.: Ryleth the Bastard :.: < Order of Avalon

The second quest started out with having to solve another puzzle to gain entrance to the Catacombs. Midare was the one with the answers this time since he'd seen the panels with the circled skulls scattered around the graveyard first.

Of course I had to wonder if he actually knew what he was doing... and anxiously awaited to see if we were going to die again or if another spider was going to leap out of the dark and eat our faces off.

It's a freaking maze down there! Some highlights though. Tess and Midare mentioning how they'd feel sorry for the kingdom that hired us as adventurers. I agree! Considering that we kept dying. A lot. Oh and I'm not entirely sure that I'm the good-aligned type.

Yeaaaaah. Not sure I'm the good-aligned type at all. BWAHAHAHA. They did allow for Drow and I did have my battle gear on, but eh... was too lazy to put on my drow skin.

So after one of the challenges damn near drove me bat-shit crazy, I went and found the SKYDIVING CHICKEN!

I wasn't very sure about the ah... stability of a chicken as a parachute at first.

But then the chicken came in very handy. Wheeeee.

Then it was back to the quest. There was a part where you have to step on the right letters going through the room. Spelling mistakes equate to having the floor drop out and falling onto spikes and ... bleeding to death or dying from impalement. Vlad, eat your heart out.

There's like a total of three chalices or something like that, that you get throughout the quest. The first one is the silver chalice which you have to fill with holy water... and of course get past a flaming golem first. I , of course, had my face burnt off several times trying to sneak around it before Nef realized that you needed to use the spellscroll and kill the freaking thing.

Once you get past the golem, you fill the chalice. It's a good idea to make a copy of the filled chalice so that you don't have to keep coming back.

Then of course to get into the next room, you need to get the Bronze Key... which was all the way at the beginning of the maze-like-Catacombs. Tess was the only one who was able to survive the room of DEATH-RAY-EYES until we figured out that you need the emerald before you go in. I'm still not sure why she lived each time. I think it has something to do with her small size... maybe. That or her inner rainbows and butterflies.

So then you reach the room with the chasm in the middle (after using the bronze key) and ... have to walk across to the other side. Of course you have to believe that your courage and belief will protect you. LOL.

It helps not to look down in the middle.

Then there is the lovely lava room. OF DEATH. It's pretty much a suicide run to complete this part of the quest.

I recommend camming ahead to pick out which shield you want. Because basically what you'll wind up having to do is run across the freaking lava... make sure you jump on the last stone step before the back room, rush in, click the shield you want, cam around behind the chest to flip the switch... all while burning to death. Then, you die. Reset and before you get TP'ed out, make sure you grab the rune.

Then, go back to the other golem... ANGRY FACE GOLEM and bring the handy dandy spellbook you got after you crossed the chasm.

Then KER-PLOW, you destroy the golem.

Fetch your sword...

Go back to the portal room for the dragon...

Kick his ass! (Or you know, get your face eaten three times in a row before you manage to smack at his claw while a cute-redheaded-girl kicks his ass with you... )