Snail
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The Snail is a dangerous zone in the form of a spiral-shaped street in the northern central area of Bes Pelargic where npcs automatically attack players.
Seen from above it looks like the spiral inside a snail's shell.
Nominally in the territory controlled by House Sung, it is a lawless area filled with slums, the murderous and the dishonoured outside the reach of the law of Bes Pelargic.
In contrast with some other dangerous areas the Snail does not have numbered exits and it is quite possible to look into the surrounding rooms. However, guarding rujona often try to halt your progress and prevent your flight of terror. The last curve is a no-portal zone.
At the heart of the Snail, there is absolutely no store whatsoever selling the finest weapons, armours and scabbards from Agatea. See below for information on these purely imaginary and in no way real stores. Remember, you were never there!
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[edit] Map
___________________________________________________________ / \ | G Legend | | + / Northeast-southwest exit | | H+1---1-1-1-2-2 - East-west exit | | | \ \ Northwest-southeast exit | | 1 3-3-4-4-4 2 | North-south exit | | | | \ \ + Door | | 1+F 3 6-6~w 4 2 ~ Hidden exit | | | | | ! | | ! Hidden exit | | 0 3 6-6 a-s 5 2 M Market Street | | | | \ | | P Park Avenue | | 0 2-2-2 6-6-6 2 0 Entry - safe-ish buffer | | | \ / 1 First corner - weak nitsuni hiding | |-M-*-M- 2-2-2 2 Outer loop - adds stronger nitsuni | | | 3 Inner west - adds rujona | | P 4 Inner east - adds Ome outlaw | | | 5 Last transportable room | | P 6 Core - No-portal zone | \___________________________________________________________/
- Places of interest inside the Snail
- F: Fruitbat Fabrics Pty Ltd (Fruitbat clothing)
- H: Geta the Hutt (custom getas)
- G: run-down general stone
- w: Nothing at all, certainly not Fai Chu's Exclusive Weaponry, why such a place doesn't even exist!
- a: Nothing at all, certainly not Hotan Hwoar Ni's Rare Armours, why such a place doesn't even exist!
- s: Nothing at all, certainly not One Tender Tulip selling scabbards in Hotan's storeroom. That place doesn't even exist!
- Segments of the Snail
- 0: Weak nitsuni do not follow into the very beginning of the Snail.
- 1: In this area there are only weak nitsuni hiding with a meridian axe that do not seem to attack on their own. The tougher nitsunis do not enter this area except when absconding but rujona and Ome outlaw can when delayed pursuing players.
- 2: Starting with this area there's also tougher nitsuni armed with aikuchi daggers that are usually not hiding and that attack players automatically but sometimes when you find them they absconded earlier and are waiting to backstab.
- 3: Starting with this area there's also rujona that warcry, guard and delayed pursue faster than usual. They often move two rooms instead of one when pursuing and attempt to guard exits.
- 4: Starting with this area there's also Ome outlaw that warcry and delayed pursue faster than usual.
- 5: This is the first room outside the core that can be transported to and from. For some reason nitsuni do not seem to follow to this room, though they can spawn in it.
- 6: This area is a no-portal zone. You cannot portal or fly in or out of it.
The various nitsuni and Ome outlaw protect the rujona when there's any in the room.
[edit] Fai Chu's Exclusive Weaponry
If such a place existed (which it doesn't!) it would certainly claim to offer the finest of weapons unique to Agatea.
Killing the shopkeeper in such a place would get the killer banned from entering the shop for a set amount of time.
Someone else could then try to pay reparations for the person who has angered Fai Chu:
Fai Chu says in Agatean with a Bes Pelargic accent: I have been known to allow my enemies' comrades to pay reparations on their behalf to forget past quarrels... pay reparations on behalf of someone (the name needs to be entered all lower case) You ask about paying reparations for the damage Someone has caused. Fai Chu shakes his head. Fai Chu says in Agatean with a Bes Pelargic accent: I'm sorry, it will require about four thousand rhinu before I will be able to find it in my heart to forgive Someone.
