Tickle

Tickle is the 8th level in Dungeon Keeper.
A great fiery river winds its way through this region and separates the factions. As indicated by the picture, some of the gold seams are natural crossings, so acting greedy is both rewarding and hazardous. A party led by the Lord of the Land (Thane Dennis) is supposed to visit when the Blue Keeper and all rogue heroes are slain, but he doesn't. Your mission here is simply to destroy all opposition.
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==Breakdown==
* Speed: 550 Turns
* Creature Pool:
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	   	30
	   	20
	   	20
	   	20
	   	10
	   	10
	   	10
	   	
	   	
* Neutrals
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x1 - among Hero barbarians	x1 - among Hero barbarians
x5 x2 	 ▷ behind gold, east end
* Specials
::Increase Level - cavern, northwest
::Locate Hidden World - dungeon, far northeast
::Transfer Creature - behind gold, east end
==Heroes==
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::These Fairies represent a most unusual trap, certainly designed to punish players who dig around willy-nilly without using the Sight of Evil spell. They are waiting in ambush behind a gold seam that's taking a suggestive path north of your heart. Unlike a similar group of renegade Fairies seen earlier in Realm 6, these are powered-up with lightning spells and are hovering in safety over lava, making them fatally dangerous to Imps and any low-level creatures you might have attracted so far.
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::Occupying a lava-bright cavern north of the fairies, this group is a stand-up fight. Likely a programmer's mistake, the seventh Barbarian seems to be exactly your kind of scum— he is a Neutral— and will instantly join the first Keeper to see him and attack his comrades. Back him up!
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::These three unpartied heroes are supposed to make a grand entrance when all other opponents have been slain or captured, but in the shipped game, no location for them has been designated. Instead, you win the match.
==Blue Keeper==
The primary source of opposition in Tickle, the Blue Keeper here has a very generous number of gold slabs in his immediate area. And still he may try to hog the small, center-south seam connecting Red (us) to his own island. This is noteworthy because if both keepers reach it, battle might commence early on. Other than superior geography, this keeper is more-or-less evenly matched to Red, with similar initial endowments, research, and construction options.
==White Dungeon==
An ancient structure is located in the northeast corner. At its north end, you have a choice of three Magic Doors. The center one contains the location of one of the hidden realms, Secret 1.
==New Dungeon Features==
This realm introduces the Temple with its accompanying host of applications. The Iron Door and the Keeper Spells Protect Monster and Conceal Monster may also be developed.
In constructing a Temple and attracting the right minions, we have access to Horned Reapers for the first time in the campaign (no suggestion of their existence and recipe is made to the player until the next level, however). The AI in the original release of Dungeon Keeper never sacrifices creatures, so Blue will not field these monsters, but since he can build 5x5 rooms, he is the first keeper that will compete with the player for the scarce Bile Demons in the Creature Pool.
==Messages==
;Briefing Text
:"Seek out the one who would be your rival in this region of the underworld. Explain the concept of early retirement to him. On the other hand, string him up. It's in the only language he understands."
;Player researches Conceal
:"You have researched the power of Invisibility. Cast it on a creature to hide it from enemy eyes."
;Player researches Protect
:"The Protect Creature spell has been researched at last. Cast it on a creature to increase its toughness."
;Player researches Temple
:"Researchers have found instructions for building a Temple to the dark gods. Sacrifice creatures in the Temple's pool to receive gifts from these gods. You might have to experiment with the offerings you make. The dark gods are not easy to please."
;Player defeats Heroes and Blue Keeper
:"That's another enemy successfully written off. The defenceless inhabitants of the land above bow down before your depraved presence. As if that will save them..."
==Sound Bytes==
==Trivia==
*This realm's outtro speech file, BAD08.WAV, makes more sense if renamed to BAD07.WAV to correspond with Wishvale. Moonbrush Wood's outro file, BAD09.WAV (Neverdorf), makes more sense renamed to 08 to match up with Tickle. These files are in the game subdirectory \SOUND\ATLAS\.
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*The names for this level in other languages are as follows:
==Other versions==
The prototype and retail versions' scripts are identical.
KeeperFX makes a very minor change in the wall fortification for Blue, and adds a Hero Gate to Blue's Treasure Room (the retail version has script code that spawns some heroes, including the Lord of the Land, at Action Point 1, which is absent).
Map images in the official guide book are of the prototype version, not the final retail version.
==Gallery==
Tickle map early stage Dungeon Keeper.jpg|Overhead map, early stage
Map-revealed_(4).png|Map revealed
Barbarians in Tickle Dungeon Keeper.jpg|Barbarians stalk the caverns.
Locate Hidden World box in Tickle Dungeon Keeper.jpg|Hidden Realm Box, in a forgotten dungeon northeast of your enemy.
==References==