Spot Report: Pericat Lives! Andariel Dies! Radament Implodes! Film At 11!
jill
some fine fellow travellers, but much of her time has been spent
trudging into the maw of death all by her lonesome. Lately, of course,
it's been her and her faithful cannon fodder Heremod. And sometimes the
umpty-umpth iteration of her Personal Heavenly Companion. Neither of
these two is long on conversation, stash space or even life spans,
conditions which can be characterized as anywhere from "mildly annoying"
to "blisteringly expensive".
Pericat had no idea that Heremod was such a purple junkie, and rather
felt Qual-Kek hadn't been completely upfront when she first approached
him so many levels ago, looking to retire Telash, Bubbleboy (IQ of a
Carver and attention span to match) in favour of a merc who would fend
off dangerous monsters, who would indeed not shirk from sacrificing his
very person to the cause of keeping Pericat alive and in the game. That
Heremod did not shrink from even this last was indisputable; rather did
he fling himself into the very thick of danger and destruction, time and
again. And time and again did Pericat find herself scuffing her toes in
the dirt before Kashya's icy glare, dropping gold by the 50K fistfuls
into the Rogue captain's coffers, just to keep Heremod frisking about.
And all because he wanted those purple potions.
She tried feeding him on reds, of course, but several million gold later
was forced to admit that only purples, and fat purples at that, would
do. Even so, he died often enough to send her, impoverished and limping,
back to Nightmare Harrogath to rebuild her stores. She tried
everything-- Goldskins, a fancy circlet with DR +13, a high damage
two-hander (in hopes he'd kill faster than he could be killed) but it
was at best a holding pattern. The last straw was when, deep in the Jail
of Act 1, she fed him most of her belt (and still had to resurrect him
twice) through one battle of stone-skinned LEBs, only to round the
corner into an MSLEB pack sporting the fanaticism aura. Into which that
purple-slurping fool, in the manner of an ardent salmon spotting a
particularly tasty sandbar just beyond six ravenous grizzley bears,
dove.
After paying her own death duties, she had just enough left over to
reclaim Heremod and retire, once more, to NM Harrogath.
Now having reached the venerable height of level 68, she re-entered Hell
and twinkled through the Jail Level One waypoint. Two boss pack skellie
archers met her (and Heremod, and the Valk, but not the Valk for long)
in the first hallway, but they weathered that challenge with only
minimal losses. One of the bosses dropped an extremely nice circlet, +1
to Assassin Skills, +14 to Resist All, and +This & That to That & The
Other, and Pericat bethought herself of a way to improve the odds:
borrow armour and such from her cousin, st_roch. St_roch's resists were
quite healthy even in Hell, and once the trade was done, so were
Pericat's. The difference in fire resist alone was quite gratifying,
from -5 to +38 or so.
With that, Pericat eased down through the Jail levels and on up into the
Inner Cloister. For once she was lucky with her layouts, and found the
stairs fairly expeditiously.
A Message From Beyond appeared on the screen just as she activated the
IC waypoint and cleared the Cathedral, from SvH's Madruka offering cool
goodies and more-- to hold her game open while she sent in a mule to
store the toys. Slapping the Undead Crown Crown on Heremod's thick head
(he had no life steal and complained of it), Pericat teamed up with
Madruka to wipe out the Catacombs and flush Andariel from her hiding
place.
Madruka's a most accomplished Barbarian, whirling and shouting his way
through pack after pack of badly behaved beasties. LEBs barely ruffled
the feathers in the wings of his helm. Heremod worshipped him as a god,
and ceased his querulous demands for "da purple juice, boss, gimme
purple, gimme purplarrrgh!" at least while in Madruka's hearing, anyway.
Madruka's instincts concerning stairway locations could not be bettered,
and without very much fuss at all they were mixing it up with one, no,
two, no, three boss packs in Andariel's throne room. Andariel, bless her
demonic heart, had the grace to wait till these were disposed of before
quick-stepping down the carpet and into oblivion.
On to Lut Gholein! Burning skellies are mere bagatelles after the varied
and often hair-tearing combinations of nasties in the Monastery. Pericat
strafed and Madruka twirled. Heremod bounced back and forth between
them, his life bar (mostly) in the green. The Valk got poisoned and
occasionally slunk off to expire quietly in a corner, and then sprang to
life whenever Pericat remembered to recast.
Radament, when they deigned to notice him, stood smack in the middle of
a gallery at one end of a corridor. Freezing Arrow made short work of
his skellie minions, and then there was naught left but to beat him
down. Afterward, Pericat read her skill book and called it a night,
marvelling anew how much of a difference it can make to have company
sometimes.
jill
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Wailwulf
> Hell is hell when one is soloing.
> Into which that purple-slurping fool, in the manner of an ardent
> salmon spotting a particularly tasty sandbar just beyond six ravenous
> grizzley bears, dove.
