Rhyoden Kingdom

Area Designer:

Heimdal

Revised by Infoteq, Dranor, and Lifetaker (JediMUD)

Directions:

To Old Trail Protector: s*s*s*s*s*s*e*e*s*s*e*e*e*e*e*e*e*e*e*e*e*n*n*n*s*s*w*w*e*e*s*e*e*e*e (from Midgaard Temple)

To Gates of the Outpost: e*e*s*s*s*s*s*s*s*s*s*s*s*open panel*e*e (from the OId Trail Protector)

Reset Time:

45 minutes (empty)

Story/History:

Once splendid and proud, ruling the Eastern Desert from deep within a mountain, the ancient Kingdom of Rhyoden is now a ghost of its former self.  Quite literally, a ghost, as all its inhabitants are now rumored to be held in a spectral state, awaiting a return to its former glory.  

What little information is known about the ancient kingdom speaks of its great champion as still alive deep within the stronghold, and a master mage attempting to restore its inhabitants to life.  Even adventurers of tremendous strength and repute have met their doom here...

For the Troglodyte Caves portion of this zone, please see Troglodyte Caves and Outpost.

Mobs of Note:

Valik (Necklace of Wisdom, Cloak of Invisibility - Part of the Deathly Hallows), Captain Cyro (combat jumpsuit), Andrus (Arcane Leggings, Staff of the Magi ) Siawyn (Laurel Crown, Purple Heart Medallion, Key to Aliste), General Quagar (Black Onyx Ring, Hat of the Strategist)

General Zone Strategies:

The ghostly soldiers and drill sergeants are wimpy/ aggressive, meaning they will attack only sleeping characters.  The ghostly lieutenants are evil aggressive.  All the mobiles in this area are resist physical (!phys) damage, except the Gate Guardian.  Use your wodding Mage, brain imploding Jedi, or a critical hitting Ninja (damage through phys)  in Rhyoden. (To allow your cleric to sleep in Rhyoden, you may calm the soldiers and drills.) Beware the wandering Major Kyrin, Captain Cyro and lieutenants. If you can't calm, but need to sleep for mana, seek out the cell in the basement. It has a door that can be closed.

The Kingdom of Rhyoden is part of a larger area, The Troglodyte Caves and Outpost .  I have split the two areas because they comprise many rooms, and each zone has a different set of goals, being somewhat unrelated in scope and story.

To enter Rhyoden, find the Gate Guardian and get the Ring of Rhyoden.  The Guardian blocks north and prevents flee, so be prepared.

Proceed north and east to the gate guards and obtain the Rhyoden Gate Key.   Beware! Any of the mini-boss mobs (Kyrin, Cyro. lieutenants) can spawn in the small approach to the inner Rhyoden gate. Because the guards will assist upon melee, blind both guards and look at each guard to determine who holds the inner gate key. Take down the holder and proceed. Soheis can take the key holder down in a single round and might be able to skip the blinding step.

Find Cyro and obtain his twisted key to Quagar.  General Quagar is upstairs on the second floor.  Take down Quagar the godly key to Siawyn's mahogany door, just outside and immediately to the right of Quagar's room. Quagar is not aggro and has no defender procs. Maggie, Quagar's faithful puppy, will fido (eat corpses).  

Siawyn holds the invisible key to the secret cave near the Old Trail Protector home to Aliste (bracers) his lover, Liana (slick gloves).   Siawyn tosses, pzars!, entropies (ATK_TANK), areas and prevents flee. Siawyn fidos and will scavenge, typically your water container. Siawyn will wander pet spam. Traditionally, grapple groups back in the solo days, and mage squads fare well against Siawyn. Alternatively, defeat him using a C/A with PFA active. Siawyn is resist phys and strikes are capped at 300 damage.

Andrus, the Master Archmage, is upstairs from Siawyn. Use the godly key to unlock his trapdoor. Andrus pzars! and entropies, but doesn't area or toss. Use a C/A combo with PFA. Soheis have less effect with Andrus as he caps phys at 100 damage.

