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  1. Swamigoon

    [2008] Hardcore Frozen Orb/Fire Ball Sorceress; Socialism's Orb-it-aller

    Originally posted by @Socialism on Christmas Day 2008 Hardcore Frozen Orb/Fire Ball Sorceress; Socialism’s “Orbitaller” Justification Dual-tree builds keep you self-sufficient and efficient (if you read the Hardcore forum… you’d know I’m all about efficiency/aggressive playstyles …and that...
  2. Swamigoon

    Quest: Maxed Skills Grail

    A little more than two years ago, I was motivated to invent a slightly different SPF-style challenge for myself, so I started a project to exercise every Horadric Cube recipe at least once. Almost six weeks ago, I successfully completed my Cube Grail. (The D2R 2.4 patch introduced some...
  3. Swamigoon

    Quest: Single Socket Grail

    After completing the Grail of Steel as a side quest, I thought about other "sort-of-easier-to-find" items that might be fun to collect. I have settled on another silly exercise in packrattery, which I will call the "Single Socket Grail." I'm going to try to find (or purchase or cube) a...
  4. Swamigoon

    Theorycrafting a maxed skills grail

    I'm hoping that I get some lucky rune drops in this year's RFL. Hopefully I'll get the needed runes to finally complete the cube recipe grail project that I started a couple of years ago. But what happens after that? The SPF Community & Links pinned thread includes many other neat participation...
  5. Swamigoon

    Skill census/analysis of the SPF Mat/Pat/Guardian build compilation

    Attached are the skill spreadsheets as they were originally posted July 28 2020. The original thread thread is begin updated beginning July 29 2021 with corrected/updated spreadsheets.
  6. Swamigoon

    [1.14b SC Van] Received VinceThePince's Pride (trophy)

    Received, just as Pb_pal promised: I'm still playing Vanilla only, so I won't be using this item, at least not right now. Instead, I will merely act as the trophy's custodian, until it's traded to another worthy caretaker, or perhaps if I ever decide to use RWM. Thanks, and congratulations...
  7. Swamigoon

    SC Cube Grail Sept

    I started my Cube Grail quest on April 21st of this year. Seven months later the quest is not yet accomplished, but along the journey I completed my first ever Sept. I'd like to share a report here for each, in the order in which I played them.
  8. Swamigoon

    Skill census/analysis of the SPF Mat/Pat/Guardian build compilation

    I tip my hat (and genuflect with deep respect) to the folks that worked so hard (much of the work is still underway!) to migrate and preserve content from the old site. This thread is my attempt to do something that shows gratitude to everyone involved. More than just saying "thanks," I wanted...
  9. Swamigoon

    Quest: Cube Grail, v1

    I'm starting a new project: to use every single Horadric Cube recipe at least once. There is an almost complete list of recipes at The Arreat Summit. Now there are various ways to count transmutation recipes. For example: the recipe to transmute three identical lower grade gems/skulls to get...
  10. Swamigoon

    No skill left behind

    Browsing through the SPF's Pat/Mat/Guardian collections, I am impressed with the diversity of skill combinations that have been turned into successful single-player heroes. Effective build creativity, coupling interesting skills and synergies with intriguing items, are among the primary...
  11. Swamigoon

    Help with vanilla singer/swinger?

    Thanks in advance for reading the long ramble that follows! For a couple of years, I didn't have a machine that was capable of playing this game. However, I did have all of my characters and GoMule stashes backed up, and so now that I have a working D2LoD I am able to pick up where I left off...
  12. Swamigoon

    Patriarch Zasz, Arctic Shaman

    After a couple of years of no D2LoD (didn't have a computer that could run it until recently), I'm back into it. Fortunately, I had backed up my SP characters and GoMule stashes, so I was able to pick up where I left off. A few more weeks of work, and I finally finished a project that I had...
  13. Swamigoon

    Matriarch Quor, Hybrid Trapper

    Matriarch Quor, Hybrid Trapper To get ready for next month's round in Fabian's MF League, I looked at my stable of toons, looking for something suitable for hunting runes in the Moo Moo Farm. I only have two that have actually defeated Hell Baal. You guessed it, they're the old standby cookie...
  14. Swamigoon

    What is your grail?

    What is your grail? In this thread, purplelocust has identified some of the "grail" quests that have been pursued by various SP forum participants. I'm curious to know what other "grails" folks here think about or pursue. For example, the hobby I've been working on for a while might be called...
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