Excellent report as always, but the metaphor above was some of the best
piece of writing I have read in ages.
--
-Wailwulf
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Patriarch dieBestie L90+ LOD USAWest Paladin
dieBestie-HC L10+ LOD USAWest Hardcore Paladin
Romendacil
"jill" <jshay...@telus.net> skrev i en meddelelse >
<snip>
>marvelling anew how much of a difference it can make >to have company
> sometimes.
>
> jill
"CLAPCLAPCLAPCLAP"
"ENCORE"
"BRAVO"
More please! Give me more!
You really crack me up with those stories jill...
The impersonation of a Barb merc particullarly makes me laugh :)
As alway a well told story with big lumps of great humor on the side...
Keep them coming,
Regards Romendacil
mika vastamaa
> jill pounded out on the signal drums of life:
>
>>Hell is hell when one is soloing.
>
> <snip>
>
>>Into which that purple-slurping fool, in the manner of an ardent
>>salmon spotting a particularly tasty sandbar just beyond six ravenous
>>grizzley bears, dove.
>
>
> Excellent report as always, but the metaphor above was some of the best
> piece of writing I have read in ages.
I'm still shaking will laughter at the "purple-slurping fool" mylself. :D
- Mika
short
"jill" <jshay...@telus.net> wrote in message
news:1fku6t2.jgnzu41pa6z24N%jshay...@telus.net...
> Hell is hell when one is soloing. Pericat's played, off and on, with
> some fine fellow travellers, but much of her time has been spent
> trudging into the maw of death all by her lonesome. Lately, of course,
> it's been her and her faithful cannon fodder Heremod. And sometimes the
> umpty-umpth iteration of her Personal Heavenly Companion. Neither of
> these two is long on conversation, stash space or even life spans,
> conditions which can be characterized as anywhere from "mildly annoying"
> to "blisteringly expensive".
>
short
ErtheBear
Wailwulf wrote:
> jill pounded out on the signal drums of life:
>
>>Hell is hell when one is soloing.
>>
> <snip>
>
>>Into which that purple-slurping fool, in the manner of an ardent
>>salmon spotting a particularly tasty sandbar just beyond six ravenous
>>grizzley bears, dove.
>>
>
> Excellent report as always, but the metaphor above was some of the best
> piece of writing I have read in ages.
And it includes a bear too. Bonus!
0tarin
the following hogwash:
>Hell is hell when one is soloing. Pericat's played, off and on, with
>some fine fellow travellers, but much of her time has been spent
>trudging into the maw of death all by her lonesome. Lately, of course,
>it's been her and her faithful cannon fodder Heremod. And sometimes the
>umpty-umpth iteration of her Personal Heavenly Companion. Neither of
>these two is long on conversation, stash space or even life spans,
>conditions which can be characterized as anywhere from "mildly annoying"
>to "blisteringly expensive".
<snippage>
>Radament, when they deigned to notice him, stood smack in the middle of
>a gallery at one end of a corridor. Freezing Arrow made short work of
>his skellie minions, and then there was naught left but to beat him
>down. Afterward, Pericat read her skill book and called it a night,
>marvelling anew how much of a difference it can make to have company
>sometimes.
w00t, you're getting uber now ;) The masses are getting ravenous,
soon spot reporting will be a full-time position. You have been
warned!
Oh, and SBPP ;)
--
0tarin
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Bearer of the badge of non-newbieness,
Officially 81.8181818181818182% Insane.
All your sanity is belong to us.
...
"If you love someone let them go, if they return to you it was meant
to be, if they don't their love was never yours to begin with."
Simon Righarts
> Hell is hell when one is soloing. Pericat's played, off and on, with
> some fine fellow travellers, but much of her time has been spent
> trudging into the maw of death all by her lonesome. Lately, of course,
> it's been her and her faithful cannon fodder Heremod. And sometimes the
> umpty-umpth iteration of her Personal Heavenly Companion. Neither of
> these two is long on conversation, stash space or even life spans,
> conditions which can be characterized as anywhere from "mildly annoying"
> to "blisteringly expensive".
<snip>
> Radament, when they deigned to notice him, stood smack in the middle of
> a gallery at one end of a corridor. Freezing Arrow made short work of
> his skellie minions, and then there was naught left but to beat him
> down. Afterward, Pericat read her skill book and called it a night,
> marvelling anew how much of a difference it can make to have company
> sometimes.
Bravo! More!
Nice work :-) And, yes, taking a barb merc to hell with 0% life leech
and expecting him to survive is likely to put a moderate dint in your
gold supplies ;-) If you want, I have a nice, non-shiny, 7% life leech
Skin of the Flayed One rotting away on a mule .. somewhere ;-)
Aw, sheesh, I never though to use freezing arrow on radament's
skellies ..... same goes for necro CE/revive/skel mage, paladin
redemption, barb find potion/item or grim ward, druid carrion vine.
