Ironman challenge game

[Mik]

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Hi

I have some questions about the rules of this challenge game.
It is said in the faq...

"The PC enters the Infinite Dungeon immediately upon arriving at the
appropriate wilderness square. The PC must descend to the next level of
the Infinite Dungeon every time a down staircase is found. No delay is
allowed for any reason."

Does this mean if a PC can see a stair it must go directly down to the
next level or can for example pick up some items lying next to the stairs
or kill monsters in that room (all this without leaving the room with the
staircase).

"The objective is to retrieve the Sceptre of Chaos from the SIL, return to
the surface and leave the Drakalor Chain. It is not necessary to kill
MaLaKaI to do this, although in practice it may be unavoidable."

What after getting the SoC? - is it allowed to go down to deepest levels
or PC has to come back directly to the surface? (with no delay when a
staircase is met)


Is here anyone who finished this type of game?


Mik

 

[Mik]

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Of course going back a level is not allowed? (for example going from cave
level 1 to 6 then to 5 and then back to 6) - even if a cave is full of
water and a PC cannot swim? :>


Mik

 

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> "The PC enters the Infinite Dungeon immediately upon arriving at the
> appropriate wilderness square. The PC must descend to the next level of
> the Infinite Dungeon every time a down staircase is found. No delay is
> allowed for any reason."
>
> Does this mean if a PC can see a stair it must go directly down to the
> next level or can for example pick up some items lying next to the
> stairs or kill monsters in that room (all this without leaving the room
> with the staircase).

Picking up items and killing monsters is generally considered ok, I
think. Exploring other parts of the dungeon is not, of course.

And to answer the question from your other post, going up staircases is
of course not allowed before the sceptre is retrieved.

> "The objective is to retrieve the Sceptre of Chaos from the SIL, return
> to the surface and leave the Drakalor Chain. It is not necessary to
> kill MaLaKaI to do this, although in practice it may be unavoidable."
>
> What after getting the SoC? - is it allowed to go down to deepest
> levels or PC has to come back directly to the surface? (with no delay
> when a staircase is met)

Going deeper after finding the sceptre is not allowed; basically, ones
you have the sceptre, the rules reverse and you have to go up all the
time, rather than down.

> Is here anyone who finished this type of game?

Yes, several people in fact. According to
http://www.andywlms.com/adom/challenge.html, "this challenge has been
completed about ten times by various players." I guess using google
groups with a query including "YAVP" and "ironman" might find at least
one of those.

Malte