The Fire Crystal: Part I
Posted by Mike Blitz on February 14th, 2007
We headed out from the dwarfs’ cave and made the short journey north to the cave on the north side of the island. This time the fire wall inside the entrance to the cave was gone, so we were able to explore the interior.
We fought our way through the first level and made solid but painful progress. The enemies did significant damage to our party, and we burned through potions at a frightful rate. We’re now in the second level, which is a medium size labyrinth of passageways filled with molten lava. The lava is wearing our party down at a ferocious rate. We’ve found the exit down to the next level, but many of the dead ends on this level have treasure chests at the end of them, so I’m going to explore this entire level before moving on. The problem is that we’ve only got about half of the 99 healing potions we started with left. I’m guessing this will be a huge cavern, and there is no way we’ll make it at this rate. I’m thinking of finishing this level, exiting, resting, getting some stronger potions, and returning for a second run. The second time through I can get through this level quickly because I now know the direct path to the stairs to the third level.
Status: Killing Stuff with a Purpose, but Taking a Beating