Liana and Aliste are east, south and down (invisible key) from Old Trail Protector. They are standard phys damage mobs. Blast them with anything.

To force the load of an enchantable Sword of the Protector (mud slang: psword) , drop five MAG flag (green glow) swords in a room where they cannot be picked up by wandering mobs.  Once there are five in game, MAG flag pswords will be blocked, forcing enchantable loads at a 35% chance.  

The stockade room, lower floor, far east, has a cabinet and desk that hold keys to the lockers on the ground floor. Use a picking thief to open the cabinet and desk to get these keys.

Equipment:

ITEM	TYPE	MOB / OBJECT	LOAD %	MOB HP	DISPLAY
aliste's bracers	arm	Aliste	20.0%	1451	mL 10 tn! 7 ac 2 dam 1 dex
some of Aliste's treasure	treasure	Aliste			50K coins
arcane leggings	leg	Andrus	6.0%	3251	mL 20 !twnb 15 mana 10% mnR
the staff of the magi	weapon	Andrus	20.0%	3251	mL 15 ms! 6D4 15.0 avg 3 dam 15 mana
greatsword, broken	weapon	broken cart			mL 0 !rests 1D3 2.0 avg
black potion of healing	potion	crate			mL 0 !rests heal
Boots of Sneaking	foot	elven corpse			mL 0 !mcpab 2 dex
breast plate, metallic	body	elven corpse			mL 0 !mtnrb 30 ac -6 acM -3 ss ench!
cap, leather	head	elven corpse			mL 0 !rests 2 ac ench!
commoner's longsword	weapon	elven corpse			mL !rests
helm, steel	head	elven corpse			mL 9 !mctnb 18 ac ench!
shield, metallic	shield	elven corpse			mL 0 !mb 5 ac 1 str
sleeves, chain	arm	elven corpse			mL 0 !mr 12 ac -6 acM -3 ss ench!
grey metal key	key	filing cabinet, Stockade			mL !rests to lockers
arm plates, black metal	arm	Gate Guardian			mL 0 g! 7 ac
boots, black metal	foot	Gate Guardian			mL 0 g! 6 ac ench!
breast plate, black metal	body	Gate Guardian			mL 0 !e 36 ac -6 acM -3 ss ench!
gauntlets, black metal	hand	Gate Guardian	75.0%		mL 0 g! 6 ac
helm, black metal	head	Gate Guardian			mL 0 g! 10 ac
leg plates, black metal	leg	Gate Guardian			mL 0 g! 14 ac
Ring of Rhyoden	key	Gate Guardian	99.0%		mL 0 !rests to Outpost
The Greatsword	weapon	Gate Guardian	38.5%		mL 12 !rests 3D8 13.5 avg 2 hit 2 dam
black onyx ring	ring	General Quagar	3.0%	2850	mL 15 !mcpajsb 2 ac 3 hit 2 dam
Key of the Gods	key	General Quagar	17.0%	2850	mL 0 !rests to Siawyn
the hat of the strategist	head	General Quagar	70.0%	2850	mL 0 !rests 2 int 2 wis
damascus steel knife	weapon	Ghost Major of Kyrin		1650	mL 0 r! !n 1D3 2.0 avg 2 dex 5% mvR
combat jumpsuit	about	Ghost of Captain Cyro	8.0%	2250	mL 10 !rests 6 ac 1 dam
Twisted Key	key	Ghost of Captain Cyro	17.0%	2250	mL 0 !rests key to Quagar
platemail, graven	body	ghostly soldier			mL 0 !rests 15 ac -6 acM ench!
silver chalice	canteen	ice demon			mL 0 !rests
large steel key	key	large mahogany desk, Stockade			mL !rests to lockers
