Mordor Ruins Quest - Revision history

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 The throne room on the right side of the map is the court of the [[ogre emperor]], composed of the ogre emperor himself, three ogre mages, a marilith, three ogre kings, 12 ogre lords, eight ogres, five Mordor orcs, and a tengu. The ogre emperor carries [[The Mantle of Wrath]], a useful artifact orcish cloak that grants fire resistance, half spell damage, and blocks all sources of aggravate monster while worn.
-The treasure room immediately to the left of orge emperor's throne room includes a range of interesting weapons, such as a +1 flaming long sword, a +4 flaming two-handed sword, and a range of armor. Most of these items may not be useful for an adventurer who is already strong enough to reach this level, but these chests may hold an odd item or two that can replace a weak item or two that you may not have found a replacement for yet. One chest will also have several interesting masks for those players who have a source of polymorph, including a [[Faerinaal]] mask, a [[Gwynharwyf]] mask, and a [[Queen of Stars]] mask.
+The treasure room immediately to the left of orge emperor's throne room includes a range of interesting weapons, such as a +1 flaming long sword, a +4 flaming two-handed sword, and a range of armor. Most of these items may not be useful for an adventurer who is already strong enough to reach this level, but these chests may hold an odd item or two that can replace a weak item or two that you may not have found a replacement for yet. One chest will also have several interesting [[Mask (dNetHack)|masks]] for those players who have a source of polymorph, including a [[Faerinaal]] mask, a [[Gwynharwyf]] mask, and a [[Queen of Stars]] mask.
 The throne room on the upper left side of the map contains a Mordor Marshal, a Mordor shaman, ten Mordor orc elite, four hobgoblins, two hill orcs, a manes, a succubus, and a vrock. The treasure room to the right of the throne includes a number of chests containing a range of archaic, crystal, and elvish armor.
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 In addition to these throne rooms, randomly placed through this level will two orc-captains, two orc shamans, eight Mordor orcs.
-Finally, scattered throughout the level are a number of stationary, shackled lawful and neutral monsters, such as hobbits, elves, and various Eladrin. Though these monsters can be killed, they seldom have any useful items (presumably, these items are the contents of the treasure chests in the two throne rooms). Untrapping these monsters will release them, usually converting them to peaceful monsters, but sometimes taming them as well.
+Finally, scattered throughout the level are a number of [[Prisoner (dNetHack)|imprisoned lawful and neutral monsters]], such as hobbits, elves and various Eladrin&mdash;items similar to what most of these monsters normally generate with are found within the treasure chests in the two throne rooms. As with normal prisoners, [[untrapping]] these monsters will release them and often pacify them if they are hostile, with a chance of taming them as well.
 The portal to the Mordor cracks is in the bottom left corner of the map.

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-Only Lungorthin will be present on this level. With a sufficiently strong melee weapon, Lungorthin can easily defeated by engraving a ward on the up ladder and hitting him repeatedly as he comes near. Defeating Lungorthin yields the Third Key of Chaos and the [[DNetHack_artifacts#Shard_from_Morgoth.27s_Crown|Shard from Morgoth's Crown]], an artifact ring that grants slotless magic resistance while carried, shock resistance while worn, and increases a user's stats by 6, even past racial caps, to a maximum of 25.
+Only Lungorthin will be present on this level. With a sufficiently strong melee weapon, Lungorthin can easily defeated by engraving a ward on the up ladder and hitting him repeatedly as he comes near. Defeating Lungorthin yields the Third Key of Chaos and [[The Shard from Morgoth's Crown]], an artifact ring that grants slotless magic resistance while carried, shock resistance while worn, and increases a user's stats by 6, going past racial caps to a maximum of 25.
-Note that the [[DNetHack_artifacts#Shard_from_Morgoth.27s_Crown|Shard from Morgoth's Crown]] will appear as an iron ring and will also carry the same effect provided by other iron rings in the game (unless iron rings are rings of polymorph, in which case this ring will take the form of a twisted ring and bear its effects instead). Be careful if iron rings are generated with a less-than-useful attribute, such as hunger or aggravate monster.
+Note that the Shard from Morgoth's Crown will appear as an iron ring and will also carry the same effect provided by other iron rings in the game (unless iron rings are rings of polymorph, in which case this ring will take the form of a twisted ring and bear its effects instead). Be careful if iron rings are generated with a less-than-useful attribute, such as hunger or aggravate monster.
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-This level includes 10 random arachnids, 23 giant spiders, Shelob herself, and many, many webs. Though most of the monsters on this level are not particularly difficult, some care may be necessary if mirkwood spiders are generated, as these can immobilize you with webs, making it difficult not to get swarmed.
+This level includes 10 random arachnids, 23 giant spiders, [[Shelob (dNetHack)|Shelob]] herself, and many, many webs. Though most of the monsters on this level are not particularly difficult, some care may be necessary if mirkwood spiders are generated, as these can immobilize you with webs, making it difficult not to get swarmed.
 If the Second Key of Chaos has not yet been generated, it will appear somewhere on this level. Other treasure on this level will include a potion of starlight, a wand of make invisible, a wand of death, a ring of conflict, a pair of speed boots, and an amulet versus poison.

