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DDO: Karthos Island Revealed and Plundered - Page 2

Updated Wed, Nov 25, 2009 by Dalmarus

Side Note: To complete the rest of the quests available to you, you'll need to go through the gate on the south end of town and locate the various dungeons in what's called a wilderness area. These areas are instanced, just for you and/or your party and serve as a more traditional open area. There are plenty of mobs to kill, special locations to explore, and even some rare named mobs that will drop some nice loot upon defeat. Be sure to wander the entire island to get all the XP (and enjoyment) you can out of it.



Sacrifices


The mayor of Karthos Village, Viggie Storr, desperately needs your help. He awoke to the screams of his daughter and has found no trace of her. There's reason to believe she's been taken with a number of other villagers up to Cannith Aqueducts.

The aqueducts are filled with spiders, Sahuagin, Devourer minions, and a lot of scared villagers. Pure brawn won't get you through to the end in this one if you want all the XP you can find. There are some puzzles to test your noggin against as well. When you find the last of the villagers (the mayor's daughter is among them) you can leave, but don't be too hasty. Work your way back down the hall to kill the mage at the bottom of the nearby duct and claim the treasure chest sitting beside him.



Necromancer's Doom


A questionable fellow if ever there was one, Handsome Wilm is hanging down by the docks and wants your help in retrieving his boss. A group of undead dragged her off in the middle of the night to a sewer on the island.

What initially appears to be your standard snatch and grab by your everyday undead-raising priest eventually becomes something far more sinister. Jacoby Drexelhand has been raised from the dead and is much more powerful (not to mention ugly) than he was the first time you killed him. He's also far more than a little pissed off, so enjoy taking his ass down once again. Try to do the job right this time though, will you?



Redemption


It turns out Kaja isn't the only one convinced that Lars is still alive. Ursa Jernsvard is near the southern gate and wants to talk with you. She does, of course, threaten to disembowel you if you repeat what she confides. She thought she might have been seeing ghosts, but now she's convinced she saw him alive in the Cannith Manufactory. One second he was there, the next, he was gone. She wants you to go the manufactory and get him to assist the town, no matter what it takes.

There may not be an overly abundant amount of combat in this dungeon, but there are a lot of traps to avoid and some cool puzzles. As a note, some of the valves needed for the crystal section are pretty small, so be sure to search carefully.

Have you ever had one of those days when you feel like a complete moron? If so, the moment you find Lars, you should feel right at ease. The Sahuagin have been searching for Lars and now, thanks to you, they've found him. Good job, Spiffy. You have no other choice now but to fight your way through wave after wave of Sahuagin. Survive this onslaught, though, and you'll be able to convince Lars to assist the town.


Misery's Peak


Up until now, all the dungeons you've gone into have been refurbished from the original starting area in the first iteration of Dungeons and Dragons Online. They've been done well, and changed up, but if you played through those areas a lot when the game first released, you won’t find many surprises (though there are a few). For this reason alone, Misery's Peak is a welcome site. The dungeon is massive and the caves it contains are huge. This is the first adventure you can really take some time and sink your teeth into.

Since this is the grand finale, I won't ruin any of the surprise, but get ready to have a great time. This dungeon is filled with undead, ice spiders (including one named spider), and highlights just how cool scripted events can be in an adventure. It also contains the biggest and most interlocked puzzles you've run across yet. The adventure will certainly take some time to get through, but it'll be a great ride so be sure to enjoy it!


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Developer: Turbine, Inc.
Genre: Fantasy
Status: Published
Release Date: February 28, 2006
Fee: Free-to-Play
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