AG: new...Tunneling Mauk From: ryu70@aol.com (Ryu70) Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 22:34:37 +0000 >Subject: AG:111 Skree >From: "T. Woods" <twoods@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> >Since Skree no need for lockpicking. Unless you hit the top path. :) Plenty of rooms and not forest up there. It appears that as difficulty level is increased, many more locked and stuck doors appear on the top path. The last few turns it seems that our level 20s have generated 3-5 locked or stuck doors up on top. I suspect Hugh may have added more of these to increase adventure score and EP. Also, the end rooms at Dead Hills have over the last 15 turns become over abundant with traps, but I sure don't mind! :) New monster that travels with Felldwarf Spearmasters and Battlelords. We hit top path at Skree level 20 again and our 5th encounter generated 9 Tunneling Mauks and 1 Spearmaster. My early guesstimate on their power level is 6000 power. Our group of 8 came close to winning the fight, but we lost in desperation. The main problem with this new monster is that it has the highest Daze level for a monster I have ever seen. Their first daze blew up my Vrok's opal and the same could be said of the rest of the party's protection gems. After that, their dazes would send us straight to Very dazed. What I'm looking at so far on their abilities: Tunneling Mauk (Fenrir and I immediately thought of them as D&D Umber Hulks) - race: other, male, 84", heavy weight, two claws, natural armor - actual power numbers we left on outpowered by 4.0: with 3 of party left, we stayed: 6597 power maximum Mauk could be with 2 of party left, we retreat: 4489 power minimum Mauk could be - Daze possibly level 13-15 - have regeneration - have strangle - have bite - have trip from ground - very high STR, very high STAM - appeared to have unlimited energy until below severely wounded - Sxar's L9 Trip worked well against them - Blanka's L11 Vertigo didn't do that well against them Poor Sxar was being strangled by one, and another Mauk dazes him while he's being strangled! Coeus and Blanka also had the honor of being strangled to death while dazed. Mike (Golden in Barstow guild) Referenced By Up