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The '''Role-Player's Vault''' is a collection of [[role playing game]]s, written by Samuel Stoddard and hosted on the [[RinkWorks]] web site.

[[As of 2005]], the vault has two games available for play:
* ''Murkon's Refuge'', a game where a group of [[hero]]es have to descend a [[labyrinth]] ten levels deep to defeat the evil archmage Murkon.
* ''[[Murkon's Vengeance]]'', a sort-of sequel to ''Murkon's Refuge'', where the player takes the role of Murkon, and has to ascend the labyrinth to the surface, killing parties of heroes along the way.

Both games are ''[[Wizardry]]'' clones played on the [[Internet]] via a [[web browser]]. ''Murkon's Refuge'' was originally published on RinkWorks in [[March 2002]] and ''Murkon's Vengeance'' was published in [[May 2005]].

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* Assassin
* Druid
Every class has a set of minimum requirements for the character's abilities. The requirements for Assassins and Druids are so high that new characters cannot become these classes. Once created, a character can later change his/her class, provided he/she meets the requirements.

====Play====
''Murkon's Refuge'' plays like a simplified version of ''Wizardry''. Every one of the 10 levels is a rectangle of 30*20 spaces, with walls forming a 
[[labyrinth]] of corridors. Making a map of the dungeon is essential for avoiding getting lost.

Various [[monster]]s inhabit the dungeon. These range from lowly [[orc]]s to powerful [[dragon]]s. There are also four "boss" monsters which are amazingly powerful and hold vital key objects. The last of these is Murkon himself, holding the magic diadem.

A notable feature of ''Murkon's Refuge'' is that when a character dies, he/she is not deleted from the game, but remains in the party, in an unusable state. In town, a dead character can be resurrected, but at a great cost. Even if the entire party dies, they are taken back to the town they last visited, and can be resurrected if the player can afford it; if not, he/she has lost the game.

===Notes===
[[As of 2005]], hundreds of players have completed ''Murkon's Refuge'', many of them several times. This has led to fans of the game trying several different challenges, such as:
* Completing the game with only one character.
* Completing the game without ever visiting any other town than the first one.
* Completing the game without ever using magic.
* Completing the game by only using magic.
* Completing the game without ever changing a character's class.
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* The [[United Kingdom|British]] software company [[Bullfrog Productions]] developed a role playing game called ''[[Dungeon Keeper]]'', where the player's job is to maintain an evil presence in an underground labyrinth and kill off heroic parties.

==External links==
*[http://www.rinkworks.com/vault/index.cgi The Role-Player's Vault]

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