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[2018] Spirit Tournament [by Wolron]
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Introducing Hildr, the still weaponless Amazon.
Action shots against Corpsefire, Sharp Drool the Slasher, Bishibosh and Treehead:
Doing my impression of the Pied Piper of Hamelin:
FIghting Blood Raven took some gas potions, because with my meager fist damage and her running away constantly, I would have churned to my healing potions too fast. Note that I hired a rogue merc before I fought Blood Raven which you can do once you hit level 8.
My damage upon entering the Cave was 4-17 without weapon (+1 max damage amulet/rings, + lightning/fire damage charms), which is still sufficient for most opponents. Monsters in the cave were quite scary though...never encountered a Fana boss so early, IIRC.
The cave rewarded me with this beauty though:
This LE Archer was scary and almost killed me, but I managed to find a spot, where none of his bolts could hit me or my rogue merc and eventually my rogue killed him.
I really like this tournament, but have to echo jiansonz's statement about town trips
I already had to sell all my rejuvs and (almost all) gems except for the topazes, diamonds and amethysts. I decided that would be best, because there is no much use for gems for cubing recipes, but I can use the 3 amulets = 1 ring and 3 rings = 1 amulet recipe later on. So I stuck with my amulets and rings so far.
My rogue has currently a 2 os ethereal armor equipped with 2 flawed topazes, although she really doesn't kill much by herself...
Hildr, level 15 martial arts Amazon, Normal Black Marsh next
Leadership board:
Remember the score formula is 5xWPs + Life -2xSTR -5xLevel. STR and Life are with all equipment and Charms applied.
Code:Player: Name: Class: Tree: Score: Level: Area: ---------------- ------- -------- ------------ ------ ------ --------- Wolron Ghost Druid Summon +148 21 Lut Gholein Grisu Hildr Amazon none yet +160 15 Black Marsh Mir Allanon Druid -35 1 Rogue Camp Jiansonz Misty Assassin MA
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Entering with Allanon, a summoner in the making, my last attempt at HC (enchantress) ended with a swift unholy bolt in some tomb during act 2 NM, let see how far I can pull this char...
Being forced to sell ALL of his equipment, before going out, wasn't a promising sign; at least it's known that using martial arts greatly enhance ones fighting experience. The first enemy he encountered was a lone zombie that gave him more than enough time (way too long for my taste) to practice his melee abilities. The lesson was learnt; leave all this hand weaving, kicking, and dancing to the assassins and go for less experienced but more effective 'way of punch'.
Luckily, druid summoners can use their skills quite early and it wasn’t long before he got his first skill point which went into Poison Ivy for some weak sort of AoE attack. His next point went into Raven, it's quite a shame that this bird can fight better than the druid, but who could guess that observing nature is the best way to learn the Crane technique... The combination of Raven and Ivy proved to be enough to clear the moor and bring him almost to level 6 before entering the den.
On a side note, one of the deserted houses in the moor had an all rare chest that some poor souls left in a hurry when they had to leave. It was quite a temptation not to take those items but the Angel side of his conscience managed to talk him out of it ("you can't take those items! youa must follow the rules!"). But even the angel could not stop the young raven from taking 1 simple golden ring:
Code:Stone Eye Ring Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 1 Fingerprint: 0xaaa5f4bd +1 to Strength +2 to Mana +10 to Attack Rating +1 to Maximum Damage Poison Resist +5% +1 to Light Radius
The den was cleared without any special problems. Corpsefire dropped a rare pack of throwing knives which, after being identified, were brought back to the stash for Anya quest (if he ever gets there):
Identified the knives
Preparing the inventory
Code:Imp Scratch Throwing Knife Throw Damage: 4 to 10 One-Hand Damage: 2 to 4 Quantity: 50 Required Dexterity: 21 Dagger Class - Normal Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 4 Fingerprint: 0x2a85dbd0 +17 to Attack Rating +1 to Maximum Damage Adds 1-2 fire damage +1 poison damage over 2 seconds 40% Damage to Undead +64 to Attack Rating against Undead 5% Chance to cast Level 1 Amplify Damage on striking
Cold plains and the Cave were steamrolled with an ever growing prowess of Allanon army which, by the time to take on blood raven, consisted of 5 wolves and 4 ravens. Blood Raven proved no challenge at all and the way to the crypt and the mausoleum is clear…
Summary
- So far it's a great fun although the inventory limitations proved to be PITA, as much as I tried to follow the rules I can't be sure that at some points I didn’t carry more then I'm allowed (by 1-2 potions), by the end of the session I managed to organize the inventory to minimize any future mistakes:
- Gold is quite hard to come by not being allowed to sell items (except eth). Due to this rule I had to sell a jewel of envy to gain SOME money for TP and ID scrolls. I really hope this will sort itself in near future.
