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'''Orcus-town''' is a [[[special level]] somewhere between the 10th and 15th levels of Gehennom (and therefore between DL 35 and DL 44). It may contain the stairs to [[Vlad's Tower]].
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'''Orcus-town''' is a [[special level]] somewhere between the 10th and 15th levels of [[Gehennom]] (and therefore between DL 35 and DL 44). It may contain the stairs to [[Vlad's Tower]].
Orcus-town is eligible to leave bones files. The entire level is no-teleport.
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Orcus-town is eligible to leave [[bones]] files. The entire level is no-teleport.
  
 
== Map ==
 
== Map ==
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The empty left hand side is filled with ordinary Gehennom-like maze, and contains the upstair.
 
The empty left hand side is filled with ordinary Gehennom-like maze, and contains the upstair.
  
Orcus is on the downstair, accompanied by two vampires, two vampire lords, two shades, and a human zombie; in addition to the usual undead in the marked graveyard, there are three vampires, two vampire lords, three human zombies, three ettin zombies, three giant zombies, four shades, five skeletons and five random other monsters randomly placed in the town. The abandoned shops contain standard general store items, and usually a large contingent of mimics; ten random other objects are created in the town. Two magic traps, three fire traps, a spiked pit, an anti-magic trap and a sleeping gas trap are placed randomly.
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Orcus is on the downstair, accompanied by two [[vampire]]s, two vampire lords, two [[shade]]s, and a human [[zombie]]; in addition to the usual undead in the marked graveyard, there are three vampires, two vampire lords, three human zombies, three ettin zombies, three giant zombies, four shades, five skeletons and five random other monsters randomly placed in the town. The abandoned shops contain standard general store items, and usually a large contingent of [[mimic]]s; ten random other objects are created in the town. Two magic [[trap]]s, three fire traps, a spiked pit, an anti-magic trap and a sleeping gas trap are placed randomly.
  
 
== Strategy ==
 
== Strategy ==
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The main attraction on this level is Orcus' [[wand of death]]. If you approach him by battling through his entourage, he is likely to have used up all its charges by the time you reach him. One alternative is level teleporting to the level below and climbing the stairs armed with a means of [[stoning]] him in one turn.
 
The main attraction on this level is Orcus' [[wand of death]]. If you approach him by battling through his entourage, he is likely to have used up all its charges by the time you reach him. One alternative is level teleporting to the level below and climbing the stairs armed with a means of [[stoning]] him in one turn.
  
Orcus-town is also a darker, scarier version of [[Minetown]], in that there are many shops with many items. If you have spare scrolls of genocide, it might be a good idea to genocide mimics before you arrive on this level so that the shops are filled with more items (although by this stage of the game, your inventory and stashes should be well stocked).
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Orcus-town is also a darker, scarier version of [[Minetown]], in that there are many shops with many items. If you have spare [[scroll of genocide|scrolls of genocide]], it might be a good idea to [[genocide]] mimics before you arrive on this level so that the shops are filled with more items (although by this stage of the game, your inventory and stashes should be well stocked).
  
 
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[[Category:Special levels]]
 
[[Category:Special levels]]

Revision as of 23:53, 24 June 2006

Orcus-town is a special level somewhere between the 10th and 15th levels of Gehennom (and therefore between DL 35 and DL 44). It may contain the stairs to Vlad's Tower. Orcus-town is eligible to leave bones files. The entire level is no-teleport.

Map

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|.............................|.|....|....|....|..............|....|........|
|.............................|.|....|....|....|..............|....|........|
|.............................|.|....|....|shop|--```-+-------|....`........|
|.............................|.|....|....|....|..............+....`........|
|.............................|.|....`....|....|..............|....|........|
|.............................|.--.-```-+----+--....-------...--------`-+---|
|...................................................|.....|.................|
|.............................|.....................|.._..|.................|
|.............................|.--+----````-.---....|.....|...----------+---|
|.............................|.|....|....|....|....---+---...|......|......|
|.............................|.|....`....|....|..............|......|......|
|.............................|.|---```---------....`-----....+.shop.|......|
|.............................|.|...................`....|....|......|......|
|.............................|.|---------+-```--+---....|....|---------+---|
|.............................|.|....|.......`......|grav+....|.............|
|.............................|.|....+.......|......|....|....|.>...........|
|.............................|.|....|.......|......|....|....|.............|
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The empty left hand side is filled with ordinary Gehennom-like maze, and contains the upstair.

Orcus is on the downstair, accompanied by two vampires, two vampire lords, two shades, and a human zombie; in addition to the usual undead in the marked graveyard, there are three vampires, two vampire lords, three human zombies, three ettin zombies, three giant zombies, four shades, five skeletons and five random other monsters randomly placed in the town. The abandoned shops contain standard general store items, and usually a large contingent of mimics; ten random other objects are created in the town. Two magic traps, three fire traps, a spiked pit, an anti-magic trap and a sleeping gas trap are placed randomly.

Strategy

The main attraction on this level is Orcus' wand of death. If you approach him by battling through his entourage, he is likely to have used up all its charges by the time you reach him. One alternative is level teleporting to the level below and climbing the stairs armed with a means of stoning him in one turn.

Orcus-town is also a darker, scarier version of Minetown, in that there are many shops with many items. If you have spare scrolls of genocide, it might be a good idea to genocide mimics before you arrive on this level so that the shops are filled with more items (although by this stage of the game, your inventory and stashes should be well stocked).

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