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Senane

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Sep 22, 2000, 7:24:59 PM9/22/00
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I have heard of a few items that can reduce the overall weight of some of
your items, being a monk I would like to know where such things can be found
and what they are called.

Thanks
Senane
Monk of Thelema

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Rob

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Sep 22, 2000, 1:45:23 AM9/22/00
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This may be old news, but one easy way to shave a few pounds is to swap out
your backpacks for Large Sewing Kits (8-slot). The kits weigh substantially
less (I think .3), although they do cost a bit more (1+ plat). Just be
careful not to accidentally click on the "Combine" button!

Rob


Chung

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Sep 22, 2000, 2:02:33 AM9/22/00
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One of the most easy is the Evil-eye bag (weight 3, lore item) found
in the Evil-eye in Lower GUK live side. It is 70% weight reduce.
Level 35+ team can easy get it. Beside that, the Tinkerer bag (weight
1) purchase from a gnome in Sol-A is 100% weight reduce, but it cost
5250pp. You can buy as many as you want. There are still have many
such container. You could refer to:

http://www.maximumeq.com/

Chung, 54 Cleric, Bristlebane
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John C-W

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Sep 22, 2000, 2:37:16 AM9/22/00
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Toolboxes are another good option. Cost around 1gp for 8slots with
light-weight.

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Kamini

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Sep 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/22/00
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In article <IpCy5.3542$z66....@newsr1.maine.rr.com>,
rkass...@STINKSerols.com says...
Be careful about using containers like that. I have read that you may
lose items from containers that have the combine button and there is
nothing that can be done about it. I don't mean that you click the
combine button, just that items may disappear when yu log, etc.

Kamini

Tsiar

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Sep 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/22/00
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"Kamini" <kam...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Be careful about using containers like that. I have read that you may
> lose items from containers that have the combine button and there is
> nothing that can be done about it. I don't mean that you click the
> combine button, just that items may disappear when yu log, etc.
>
> Kamini

Nahh, they were planning to nerf combinable containers about a month ago but
decided not to in the end. I've been using sewing kits on my monk for about
a month and have never lost items this way. Word of warning...when
practising a trade skill, make sure you press the correct combine button.
Was a bit sleepy the other night and lost loadsa nice stuff due to pressing
combine on my sewing kit instead of the brew barrel =(

Matthias Proksch

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Sep 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/22/00
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I used a sewing kit for my monk since i was able to buy it. And im playing
my monk now for half a year and never lost anything from the sewing kit.

One option to reduce weight is to get a Mage that is so kind and summon you
a Dimension Pocket. It has 4 slots and reduces the weight to 0. The only
problem is that - like all the other summoned stuff - the bag disappears if
you logout or crash. Happened to me when i had 3 pockets filled with small
bronze armor and FS Weapons =(

And NEVER give anything important into a dimension pocket.

There are also some bags that reduce weight and dont disappear i think, but
i dont know what they are called and where to get them. Anyone knows it?

And if you are getting to lvl 55 you will be able to carry more stuff after
the new patch =)

Matthias


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John C-W

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Sep 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/22/00
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Small note here, you can get a FREE 10-slot large box in SQeynos by starting
the tax quest. This is a fantastically handy little item for newbies (or
anyone) since it has the extra slots and is lighter than normal. It IS
lore, so you can only have one in your possession at any time.

You get started by talking to the guy to the left after you zone in by the
town clock. He's upstairs and has a cough. The tax quest itself isn't
hard, but I can't remember the faction hits since noone likes to pay their
taxes.

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Bruce

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Sep 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/22/00
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> There are also some bags that reduce weight and dont disappear i think,
but
> i dont know what they are called and where to get them. Anyone knows it?
>

There's one that drops off a named Orc in Highpass Hold. Hagnis Shralock I
believe is his name.

