/* Coded by Edoras. Brogden mentions and brings attention to some */ /* of the NPCs in Belgars Haven. April/4/96 */ inherit "/obj/monster"; void setup() { set_name("Brogden"); set_short("Brogden the Elder"); add_alias("man"); add_alias("elder"); add_alias("brogden"); set_gender(1); set_max_hp(100); set_level(22); add_move_zone("town"); set_move_after(10,10); set_long(" Brogden appears to be disturbed about some recent" " happenings. He is strlling about wildly, muttering obscenities in" " a quiet, but desperate manner. He wears tattered clothing and appears" " to be simple. He twists his long grey beard as he ponders over" " dilemma unknown to you." "\n\n"); load_chat(70, ({ 1,({ "'Danger rests in those seas. Serpents an tha likes.", ":sighs heavily", "'However, some dangers reap rewards." }), 1,({ "'Those seas were my life they were.", "'I spent many o nights guiding me boat by those stars.", "'Fearful things those waters hold. Ye take heed, an d'not" " venture through them unprepared.", ":peers worridly towards the shoreline.", }), 1,({ "'Those Sahuagin be pesky critters.", "'Plagueing our coast like scavengers.", ":spits.", "'If ye meet one, take heed, slay tha bastard or flee. D'not" " stand an ponder ye actions.", }), 1,({ "'Damn that Greylark.", "'Portin all these ships on tha docks.", "'Just yesturdy me dingy got bashed by one o them damned" " frigates.", ":curses.", "'Can'ot drain a dime out o him fer repairs.", }), 1,({ "'Have ye met the Weaver Baazaruth?", ":smiles timidly.", "'A odd one he is, Always a brewin up powerful magiks.", "'Fine dinner host he is though.", }), 1,({ "'If ye visit the local pub beware, damned tender always a" " naggin ye over how much ale ye wiffers.", "'Thraddash be his name.", "'Just last night he booted me inta tha streets he did.", "'Claimin I'ad had enough.", "'Imagin the nerve.", ":spits twice in the general direction of the pub.", }), 1,({ "'I too was once a powerful adventurer as yeself.", "'I was known as 'Brogden Tha Brutal'!", "'A many o treasures I claimed from them seas.", ":lowers his eyebrows.", "'Just to have them scavengers raid me home an carry um into" " tha deep.", ":shakes his head disturbingly.", }), 1,({ "'Ye met tha local mayor yet?", "'Talin be his name.", "'I hear he be lookin fer a few strong venturers.", ":eyes you over.", "'Perhaps ye should have a chat with him.", ":smiles hopefully.", }), 1,({ "'The ol' villagers from Mdorn used ta tell stories o' " "a sister island named Eglath.", ":shrugs.", "'They were lizards o' some sort.", "'Gone now tho, trapped they are..", "'the sea rose up 'n sealed them in t'ere.", ":ponders and looks to the north.", "'Northeast of Mdorn, near them their cliffs i heard it be.", "'Yes search tha cliffs.....", }), }), ); }