diff --git a/dat/quest.txt b/dat/quest.txt index 8960141f3..8e930e4a0 100644 --- a/dat/quest.txt +++ b/dat/quest.txt @@ -1229,298 +1229,282 @@ to %d." # Druid # %Cc Dru 00001 -What sorcery has brought you back to %H? The smell -of fresh funeral pyres tells you that something is amiss with the healing -powers that used to practice here. - -No rhizotomists are tending the materia medica gardens, and where are the -common folk who used to come for the cures? - -You know that you must quickly make your way to the collegium, and -%ls iatreion, and find out what has happened in your absence. -%E [You arrive back at %H and must find %l.] +As you pass through the portal %H welcomes you back, +light and darkness dappled about its trees. The +distinctive smells arrest you -- rich foliage, pungent +resins, earthy humus, sweet blossoms -- but there is +also a hint of something new, an acrid sting that does +not belong. + +%l will reassure you! Nothing happens here without +%lj knowledge. +%E [You return to %H and must find %l.] %Cp Dru 00002 -After your last experience you expected to be here, but you certainly -did not expect to see things so much worse. This time you must succeed. +You return to %H but it is not as lush and vibrant as +your last visit. How rapidly are things getting worse? %E %Cp Dru 00003 -Again, you %x %H in the distance. - -The smell of death and disease permeates the air. You do not have -to be %Ra to know that %n is on the verge of victory. +%H continues to struggle against %ns corruption. You must +help %l restore it! %E %Cp Dru 00005 -"Did you read that new treatise on the therapeutic use of leeches?" +"Well met %p! Our circle has missed your presence." %E %Cp Dru 00006 -"Paint a red caduceus on your shield and monsters won't hit you." +"You have been away from the woods too long! Do not forget +your roots." %E %Cp Dru 00007 -"I passed handwriting so they are demoting me a rank." +"%l beat the false Circle! She'll beat this." %E %Cp Dru 00008 -"I've heard that even %l has not been able to cure Chiron." +"I have never seen %l so uncertain." %E %Cp Dru 00009 -"We think %n has used %nj alchemists, and %o, -to unleash a new disease we call 'the cold' on Gehennom." +"%ns corrupting touch begins to reach even here, at the +heart of our power!" %E %Cp Dru 00010 -"Did you read that new treatise on the therapeutic use of leeches?" +"I know I left that menhir around here somewhere..." %E %Cp Dru 00011 -"Paint a red caduceus on your shield and monsters won't hit you." +"Oak, ash, and thorn! Welcome %p!" %E %Cp Dru 00012 -"How are you feeling? Perhaps a good bleeding will improve your spirits." +"Your struggles have changed you, %p." %E %Cp Dru 00013 -"Have you heard the absurd new theory that diseases are caused by -microscopic organisms, and not ill humors?" +"Tell me, how did you master %n?" %E %Cp Dru 00014 -"I see that you bring %o, now you can cure this plague!" +"In your hands, %o will set things aright!" %E %Cc Dru 00015 -Feebly, %l raises %lj head to look at you. +%l, distracted, gives you a perfunctory greeting and gestures +you closer. %lh lightly presses %lj fingertips over your heart. -"It is good to see you again, %p. I see the concern in your -eyes, but do not worry for me. I am not ready for Hades yet. We have -exhausted much of our healing powers holding off %n. -I need your fresh strength to carry on our work. +"At last you return, %p. You see that %ns influence is felt +even here. But you are still uncorrupted! It will be your +strength that casts %n and %nj undeath from %H. -"Come closer and let me lay hands on you, and determine if you have -the skills necessary to accomplish this mission." -%E [%l is weak from the struggle with %n. %lH wants to examine you.] +"Let me augur your readiness for this task. We cannot afford +for you to fail." +%E [%l wants to cast an augury about your fight with %n.] %Cp Dru 00016 -"Again you return to me, %p. I sense that each trip back -the pleurisy and maladies of our land begin to infect you. Let us -hope and pray to %d that you become ready for your task before -you fall victim to the bad humors." +"Do not fall from the path! I know you have within you the power +to rid us of %ns blight. I shall augur your success." %E %Cp Dru 00017 -"Chiron has fallen, Hermes has fallen, what else must I tell you to -impress upon you the importance of your mission! I hope that you -have come prepared this time." +"%H hangs upon a thread. Are you finally prepared to face %n?" %E %Cc Dru 00018 -"You have failed us, %p. You are a quack! A charlatan! +"Alas, I was so sure, but you too have fallen to %ns corruption. -"Hades will be happy to hear that you are once again