Ruben-P
Great stuff! I laughed until I cried, then I went looking for some of those
fat purple potions. Yummm, purple pots :-)
--
Ruben-P
Naples, Florida USA
Stephen van Ham
out of the petri dish and said:
>One of the bosses dropped an extremely nice circlet, +1
>to Assassin Skills, +14 to Resist All, and +This & That to That & The
>Other,
This and That to That & The Other are always difficult to spawn mods ,
which makes it a nice hat indeed (and if you'd gotten That Too as
well, you'd have had a hat worthy of an Ebay auction on your hands).
My wee assassin's current hat is +2 shadow disciplines and +resist
all, which I considered decent for this stage in proceedings, but
yours moves the bar up to a whole new level.
>A Message From Beyond appeared on the screen just as she activated the
>IC waypoint and cleared the Cathedral, from SvH's Madruka offering cool
>goodies and more-- to hold her game open while she sent in a mule to
>store the toys. Slapping the Undead Crown Crown on Heremod's thick head
>(he had no life steal and complained of it),
A good start, and as Simon pointed out, a Skin of the Flayed One or
that other armour with the bonuses to life steal and (I believe) That
to That (and whose name may well be, 'Something Or Maybe That Other
Something' or maybe even 'Boneflesh' if I'm having a good day) could
be useful as well.
>Pericat teamed up with
>Madruka to wipe out the Catacombs and flush Andariel from her hiding
>place.
The maggots indeed won this round.
>Madruka's a most accomplished Barbarian, whirling and shouting his way
>through pack after pack of badly behaved beasties.
Read: Good at ducking and weaving until the fair Pericat's
bazooka-like Strafes pin all and sundry to the nearest wall and neatly
disposes of it.
>Bs barely ruffled the feathers in the wings of his helm. Heremod worshipped him as a god,
Read: He found someone else to get his butt broken in his stead.
>and ceased his querulous demands for "da purple juice, boss, gimme
>purple, gimme purplarrrgh!" at least while in Madruka's hearing, anyway.
Read: He was too busy hiding to make a noise.
>Madruka's instincts concerning stairway locations could not be bettered,
Read: Madruka was lucky.
I also suspect your standards for map navigation are pretty broad in
this case. :-)
>and without very much fuss at all they were mixing it up with one, no,
>two, no, three boss packs in Andariel's throne room. Andariel, bless her
>demonic heart, had the grace to wait till these were disposed of before
>quick-stepping down the carpet and into oblivion.
I appreciate you not mentioning the Madruka almost busts his butt
story. Very decent of you.
>On to Lut Gholein! Burning skellies are mere bagatelles after the varied
>and often hair-tearing combinations of nasties in the Monastery. Pericat
>strafed and Madruka twirled. Heremod bounced back and forth between
>them, his life bar (mostly) in the green. The Valk got poisoned and
>occasionally slunk off to expire quietly in a corner, and then sprang to
>life whenever Pericat remembered to recast.
There was a Fanaticism LEB kitty cat boss in there as well, as I
recall. Kudos to Heremod was for getting the pack to chase after him
while Madruka Whirlwinded them in their backs.
>Radament, when they deigned to notice him, stood smack in the middle of
>a gallery at one end of a corridor. Freezing Arrow made short work of
>his skellie minions, and then there was naught left but to beat him
>down. Afterward, Pericat read her skill book and called it a night,
>marvelling anew how much of a difference it can make to have company
>sometimes.
Ovarb!
EvilBill[AGQx]
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jill
> jill pounded out on the signal drums of life:
> > Hell is hell when one is soloing.
> <snip>
> > Into which that purple-slurping fool, in the manner of an ardent
> > salmon spotting a particularly tasty sandbar just beyond six ravenous
> > grizzley bears, dove.
>
> Excellent report as always, but the metaphor above was some of the best
> piece of writing I have read in ages.
<G> It's what came to mind after watching Heremod prance to certain doom
for the fifth time in approximately forty minutes. That was over a month
ago, and I still remember it painfully.
jill
> "jill" <jshay...@telus.net> skrev i en meddelelse >
>
> <snip>
>
> >marvelling anew how much of a difference it can make >to have company
> > sometimes.
> >
> > jill
>
>
>
> "CLAPCLAPCLAPCLAP"
> "ENCORE"
> "BRAVO"
>
> More please! Give me more!
Yikes!
> You really crack me up with those stories jill...
> The impersonation of a Barb merc particullarly makes me laugh :)
>
> As alway a well told story with big lumps of great humor on the side...
:) Thank you very much.
jill
> jshay...@telus.net (jill) wrote in message
> news:<1fku6t2.jgnzu41pa6z24N%jshay...@telus.net>...
