Halloween approaches, the Sorcerer’s Dungeon has been taken over by the Pumpkin King and his henchmen.
Following a similar formula to the two previous Halloween Events, Treasures of Doom and Treasures of the Kotl City, a researcher has stationed himself outside the dungeon. This kindly scientist will tithe gold for adventuring chivalrous knights, lock karma and restore life to distressed ghosts.
Artifacts of Enchanted Origin will appear in adventurers’ packs as they battle the inhabitants of the dungeon and the researcher will exchange these for a variety of items in his inventory:
- Jack’s Bag of Tricks Cost 75 artifacts
Usable during the month of October, this bag of tricks can be used once per day to see what goodies are inside Jack’s bag!
Collect candy, or if you’re lucky a rare item including:- Rancid Reindeer Meat
- Glass Candy Cane
- Severed Elf Ears
- Exploding Gift Box
- Ugly Bear Doll
- Spiked Egg Nog
- Serpent’s Jawbone Cost 50 artifacts
A teleporter that can be used to teleport to various locations throughout Ilshenar:- The Village of Lakeshire
- The Rat Fort
- Reg Volom
- Twin Oaks Tavern
- The Oasis
- Blood Dungeon
- Cyclops Dungeon
- Exodus Dungeon
- The Kirin Passage
- Pass of Karnaugh
- The Rat Cave
- Terort Skitas
- Twisted Weald
- Wisp Dungeon
- Gwenno’s Memorial
- Desert Gypsy Camp
- Jack in the Box Cost 30 artifacts
A grizzly take on the classic children’s toy - Shackled Heart of the Pumpkin King Cost 20 artifacts
Use it if you dare! - Reward Titles
- Hero of the Unloved Cost 20 artifacts
- Savior of the Demented Cost 30 artifacts
- Slayer of the Pumpkin King Cost 50 artifacts
- Sterling Silver Ring Cost 50 artifacts
- Talons/Boots of Escaping Cost 50 artifacts
Only one room in the dungeon is active at any time, each room is ruled by one of the Pumpkin King’s minions who will appear when a quantity of the room’s occupants have been killed; however be aware that new arrivals will continue to appear in the room as long as their leader survives and he/she cannot be enticed away from his/her troops.
The locations of these minions are marked on the map, right (click for a larger version), their rooms are active in the following order:
- Nightmare Fairy
- Jack in the Box
- Headless Elf
- Abominable Snowman
- Twisted Holiday Tree
- Rabid Reindeer
- Garish Gingerman
- Stocking Serpent
- Jack the Pumpkin King – cut the pumpkins he drops with a sharp implement to release small piles of coins
Not all artifacts falling into adventurers’ packs in the dungeon will be of interest to the researcher, for this is Ilshenar; there are paragon creatures and therefore a chance of Minor Artifacts and, potentially, paragon chests in corpses if you have the luxury of time to open them to look.