- Equipment so far:
Code:Lizard's Sash of Self-Repair Defense: 3 Durability: 7 of 7 Required Level: 2 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 7 Fingerprint: 0x8deb0f20 +4 to Mana Repairs 1 durability in 33 seconds Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired) Amulet – 1 to energy Ring – 1 to STR
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Allanon continued his journey after clearing the burial grounds (no noticeable finds). The Stony Field did contain a special stone right near the entrance:
After few moments he reached decision and got a flawed topaz. Actually this stage of his journey (up to Outer Cloister wp) was full of good finds like:
Gemmed Wolf Head
Defense: 16
Durability: 10 of 11
(Druid Only)
Required Strength: 6
Required Level: 3
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 5
Fingerprint: 0x9f3d2334
9% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
+1 to Lycanthropy (Druid Only)
+1 to Raven (Druid Only)
Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired), Socketed (1: 1 used) <-- another topaz
Gemmed Superior Hard Leather Armor
Defense: 38
Durability: 13 of 15
Required Strength: 10
Required Level: 5
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 5
Fingerprint: 0xf366c628
+5% Enhanced Defense
13% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired), Socketed (1: 1 used)
Scimitar
One-Hand Damage: 3 to 9
Durability: 12 of 12
Required Dexterity: 11
Sword Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 7
Fingerprint: 0xff470693
Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired), Socketed (1: 0 used) <-- what should I put here???
GC of balance
3 LC of elemental damage (very low, but anything helps)
Ral from the countess
So far he encountered nothing dangerous but this feeling can kill, he will try to slow down a bit and get used to cast a wolf ahead to scout the area.
After reaching level 13 he stopped spending skill points so he could invest in more than 1 skill once he reach level 18+. It’s quite hard to decide which spirit he should use… He is not going to have lots of +skills so the pets will need every help they can get, on the other hand, it's HC and oak seem like a better choise… Any advice?
Although it's a single pass game his progress is quite surprising, he reached level 17 by Outer Cloister wp… maybe he would be one of those chars to reach level 20-21 in act1.
Allanon the summoner, level 17, Outer Cloister wp
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After purging the monastery from all the demons and giving Charsi her hammer back, it was time to face Andariel. The prospect of fighting her on P8 was not appealing but I forgot to switch to P1… in the end it didn’t mattered.
The plan was simple: clear the entrance hall, then the shaman on the right and any lurking monsters on the left, then advance carefully ahead until she will notice the wolves so he could lure her back to the pool for a 1 vs 10 fight.
Things went a bit out of control when the wolves' teleported right to the center forcing a fast retreat to the main hall and back to town to restore the army. Once Allanon was ready, and full with antidote potions, he went back trough the TP quickly casting the wolves on the opposite side of Andariel to keep her attacks from his position. He was sure that the wolves will die in 1 hit but surprisingly they took little damage. The 4 points he spent in dire wolves were well spent apparently (~270 life). After a short fight he emerged victorious!
The drop, on the other hand, was quite disappointed:
On his journey through the monastery, he saw quite a lot of rare items drop, sadly none was useful or eth. Maybe the little MF he had worked maybe it's was luck…. Well, no complaints from him.
Summery
· Stash management become harder with every step he does; must get the cube ASAP!
· Wasn’t sure what should I imbue before act2, the boots or the shield.... not the best result but I can live with it:
· Not sure what to do with the merc, probably won't change until either a good weapon will drop or act 3.
· Runes so far: Ral, Tir, Eld.
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