> > Hell is hell when one is soloing. Pericat's played, off and on, with
> > some fine fellow travellers, but much of her time has been spent
> > trudging into the maw of death all by her lonesome. Lately, of course,
> > it's been her and her faithful cannon fodder Heremod. And sometimes the
> > umpty-umpth iteration of her Personal Heavenly Companion. Neither of
> > these two is long on conversation, stash space or even life spans,
> > conditions which can be characterized as anywhere from "mildly annoying"
> > to "blisteringly expensive".
>
> <snip>
>
> > Radament, when they deigned to notice him, stood smack in the middle of
> > a gallery at one end of a corridor. Freezing Arrow made short work of
> > his skellie minions, and then there was naught left but to beat him
> > down. Afterward, Pericat read her skill book and called it a night,
> > marvelling anew how much of a difference it can make to have company
> > sometimes.
>
> Bravo! More!
>
> Nice work :-) And, yes, taking a barb merc to hell with 0% life leech
> and expecting him to survive is likely to put a moderate dint in your
> gold supplies ;-) If you want, I have a nice, non-shiny, 7% life leech
> Skin of the Flayed One rotting away on a mule .. somewhere ;-)
He did have life leech somewhere. At some time. I forget when exactly. I
think it disappeared when I swapped out his sword for the current one.
I think I've got Boneflesh somewhere, but the actual defense on it isn't
that good, as I recall. So if you've no further use for the Skin, let me
know. <g>
> Aw, sheesh, I never though to use freezing arrow on radament's
> skellies ..... same goes for necro CE/revive/skel mage, paladin
> redemption, barb find potion/item or grim ward, druid carrion vine.
You should try it! Find Potion/Item works a treat in Nihl's lair, too.
And it makes working through False Tombs pretty fast.
jill
> jshay...@telus.net (jill) grabbed a wombat and stuffed it full of
> the following hogwash:
>
> >Hell is hell when one is soloing. Pericat's played, off and on, with
> >some fine fellow travellers, but much of her time has been spent
> >trudging into the maw of death all by her lonesome. Lately, of course,
> >it's been her and her faithful cannon fodder Heremod. And sometimes the
> >umpty-umpth iteration of her Personal Heavenly Companion. Neither of
> >these two is long on conversation, stash space or even life spans,
> >conditions which can be characterized as anywhere from "mildly annoying"
> >to "blisteringly expensive".
>
> <snippage>
>
> >Radament, when they deigned to notice him, stood smack in the middle of
> >a gallery at one end of a corridor. Freezing Arrow made short work of
> >his skellie minions, and then there was naught left but to beat him
> >down. Afterward, Pericat read her skill book and called it a night,
> >marvelling anew how much of a difference it can make to have company
> >sometimes.
>
> w00t, you're getting uber now ;) The masses are getting ravenous,
I noticed. It's a little scary.
> soon spot reporting will be a full-time position. You have been
> warned!
eek!
> Oh, and SBPP ;)
:)
jill
> On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 06:46:16 GMT, jshay...@telus.net (jill) oozed up
> out of the petri dish and said:
>
> >One of the bosses dropped an extremely nice circlet, +1
> >to Assassin Skills, +14 to Resist All, and +This & That to That & The
> >Other,
>
> This and That to That & The Other are always difficult to spawn mods ,
> which makes it a nice hat indeed (and if you'd gotten That Too as
> well, you'd have had a hat worthy of an Ebay auction on your hands).
pthbbbt!
> My wee assassin's current hat is +2 shadow disciplines and +resist
> all, which I considered decent for this stage in proceedings, but
> yours moves the bar up to a whole new level.
Now if you hadn't been so noble about the 'no gifts outside the clan'
rule, she'd be wearing this very fine circlet right now.
> >A Message From Beyond appeared on the screen just as she activated the
> >IC waypoint and cleared the Cathedral, from SvH's Madruka offering cool
> >goodies and more-- to hold her game open while she sent in a mule to
> >store the toys. Slapping the Undead Crown Crown on Heremod's thick head
> >(he had no life steal and complained of it),
>
> A good start, and as Simon pointed out, a Skin of the Flayed One or
> that other armour with the bonuses to life steal and (I believe) That
> to That (and whose name may well be, 'Something Or Maybe That Other
> Something' or maybe even 'Boneflesh' if I'm having a good day) could
> be useful as well.
/me kicks your shins for being a smartass.
I wonder which sword it was that I took away from the boy? and if I
still have it?
> >Pericat teamed up with
> >Madruka to wipe out the Catacombs and flush Andariel from her hiding
> >place.
>
> The maggots indeed won this round.
Yeah! w00t!
> >Madruka's a most accomplished Barbarian, whirling and shouting his way
> >through pack after pack of badly behaved beasties.
>
> Read: Good at ducking and weaving until the fair Pericat's
> bazooka-like Strafes pin all and sundry to the nearest wall and neatly
> disposes of it.
/me puts ointment on your shins.
> >Bs barely ruffled the feathers in the wings of his helm. Heremod
> >worshipped him as a god,
>
> Read: He found someone else to get his butt broken in his stead.
