Great Pyramid

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Area Designer:

Andersen (HexOnyx)

• Modified Furry (CircleMUD)

• Modified  Shoes (JediMUD 1995)

Directions:

• Apex: e*n*e*u*n*u*n*e*u*e*u*open down (from Werith's Wayhouse) Note: all mobs here are calmable!
• Pyramid: s*s*s*s*s*s*e*e*s*s*e*e*e*e*e*e*e*e*e*e*e*e*n*u*n*u*s*e*u*open d* (Mid Temple)
• Caryatid d*d*e*e*e*e*n*open d*d*open n*n*(from apex)
• Sphinx: s*open u*u*s*s*w*open d*d*s*s*s*e*n*s*w*s*s (from Caryatid)
• Scarab: s*open u*u*s*w*u*u*w*n*w*w*s (from Caryatid)
• Ramses: n*e*e*s*s*s*s*w*unlock w*open w*w*d*d*open s*s*s*open d*d (from Scarab)
• Sphinx: u*n*n*u*u*e*e*e*e*e*open d*d*s*s*s*e*n*s*w*s*s (from Ramses)
• Scarab: n*e*n*w*n*n*u*w*w*w*n*n*n*n*w*w*s (from Sphinx)
• Jinn: n*e*n*w*n*n*u*w*w*w*n*n*n*n*w*w*d*s*d*d*unlock s*s (from Sphinx)

Reset Time:

20 minutes (occupied)

Story/History:

From the sands of the Eastern Desert rises the Great Pyramid. Once the focal point of a great nation, it now stands alone, that nation having been swallowed by the desert sands long before history was recorded--even before the great city of Thalos was built. Now, the pyramid is home to many fabled creatures. Here walk the stuff of legends--mummies and sphinxes, crypt robbers and raiders. The brave adventurers who have chanced the dangers of the pyramid to win great riches speak in hushed tones of a great mummified lord ruling from deep within the burial chambers of the pyramid.

Mobs of Note:

Ali Baba - (obsidian dirk, cloth turban), androsphinx - (lion's paw), caryatid - (stone scimitar), criosphinx - (book of riddles), djinn - (emerald key, tarnished lamp), Efreeti - (small, hot ball of fire), gynosphinx - (ankh), inner sarcophagus - (ancient dust, Medallion of Akinra), large sarcophagus - (inner sarcophagus), mummy - (cloth wrappings), Pyramid watcher - (Egyptian mace, sand colored robes), Ramses - (curse of the mummy, small elixir, Mask of Ramses, Ring of Renewal ), Sphinx - (sandy-coloured ring , sphinxian leggings )

General Zone Strategies:

There are four main farming runs in the Great Pyramid: the Medallion of Akinra, the Sandy Coloured Rings/ Sphinxian Leggings, the Mask of Ramses / Ring of Renewal and the hot ball of fire farming runs.

If you're running straight SAC, grab the hot ball of fire from the Efreet down the entrance ladder and immediate into the west chamber at the base of the ladder. He's aggro!

If you're interested in the neutral Mask of Ramses, continue left from the Efreet's Chamber along the northern passage and around to the west, T, picking up the scarab from the ground in the northwest gallery and bring it to the locked door in the western gallery. Descend several levels to the dais. Ramses awaits.

At this point you'll have to choose between two distinct paths: one that takes you to the Djinn in the Lamp Room, and another which takes you into the Sandstone Crypt and to the Sphinx. (Note that the djinn's tarnished lamp now offers a special proc that summons a djinni!)

For the Akinra, get the stone key from the caryatid in the east gallery of the Great Pyramid, Open the outer sarcophagus to obtain the inner sarcophagus (8% loads Medallion of Akinra, on crash only). Run over to the NW corner of the main gallery level and descend down the vertical passage and get the hidden diamond from the Rough Crevasse room. Descend one more level and unlock the djinn's secret door south with the diamond. The Djinn holds the emerald key for the inner sarcophagus where, if you are lucky, you will find the Medallion of Akinra .

Do this part of the area quest last, as this is a one way adventure and there is no return from the Djinn's Chamber besides recall or summon out.