Bruce

Tukka Yoot

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Sep 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/22/00
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> Nahh, they were planning to nerf combinable containers about a month ago but
> decided not to in the end. I've been using sewing kits on my monk for about
> a month and have never lost items this way. Word of warning...when
> practising a trade skill, make sure you press the correct combine button.
> Was a bit sleepy the other night and lost loadsa nice stuff due to pressing
> combine on my sewing kit instead of the brew barrel =(

I don't think "they" were even planning to nerf it. If I recall
correctly, it was just a passing thought that Abashi had that he
unwisely voiced (unwise, because it is an unbelievably bad idea to
implement, both from a gameplay and roleplay perspective,) and I'm
pretty sure that his superiors (or equals, or whoever) would have voted
him down on the matter, in any case. Apparently he did a pretty good
job of spooking everybody though. :)
Oh, and a word of advise: close your "Combine" containers by pressing
the Esc button, rather than by clicking "Done." This pretty much
elimates the chance that you will accidentally destroy your stuff,
unless you are working with multiple combine containers. The only bad
thing about it is pressing Esc has other effects too... it also brings
you out of meditation, and untargets who/whatever you have targetted...
and perhaps does some other things I'm not remembering at the moment.
I personally use two toolboxes, a rough leather sack and a sewing kit
as my containers. The toolboxes I just made when I was practicing
smithing, so I decided to keep them around since they can hold pretty
much anything and weigh the standard "trade container" weight (0.4)...
the rough leather sack is a 6-slot weigh reducing sack which holds small
and medium items... I think it reduces weight by 30%. You get it by
bringing a hand made backpack (the kind you tailor,) a thunderhoff
mushroom (master-foraged item in South Karana,) a teaf leaf
(master-foraged item in East Karana) and a bottle of Tunare's Finest
(bought in Felwithe) to some Kerran guy on Kerra Isle. It's kind of a
lame weight-reducer, but it's one of the easier ones to obtain. It is
lore/nodrop.
The sewing kit I usually keep empty and I use it for tailoring on the
road, or as a makeshift container I'm really raking in the loot.

Bryan Youmans

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Sep 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/22/00
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Kamini wrote:
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> In article <IpCy5.3542$z66....@newsr1.maine.rr.com>,
> rkass...@STINKSerols.com says...
> Be careful about using containers like that. I have read that you may
> lose items from containers that have the combine button and there is
> nothing that can be done about it. I don't mean that you click the
> combine button, just that items may disappear when yu log, etc.
>
> Kamini

The best way to ensure you don't accidentally hit Combine when opening
and closing is to force yourself to get in the habit of opening/closing
by right clicking the container in your inventory. Learned that one the
hard way...

Alan L.

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Sep 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/22/00
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There's more than a few weight reducing bags in the game, here's a partial
list:

Tinkerer's Bag: 100% Weight reduction, 10 slot, Extra Large Items, 1 weight:
The ideal monk bag. Get it from Sol A from a gnome tinkerer. Lowest price
possible with best faction and highest charisma is 5250 plat.

Archaelogist Backpack: 25%(?), 6 slot, Large Items, 0.6(?) wt: Decent enough
bag, light, found in Permafrost

Evil Eye Bag: 75%, 8 slot, Large Items, 3 wt: Nice bag, but too heavy for
monk use. Found in Lower Guk

Light Burlap Sack: Same stats as Evil Eye Bag, found in Lower Guk as well

There's alot more, but I don't know the particulars. FWIW, my monk always
carries 1 large sewing kit, 1 arch bag, and 1 Tinkerer Bag and stays under
14 weight most of the time. I do have to destroy every gold, silver, and
copper piece I get though.

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John M Clancy

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Go to:

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/


Look under Equipment and Packs and Bags.

Dan Day

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Sep 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/22/00
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On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:28:11 +0200, Al Chemist <tgakay...@netscape.net> wrote:
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>There is one backpack, which can be given to you after you complete a
>quest in Ak'anon. I have one but its weight reduction is very small,
>like 15-25% (didn't try to calculate it myself). It's has 10 slots and
>is called Bootstrutters Framed Pack (LORE, NO DROP).

The weight reduction on the Bootstrutters Framed Pack is 10%.
I've been carrying one for months.


Michael Andersen

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Sep 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/22/00
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There certainly are bags, who reduce the weight of items stored in them.
Much like bags og holdings form the AD&D world.

I've found 2 in Lower Guk, 1 is dropped by the undead ghoul supplier and the
other by the evel eye in the live side of Guk. They both can hold 8 items (1
of them also large items) and reduce weight with around 70%, meaning a FS
longsword (weight of 10) will only weigh 3 inside the bag.
I recommend you be at least 35 before venturing into Lower Guk. You could
also buy them from players, since they are not NODROP, although they are
LORE.

Else go see AllaKazams webpage for more details on WR bags.

