Random Tournament 2024!

DuckPond has slain Andariel, but sadly, Elly the Archer did not survive.

Zero uniques/sets, usable or otherwise, in all of act I despite playing most on P8. I think DuckPond may not be the luckiest duck.

DuckPond is shooting a Hunter's Bow bedazzled with a couple topazes and a sapphire. Wearing Stealth Armor, a Ruby encrusted cap, and a couple decent gambles for Boots and Gloves. Stealth'd Hard Leather Armor. Sadly, just a plain white belt and some unnotable jewelry.

Skill allotment is 19 points in Magic Arrow. DuckPond likes to shoot conjured arrows rather than the real deal mostly to save on arrow and mana management.

We are looking forward to a more prayerful companion with a healthier vibe than Elly in Act II. We've also collected an assortment of runes we're hoping to Cube up to fOrtify the highest damage 3-socket bow we find up until we can start collecting eligible amazon bows for more interesting crafting.

With no penetrate, no possibility 3-socket helms for the penetrate helm, and no Valk swarms of reviving enemies are a problem for the near future. Tentative plan is to maximize use of Slow Missles since I have it anyways, lean on Magic Arrow and *gulp* gearing, and later build up some cold skills when mana is more manageable.

DuckPond over and out.

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SP? D2R? Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Post #    Location               Score
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No  Yes  Vang              RagerX               Pal     85      3        Guardian               45
No  Yes  little birdy      idunno               Ass     69     22        Frozen Tundra NM       27
Yes Yes  Grisu             Aegea                Ama     49     23        NM Rogue Camp          18
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     53     80        Dark Wood NM           15
Yes Yes  Kruemelmonschda   Erdbär               Dru     28     16        Kurast Docks            6
Yes Yes  Vildecor          Steinar              Pal     28     34        Kurast Docks            6
Yes Yes  skoolbus          Slaybraham           Bar     23     74        Far Oasis               3
No  Yes  ranagrande        Arek                 Pal     20     70        Lut Gholein             3
?   No   Miron             ?                    Nec     ?       6        ?                       ?
Yes   Yes    sug_knight        DuckPond             Ama     18      92        Lut Gholein                       ?
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No  Yes  Sven F            Urs                  Dru     42     39        Forgotten Tower NM     15
No  No   SirName           RandoCarlissian      Sor     21     14        Duriel                  3
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     64     80        Glacial Trail NM       27
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Beat Mephisto. One Unique, one Set, but sadly nothing for Erdbär
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Still dumping all points in Fire Claws and Firestorm. Gearwise nothing much has changed. Only changed a ring.
Head: Plague Cowl (Rare Helm): 10% FHR, +15 AR +1 Energy, +3 Mana, PR +5% (gambled)
Body: Darkglow (Unique Ring Mail) (found)
Hands: Sander's Taboo (found)
Belt: (Rare Light Belt): 10% FHR, 10 Life, 5 Mana, PR +6% (gambled)
Feet: Viper Blazer (Rare Boots): LR +27%, 65% EG, 18% MF (gambled)
Ring #1: +79 AR, +14% MF (found)
Ring #2: +15% MF (found)
Amu: The Eye of Etlich (Duriel)
Weapon: Grim Wood (Rare Scythe): +36% EnhDam, +3 MaxDam, +19 AR, +7 PsnDam, 5%LL (gambled)

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SP? D2R? Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Post #    Location               Score
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No  Yes  Vang              RagerX               Pal     85      3        Guardian               45
No  Yes  little birdy      idunno               Ass     69     22        Frozen Tundra NM       27
Yes Yes  Grisu             Aegea                Ama     49     23        NM Rogue Camp          18
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     53     80        Dark Wood NM           15
Yes Yes  Kruemelmonschda   Erdbär               Dru     32     102       The Pandemonium Fortress9
Yes Yes  Vildecor          Steinar              Pal     28     34        Kurast Docks            6
Yes Yes  skoolbus          Slaybraham           Bar     23     74        Far Oasis               3
No  Yes  ranagrande        Arek                 Pal     20     70        Lut Gholein             3
?   No   Miron             ?                    Nec     ?       6        ?                       ?
Yes Yes  sug_knight        DuckPond             Ama     18      92       Lut Gholein             ?
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No  Yes  Sven F            Urs                  Dru     42     39        Forgotten Tower NM     15
No  No   SirName           RandoCarlissian      Sor     21     14        Duriel                  3
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     64     80        Glacial Trail NM       27
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NM Baal bit the dust 😎

idunno is currently sitting at level 71. I will spend a good chunk of time farming in NM Terror Zones before making the jump to Hell.

