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2025-11-16T18:13:04Z

The Pagan Woman

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	These seem to be a 'roll the bones' fortune telling thing, which seems like its just a novelty item (like the dicing cup). But, it's still not super clear how it works exactly. (Also... it seems general consensus is a lot of things in this area are broken/unfinished) Anyways...... ponderous!		These seem to be a 'roll the bones' fortune telling thing, which seems like its just a novelty item (like the dicing cup). But, it's still not super clear how it works exactly. (Also... it seems general consensus is a lot of things in this area are broken/unfinished) Anyways...... ponderous!


	~~=The Pagan Woman=~~

	~~I'm pretty sure hardly anybody has explored Tipsy Lizard Tavern a lot, and the whole area is one giant puzzle, but there's one smaller puzzle nested within that is curious:~~

	~~There's a pagan woman in the Txeru section who progs when a 25wis cleric enters:~~

	~~<pre>~~
	~~You say 'higher purpose'~~
	~~The elder sits upright for a moment.~~
	~~The elder says 'Long ago, when my time came and Kaais called to me, I thought I would finally be at eternal peace.'~~

	~~The elder says 'Instead, Kaais blessed me with another chance at life and a very rare gift. The gift to speak~~
	~~directly with the Gods .. the gift of transcendence.'~~

	~~The elder says, 'I have only met one other who truly understood. He was a travelling warlock, seeking information from~~
	~~exotic lands .. including this place. We shared the rituals together, and he recorded them in a tome. I sheltered~~
	~~him from the rest of the tribe for as long as I could, but each day was a new risk and he took leave from here.'~~

	~~The elder says, 'The tome would be the only way to understand the gift. He sought to profit from the trade of his~~
	~~secret knowledge, so I would think that he would try and sell it in a trading village for those such things. Perhaps~~
	~~a copy of the tome can still be found, but without the gift of transcendence itself, it is worthless.'~~

	~~The elder closes her eyes and takes a long breath, relaxing back into a comfortable seating position.~~
	~~</pre>~~

	~~Now "the Tome" is fairly easy to figure out and obtain, and once you have it and walk back to her:~~

	~~<pre>~~
	~~The elder says 'Ah, the tome. Without the gift of transcendence from the Gods themselves, it is useless.'~~
	~~The elder says 'Return to me when you obtain both the gift and the tome.'~~
	~~</pre>~~

	~~The gift however, is still unknown to me.~~

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	~~=Curse of Prosperity=~~

	~~Inside the Inn, upstairs, is a mob who wears a ring that you can't get:~~

	~~<pre>~~
	~~A triumphant adventurer is using:~~
	~~<worn around neck> (Red Aura) an emerald talisman on a pewter chain~~
	~~</pre>~~

	~~When you attack them:~~
	~~<pre>~~
	~~A triumphant adventurer exclaims 'You can't have it! It's mine!'~~
	~~A triumphant adventurer clasps her hand around her talisman before attacking.~~
	~~You parry a triumphant adventurer's attack.~~
	~~</pre>~~

	~~Upon death, they cast invis on the item:~~
	~~<pre>~~
	~~A triumphant adventurer is DEAD!!~~
	~~A triumphant adventurer says 'You're not getting it that easy!'~~
	~~A triumphant adventurer utters the words, 'uizug'.~~
	~~An emerald talisman fades out of existence.~~
	~~</pre>~~

	~~The corpse is then empty, you can't see the item in corpse with detects etc.~~

	~~This was on an AV and lvl49, perhaps a lowbie is required? Or its just puzzzzlllyyyy~~

	~~The item is attainable and known to someone because:~~
	~~https://rodpedia.realmsofdespair.info/wiki/An_emerald_talisman_on_a_pewter_chain~~


	~~'''Update:''' -- This Mystery Has Been SOLVED. Persist and ye shall reap the rewards.~~

	=Roll The Bones=		=Roll The Bones=

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2024-08-22T21:16:36Z

Curse of Prosperity

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	Update #2 -- This Mystery Has Been SOLVED. Persist and ye shall reap the rewards.		'''Update:''' -- This Mystery Has Been SOLVED. Persist and ye shall reap the rewards.

