Re: Legends-ROI: Astral-plain?

From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 21:29:18 +0000

<jungb@urz.unibas.ch>(Bernhard Jung):
>Last turn I found a ruin on verana wich seems to be part of the astral-plain
>The ruin is guarded by C#1043 Astral Guardian but the only thing of interest
>inside seems to be I#1203 mirrors gateway.

No such thing as an astral plain.  The monster just happens to be an
Astral Guardian.  Historically, this ruin has been the entrance to a
dungeon.  (You needed the right key to get in, and you needed to traverse
a dungeon to achieve the final victory conditions.)  I don't know whether
this is true in Europe as well, but in the US, dungeons have been phased
out (too difficult) and their contents dispersed to existing ruins and
lairs, leaving F3043 as just a normal ruin.

I'm not sure about this, but combining legend and rumor, I believe the
mirrored gateway opens a path to the hidden city of the Calamar, and is
the path through which the Overlord originally came to Verana.  Access
to this city is an *enormous* advantage.  (I'll leave it to you to
discover the reasons yourself.)

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References

Legends-ROI: Astral-plain?
<jungb@urz.unibas.ch>(Bernhard Jung)
Thu, 20 Jan 1994 08:31:17 +0000