The Great Sphinx (sandy-coloured ring) can be found 2s*e*n*s*w*2s from the Sandstone Crypt. The Sphnx is not aggressive, but will entropy, pzars and has memory. so C/A PFA, jedi BRAIN IMPLOSION, C/B PETRIFY or STRIKE it down.

The answer unlocks a hidden room south of the Sphinx containing a treasure horde and a pair of sphinxian leggings.  Junk the answer when running sandy-coloured rings as it will block load. Junk the golden sphinx and the blazing sun wand as they block the leggings load. Watch for a variety of roaming sphinxian guards.

Beware of the DT in the Sand Storm maze near the Sphinx

Equipment:

ITEM	TYPE	MOB	LOAD %	DISPLAY
behemoth's scalp	shield	Ali Baba		mL 10 !mcnjb 4 ac 1 dex 15 mov
dirk, obsidian	weapon	Ali Baba		mL 0 !c !n 1D20 10.5 avg 1 hit -1 dam
turban, cloth	head	Ali Baba		mL 0 !rests 10 ac 1 dex 5 hp
paw, lion's	weapon	androsphinx	50.0%	mL 5 !rests 1D15 8.0 avg 3 hit 1 con
scimitar, stone	weapon	caryatid		mL 0 !rests 4D5 12.0 avg 2 hit 1 dam
stone*	key	caryatid		mL 0 !rests
book of riddles	treasure	criosphinx		mL 0 !rests
emerald	key	djinn		mL 0 !rests unlock his door with diamond
lamp, small tarnished	wand	djinn	40.0%	mL 10 !rests 2 x regenerate
small hot ball of fire	light	Efreeti		mL 5 !rests 10 mov 10 hp
ankh	hold	gynosphinx	40.0%	mL 0 !e 7 ac 1 wis
dust, ancient	trash	inner sarcophagus		mL 0 !rests
medallion, Akinra	neck	inner sarcophagus	8.0%	mL 0 !rests 2 ac 30 mana
inner sarcophagus	container	large sarcophagus		mL 0 !r
wrappings, cloth	about	mummy		mL 0 !rests 21 ac -3 ss best enchant
jar, formaldehyde	potion	on ground		mL 0 !rests 3 x cure light
scarab, small emerald	key	on ground		mL 0 !rests
bottle, embalming fluid	potion	pyramid watcher		mL 0 !rests 1 x poison
mace, egyptian	weapon	Pyramid watcher		mL 0 !rests 2D6 7.0 avg
robe, sand colored	about	Pyramid watcher		mL 0 !rests 4 ac enchantable
Curse of the Mummy	hold	Ramses the Damned		mL 0 !rests -50 hp 1 x curse
elixir, small glass	potion	Ramses the Damned		mL 0 !rests 1 x heal
golden mask	head	Ramses the Damned	10.0%	mL 15 n! 20 ac 8 mana 5% mnR 1 x word of death
golden mask	face	Ramses the Damned	10.0%	mL 15 n! 20 ac 8 mana 5% mnR 1 x word of death
pile of sand	trash	Ramses the Damned		mL 0 !rests blocks mask max 1
Ring of Renewal	ring	Ramses the Damned		mL 15 !mcb 3 ac 10% hpR
diamond	key	rough crevasse		mL 0 !rests invisible on ground
answer	key	Great Sphinx		mL !rests max 1
blazing sun	owand	(Hole in the Sand)		mL 15 !wb -5 hit -5 dam 3 x flamestrike
golden sphinx	treasure	(Hole in the Sand)		mL 0 !rests blocks leggings max 1
sandy-colored	ring	Great Sphinx	10.0%	mL 17 !g 8 ac 15 hp 15 mana
sphinxian leggings	leg	(Hole in the Sand)	20.0%	mL 15 !e 20 ac 11 hp 6% hpR

Maps:

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  Dank's original pyramid map, c. 1994.
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  Dank's hand-drawn new pyramid map, c. 1998.
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  The new Sphinx complex featuring the Sphinx, his answer to the riddle, and the Asphyxiated! DT
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  Danks' Level One of the Great Pyramid using Inkarnate Cloud Battlemap Software