Creep

Level #: 16
Land: Stonekeep
Primary goal: Kill the unsuspecting Lord Pureheart
Secondary goals: First, stealthily build up your dungeon within Lord Pureheart's walls; second, make good use of the secret doors to expand within Pureheart's castle.

Lord Pureheart is a little too trusting, a little too secure, a little too... stupid. This will play to your advantage in this level. However, just because his lordship is a ninny doesn't mean that you can discount those under his command. You must still keep an open eye on the goings on of this level, lest you find your dungeon heart overrun with saccharine heroic types. Blah.

Near your precious dungeon heart, you'll find two small workshops, complete with trolls. Work your way into these areas and recruit the resident trolls. Then, start laying down plans for secret doors. Make sure to protect your newfound workshops and your dungeon heart first. Then, create a couple of traps (a little insurance, in case a band of heroes follows a wayward imp into your dungeon). To the east, you'll find a small prison. Its lone goblin occupant will be more than happy to join your cause after being released. Be sure to lay down plans for a secret door to this room as soon as possible. Odd as it may seem, guards have been known to check in on what they think is their prison. Your pattern of advancement should shift in a pendulum-like manner, from the east to the west and back again.

The best way to play this level is to think less like a marauding force of ultimate darkness and more like a virus. If you slowly infect Lord Pureheart's castle, you will ultimately prevail. If you can manage a facility for conversions (in other words, if you can build a torture chamber), you'll stand to help your cause all the more. Again, it's brains - not brawn - that will win this level.


Patience is a virtue, even for the evil (especially for the evil, in this case). Take your time and slowly (oh so slowly) place your crushing grip on Lord Pureheart's home before killing him outright.

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