The Haunted Ballroom

The Haunted Ballroom
Zone Num	109
Location	Spookyraven Manor, Second Floor
Unlocks	Give Lady Spookyraven her dancing things
Recom Stat	40
Combat %	90
ML	65
Terrain	indoor
Special Adventures
Lucky	Forward to the Past
Turtle	Never Break the Chain
Bad Moon	Party Crasher
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The Haunted Ballroom is located in Spookyraven Manor, Second Floor and can only be accessed after you give Lady Spookyraven her dancing stuff.

A primary stat of 40 is suggested. If your main stat isn't high enough, you'll see the following message:

As you approach the door to the Ballroom, you hear strains of ghostly organ music. Your heart pounds, your hair stands on end, and your tizzy gets all in a twist. You're too scared to go any further.

(It is recommended that you have at least 40 <mainstat> to adventure here.)

Combat Adventures

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floating platter of hors d'oeuvres -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: dehydrated caviar, desiccated apricot, flute of flat champagne, hors d'oeuvre tray Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 65 • Substat Gain: 16.25 • Moxie for No Hit*: 75 Monster Defense: 55 Hit Points: 70 Initiative: 0 Elemental Alignment: spooky, weak against hot and stench

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tapdancing skeleton -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: tap shoes, worn tophat, janglin' bonesm Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 65 • Substat Gain: 16.25 • Moxie for No Hit*: 75 Monster Defense: 55 Hit Points: 70 Initiative: 50 Elemental Alignment: spooky, weak against hot and stench

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zombie waltzers -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: dance card, ballroom blintz Meat Drop: 40-60 Monster Level: 65 • Substat Gain: 16.25 • Moxie for No Hit*: 75 Monster Defense: 55 Hit Points: 70 Initiative: 50 Elemental Alignment: spooky, weak against hot and stench

Non-combat Adventures

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Having a Ball in the Ballroom
	Substat Gain: 100 to all stats Note: Occurs on first visit to the zone.

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Curtains

Investigate the organ: Fight a ghastly organist or, if you have the bizarre illegible sheet music, finish the Spookyraven Manor Quest. ghastly organist -- (edit metadata) Item Drops: opera mask Meat Drop: 40-60 Monster Level: 65 • Substat Gain: 16.25 • Moxie for No Hit*: 75 Monster Defense: 55 Hit Points: 70 Initiative: 50 Elemental Alignment: None Watch the dancers: Gain approximately <mainstat> in Smarm (max 150). Pay no attention to the stuff in front of the curtain: Nothing. (Does not cost an adventure.)

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Strung-Up Quartet

"Play 'Provare Compasione Per El Sciocco'": Increases Monster Level by 5 "Play 'Sono Un Amanten Non Un Combattente'": Decreases Combat Frequency by 5% "Play 'Le Mie Cose Favorite'": Increases Item Drops by 5% "Play nothing, please.": Nothing, or cancels current song effects. Note: Choosing to play the same song as the quartet had been playing does not cost an adventure. Choosing "Play nothing, please." will not cost an adventure, even if a song was already active. Note: Can be encountered at most once every 20 turns.

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Rotting Matilda
	Substat Gain: Approximately 2*<mainstat> in Roguishness (max ~300) Note: Occurs four turns after using a dance card. Note: Can be overridden by Forward to the Past if you have a ten-leaf clover in your inventory on the fourth turn, or by We'll All Be Flat when opening the cellar.

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We'll All Be Flat
	Note: Opens the Spookyraven Manor Cellar. Note: Only occurs if you read your father's MacGuffin diary during the Quest for the Holy MacGuffin. Note: A one-time superlikely adventure.

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Forward to the Past
	Substat Gain: Approximately 2*<mainstat> in Smarm (max 300) Note: This adventure is triggered whenever you adventure here while feeling Lucky!.

Notes

• Gives this message if you try to enter the Ballroom before retrieving Lady Spookyraven's dancing things:

Lady Spookyraven darts in front of you.

"Oh dear, I couldn't possibly dance now! You must retrieve my dancing things!"

History

• Along with the entire Spookyraven Manor revamp on May 14, 2014, this room got changed a bit:

  Was unlocked by having a Spookyraven ballroom key in inventory. Not having it yielded:

  The Ballroom door is locked. Hopefully Katie didn't bar it.

  Had a stat recommendation message:

  As you approach the door to the Ballroom, you hear strains of ghostly organ music. Your heart pounds, your hair stands on end, and your tizzy gets all in a twist. You're too scared to go any further.

  Had this image:

  

  There was no Having a Ball in the Ballroom adventure.

References

• "Hopefully Katie didn't bar it" in the message for not having the key comes from a phrase of unknown origins in the vernacular of the American South, with "Katie bar the door!" implying that disaster is impending.