No, no-- he's overcome with hero-worship, really he is.
> >and ceased his querulous demands for "da purple juice, boss, gimme
> >purple, gimme purplarrrgh!" at least while in Madruka's hearing, anyway.
>
> Read: He was too busy hiding to make a noise.
You are such a cynic. He wasn't hiding, he was... was.... Hm. I'll bet
the lazy dog was hiding.
> >Madruka's instincts concerning stairway locations could not be bettered,
>
> Read: Madruka was lucky.
>
> I also suspect your standards for map navigation are pretty broad in
> this case. :-)
We went down a level, we killed stuff, we went down another level,
killed more stuff. Then Pericat went up to town to get more arrows and
drop potions on the ground for later. While she's jogging to the stash,
her quest log pops up. Back down the portal, and she's suddenly another
full level down, with all but Andy's room cleared.
She's not that slow a jogger, so I think Madruka's navigating was above
average.
> >and without very much fuss at all they were mixing it up with one, no,
> >two, no, three boss packs in Andariel's throne room. Andariel, bless her
> >demonic heart, had the grace to wait till these were disposed of before
> >quick-stepping down the carpet and into oblivion.
>
> I appreciate you not mentioning the Madruka almost busts his butt
> story. Very decent of you.
I thought that was a strategic ploy. And wholly intentional.
> >On to Lut Gholein! Burning skellies are mere bagatelles after the varied
> >and often hair-tearing combinations of nasties in the Monastery. Pericat
> >strafed and Madruka twirled. Heremod bounced back and forth between
> >them, his life bar (mostly) in the green. The Valk got poisoned and
> >occasionally slunk off to expire quietly in a corner, and then sprang to
> >life whenever Pericat remembered to recast.
>
> There was a Fanaticism LEB kitty cat boss in there as well, as I
> recall. Kudos to Heremod was for getting the pack to chase after him
> while Madruka Whirlwinded them in their backs.
Heremod's pretty good at that. If he lives past the first hits raining
down on him, hardly any of the monsters notice Pericat.
> >Radament, when they deigned to notice him, stood smack in the middle of
> >a gallery at one end of a corridor. Freezing Arrow made short work of
> >his skellie minions, and then there was naught left but to beat him
> >down. Afterward, Pericat read her skill book and called it a night,
> >marvelling anew how much of a difference it can make to have company
> >sometimes.
>
> Ovarb!
!uoy knahT
jill
> "jill" <jshay...@telus.net> wrote in message
> news:1fku6t2.jgnzu41pa6z24N%jshay...@telus.net...
> [snip of great report]
>
> Great stuff! I laughed until I cried, then I went looking for some of those
> fat purple potions. Yummm, purple pots :-)
You've got purple pots? I'm gonna send Heremod to sleep over at your
place for the weekend.
jill
> Woooohooooooooooooo! The Spot Reports have returned. Keep it up, Jill.
Okay! :)
jill
> I love your spot reports :)
What a nice thing to say! :) Okay, you can stay.
tcells
jill wrote in message <1fku6t2.jgnzu41pa6z24N%jshay...@telus.net>...
>Hell is hell when one is soloing. Pericat's played, off and on, with
>some fine fellow travellers, but much of her time has been spent
>trudging into the maw of death all by her lonesome. Lately, of course,
>it's been her and her faithful cannon fodder Heremod.
why did I read "heremod" as a pain associated with the butt? - he wasn't
that bad. Great stuff
Craig
You do realize now that I'll have to start reading spot reports again?
How am I supposed to keep up in here AND get some decent gametime in?
SBPP'd anyway ;)
Craig
jill
I write rude things about Valks, too. It's just all in a day's
spot-reporting. <g>
> that bad. Great stuff
Danke!
jill
> <major snippage>
>
> You do realize now that I'll have to start reading spot reports again?
You mean you stopped? Unthinkable.
> How am I supposed to keep up in here AND get some decent gametime in?
How about me? I have to write the things and *still* play the game.
> SBPP'd anyway ;)
I live to make you miserable. :)
Simon Righarts
> Simon Righarts <the_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
<snip>
> > Nice work :-) And, yes, taking a barb merc to hell with 0% life leech
> > and expecting him to survive is likely to put a moderate dint in your
> > gold supplies ;-) If you want, I have a nice, non-shiny, 7% life leech
> > Skin of the Flayed One rotting away on a mule .. somewhere ;-)
>
> He did have life leech somewhere. At some time. I forget when exactly. I
> think it disappeared when I swapped out his sword for the current one.
>
> I think I've got Boneflesh somewhere, but the actual defense on it isn't
> that good, as I recall. So if you've no further use for the Skin, let me
> know. <g>
Boneflesh + Undead Crown or Wormskull makes great starter gear for
mercs (you can get the same effect with Sigon's helm/armor) for the
10% life leech :-)
I'll get back to you next week with a Skin of the Flayed One of some
quality :-)
> > Aw, sheesh, I never though to use freezing arrow on radament's
> > skellies ..... same goes for necro CE/revive/skel mage, paladin
> > redemption, barb find potion/item or grim ward, druid carrion vine.