	=Roll The Bones=		=Roll The Bones=

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2024-08-22T21:16:17Z

Curse of Prosperity

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	This was on an AV and lvl49, perhaps a lowbie is required? Or its just puzzzzlllyyyy		This was on an AV and lvl49, perhaps a lowbie is required? Or its just puzzzzlllyyyy

			The item is attainable and known to someone because:
			https://rodpedia.realmsofdespair.info/wiki/An_emerald_talisman_on_a_pewter_chain

	Update - the ~~item is attainable and known to someone because:~~
	~~https://rodpedia.realmsofdespair~~.~~info/wiki/An_emerald_talisman_on_a_pewter_chain~~		Update #2 -- This Mystery Has Been SOLVED. Persist and ye shall reap the rewards.

	=Roll The Bones=		=Roll The Bones=

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2023-11-12T13:30:10Z

Curse of Prosperity

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			Update - the item is attainable and known to someone because:
			https://rodpedia.realmsofdespair.info/wiki/An_emerald_talisman_on_a_pewter_chain

	=Roll The Bones=		=Roll The Bones=

Admin: /* Dobra's Recipes */

2023-08-21T20:21:11Z

Dobra's Recipes

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	Dobra drops recipes, where to find all the ingredients and what they ultimately make?		Dobra drops recipes, where to find all the ingredients and what they ultimately make?

	The first is all 'aquatic stuff'.		The first is all 'aquatic stuff', coastal and marsh themed items.
	<pre>		<pre>
	You take a closer look at a piece of paper in inventory...		You take a closer look at a piece of paper in inventory...
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	I know where some of the items are, but, haven't solved either recipe. Don't know anybody who has actually, but I'm not very social.		I know where some of the items are, but, haven't solved either recipe. Don't know anybody who has actually, but I'm not very social.


	=Tudrulk the Shaman=		=Tudrulk the Shaman=

Admin: /* The Lonely Squid */

2023-07-20T02:09:30Z

The Lonely Squid

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	In the Blood Sea, there is this one baby squid chilling in a room. He's always in that room and doesn't move. He has no loot.		In the Blood Sea, there is this one baby squid chilling in a room. He's always in that room and doesn't move, he is the ONLY static mob in this whole section of the area. He has no loot.

	~~The room description and his description kinda make it seem like there's something more to him~~. ~~Is there?~~		An injured squid floats in the water lethargically.

	Here's a fun fact about the Blood Sea, the main section that seems like a big ocean maze is not really that maze-like, there are static paths, and if you map the static paths and hide all the exits that are loop-backs.... it makes an image:		It looks like this squid barely escaped the jaws of a shark. Three or
			four parts of its body have chunks missing from them. It won't be long
			before its dead.

			Killing it mentions blood in the water:

			An injured squid's blood slowly clouds the surrounding water.

			Ponderous. Is this chumming the water for something bigger? Healing him does nothing.

			Here's a fun fact about the Blood Sea, the main section that seems like a big ocean maze is not really that maze-like, there are static paths, and if you map the static paths to 'new' rooms and hide all the exits that are loop-backs to previous rooms.... it makes an image:
	See [[https://dyrdex.com/screenshots/terrain_examples/Blood_Sea.PNG HERE]]		See [[https://dyrdex.com/screenshots/terrain_examples/Blood_Sea.PNG HERE]]

	What you're looking at there are the static paths. All the red lines are hidden exits which only lead back to other places, typically along the same 'branch'. If you walk all north/south for example you just loop over and over, same with east/west, ne/sw, etc. But, what you see there is fully static and I can run around the Blood Sea all day without getting lost and hitting every room. Before someone says I'm crazy and force-made that image, I'm tellin ya - if you go drop notes in every room and draw connections that go to a "new" room, and hide the connections that go to a room you've already mapped, then that image is just what you get.

	I believe this to be an image of IronCreeper, who resides at the very bottom, and who is described as a big ol snail-like creature with long eyestalk tentacle things.		I believe this to be an image of IronCreeper, who resides at the very bottom, and who is described as a big ol snail-like creature with long eyestalk tentacle things.
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	two large tentacles sticking out from his front, and a bulky, muscular body.		two large tentacles sticking out from his front, and a bulky, muscular body.

