Onyx

NOTE: This is an older area report and the information may no longer be 100% accurate.

AREA: Onyx

DIRECTIONS: South Isle Landing, go East to South Isle Landing East (duh), NE section marked on the map.

TESTED WITH: Coriah Lvl 40+ Rogue/Assassin/Fighter and Logan Lvl 40+ Fighter/COT/WM

WHAT WORKS WELL: WOF blinds them, Darkness on the mages allows for sneaks etc. since they don't have True Seeing, Improved Invisibility certainly helps as well. I didn't notice any resistances/immunities towards magic either.

NOTES:

Onyx Castle Lvl 1: Onyx Warriors (CR 39), slashing damage which do around 20-30 a hit with crits around 100 dmg. My rogue with 73 AC got hit about 1 out of every 6 swings of theirs. The Warriors drop the ONYX WARRIOR HELM: A whopping +1 concentration. Also on this level are Invisible Onyx Souls (CR 31). Also you will need to pick DC 25 locks on this level.

Onyx Castle Lvl 2: Onyx Storm Knights (CR 49), do Bludge and electrical damage. They seem to have less AB than the Warriors. Onyx Battle Mage (CR 40) casts prismatic spray and Cone of Cold, are sitting ducks in the dark against a rogue.

Onyx Castle Lvl 3: Onyx Wave Knight (CR 37) do slashing and sonic damage. Onyx Elite Mages (CR 49) are also easy targets. There is a room with 3 Wave Riders (CR 74) in it. They drop a few interesting trinkets such as: AMMY of ONYX HAWK: -1 STR, +4 DEX, IMM Lvl/Ability Drain. The chest is a DC 48 lock, within lies an ONYX WAVE SWORD (Bastard): +1AC Deflection, +1 AB, 1d10 Sonic, Holy Avenger, and Keen.

Onyx Castle Lvl 4: I walked into the first room with my rogue took about 5 steps and spawned 2 separate encounters of 3 and got whallupped. Onyx Acid Knights (CR 50) do Bludge and Acid damage, and hit pretty hard. They had no trouble hitting me with 73 AC.

Onyx Royal Guardian Realm: This encounter I believe is random as to which dragon guard you will face. Ancient Onyx Silver (or Copper) Guardian (CR 50). Pretty weak as far as dragons go and seemed to be easier than the Acid Knights. The Silver Guardian drops ONYX SILVER BELT: +2 DEX, +2 STR, and +2 WIS, the Copper Guard drops ONYX COPPER BOOTS: Haste, IMM Fear, IMM KD. I am unsure if there are other dragon guards besides these two or different loot.

Onyx Inner Sanctum: Onyx Ruler (CR 80), a large Fire Giant looking boss. Be careful you can become swamped really quick because there is an Acid Knight and an Elite Mage encounter on either side of you. The Ruler drops the ONYX RULER SHIELD (Large): +3 AC, 15 Fire and 15 Slashing resistances, Improved Evasion.

LOOT: There are a few chests on the far wall, DC 50 will get them open. I found in one the ONYX RULER'S PLATE (Heavy): +2 AC, Acid/Cold/Electrical/Fire/Sonic/ Bludge/Pierce/Slashing resistances all at 10.

In the far room you will meet the REAL King, King Onyxlias. Aparently there was a story to this area, you get 50 exp for freeing him.

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