Baal gifted me a Tiamat's Rebuke unique Dragon Shield with a perfect +35 roll on the all res.! This has me re-considering my dual claw plan. It pains me to do so, as I have a strong preference for the aesthetics of a dual claw Assassin. But this is a nice little shield. I need those resistances. I could even push that a bit higher with a P. Diamond. I think socketing it with Eld or Shael makes more sense though since I've got Fade.

Rather than aim for a pair of 'Pattern' Suwayyah, the goal now is to find one good rare or magic Suwayyah. Instead of Dragon Claw as the finisher, I'll use either Dragon Tail or Dragon Talon. I think I only need a couple points (with modest +skills from gear) to get D. Talon to two kicks.

I'll update the table after I finish up in the NM Terror Zones and take the plunge into Hell.
 
DuckPond has slain Baal on normal.

Level 20 magic arrow and a Triple Ort long bow have managed throughout Normal. Slow Missle has been...kind of awesome? Lots of scenarios where barrages of ranged attacks kill bowazons but it's being (forced) to use this skill has been great. I've started leveling Ice Arrow and it has been good for burst damage to dangerous crowds. Kills the mana but Magic Arrow is good for managing it.

Gear-wise, I was lucky to find Shael and Amn in Frigid Highlands to make a Peace ringmail. The Valk proc has been sensational. A couple of odd rare rings, a Mana/DR magic amulet, still using a white belt, and a gambled rare full helm (gambling full helms has sucked).

Best find was a Peasant Crown which my boy Azrael is rocking.

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SP? D2R? Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Post #    Location               Score
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No  Yes  Vang              RagerX               Pal     85      3        Guardian               45
No  Yes  little birdy      idunno               Ass     69     22        Frozen Tundra NM       27
Yes Yes  Grisu             Aegea                Ama     49     23        NM Rogue Camp          18
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     53     80        Dark Wood NM           15
Yes Yes  Kruemelmonschda   Erdbär               Dru     32     102       The Pandemonium Fortress9
Yes Yes  Vildecor          Steinar              Pal     28     34        Kurast Docks            6
Yes Yes  skoolbus          Slaybraham           Bar     23     74        Far Oasis               3
No  Yes  ranagrande        Arek                 Pal     20     70        Lut Gholein             3
?   No   Miron             ?                    Nec     ?       6        ?                       ?
Yes Yes  sug_knight        DuckPond             Ama     38      92       NM Rogue Camp             ?
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No  Yes  Sven F            Urs                  Dru     42     39        Forgotten Tower NM     15
No  No   SirName           RandoCarlissian      Sor     21     14        Duriel                  3
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     64     80        Glacial Trail NM       27
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Hello there ! Still reading through the entries, it seems like people are having fun ! I am still busy with my LF/Immo Zon from the 2022 Edition (yes the last one was not 2021), but if I bite the dust I will be sure to have a toon rolled in this years edition. Kinda slept on it, been playing some D4 but it gets weary pretty quickly. Keep up the good work.
 
I've been plugging away in NM Terror Zones with idunno. Didn't find any good claws, but I churned out a few levels, gathered a bunch of gems for re-rolling GC's, and got myself ready for Hell. Sadly, I didn't find any nice runes either. Oh well.

I am now at level 78 and have progressed as far the Outer Cloister. Saved Cain, took out the Countess, all the usual stuff. One close call in the Forgotten Tower (those dang Archers!) but I survived it. Fade is nice.

For skills, I have max points in Phoenix Strike and Claws of Thunder, ~10 points in Blades of Ice, 15 points in Shadow Master, and a couple in Fade. I am mainly using the second charge of Phoenix Strike (lightning) and switch to the third charge (ice) against Lightning Immunes. I decided against using the first charge and synergizing it with Fists of Fire as I don't like the timing of the meteors. I have Khaleel the Iron Wolf mercenary to provide the fire damage. We're quite a good team between my character, Shadow Master, and the mercenary.