Regards
Tunder of Bristlebane

Kellie Brown

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Sep 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/22/00
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On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 12:26:44 GMT, "John C-W"
<busker...@flashmail.com> wrote:

>Small note here, you can get a FREE 10-slot large box in SQeynos by starting
>the tax quest. This is a fantastically handy little item for newbies (or
>anyone) since it has the extra slots and is lighter than normal. It IS
>lore, so you can only have one in your possession at any time.
>
>You get started by talking to the guy to the left after you zone in by the
>town clock. He's upstairs and has a cough. The tax quest itself isn't
>hard, but I can't remember the faction hits since noone likes to pay their
>taxes.

Can you tell me how one COMPLETES it... Or rather how you get the
taxes out of the guy in the Crow's next that has stolen the taxes. Im
KOS in there and until I either get HIGH enough that I can safely walk
in or KICK ASS I cant finish this one.

Just wondering.....

Sandjumper Jones

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Sep 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/22/00
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Sewn Bag of Evil Eye - 75% reduction - found in Lower Guk - sells for approx
800pp - 8-slot, 3.0 weight, holds large items

Archaeologist's Pack - 25% reduction - found in Permafrost - unknown price -
6-slot, unknown weight, holds large items

Bag of the Tinkerers - 100% reduction - found in Solusek A - can only be
bought from a gnome merchant for a minimum of 5750pp - 10-slot, 1.0 weight,
holds extra-large items (as in, cyclops skulls from the UC in SK)

i have the first two .. really want the last one ;)

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Sandjumper Jones

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oh yeah .. those Bag of the Tinkerers aren't LORE or NO DROP =) imagine
having 6 of those suckers in your inventory .. only loot weighing you down
would be cash eheh ...

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Mike Kaspar

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Sep 24, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/24/00
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Out of Kaesora:

Dusty Ransackers Pack

8 slot, cannot hold 2h items, 25% wt reducer. Don't know how much it weighs
though.

Mike Kaspar
44 Shaman, EMarr

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In alt.games.everquest, thou, Chung (lee...@netvigator.net), hast wrytted...

>Beside that, the Tinkerer bag (weight
>1) purchase from a gnome in Sol-A is 100% weight reduce, but it cost
>5250pp. You can buy as many as you want. There are still have many
>such container. You could refer to:

Heh, this is kind of off topic, and it's funny I stumbled across this...

That sounds an awful lot like a bag I created for a Diku mud zone (for
Sojourn, which became Toril, which is apparently non-existent now[1]).
It was the realm of Faerie on the Isle of Evermeet, and I had put a
Tinker camp there[2]. So my beef with all the muds I had played
previously was that cash was fairly worthless after you got high enough
in level. My solution: a fabulous bag (better than the bag of holding
and comparable to the portable hole), which could only be bought from
one of the Tinkers (the seller was in a safe zone, heh heh). And it was
a ton of cash :)

My only regret is I ended up moving on with getting a life and leaving
Sojourn before finishing the realm of Faerie. Had hundreds of
unpublished rooms waiting to be added...

Anyone here an ex-player/god from Sojourn/Toril?

huzzah,
Micah

[1] http://www.torilmud.com
[2] from Robert Jordan books, which is funny cause the mud was supposed
to be Forgotten Realms based, but that wasn't the only non-AD&D
reference by far.
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Dream King

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"Sandjumper Jones" <@> wrote:

>Sewn Bag of Evil Eye - 75% reduction - found in Lower Guk - sells for approx
>800pp - 8-slot, 3.0 weight, holds large items
>
>Archaeologist's Pack - 25% reduction - found in Permafrost - unknown price -
>6-slot, unknown weight, holds large items
>
>Bag of the Tinkerers - 100% reduction - found in Solusek A - can only be
>bought from a gnome merchant for a minimum of 5750pp - 10-slot, 1.0 weight,
>holds extra-large items (as in, cyclops skulls from the UC in SK)

With good charisma (I think I was at 115) you can get one for 5250 or
so. I think that's the lowest you can buy one for. I bought a couple
weeks ago. A rather nice item for monks. I had an eye bag before that
but it weighs 3.0. Not that great for the most part.


Sandjumper Jones

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ahh ok, my bad on the Bag of the Tinkerers =) also, i think the EE Bag is
70%, not 75% ...

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