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The Elgrandier Games

Public page Region / Area: Astral Status: Visited

A series of games that will challenge even the hardiest of Adventurers

Intro

The Elgrandier Games are one of those dark, hidden-from-the-light, parts of society.

A contest, where advenutrer parties are lured in by a quest with a middling-to-decent reward, a small fight, and then a test of character (as to whether they are daft enough to steal from a high level wizard).
Once the thieving happens, their fates are set, and the games begin.

This contest is broadcast via the Astral Relay out to other wizards, adventurers and cretins part of the that side of society, where there is a large betting and gambling market around the success of people in the games.

The Games

The Games are a number of puzzles, traps and fights. All Illusionary, yet real enough to risk the deaths of the players if they get to 0hp.

First comes the consequences of their thievery, a number of Astral Rooms with fable-like consequences for the stolen items,
then it turns into a traditional trap-alley, putting the rogues to the test, and following that is a number of fights that will see the players pushed to their limits, going up against other illusionary copies of adventurers who have successfully passed the games before.

Finally, if they are able to make one final choice: Take the Reward, or, Fight Elgrandier himself.

The Sign Upon Entry

Welcome to the Elgrandier Games.
You have selected, yet still elected to enter, and thus are now bound to compete to the End.

Rules

  1. No Digging of Tunnels.
  2. No Dispelling of Magikal Entities.
  3. Complete the dungeon in under Four Hours.

The rest of the rules appear to have been added after the inital ones:
4. Any summoned creatures must be of a weight that can lifted by a Swallow Ranesian Swallow
5. No Summoning a Spring Endless Water to Fill the Dungeon to "wash out the nasty illusionists"
6. You will NOT, under ANY circumstances, summon a God (neither Good, nor Evil) to this place.
7. Contracts of Creature Indenturing must be submitted to the Auditors before reaching Level 3.

For the Frail
If at any point, you wish to Exit the dungeon, please repeat the following phrase, and you will be teleported back to the surface, without any equipment you entered with:

"I have failed to best Silvarandario Elgrandier, and wish to resign as an adventurer"

The Games
To Begin, enter the Door.