One can only imagine that such a shop, hidden at the center of the Snail and with a secret way of entry, would offer wares such as:
- aikuchi dagger costs 72Rh 110s
- black bokken costs 17Rh 10s
- dao costs 31Rh 30s
- duan jian costs 39Rh 70s
- fu costs 18Rh 90s
- golden dragon nunchaku costs 50Rh
- kodachi costs 51Rh 5s
- lian costs 8Rh 40s
- masakari costs 52Rh 10s
- moon tooth sabre costs 50Rh
- nagamaki costs 52Rh 10s
- ono costs 62Rh 60s
- sai costs 47Rh 110s
- shuang chui costs 52Rh 10s
- sharpened sai costs 52Rh 10s
- silver dragon nunchaku costs 50Rh
- sode-garami costs 62Rh 60s
- steel naginata costs 67Rh 60s
- steel-tempered katana costs 83Rh 40s
- tetsubo costs 72Rh 110s
- wooden naginata costs 57Rh 10s
- wooden nunchaku costs 50Rh
- xiou li jian costs 43Rh 90s
Weapons that might show up eventually:
[edit] Hotan Hwoar Ni's Rare Armours
If such a place existed (which it doesn't!) it would certainly claim to offer the finest of armours unique to Agatea.
Killing the shopkeeper in such a place would get the killer banned from entering the shop for a set amount of time.
One can only imagine that such a shop, hidden beyond Fai Chu's Exclusive Weaponry and requiring some perception to find a secret way into it, would offer wares such as:
- bishamon gote* costs 45Rh 100s
- cloud dragon shield costs 6Rh 30s
- corded sode* costs 20Rh 100s
- do maru costs 20Rh 100s
- haidate skirt* costs 16Rh 80s
- hexagonally-linked kikko costs 12Rh 60s
- kabuto helm costs 16Rh 80s
- kegutsu boots costs 6Rh 30s
- keiko costs 10Rh 50s
- kogake tabi costs 6Rh 30s
- kote* costs 12Rh 60s
- mempo mask* costs 12Rh 60s
- mirrored breastplate costs 12Rh 60s
- padded manchiru costs 5Rh 112s
- padded woolen kaftan costs 6Rh 30s
- somen mask* costs 16Rh 80s
- suneate costs 12Rh 60s
- tanko costs 6Rh 30s
- tatami do costs 27Rh 10s
- tekko guards* costs 11Rh 55s
- thousand rose shield costs 8Rh 102s
- three star shield costs 10Rh 50s
- yodare kake guard costs 14Rh 70s
- * These armours come in different materials (browse appraise <armour> to check in the shop) which only seem to change vurdere with steel as the best.
[edit] One Tender Tulip (scabbards)
Inside Hotan's storeroom (which doesn't exist!), just east of Hotan, One Tender Tulip makes various scabbards.
Since they are very special to her, she will not sell her scabbards to strangers.
| Scabbard | Price | Sheathes |
|---|---|---|
| belt loop | 1Rh 80s | axe, mace, keyring, baton, whip, cane, flail, wrench, torch or hammer |
| xiou li jian scabbard | 14Rh 20s | xiou li jian |
| tetsubo sling | 14Rh 70s | tetsubo or giant wooden club |
| sai loop | 16Rh 80s | 2 x sai |
| ribboned katana scabbard | 37Rh 60s | katana |
| meridian strap | 10Rh | 2 x meridian axe |
| masakari band | 20Rh 100s | 2 x masakari or steel-bladed kama |
| ruffled kaiken garter | 31Rh 30s | kaiken dirk |
| jian cross | 25Rh | duan jian |
| dao guard | 18Rh 90s | dao |
| chui loop | 25Rh | 2 x chui |
| snake wrist sheath | 41Rh 80s | ornamental snake dagger |
| butterfly wrist sheath | 41Rh 80s | ornamental butterfly dagger |
| dragon wrist sheath | 41Rh 80s | ornamental dragon dagger |
See the scabbard page for more information on scabbards.