slick gloves	hand	Liana	15.0%	1124	mL 0 tn! 3 ac 2 dam -1 int
pants, studded leather	leg	lieutenant			mL 0 !rests 4 ac
sleeves, studded leather	arm	lieutenant			mL 0 !rests 1 ac
reinforced oaken door	shield	loads on ground			mL 0 !rests 8 ac 6 acM -3 dex
old boots	foot	medium-sized locker, rusting, Barracks N			mL 0 !rests 5 mov
training cap	head	metal locker			mL 0 !rests 2 ac
suit of full platemail	body	metal stand, Barracks			mL 0 !mctnb 30 ac 1 str -20 mov
Sword of the Protector	weapon	Old Trail Protector	80.0%	876	mL 16 jprb! !e 8D1 8.0 avg max 5 to block bad load
Sword of the Protector	weapon	Old Trail Protector	25.0%	876	mL 16 apjrb! !e 8D3 16.0 avg 4 hit 2 dam pal blessed
crate	container	on ground			mL 0 !rests
rod, long iron	key	on ground			mL 0 !rests to spider web !rent
Ghost Sword	weapon	Rhyoden Guard	70.0%		mL 0 !rests 3D6 10.5 avg -2 str -10 hp
Rhyoden Gate Key	key	Rhyoden Guard	17.0%		mL 0 !rests to inner gate
Invisible Key	key	Siawyn	17.0%	3750	mL 0 !rests to Aliste
laurel crown	head	Siawyn	7.0%	3750	mL 20 !mcpnjsb !e 10 ac 1 dam 2 str !donate
purple heart medallion	neck	Siawyn	5.0%	3750	mL 15 !mcpajsb 4 ac 1 dam 5 hp
purple heart medallion*	neck	Siawyn	8.0%	3750	mL 15 !mcpajsb 4 ac 1 dam 5 hp
ring, sapphire, dazzling	ring	skeletal fist			mL 0 !rests 1 ac 1 dam
skein, purple and gold	hand component	Statue of Golgar		575	mL 5 !m !e 5 hp 5% hpR
helm, leather training	head	trog adolescent			mL 0 !rests 4 ac ench!
jacket, tough leather training	body	trog adolescent			mL 0 !rests 3 ac ench!
sword, long training	weapon	trog adolescent			mL 0 !mc 1D8 4.5 avg
sword, small training	weapon	trog adolescent			mL 0 !mc 1D6 3.5 avg
training jacket, studded leather	body	trog adolescent			mL 0 !rests 6 ac
warhammer, training	weapon	trog adolescent			mL 0 !rests 1D5 3.0 avg
chain shirt, Drow	body	trog battlemaster			mL 0 !mtr 15 ac
helm, spiked	head	trog battlemaster			mL 0 !m 16 ac ench!
helmet, large	head	trog chieftan			mL 0 !m 10 ac
platemail	body	trog chieftan			mL 0 !mctnrb 30 ac 1 str -30 mov
axe, battle	weapon	trog clansman			mL 0 !mctn 1D10 5.5 avg
bec de corbine	weapon	trog clansman			mL 0 !mc 1D8 4.5 avg
brigandine	body	trog clansman			mL 8 !mtnrb 33 ac -6 acM -3 ss ench!
glaive	weapon	trog clansman			mL 0 !mc 1D10 5.5 avg
helm, leather	head	trog clansman			mL 0 !rests 4 ac ench!
jacket, soft leather	body	trog clansman			mL 0 !rests 3 ac ench!
knife, razor sharp	weapon dagger	trog clansman			mL 0 !c 3D3 6.0 avg -1 dam
pants, leather	leg	trog clansman			mL 0 !rests 2 ac
rapier*	weapon	trog clansman			mL 0 !mc 3D4 7.5 avg
shield, round	shield	trog clansman			mL 0 !mtnb 4 ac ench!
shield, small	shield	trog clansman			mL 0 !mb 2 ac ench!