practicing your -arts on the unsuspecting. You shall never be allowed to attempt this -quest while I still live." -%E [You are a failure as a healer.] +"You are severed from our circle! Be gone from here -- we will +find some way to persevere without you. You shame the sacred +wood and all her beasts and bounty." +%E [You are cast out of %H.] %Cc Dru 00019 -"Alas, %p, you are yet too inexperienced to deal with the rigors -of such a task. You must be able to draw on the knowledge of botany, -alchemy and veterinary practices before I can send you on this quest -with good conscience. - -"Return when you wear %Ra's caduceus." -%E [You are too inexperienced. Return when you are %Ra.] +"Your heart is pure, %p, but your druidic bond is not yet deep +enough to preserve you against %ns touch. Seek a greater harmony +with the natural world; it can be found even where you must fight +in %Z. + +"When you have progressed from %ra to %Ra, it is then I see you +defeating %n." +%E [You must be an experienced %R to continue.] %Cc Dru 00020 -"You have learned much of the remedies that benefit, but you must also -know which physic for which ail. That is why %ds teachings are a -part of your training. - -"Return to us when you have healed thyself." -%E [Return when you are more %a.] +"While you are strong, you have endangered your druidic connection +to all living things. You must restore yourself in %ds eyes before +you confront %n!" +%E [Return when you are suitably %a.] %Cc Dru 00021 -For the first time, you sense a smile on %ls face. - - "You have indeed learned as much as we can teach you in preparation - for this task. Let me tell you what I know of the symptoms and hope - that you can provide a cure. - - "A short while ago, the dreaded %nt was fooled by the gods - into thinking that %nh could use %o to find a - cure for old age. Think of it, eternal youth! But %nj good - health is accomplished by drawing the health from those around %ni. - - "He has exhausted %nj own supply of healthy people and now %nh seeks to - extend %nj influence into our world. You must recover from %ni - %o and break the spell. Recover the silver bell as well, for it is - cursed and must be restored. Without it, you will never find the - Amulet of Yendor. - - "You must travel into the swamps to %i, and from there - follow the trail to %ns island lair. Be careful." -%E [Travel to %i on your way to recover %o from %n.] +"%p, by leaf and branch, you are now ready to free us from %ns foul +corruption of undeath! Carry the strength of our circle in your +heart and restore %H. + +"%n is not merely a witch, or a necromancer, but something I have +never seen before. %nH twists and redirects the sacred life force +of our beloved forest and its children into a mockery of undeath. + +"I am confident that you can defeat %ni and restore nature's +balance. But beware! %nH holds not only the cursed silver bell +you require to recover the Amulet of Yendor, but %o. Do not let +%ni use their power against you! Retrieve both the bell and %O +after %nj defeat. + +"Journey through %H to %i. Beware %ns minions, for they will +try to thwart you at every pass. The more delay, the more our +strength ebbs and our enemy's grows. + +"%hS defeat should restore %H! If you can return with the bell +I will attempt to remove its curse so you can carry it as a mark +of your service to our circle." +%E [Find and defeat %n and retrieve %o from %ni.] %Cp Dru 00024 -"Remember, you must return with %o so -that we may lift the curse from the silver bell." +"With %o we should be able to break the curse upon the silver bell." %E %Cp Dru 00025 -"Remember, %p, to always wash your hands before operating." +"Remember that all of the natural world is our charge." %E %Cp Dru 00026 -"%nC has no real magic of %nj own. To this %nh is vulnerable." +"Undeath is a false escape. The natural world lives and dies as +it should. To break the cycle is repugnant." %E %Cp Dru 00027 -"If you have been true to %d, you can draw on the power of -%o." +"Don't forget to stop and Commune with Nature." %E %Cp Dru 00028 -"Bring with you antidotes for poisons." +"Still lingering? You don't need a Geas, do you?" %E %Cp Dru 00029 -"Remember this, %n can twist the powers of %o -to hurt instead of heal." +"Even some of the evergreen leaves begin to fall." %E %Cp Dru 00030 -"I have sent for Chiron, but I am afraid he will come too late." +"Do not be dismayed by %i. The power of our circle goes with you." %E %Cp Dru 00031 -"Maybe when you return the snakes will once again begin to shed." +"%n may offer you secret knowledge to turn you from your task -- +do not be taken in." %E %Cp Dru 00032 -"The plague grows worse as we