivor, luckily, i haven't fought since, >what creatures do gladiators fight?, initially, all you fight are screamer beetles and sligs, later, they throw some wild muls and renegade halfings at you, once you get really good, they start putting you in with things like mountain stalkers, i'm glad i never got that far, i wouldn't have survived it, >has anyone escaped from here?, has anyone escaped? i think... i... oh, my head! the pain!, >are you all right?, >what happened?, a sharp pain went searing through my head, every time i think, my headache gets worse, i'll talk to you when i feel better
  • Merzol: did you stash the stuff in the haystack?, quet, someone's outside the door!, don't talk to me, talk to merzol, the boss is the one you want to talk to, unh... haystack? what haystack? oh... that haystack, wait a minute! why do you think there's something in the haystack! you spying on us?, don't play smart with me! you asked about that particular haystack! how did you know?, you were listening in on our conversation? if i ever catch you doing that again, i'll have to kill you!, reaches his hand into the haystack and comes out with a small bug which crawls out of his hand, searching for a second time reveals a gem, hey, stay away from that or i'll have to kill you, >eavesdrop, shh, not yet!, 
  • Mirlon: hello there! it's good to see you, please forgive my appearance, i've been in here awhile, >i am $name, it's a pleasure, $name, >can you help me?, i doubt it, i'm not much for concocting ideas, >let's talk escape, escape? i've considered it, but i don't have much chance of succeeding by myself, together, we could do it! i'm sick of this place, however, first we will need money, >how could i find money?, well, i happen to know the location of a very valuable gem, if you find it and bring it to me, i will be able to apply the proper bribes to affect an escape, >where's the gem?, it was owned by a slave named semyon, he's chained up in the arena, it's propably still on his body, >it's a deal! i'll be back soon, >i have nothing to discuss
  • Scar: i don't know you, you must be the new gladiators, i'm scar and i run these pens, don't cross me and there won't be any trouble, understand?, maybe after a couple more visits to the arena we'll talk
  • Secret Cell: the door doesn't open, it seems sturdy, >pick the lock, >knock on the door, after a moment, the door opens slowly, a breeze picks up in the room suddenly, closing the door, [yes the door behind you closes, and you are trapped in a cell, alone to rot forever], $name hears a secret door shut and lock, there is no handle on this side of the door!, >take the hinges off the door, with a little work, you completely remove the door, finds some suspicious cracks in the wall, with a little searching he finds the button on the north wall, >button[hidden must click correct pixel to use], hears a click as the secret door to the west opens,
  • you must be near a source of water to fill the jug
  • Next Match: $name! Get up here! It's your turn in the arena!, Good thing you got here, i though i was going to have to send out legcrusher [if you take too long, you get a beating = less starting hp on next match], the crowd is waiting! get moving!, give us a good show, draw the battle out enough to make it interesting [maybe special condition changes per arena match], citizens of draj! behold these gladiators as they fight in melee with the terrible beasts that exist beyond our walls, thank your king tectuktitlay for his protection, hail our lord master, the great tectuktitlay whose protective wings smother us all in their malignant glory!,
  • uuhh... help... water..., >i'll untie you!, [collapses], >you're not worth lettting loose, his body falls to the ground lifelessly, vulture, he's anticipating lunch, 
  • i see you made it, well, back to the pens until the next fight 
  • Escape: sound the alarm! escaped prisoners! 
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