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 ==== Forest Edge ====
 The left-hand side of this level is a second diseased forest, while the right-hand side is an open grassy plain.
-The forest area is initially populated by random wraiths and shades.  In addition, there is a battle between orcs and elves taking place on the right side of the map.  The elves are led by an [[Elvenqueen]] and two [[Firre Eladrin]], while the orcs are led by a Nazgul. It is likely that the two sides will kill each-other off fairly quickly.  The elven side is commonly victorious, however, the presence of the Nazgul causes corpses to rise as more shades which may finish off the elven survivors.
+The orest area is initially populated by random wraiths and shades.  In addition, there is a battle between orcs and elves taking place on the right side of the map.  The elves are led by an [[Elvenqueen (dNetHack)|Elvenqueen]] and two [[Firre Eladrin]], while the orcs are led by a Nazgul. It is likely that the two sides will kill each-other off fairly quickly: while the elven side is commonly victorious, the presence of the Nazgul causes corpses to rise as more shades which may finish off the elven survivors.
-This level contains a +3 ring of protection, a ring of invisibility, a cursed ring of aggravate monster, and up to 3 random rings (20% chance each). In addition to the two standard '''wrathful''' swords, there is a 20% chance of another wrathful mithril sword and a 20% chance of another wrathful silver sword. There is also a large quantity of discarded elven and orcish weapons throughout the level, including a '''morgul''' orcish short sword and dagger (50% chance each).
+This level contains a +3 [[ring of protection]], a [[ring of invisibility]], a cursed [[ring of aggravate monster]], and up to 3 random rings that each have a {{frac|5}} chance (20%) of generating. In addition to the two standard '''wrathful''' swords, there is a 20% chance of another wrathful mithril sword and a 20% chance of another wrathful silver sword. There is also a large quantity of discarded elven and orcish weapons throughout the level, including a '''morgul''' orcish short sword and dagger (50% chance each).
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-The [[ford guardian]] is found on the central island, protecting the altar.  The left-hand side of the map is a forest level like the previous two, initially populated by elves and possibly including a [[Ghaele Eladrin]] (25%), an elf-lord (75%), and an elf-lady (75%).  The right-hand side of the map is an area of diseased forest, initially populated by orcs and random [[wraith]]s and [[shade]]s.
+The [[ford guardian]] is found on the central island, protecting the altar. The left-hand side of the map is a forest level like the previous two, initially populated by elves and possibly including a [[Ghaele Eladrin]] (25%), an elf-lord (75%), an elf-lady (75%), an [[Elvenking]] (75%), and an Elvenqueen (75%). The right-hand side of the map is an area of diseased forest, initially populated by orcs and random [[wraith]]s and [[shade]]s.
 This level contains the same random loot as the previous levels.

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-The throne room on the right side of the map is the court of the ogre emperor, composed of the ogre emperor himself, three ogre mages, a marilith, three ogre kings, 12 ogre lords, eight ogres, five Mordor orcs, and a tengu. The ogre emperor carries the [[DNetHack_artifacts#Mantle_of_Wrath|Mantle of Wrath]], a useful artifact orcish cloak that grants fire resistance, half spell damage, and blocks all sources of aggravate monster while worn.
+The throne room on the right side of the map is the court of the [[ogre emperor]], composed of the ogre emperor himself, three ogre mages, a marilith, three ogre kings, 12 ogre lords, eight ogres, five Mordor orcs, and a tengu. The ogre emperor carries the [[DNetHack_artifacts#Mantle_of_Wrath|Mantle of Wrath]], a useful artifact orcish cloak that grants fire resistance, half spell damage, and blocks all sources of aggravate monster while worn.
 The treasure room immediately to the left of orge emperor's throne room includes a range of interesting weapons, such as a +1 flaming long sword, a +4 flaming two-handed sword, and a range of armor. Most of these items may not be useful for an adventurer who is already strong enough to reach this level, but these chests may hold an odd item or two that can replace a weak item or two that you may not have found a replacement for yet. One chest will also have several interesting masks for those players who have a source of polymorph, including a [[Faerinaal]] mask, a [[Gwynharwyf]] mask, and a [[Queen of Stars]] mask.

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−	The '''Mordor Ruins Quest''' is one of the [[alignment quest\|alignment-based quests]] in [[dNetHack]]. It is one of the random variants of the Chaos Quest. As is typically the case for dNetHack's alignment quests, it is divided into roughly three parts, though in this case the middle section is tricky to categorize.	+	The '''Mordor Ruins Quest''' (informally '''"chaos3"''') is one of the [[alignment quest\|alignment-based quests]] in [[dNetHack]]. It is one of the random variants of the Chaos Quest. As is typically the case for dNetHack's alignment quests, it is divided into roughly three parts, though in this case the middle section is tricky to categorize.

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-The upstairs will be somewhere near the top of the map, while an unaligned altar to Moloch and the downstairs to the Borehole will be near the bottom of the map. Moloch's altar will be attended by one to three orc shaman; be careful when killing them lest you anger Moloch and summon a lighting bolt upon you.
+The upstairs will be somewhere near the top of the map, while an unaligned altar to Moloch and the downstairs to the Borehole will be near the bottom of the map. Moloch's altar will be attended by a high shaman; be careful when killing him, as you may anger Moloch and be shot at with a lighting bolt.
 The map will also contain fire elementals, fire vortexes, and a balrog.