speak. Hurry, %p!" +"Remember %n can augur as well as I, so %nh will do anything in +%nj power to stop you." %E %Cp Dru 00033 -"Many times %n has caused trouble in these lands. It is -time that %nh was eradicated like the diseases %nh has caused." +"%n has been called Little Grandmother, but she nurtures only death." %E %Cp Dru 00034 -"With but one eye, %n should be easy to blind. Remember this." +"I feel the pain and fear of all the beasts of our wood." %E %Cc Dru 00035 -You stand before the entrance to %i. Strange -scratching noises come from within the building. - -The swampy ground around you seems to stink with disease. -%E [You have reached %i but all is not well.] +You don't know hot to process %i. It is an alien and disturbing +presence in the forest. You are sure the path to %n lies through +this fearsome place. +%E [%i stands as an afront to your beloved forest.] %Cp Dru 00036 -Once again you stand at the entrance to %i. +Once again you stand uneasily before %i. %E %Cc Dru 00040 -You stand within sight of the infamous Isle of %n. Even -the words of %l had not prepared you for this. - -Steeling yourself against the wails of the ill that pierce your ears, -you hurry on your task. Maybe with %o you can -heal them on your return, but not now. -%E [You have reached the lair of %n. Take %o away from %ni.] +You know you have finally come to where %n lurks at the heart of +%nj corruption. You take heart that %l augured your victory, but +can't dismiss a creeping dread at what has become of so much of +the sacred woods. + +And what is this? You can sense something that must be %o +reaching out to you from within %ns lair. +%E [You have found %n and must defeat her to take %o.] %Cp Dru 00041 -Once again, you %x the Isle of %n in the distance. +You can again feel the presence of %o beneath %ns corruption. %E %Cc Dru 00050 -"They have made a mistake in sending you, %p. - -"When I add your youth to mine, it will just make it easier for me -to defeat %l." -%E ["I will take your life, then defeat %l."] +"I see that %l has sent %lj little pet. Did %lh tell you, %p, +that %lh read your victory in %lj tea leaves? Heh heh heh. It +isn't too late for you to run back to your acorns and bunnies. Or +face me, and become my newest minion!" +%E ["I will defeat and enslave you, %p!"] %Cp Dru 00051 -"Unlike your patients, you seem to keep coming back, %p!" +"Too afraid to fight, %p, but too uncertain to run away? You will +feel neither fear or uncertainty once you serve me in undeath!" %E %Cp Dru 00052 -"Which would you like, %p? Boils, pleurisy, convulsions?" +"You are tenacious, %p, but I am %n, and you will not be the first +or the last druid to boil to bones in my soup!" %E %Cp Dru 00053 -"I'll have %o back from you, %r. You are -not going to live to escape this place." +"Return %o to me now and I will allow a sliver of your will to survive +in your undead servitude!" %E %Cp Dru 00060 -"They might as well give scalpels to wizards as to let you try to -use %o!" +"No matter what form you take, I have a cauldron big enough for your corpse." %E %Cp Dru 00061 -"If I could strike %l, surrounded by %lj %gP, imagine what I -can do to you here by yourself." +"Don't you think if I could be defeated, %l would have already dealt with me?" %E %Cp Dru 00062 -"I will put my %Rp to work making a physic out of your ashes." +"What do you hope to accomplish? I have mastered death!" %E %Cp Dru 00063 -"As we speak, Hades gathers your patients to join you." +"Oh, %p, I can almost taste you already!" %E %Cp Dru 00064 -"After I'm done with you, I'll destroy %l as well." +"Come to Grandmother!" %E %Cp Dru 00065 -"You will have to kill me if you ever hope to leave this place." +"You are far from the power of your circle here, %p. Too far!" %E %Cp Dru 00066 -"I will impale your head on my caduceus for all to see." +"Ah, little %c. If %l won't face me, why do you think you can?" %E %Cp Dru 00067 -"There is no materia medica in your sack which will cure you of me!" +"Maybe you also have a succulent familiar for Grandmother to meet?" %E %Cp Dru 00068 -"Do not fight too hard, I want your soul strong, not weakened!" +"Submit, and when you rise again as my minion you will still have +most of your current body." %E %Cp Dru 00069 -"You should have stopped studying at vetenary." +"I'm glad you have some meat on your bones!" %E %Cc Dru 00070 -As you pick up %o, you feel its healing begin to -warm your soul. You curse Zeus for taking it from its rightful owner, -but at least you hope that %l can put it to good use once -again. -%E [You feel the healing power of %o and should return it to %l.] +As you pick up %o, you feel the traces of %ns corruption driven from +your spirit. With %O %l should be able to fully restore %H. +%E [%o purifies you and awaits its return to %l.] %Cc Dru 00071 -As you pick up %o, you feel its healing begin to -warm your soul. You curse Zeus for taking it from its rightful owner. -%E [You feel the healing power of %o warm your soul.] +As you pick up %o, you feel the traces of %ns corruption driven from +your spirit. +%E [%o purifies you.] %Cc Dru 00080 -The battered body of %n slumps to the ground and gasps -out one last curse: - - "You have defeated me, %p, but I shall have my revenge. - How, I shall not say, but this curse shall be like a cancer - on you." - -With that %n dies. -%E [%nC curses you as %nh dies.] +%n spits curses at you even as %nh collapses, defeated. With a +shudder and a burst of foul odors %nj body slumps into a fetid mass +of decay. Around you, the whole forest seems to shiver in relief. +%E [%n dies cursing you.] %Cc Dru 00081 -As soon as %l sees %o %lh summons %lj -%gP. +%l lightly skims %lj fingertips over %o. They glitter under %nj +touch. -Gently, %l reaches out and touches %o. -He instructs each of the assembled to do the same. When everyone -has finished %lh speaks to you. +"Thank you for defeating %n. Our circle will now be able to drive %nj +corruption from %H. I can also break the curse on the silver bell, +like so. You will need it as you continue through %Z. - "Now that we have been replenished we can defeat this plague. You must - take %o with you and replenish the worlds you have - been called upon to travel next. The silver bell has also been restored. - I wish you could ride Chiron to the end of your journey, but I need him - to help me spread the cure. Go now and continue your journey." -%E [%l touches %o and tells %lj %gP to do so too, then tells you to take it with you.] +"Take %O with you as well, %p. Thanks to your service we will not need +its powers here, but you may well find them useful on your own journey." +%E [%l touches %o and allows you to take them with you.] %Cc Dru 00082 -%l cautiously handles %o while watching you. +%l lifts up %o in front of %li. They glitter at %nj touch. -"You are its keeper now, and the time has come to resume your search -for the Amulet. The silver bell will aid you in your search, as its -curse has been lifted. %Z await your return -through the magic portal which brought you here." -%E [%l tells you to keep %o and return to %Z to search for the Amulet.] +"With %n defeated our circle will be able to drive %nj corrupting +influence from %H. We will not need %O as much as you will in your +trials to come. I shall break the curse on the silver bell and you +may carry both back into %Z." +%E [%l handles %o and asks you to take them with you.] %Cc Dru 00083 -%l looks intently at %o. +%l rests %lj hand on %o. They glitter under %nj touch. %nH shakes +her head sadly. -"Well done, %p. You have defeated %n and -recovered %o, and we have lifted -the curse from the silver bell. Alas, I fear -that %o shall never be truly -safe unless it is kept here with us -at %H. +"You have defeated %n, %p, and your circle is greateful. I can now +lift the curse on the silver bell. However, %o must remain here with +me as I work to remove the corruption that has been laid over %H. -Please %p, return %o to us now. -%E ["%lC asks you to forfeit %o."] +"You shall now return %o to me." +%E ["%l asks you to forfeit %o."] %Cc Dru 00084 -"Thank you %p for your sacrifice, I know this must have been -difficult to do. Rest assured, %d smiles down -upon you this day. %o will be safe with us." +"Your sacrifice does you great credit, %p. %o will be a great aid to +us here. May %d watch over you as you continue your journey!" %E ["You give %o to %l."] %Cp Dru 00090 -"You have again returned to us, %p. We have done well in your -absence, yes? How fare you upon your quest for the Amulet?" +"Your circle welcomes you again to %H, %p! Isn't the transformation +remarkable? It won't be long until everything is restored. How goes +your quest for the Amulet?" %E %Cc Dru 00091 -"Ah, you have recovered the Amulet, %p. Well done! +"I see you have recovered the Amulet, %p! I never doubted you would +overcome Moloch's agents. -"Now, you should know that you must travel through the Elemental Planes -to the Astral, and there return the Amulet to %d. Go forth and -may our prayers be as a wind upon your back." -%E ["You have recovered the Amulet. Travel to the Astral Plane and return it to %d."] +"Remember your druidic training as you travel through the Elemental Planes +to the Astral Plane in search of %ds altar. Your circle will be with you +in spirit!" +%E ["Take the Amulet to %ds altar on the Astral Plane."] # # Healer #