>
> You should try it! Find Potion/Item works a treat in Nihl's lair, too.
> And it makes working through False Tombs pretty fast.
Yeah, I've been thinking about going after Hell Nihlathak with my
(softcore, thankfully) zon, looking for some small charms to reroll
:-) Only problem might be if the valk accidently kills something, but
how likely's that? ;-)
Also, you might want to change your sig slightly, since st_roch is now
a team assassin dropout ;-)
short
damage reduction works wonders. I'll see if I have a spare, and look you
up.
short
Xocyll
porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
<snip>
> Into which that
>purple-slurping fool, in the manner of an ardent salmon spotting a
>particularly tasty sandbar just beyond six ravenous grizzley bears,
>dove.
Prose like this is what makes YOUR spot reports such a joy to read.
>Madruka's a most accomplished Barbarian, whirling and shouting his way
>through pack after pack of badly behaved beasties. LEBs barely ruffled
>the feathers in the wings of his helm. Heremod worshipped him as a god,
>and ceased his querulous demands for "da purple juice, boss, gimme
>purple, gimme purplarrrgh!" at least while in Madruka's hearing, anyway.
Oh, and the characterizations. You make the mercs come alive somehow.
Keep up the great work.
Xocyll
--
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr
jill
> My Fireball Sorc's Barb merc wears Iron Pelt armor, and the damage/magic
> damage reduction works wonders. I'll see if I have a spare, and look you
> up.
*IF* it's a spare and getting dusty on a mule. Don't go stripping your
merc for me, or passing over stuff you have plans for.
jill
> jshay...@telus.net (jill) looked up from reading the entrails of the
> porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
> <snip>
> > Into which that
> >purple-slurping fool, in the manner of an ardent salmon spotting a
> >particularly tasty sandbar just beyond six ravenous grizzley bears,
> >dove.
>
> Prose like this is what makes YOUR spot reports such a joy to read.
>
>
> >Madruka's a most accomplished Barbarian, whirling and shouting his way
> >through pack after pack of badly behaved beasties. LEBs barely ruffled
> >the feathers in the wings of his helm. Heremod worshipped him as a god,
> >and ceased his querulous demands for "da purple juice, boss, gimme
> >purple, gimme purplarrrgh!" at least while in Madruka's hearing, anyway.
>
> Oh, and the characterizations. You make the mercs come alive somehow.
>
> Keep up the great work.
Whoa. I am seriously flattered now. Thank you! I'm just going to go off
in this corner and be flattered for a while.
(This is what comes of a childhood spent having conversations with
stuffed toys and rocks.)
jill
--
*pericat, *pericat2
*Champion* pericat-- USWest lvl 68 Bowazon
*Champion* Beobear-- USWest lvl 59 Barker
*Slayer* perimage-- USWest lvl 42 Magezon
jill
> jshay...@telus.net (jill) wrote in message
> news:<1fkvpws.1b7sjsdhoi954N%jshay...@telus.net>...
> > Simon Righarts <the_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> <snip>
> > > Nice work :-) And, yes, taking a barb merc to hell with 0% life leech
> > > and expecting him to survive is likely to put a moderate dint in your
> > > gold supplies ;-) If you want, I have a nice, non-shiny, 7% life leech
> > > Skin of the Flayed One rotting away on a mule .. somewhere ;-)
> >
> > He did have life leech somewhere. At some time. I forget when exactly. I
> > think it disappeared when I swapped out his sword for the current one.
> >
> > I think I've got Boneflesh somewhere, but the actual defense on it isn't
> > that good, as I recall. So if you've no further use for the Skin, let me
> > know. <g>
>
> Boneflesh + Undead Crown or Wormskull makes great starter gear for
> mercs (you can get the same effect with Sigon's helm/armor) for the
> 10% life leech :-)
Sigon's may be the most useful set in the game. In whole or in part,
it's got some really nice, and versatile, mods.
> I'll get back to you next week with a Skin of the Flayed One of some
> quality :-)
You are really too sweet.
> > > Aw, sheesh, I never though to use freezing arrow on radament's
> > > skellies ..... same goes for necro CE/revive/skel mage, paladin
> > > redemption, barb find potion/item or grim ward, druid carrion vine.
> >
> > You should try it! Find Potion/Item works a treat in Nihl's lair, too.
> > And it makes working through False Tombs pretty fast.