	Room descriptions in this ocean layer describe the shadowy image of that below the surface, and I think this ~~map~~ is trying to be cute and drawing a picture of IronCreeper as seen from "above" looking down on him. Big snail shell round-ish body (even with little barnacles and mutations - the tiny static paths you can find along the main static branches), with 2 big tentacles hanging out front.		Room descriptions in this ocean layer describe the shadowy image of that below the surface, and I think this area author is trying to be cute and drawing a picture of IronCreeper as seen from "above" looking down on him. Big snail shell round-ish body (even with little barnacles and mutations - the tiny static paths you can find along the main static branches), with 2 big tentacles hanging out front.

	The squid is hanging out in the last room of the lower big ol tentacle in the above map. Those rooms on the tentacles are actually not static and become variable beyond where they are labeled in the map (their exits spin). You can track to him, or map all 150ish rooms in the area to find him.		The squid is hanging out in the last room of the lower big ol tentacle in the above map. Those rooms on the tentacles are actually not static and become variable beyond where they are labeled in the map (their exits spin). You can track to him, or map all 150ish rooms in the area to find him.

	Why's he hanging out on Ironcreeper's tentacle thing at the end of a path that is super tricky to truly map out? Seems like there should be something more to him. Again, puuuurrrrreeeee speculation. It just ~~bugs me that he is where he is!~~		Why's he hanging out on Ironcreeper's tentacle thing at the end of a path that is super tricky to truly map out? Seems like there should be something more to him. Again, puuuurrrrreeeee speculation. It just seems like there's something else to him.

	Also... in lieu of how much time I spent mapping Blood Sea ~~(yea~~... ~~all of it, including the he island, and the spiral reef, and the depths, spent WAY too much time there) I really have no idea~~ where Ivetta's ship ~~is.~~		Also... in lieu of how much time I spent mapping Blood Sea, I ain't found shit, so this seems like its all just neato easter-egg type area design stuff, but.... where is Ivetta's ship!?

Admin: /* The Lonely Squid */

2023-07-19T11:40:07Z

The Lonely Squid

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	Why's he hanging out on Ironcreeper's tentacle thing at the end of a path that is super tricky to truly map out? Seems like there should be something more to him. Again, puuuurrrrreeeee speculation. It just bugs me that he is where he is!		Why's he hanging out on Ironcreeper's tentacle thing at the end of a path that is super tricky to truly map out? Seems like there should be something more to him. Again, puuuurrrrreeeee speculation. It just bugs me that he is where he is!

			Also... in lieu of how much time I spent mapping Blood Sea (yea... all of it, including the he island, and the spiral reef, and the depths, spent WAY too much time there) I really have no idea where Ivetta's ship is.

Admin: /* Ivetta's Ship */

2023-07-19T11:37:10Z

Ivetta's Ship

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	You wonder 'the Sanguine Sun?'		You wonder 'the Sanguine Sun?'

	Ivetta Norval says 'Have you any new of her? I should have been on it ages ago, but it's not returned from its run to the Blood Sea.'		Ivetta Norval says 'Have you any new of her? I should have been on it ages ago, but it's not returned from its run to the Blood Sea.'

	You say 'the Blood Sea'		You say 'the Blood Sea'

	Ivetta Norval says 'The Blood Sea is a dangerous stretch of water... hopefully my ship is ok.'		Ivetta Norval says 'The Blood Sea is a dangerous stretch of water... hopefully my ship is ok.'

Admin: /* Ivetta's Ship */

2023-07-19T11:36:52Z

Ivetta's Ship

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	Ivetta Norval says 'Any news of my ship, the Sanguine Sun? It's been long due to port and I'm getting concerned.'		Ivetta Norval says 'Any news of my ship, the Sanguine Sun? It's been long due to port and I'm getting concerned.'

	~~<pre>~~		You wonder 'the Sanguine Sun?'
	You wonder 'the Sanguine Sun?'
	Ivetta Norval says 'Have you any new of her? I should have been on it ages ago, but it's not returned from its run to the Blood Sea.'		Ivetta Norval says 'Have you any new of her? I should have been on it ages ago, but it's not returned from its run to the Blood Sea.'
	~~</pre>~~

	You say 'the Blood Sea'		You say 'the Blood Sea'

	Ivetta Norval says 'The Blood Sea is a dangerous stretch of water... hopefully my ship is ok.'		Ivetta Norval says 'The Blood Sea is a dangerous stretch of water... hopefully my ship is ok.'


	Where the F that ship at?		Where the F that ship at?


	=The Lonely Squid=		=The Lonely Squid=