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Icasaracht's Temple, Level Three
(AR 9603)
Upon entry you will be attacked by various monsters, including vodyanoi and sahaugin. The sahaugin will stay at a distance, but don't move toward them to attack if you can help it, because the hallway is trapped. In fact, the whole area is heavily trapped. Kill the greeting party, then if possible have your thief go invisible and roam around the area to disarm all the traps. If you do not have a thief, at least have your cleric cast Find Traps. Otherwise, you will take quite a bit of damage from all the traps--in fact, one of my characters was petrified.
Explore the area and kill the inhabitants (mostly various incarnations of sahaugin), but do not attack the ice golem sentries that are preventing access to the northern part of the map until the other monsters are destroyed; otherwise, you will be knee-deep in monsterville. Actually, you will be knee-deep in monsterville regardless, but if you haven't killed the other monsters first, things will get awfully difficult. We attacked the golem to the left first, with most of the party in the small room just below him. This kept the monsters from sneaking up us or flanking us, thereby protecting some of the lesser party members. Once you attack one of the golems, monsters will start pouring in from the northern end of the map. You'll have to fight sahaugin, sahaugin elite guards, and the other two ice golems, not to mention a water kin elemental or two.
After the carnage is over, be sure to find the body of the sahaugin prince (you'll see a cloak near the body). On it you will find the key that enables entry into Icasaracht's Lair. The prince also has a Cloak of Protection +1, and Coral Plate Armor. On the bodies of the guards, we found Shark Skin Armor, and Spears +1. Once the battle is over and you have the key, you are free to roam around.
Monsters: Vodyanoi, Sahuagin, Sahuagin Elite Guard, Sahuagin Prince, Ice Golem Sentry, and Water Kin Elemental.
Areas of Interest
- Exit: If you need healing after finishing this level, exit back to level 2 and let Xactile heal you before proceeding to the final battle.
- Preservation Ward: A young dragon's body is enveloped by a preservation ward (1191, 745). Destroy the ward for 10,000 XP, but don't do it if you are on your last hit point as doing so will release Snilloc's Snowball Swarm. You will learn the function of the preservation ward when speaking to Icasaracht before the final showdown.
- Sahaugin Prince: This is where the Price (632, 699) rules over his minions. As mentioned above, you need the key he is carrying to get to the next level.
- Treasure: There are some nice items in the area, so don't forget to loot before continuing.
- Oil Machines (1707, 631; 1868, 674; 1983, 722): Search the bases of these three containers which produce some sort of "viscous oil," to find 7 Bolts of Sekolah's Fire.
- Urn (363, 853): The Unstrung Harp.
- Urn (471, 669): Sceptre of Tyranny.
- Urn (627, 582): the mace Pestilent Dawn.
- Urn (721, 573): the dagger Lover.
- Urn (814, 538): the halberd The Icon of Power.
- Urn (997, 537): Debian's Rod of Smiting.
- Exit: Once you have the key and have explored the map, enter this door to begin the final battle. The final battle can be difficult, especially for a low to mid-range party, so you would be wise to cast any preparatory spells you have before entering the door.
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