>
> Yeah, I've been thinking about going after Hell Nihlathak with my
> (softcore, thankfully) zon, looking for some small charms to reroll
> :-) Only problem might be if the valk accidently kills something, but
> how likely's that? ;-)
Um... I wouldn't worry about it, no. :)
> Also, you might want to change your sig slightly, since st_roch is now
> a team assassin dropout ;-)
Oh, hey, that hurt. She didn't drop out on purpose, it was an
unresolvable conflict of obligations.
jill
--
*pericat, *pericat2
*Champion* pericat-- USWest lvl 68 Bowazon
*Champion* Beobear-- USWest lvl 59 Barker
*Slayer* perimage-- USWest lvl 42 Magezon
Anadriel
Thanks a lot Jill. There went my social life. :^P
--
Andy
--------------------------------------------------------------
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
Simon Righarts
> Simon Righarts <the_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Boneflesh + Undead Crown or Wormskull makes great starter gear for
> > mercs (you can get the same effect with Sigon's helm/armor) for the
> > 10% life leech :-)
>
> Sigon's may be the most useful set in the game. In whole or in part,
> it's got some really nice, and versatile, mods.
Yup - every one of my melee chars on USWest has used a Sigon's set
(except for my first pally, SchnitzelBoy, who had to grind out the
first set for the rest :-)
> > I'll get back to you next week with a Skin of the Flayed One of some
> > quality :-)
>
> You are really too sweet.
Me? Naaaww .... you haven't seen my nasty side yet ;-)
> > Yeah, I've been thinking about going after Hell Nihlathak with my
> > (softcore, thankfully) zon, looking for some small charms to reroll
> > :-) Only problem might be if the valk accidently kills something, but
> > how likely's that? ;-)
>
> Um... I wouldn't worry about it, no. :)
>
> > Also, you might want to change your sig slightly, since st_roch is now
> > a team assassin dropout ;-)
>
> Oh, hey, that hurt. She didn't drop out on purpose, it was an
> unresolvable conflict of obligations.
See what I said about my nasty side? ;-)
Uggh, too many consecutive polysyllabic words .... they hurt my mind
;-)
short
> short <sho...@zoominternet.net> wrote:
>
> > My Fireball Sorc's Barb merc wears Iron Pelt armor, and the damage/magic
> > damage reduction works wonders. I'll see if I have a spare, and look
you
> > up.
>
> *IF* it's a spare and getting dusty on a mule. Don't go stripping your
> merc for me, or passing over stuff you have plans for.
>
>
:o)
short
jill
> "jill" <jshay...@telus.net> wrote in message
<snip>
> > (This is what comes of a childhood spent having conversations with
> > stuffed toys and rocks.)
<snip>
>
> Thanks a lot Jill. There went my social life. :^P
terrible when it's summed up so, innit? :)
ErtheBear
jill wrote:
> Anadriel <bibleb...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>
>>"jill" <jshay...@telus.net> wrote in message
>>
>
> <snip>
>
>>>(This is what comes of a childhood spent having conversations with
>>>stuffed toys and rocks.)
>>>
>
> <snip>
>
>>Thanks a lot Jill. There went my social life. :^P
>>
>
> terrible when it's summed up so, innit? :)
Especially when one communicates in a medium that older generations
perceive as talking to the TV. =^)
Erthe "Did his first botched trade and party adventuring in NWN last
night" Bear
EvilBill[AGQx]
>
> > I love your spot reports :)
>
> What a nice thing to say! :) Okay, you can stay.
>
I was going to anyway, I'm wondering if Kitsilan has seen any action
of late. <g>
Richard Buckle
> Hell is hell when one is soloing.
Tell me about it. Hippolyta's in the same boat -- clvl 69 SP in Hell
Act 1 and latterly Act 2. She's pretty much resigned to Chalan's dying
every time they meet an LEB or AEB. She made him a pike with 4 perfect
skulls and an ED jewel in it, which helps a bit, but not much. She's
looking out for a high defence 2-socket armour so she can make the
Smoke runeword for him.
> ... Into which that
> purple-slurping fool, in the manner of an ardent salmon spotting a
> particularly tasty sandbar just beyond six ravenous grizzley bears,
> dove.
Wonderful, the most inspired simile I've read in ages.
Hippolyta foolishly entered Act 1 Hell at around clvl 65, but had no
trouble until after dispatching Blood Raven. In fact she was getting a
bit cocky. "Dunno why they call this hell. OK, Chalan, since we're here
let's quickly swing through the Crypt and Mausoleum. They're always a
cakewalk and there's a fair amount of loot to be had."
Big mistake. Big, big mistake. /Huge/. First thing they met in the
Crypt was a double boss pack of skellies, one with Holy Freeze and one
with Holy Shock. As Hippolyta's resists were all markedly negative,
Chalan wasn't going to be getting any purples. To add insult to injury,
the Holy Freezer(TM) also sported Stone Skin, Teleportation, PI and LI.
Hippolyta was too busy to notice what other attributes the Holy
Shocker(TM) had. She nearly emptied her belt before the rate at which
her decoys and valks were going down clued her that she wan't going to
win this one.
Kashya was even more cutting than usual. "So, outlander, I hear you
crept into the Crypt, crapped, and crept out again."
