Rome

Area Designer(s):

Base zone: CAW (Curious Areas Workshop) 

Modified by Onivel

Directions:

6s*2e*2s*10e*s*2w  (from Midgaard Temple)

Reset Time:

30 minutes (empty)

History:

Rome is a busy metropolis, full of shops, nobles, and ordinary citizenry.  Legend has it that the ancient and powerful Roman Gods live on a mountainside accessible only through a strange aquaduct system located somewhere in Rome.  Adventurers find the pace of life here slow and pleasant.  Rome, located on the western-most edge of the Great Eastern Desert, is a grand vacation from the perils most explorers experience everyday while traveling in that vast desert.  

General Zone Strategies:

A relatively older zone with some basic SAC and mid-level equipment.  Mt. OIympus features the still-powerful LBOLT and TBOLT weapons at Jupiter.  Watch for the DT down from the arena in the coliseum.

To access Caesar in his private office, defeat the Master Scheduler and use his diamond studded key.  The pearl handled key opens a room south of Caesar.  Find two senators and a page there.  One of the senators has an aquamarine key that opens the double-hung doors south to the House of Commons.

Going east of the Waiting Room, the Courtroom features the Bailiff with his steel key to the Judge's Chambers east of the Courtroom.  South of the Courtroom, past the holding cells, is the torture chamber, featuring the aggro executioner and his mace.

Onivel, the Supreme God, is up from the Waiting Room, and is attended by his four elite guards.  Sleep them and dispatch Onivel. He doesn't step.  If you're lucky, he'll have loaded a Phaser Mark IV weapon, a 6D6 (avg 21.0) +10 hit weapon. 

At the far end of the Clay Road, south of the Abandoned Gate, is Rome's weaponsmith, Titus Andronicus.  His shopkeeper holds the double-sided key, unlocking the back room, south of his shop, where you'll find an aggro Titus Andronicus preparing to go to war in Ravenna. (A thematic stub added by Steppin in 1994-5 for thematic harmony with his new zone.)

In the Coliseum, in Caesar's box, a nobleman holds the rusty key to the trapdoor above you, where the scorekeeper and team of adjudicators sit.

Mercury, Mars and Venus are relatively easy mobs to take down as you work your way up the sides of Mt. Olympus.  Keep in mind that these mobs will debuff you with entropies, and because they triple annihilate, your tank can be taken out in a few rounds.  They all toss, so be prepared. Strike them down or use your ninja wisely.

Jupiter "steps", that is, he cannot be debuffed. He also tosses, not as often as Auggie, but enough to perhaps warrant a ninja. Use a big mana C and mana B on Jupiter to pet him down. Pet, sum, repeat.

Equipment:

ITEM	TYPE	MOB / OBJECT	LOAD %	DISPLAY
belt, bronze	waist	nobleman		mL 0 !rests 4 ac 1 hit -1 str
boots, worn combat	foot	common citizen		mL 0 !rests 5 mov
breast plate, bronze	body	Titus Andronicus		mL 0 !mtnrb 21 ac -6 acM -3 ss ench!
Chick-Fil-A Sandwich	food	Statue of Onivel	3.0%	mL 0 !rests
coach's whistle	treasure	Coach		mL 0 !rests !drop
flask	potion	Froboz		mL 0 !rests blind curse cause serious
Froboz's Robe	about	Froboz	75.0%	mL 0 m! -3 acM 1 dam
hairpin	head	nurse		mL 0 !rests -1 str 1 int
Jupiter's Lightning Bolt	weapon	Jupiter	4.0%	mL 20 !mctjsb !e 7D4 17.5 avg 4 hit 4 dam
Jupiter's Thunder Bolt	weapon	Jupiter	55.0%	mL 15 !mctans !e 5D5 15.0 avg 2 hit 2 dam
key, steel	key	Bailiff		mL 0 !rests to chest
loincloth, red	waist	Mars	75.0%	mL 0 !e 12 ac -2 con
mace, executioner's	weapon	executioner		mL 0 !rests 1D1 1.0 avg -2 str -2 dex
Mark IV Phaser Rifle	weapon	Statue of Onivel	0.0%	mL 25 !rests 6D6 21.0 avg 10 hit
moorish bracers	leg	Caesar		mL 10 !m 10 ac 1 dam
musty	scroll	Julius Caesar		mL 0 !rests armor
ornate	scroll	Froboz		mL 0 !rests fireblast x 2 ice storm
plain	scroll	Froboz		mL 0 !rests charm person
prototype	owand	Froboz		mL 0 !rests fireball x 3
ring, pewter	ring	Roman Senator		mL 0 !rests -1 dex 10 hp
ring, sapphire	ring	Judge		mL 0 !rests 2 ac 1 hit 5 hp
sandals, leather	foot	charioteer		mL 0 !rests 10 ac -6 acM -3 ss ench!
silver and gold bracelet	wrist	plaintiff	45.0%	mL 0 !rests 2 ac -2 dam 10 mana
sink, cast iron	missile	Statue of Onivel		mL 0 !rests 3D5
Staff of Latumfus	wand	nurse		mL 0 !twn remove poison x 3
sword, long	weapon	Caesar		mL 0 !rests 1D10 5.5 avg 2 hit 2 dam
sword, quenched	weapon hold	Caesar		mL 0 !mctn 3D5 9.0 avg 3 hit 3 dam ench!
sword, tempered	weapon	ticket master		mL 0 !rests 3D5 9.0 avg 2 hit
the crystal necklace of knowledge	neck	Venus	50.0%	mL 15 !rests 3 int 3 wis
winged sandals	foot	Mercury	75.0%	mL 0 !n 3 ac 2 dex 25 mov
winged sandals*	foot	Mercury	75.0%	mL 0 !rests 5 ac 2 dex 30 mov

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