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EXPLAINED: Should FD gatekeeper load a key?

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:27 pm
by calcaneus
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* S HP:Battered MV:Full > Fal Dara Outer Gate
[ obvious exits: N W ]
An oil lamp, set in a steel cage, hangs from a high wooden pole.
A city lamplighter stands nearby, attending his duties.
A Shienaran guard patrols here, watching you carefully.
A Shienaran guard patrols here, watching you carefully.
A figure stands here, ready to collect unwanted things.
A simple man blends into the crowd of the city.
A Shienaran gatekeeper stands here, watching over the gate.

* S HP:Battered MV:Full > [kill gatekeeper]
You lance the Shienaran gatekeeper's body hard.

* S HP:Battered MV:Full - the Shienaran gatekeeper: Critical >
The Shienaran gatekeeper tries to slash you, but you deflect the blow.
A city lamplighter tries to hit you, but you dodge the attack.
A Shienaran guard joins the Shienaran gatekeeper's fight!
A Shienaran guard joins a Shienaran guard's fight!
You lance the Shienaran gatekeeper's body very hard.
The Shienaran gatekeeper is dead! R.I.P.
Oh, much better the second time around.
Your blood freezes as you hear the Shienaran gatekeeper's death cry.

* S HP:Battered MV:Full > get key corpse
There doesn't seem to be a key in the corpse of the Shienaran gatekeeper.

* S HP:Battered MV:Full >
You swiftly dodge a Shienaran guard's attempt to slash you.
You swiftly dodge a Shienaran guard's attempt to slash you.
You swiftly dodge a city lamplighter's attempt to hit you.

examien corpse
* S HP:Battered MV:Full - a Shienaran guard: Scratched > cw
Arglebargle, glop-glyf!?!

* S HP:Battered MV:Full - a Shienaran guard: Scratched > [change mood wimpy]
Mood changed to: Wimpy
Wimpy reset to: 191 hit points.

* S HP:Battered MV:Full - a Shienaran guard: Scratched > get key corpse
There doesn't seem to be a key in the corpse of the Shienaran gatekeeper.

* S HP:Battered MV:Full - a Shienaran guard: Scratched > examine corpse

You lance a Shienaran guard's body hard.
A Shienaran guard tries to slash you, but you parry successfully.
A Shienaran guard tries to slash you, but you parry successfully.
A city lamplighter tries to hit you, but you dodge the attack.
Archers' arrows shower down from above.
An archer's arrow impales you!


* S HP:Beaten MV:Full - a Shienaran guard: Scratched > It is the corpse of the Shienaran gatekeeper.
When you look inside, you see:
corpse (here) :
a lantern
a pair of thin metal boots
a pair of thin metal leggings
a long, thin sword
a metal shield
a pair of metal half-gauntlets
a set of chainmail sleeves
a thick mail shirt
a chain coif

* S HP:Beaten MV:Full - a Shienaran guard: Scratched > f
You panic and attempt to flee!


A Shienaran guard tries to slash you, but you parry successfully.
A Shienaran guard tries to slash you, but you parry successfully.
You swiftly dodge a city lamplighter's attempt to hit you.


No key? Maybe intended. Maybe not.
Maybe I fled too quickly - no idea if this room has the damage healer mobol.

Thanks!

Re: Should FD gatekeeper load a key?

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:48 pm
by isabel
There is no actual gate there though. The other three gates (north, east, west) have keys.

Re: Should FD gatekeeper load a key?

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:40 pm
by Weir
This had a key at one point, but it got removed.

Re: Should FD gatekeeper load a key?

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 2:13 am
by Aureus
No actual gate here, so Isabel is right that it is intentional it doesn't load a key.