Shade

Shadows come together and meld into the form of Shade, the Keep Dragon.

Information

• Area: Ocean Keep
• Status: Neutral mob
• Alignment: Neutral
• Race: Dragon
• Class: Mage
• Level Range: 50 - 55

Description

His form seems solid enough, but the exact shape of him eludes your gaze 
somehow.  It seems he is covered in small patches of shadow with a life 
of their own, constantly shifting and changing so that you can not focus 
on any one spot before it falls away into blackness.

Directions

• RoD: 8e, 3ne, 3e, ne, e, ne, 2e, 5n, ne, e, ne, e, se, e, ne, 3n, ne, 2d, 7w, 5n, e, 2n, e, n, 2e, n, 4w
• zMUD: #8 e;#3 ne;#3 e;ne;e;ne;#2 e;#5 n;ne;e;ne;e;se;e;ne;#3 n;ne;#2 d;#7 w;#5 n;e;#2 n;e;n;#2 e;n;#4 w

Items

Equipment

Location	Item
Worn on head	the shade helm
Worn as shield	the shade shield
Worn on eyes	the shades

Inventory

• 99000 coins
• the shade ring

Strategy

• Chars: 2+ (soloable)
• Weapons: Any
• Tunnel: None
• IP Check: None
• Spells for Tank: Basic spells, Grounding
• Spells for Others: Basic spells
• Elemental Shields: None

Notes

• Door to lair is locked. Kill tunneler mob for key.
• Can use knock spell on lair. Can also use passdoor to get through.
• Killing the tunneler mob in Shade's lair will summon a guardian vampire.

The tunneler is DEAD!!
Spasms of death run from one end of the tunneler's body to the other.
Just as the last of the quivering comes to an end, you hear the
beast uttering something that sounds like a spell, and suddenly a
demon from the netherworld appears to seek revenge.
A guardian vampire utters the words, 'zabrahpdjatz'.
A guardian vampire makes the earth tremble and shiver.

• Shade can do a bit of damage to your eq if you give her the time, so it's best to have a few hitters (the more, the better) and try to kill her fast.
• She also steals like the dickens, don't visit her with any gold on your person.
• If there's anyone in the room when she spawns, she doesn't do so with full health (logic follows that if you want to backstab her, don't have anyone in the room at repop).
• Wasp talon works well here.