--
Champion Hippolyta -- SP lvl 69 generalist Bowazon
Champion Morgana -- SP lvl 67 tri-band Sorc
Champion Alcippe -- SP lvl 68 pure Javazon
jill
> "jill" <jshay...@telus.net> wrote in message
> > EvilBill[AGQx] <evilbi...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > I love your spot reports :)
> >
> > What a nice thing to say! :) Okay, you can stay.
> >
>
> I was going to anyway, I'm wondering if Kitsilan has seen any action
> of late. <g>
I was wondering that myself. I should do something about it.
jill
--
*pericat, *pericat2
*Champion* pericat-- USWest lvl 68 Bowazon
*Champion* Beobear-- USWest lvl 59 Barker
*Slayer* perimage-- USWest lvl 42 Magezon
*Champion* st_roch-- USWest lvl 61 team assassin
netsuki-- USWest lvl 38 beekeeper skooks-- USWest lvl 38 werebear
Richard Buckle
> > I was going to anyway, I'm wondering if Kitsilan has seen any action
> > of late. <g>
>
> I was wondering that myself. I should do something about it.
C'mon. You know you want to...
Kitsilan has been buffing her fingernails for far too long. She needs
to get her arse in gear and go after Baal.
Richard.
EvilBill[AGQx]
> EvilBill[AGQx] <evilbi...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > "jill" <jshay...@telus.net> wrote in message
> > > EvilBill[AGQx] <evilbi...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I love your spot reports :)
> > >
> > > What a nice thing to say! :) Okay, you can stay.
> >
> > I was going to anyway, I'm wondering if Kitsilan has seen any
action
> > of late. <g>
>
> I was wondering that myself. I should do something about it.
>
Indeed, I suspect she's sitting around in Harrogath in a state of
extreme boredom. <g>
Xocyll
porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>EvilBill[AGQx] <evilbi...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> "jill" <jshay...@telus.net> wrote in message
>> > EvilBill[AGQx] <evilbi...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I love your spot reports :)
>> >
>> > What a nice thing to say! :) Okay, you can stay.
>> >
>>
>> I was going to anyway, I'm wondering if Kitsilan has seen any action
>> of late. <g>
>
>I was wondering that myself. I should do something about it.
Well that's easy, just loan her your boytoy. :)
Xocyll, willfully misconstruing the "action" in EvilBill's comment.
EvilBill[AGQx]
> jshay...@telus.net (jill) looked up from reading the entrails of
the
> porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
> >EvilBill[AGQx] <evilbi...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> I was going to anyway, I'm wondering if Kitsilan has seen any
action
> >> of late. <g>
> >
> >I was wondering that myself. I should do something about it.
>
> Well that's easy, just loan her your boytoy. :)
>
> Xocyll, willfully misconstruing the "action" in EvilBill's comment.
LOL! I think Kitsilan's Rogue friend Kyle might get jealous. <g>
jill
> jshay...@telus.net (jill) looked up from reading the entrails of the
> porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
> >EvilBill[AGQx] <evilbi...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> "jill" <jshay...@telus.net> wrote in message
> >> > EvilBill[AGQx] <evilbi...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I love your spot reports :)
> >> >
> >> > What a nice thing to say! :) Okay, you can stay.
> >> >
> >>
> >> I was going to anyway, I'm wondering if Kitsilan has seen any action
> >> of late. <g>
> >
> >I was wondering that myself. I should do something about it.
>
> Well that's easy, just loan her your boytoy. :)
It would certainly be less time-consuming than what I had in mind. :)
jill
> "Xocyll" <Xoc...@kingston.net> wrote in message
> > jshay...@telus.net (jill) looked up from reading the entrails of
> the
> > porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
> >
> > >EvilBill[AGQx] <evilbi...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I was going to anyway, I'm wondering if Kitsilan has seen any
> action
> > >> of late. <g>
> > >
> > >I was wondering that myself. I should do something about it.
> >
> > Well that's easy, just loan her your boytoy. :)
> >
> > Xocyll, willfully misconstruing the "action" in EvilBill's comment.
>
> LOL! I think Kitsilan's Rogue friend Kyle might get jealous. <g>
Hm. A point. Kits has troubles enough without that. Ixnay on the boytoy.
EvilBill[AGQx]
>
> Hm. A point. Kits has troubles enough without that. Ixnay on the
boytoy.
>
You'll have to loan me to pericat instead. <g>
jill
> jill <jshay...@telus.net> wrote:
>
> > > I was going to anyway, I'm wondering if Kitsilan has seen any action
> > > of late. <g>
> >
> > I was wondering that myself. I should do something about it.
>
> C'mon. You know you want to...
>
> Kitsilan has been buffing her fingernails for far too long. She needs
> to get her arse in gear and go after Baal.
she's fussy about doing quests in order. There's still Nihlathak, not to
mention the Ancients.