Zedonk

This is just a draft for a post I'm making:
 

E3M8 D'Sparil's Keep

Secrets: 3/3

The first thing to note about this level is that it is possible to softlock yourself if you don't fly out the pit before your Wings of Wrath run out.  It's unlikely that this happens to anyone but I thought it is worth mentioning.

The encounters through the portals can get pretty hard as you're tramped in small cramped walls with projectiles swarming you.  I was a bit too greedy not using tome of power given to you at the beginning.

The boss fight with the D'Sparil will be the greatest game of hide and seek you've ever played.  Who knew that a ruler of a monstrous demonic horde could be so cowardly?  In order to win the fight you first have to kill D'Sparil's serpent on which he rides (hence, the name Serpent Rider) before killing him himself and the lower health he gets the more he teleports round to opposite sides of the arena, summoning his Disciples to do the fighting for him.  When on low health, I find the untomed Dragon Claw to be quite effective as it is one of the few weapons that can hit him (the tomed version uses too much mana for my taste.)  If you run out of Claw ammo, you can always run around circles and wait for the D'Sparil's own minions to kill him which I always find funny XD.

6/10