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"Rare Pleasure" Tournament
OK, the last tournament idea fizzled completely... but now that FB's Zod tourny has ended, perhaps there's enough air in the room for another effort. I know I have time for another challenge, now.
Drum roll please.....
THE RARE PLEASURE TOURNAMENT
Once upon a time in a land called Sanctuary, there were some serious snobs walking around. It wasn't enough for them to fight evil with magical weapons, or with powerful runewords that just anybody could use, or even so-called unique items that everyone seemed to have¦ they needed to be special. They would only fight the minions of the Prime Evils with rare equipment¦ nothing else would do under any circumstances. If they couldn't use something truly rare, then they'd go nekkid.
RULES, Part One: characters
1. HC characters only. You must get all WPs and complete all quests before moving to the next act.
2. The following builds are disallowed. However, banned skills may be used as synergies for non-banned skills.
a. The following Sorceress skills are banned (except as synergies): blizzard, frozen orb, fireball, meteor, chain lightning. Other sorceress builds are permitted.
b. Lightning Fury is disallowed for Amazons.
c. Skeletons and Revives are not permissible for Necromancers (bone skills *are* allowed).
d. All Druid Elemental Skills are disallowed, except for Cyclone Armor (and as synergies).
e. Assassin Traps are forbidden, except for the Blade Skills.
f. Blessed Hammer, Holy Bolt, and Fist of the Heavens are disallowed (except as synergies).
g. Barbarians may not use Throwing Mastery or Double Throw.
RULES, Part Two: equipment
3. Untwinked. You may mule items off to your other characters. Otherwise, no use of ATMA is permitted.
4. Your character may only use RARE items. If you do not have a rare item for a particular equipment slot, you may not have an item in that slot. The following exceptions (and *only* these exceptions) apply to the rares only rule:
a. You may use the weapon that your character is generated with, until you find your first rare weapon. Upon finding your first rare weapon of any sort (even if you cannot yet use it due to item requirements), you must discard your birth weapon.
b. All quest-related items can be used, obviously. You may also equip wuest-related weapons. You may not, however, take such weapons past the act in which they spawn (i.e., no hellforge hammer in act 5).
c. You may use the magic ring that Akara gives you for saving Cain in Normal difficulty, and you may use it until you have two rare rings in your possession (once you find a second rare, however useless it may be, you must discard the magic ring).
d. Potions, scrolls, and tomes of all sorts are permitted.
e. Sockets in items can be filled¦ but only with RARE jewels
6. Obviously, there are no rare charms in the game, so charms are not allowed under any circumstances.
7. You may kill the following monsters no more than twice in each difficulty level: Andariel, Duriel, Mephisto, Hephaesto, Diablo, Pindleskin, Eldritch, Shenk, Nihlathak, Baal.
8. You may gamble for items; however, once you have equipped a gambled rare item in a particular slot, you may never gamble for that item type again. (This means that two rings may be gambled, and in the case of dual-wielding barbarians, two weapons). If you find something better than the gambled item, you are free to use it... but you still may not gamble for that item type in the future. Gamble wisely!
9. Because Charsi's imbue quest reward generates a rare item, those items may be used. However, you must use your imbue quest reward *before* moving onto the next difficulty.
10. You may create 1 crafted item in NM difficulty, and 1 crafted item in Hell difficulty. But you may only make one attempt each time... if you get junk, you get junk, and that's your fate.
OTHER DETAILS
1. This is a quick tournament. It will begin on Sunday, May 1, at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. It will end on Saturday, May 28, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
2. Players must make an update upon the completion of Normal difficulty, NM difficulty, and upon the completion of each act in Hell difficulty. Of course, everyone is welcome to post more frequently, if they desire.
3. Scoring will be determined as follows:
a. 2 points will be awarded for each quest completed.
b. 1 point will be awarded for each WP gathered.
c. 3 points will be awarded for killing the Cow King in each difficulty.
d. 1 point will be *subtracted* for each character level gained (yes, a negative score is possible).
e. Achieving Guardian status gives a bonus of 20 points.
f. In the highly unlikely event of a tie, the winner will be determined by a forum vote… whoever is democratically determined to have the lamest gear will win the tie.
THE PRIZE: The winner will receive an ATMA stash containing the complete proceeds from 100 hardcore Hell Mephisto runs, to be completed by my sorceress, who wears about 400% MF. So the prize could be great, or it could be lots of breast plates and keys. You’ll have to win to find out!
To enter, add your name and character class to the sign-up table below. Remember, no starting until 7:30 a.m. EST on May 1.
Code:
Name Build Level Act/Difficulty Forum Name Points
Rare-Skunk bowzon 1 1/Norm Skunkbelly 0
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