sickle	weapon	trog clansman			mL 0 !mc 1D4 2.5 avg
sword, long	weapon	trog clansman			mL 0 !mc 1D8 4.5 avg
sword, small	weapon	trog clansman			mL 0 !mc 1D6 3.5 avg
sword, two-handed	weapon	trog clansman			mL 0 !mct g! 2D6 7.0 avg
apron, cook's	neck	trog cook			mL 0 !rests -1 str
leggings, scale mail	leg	trog guardian			mL 0 !rests 10 ac -5 mov
awl-pike	weapon	trog guardsman			mL 0 !mc 1D10 5.5 avg
bow, mahogany	weapon	trog guardsman			mL 0 !mctn n! 2D9 10.0 avg 1 hit 1 dam
breast plate, bronze	body	trog guardsman			mL 0 !mtnrb 15 ac ench!
helmet, bronze	head	trog guardsman			mL 0 !mtnb 10 ac ench!
jacket, studded leather	body	trog guardsman			mL 0 !rests 6 ac ench!
leggings, chain	leg	trog guardsman			mL 0 !mr 8 ac ench!
leggings, plate	leg	trog guardsman			mL 0 !mtnrb 12 ac ench!
mail, banded	body	trog guardsman			mL 0 !mtnrb 21 ac ench!
mail, splint	body	trog guardsman			mL 0 !m 15 ac -10 hp -10 mana
plate, field	body	trog guardsman			mL 0 !mtnrb g! 24 ac ench!
shield, splinted	shield	trog guardsman			mL 0 !mb 4 ac ench!
shirt, chain mail	body	trog guardsman			mL 0 !mtnr 15 ac ench!
sleeves, bronze	arm	trog guardsman			mL 0 !mtnb 5 ac ench!
sleeves, metal	arm	trog guardsman			mL 0 !mtnrb 5 ac ench!
necklace of many beads	neck	trog lieutenant			mL 0 !rests
crate, wooden	container	troglodyte clansman			mL 0 !rests
jacket, scale mail	body	troglodyte clansman			mL 0 !rests 9 ac ench!
knife, long serrated	weapon dagger	troglodyte clansman			mL 0 !rests 1D5 3.0 avg
pants, studded leather	leg	troglodyte clansman			mL 0 !rests 4 ac
shield	shield	troglodyte clansman			mL 0 !rests 2 ac ench! !donate
sleeves, pair of	arm	troglodyte clansman			mL 0 !rests 1 ac ench!
bardiche	weapon	troglodyte corpse			mL 8 !mc 2D6 7.0 avg
breast plate, troglodyte	body	troglodyte corpse			mL 0 !mtnrb 27 ac -6 acM -3 ss ench!
helm, chain	head	troglodyte corpse			mL 0 !m 14 ac ench!
leggings, bronze	leg	troglodyte corpse			mL 0 !mtnb 16 ac ench!
shield, blue iron	shield	troglodyte corpse			mL 0 !nb g! 13 ac -6 acM -3 ss ench!
sleeves, leather	arm	troglodyte corpse			mL 0 !rests 7 ac -6 acM -3 ss ench!
Necklace of Wisdom	neck	Valik	65.0%	575	mL 0 g! 3 wis -2 con
the invisibility cloak	about component	Valik		575	mL 15 !rests 30 ac 1 dam 2 dex LoD perma invisibility
shield	shield	weapon rack			mL 0 !mb 2 ac
the large mace	weapon	weapons rack			mL 0 !rests 1D6 3.5 avg 1 hit 2 dam
small sword	weapon	weapons rack, Armory E			mL 0 !mc 1D6 3.5 avg !donate
cape, bright green	about	weapons rack, Armory W			mL 0 !rests 1 ac -2 str -2 con ench!
green tights	leg	weapons rack, Armory W			mL 0 !rests 2 ac ench!
shirt, bright green	body	weapons rack, Armory W			mL 0 !rests 3 ac ench!

Maps:

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