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SP? D2R? Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Post #    Location               Score
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No  Yes  Vang              RagerX               Pal     85      3        Guardian               45
No  Yes  little birdy      idunno               Ass     78     22        Outer Cloister Hell    30
Yes Yes  Grisu             Aegea                Ama     49     23        NM Rogue Camp          18
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     53     80        Dark Wood NM           15
Yes Yes  sug_knight        DuckPond             Ama     38     92        NM Rogue Camp          15
Yes Yes  Kruemelmonschda   Erdbär               Dru     32     102       The Pandemonium Fort.   9
Yes Yes  Vildecor          Steinar              Pal     28     34        Kurast Docks            6
Yes Yes  skoolbus          Slaybraham           Bar     23     74        Far Oasis               3
No  Yes  ranagrande        Arek                 Pal     20     70        Lut Gholein             3
?   No   Miron             ?                    Nec     ?       6        ?                       ?
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No  Yes  Sven F            Urs                  Dru     42     39        Forgotten Tower NM     15
No  No   SirName           RandoCarlissian      Sor     21     14        Duriel                  3
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     64     80        Glacial Trail NM       27
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I picked Steinar from a selection of Norse names in a character name book. It says the name means "rock-hard fighter," which seemed to suit a defensive auras paladin quite well. It's also pretty similar to Steiner, the name of a character from Final Fantasy 9, which I have unfortunately still not played yet.
FFIX was what I was wondering if it was from, a great game!

I've been enjoying reading the progress, Slaybraham's progress is pretty slow. He killed Duriel and started through Act III, currently at level 29. I too have eschewed letting the merc get the last hit and have already stopped doing full clears, just doing mostly full clears as convenience permits. I'll probably switch back to full clears in Act V and stick with it through NM. Finding a good weapon is going to be absolutely crucial, a Hone Sundan would be a great find.

Another item(s) that I'm currently hunting are Fanged Helms, saving every one I see. I'm hoping that using the cube on low quality ones will reroll the staff mods? I haven't tried yet and I don't know if it works. There's several skills that would be gamechangers to get, BO, taunt, natural resist, Spear Mastery, maybe War Cry if I can get a few +skills. He's already found a Fanged Helm with +1 Taunt, so that'll stay in the stash until hopefully finding a better one.

I too fell into the leather boots camp, so I've been gambling those. Managed to gamble Tancred's Hobnails, so hopefully I'll find the amulet the one time I actually want it...

Here's the drop from Duriel.
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SP? D2R? Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Post #    Location               Score
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No  Yes  Vang              RagerX               Pal     85      3        Guardian               45
No  Yes  little birdy      idunno               Ass     69     22        Frozen Tundra NM       27
Yes Yes  Grisu             Aegea                Ama     49     23        NM Rogue Camp          18
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     53     80        Dark Wood NM           15
Yes Yes  Kruemelmonschda   Erdbär               Dru     28     16        Kurast Docks            6
Yes Yes  Vildecor          Steinar              Pal     28     34        Kurast Docks            6
Yes Yes  skoolbus          Slaybraham           Bar     29     107       Flayer Jungle           3
No  Yes  ranagrande        Arek                 Pal     20     70        Lut Gholein             3
?   No   Miron             ?                    Nec     ?       6        ?                       ?
?   ?    sug_knight        DuckPond             Ama     ?      92        ?                       ?
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No  Yes  Sven F            Urs                  Dru     42     39        Forgotten Tower NM     15
No  No   SirName           RandoCarlissian      Sor     21     14        Duriel                  3
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     64     80        Glacial Trail NM       27
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Each month the random items all players can use are re-rolled randomly. You can continue with your current "month" roll or accept the new items rolled. If you accept the new items, any item you rolled that filled the new slot is not rerolled (Example, you have a Breast Plate as an item, this new month has Breast Plate, you don't get an additional)

All new participants/characters use the current month's roll. Due to timezone differences I'll try to have it up the last or second to last day of each month. As soon as this post is posted, you my opt into the new month. *You have until the end of the current act to change out your gear, if Single Pass, until the end of the next act.

June's Roll:

(3) Hard Leather Armor, (7) Breast Plate, (9) Splint Mail, (2) Small Shield, (8) Bone Helm

(6) Long Battle Bow, (5) Javelin, (18) Flail, (4) Bastard Sword

1-15 (1) All Gloves, 1-10 (8) Chain Boots, (4) Light Plated Boots, (3) Belt

Ring Mail, Scale Mail, Field Plate, Kite Shield, Helm
All Gloves, Light Belt, Boots, Heavy Boots
Long Battle Bow, Throwing Spear, Double Axe, War Staff
 
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It’s tempting but I’ll stick with the May rolls for my character. I got this far with them! No turning back now.
 
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Beat Baal
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And Diablo
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Got a few new Uniques and Set Items. Only Hotspur from Cow King worth mentioning
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  • Biggin's Bonnet
  • Darkglow (2x)
  • Wall of the Eyeless
  • Hotspur
  • Raven Claw
  • The Diggler
  • Bloodrise
  • Steelgoad
  • Skewer of Krintiz
  • Griswold's Edge
  • The Eye of Etlich
  • Arcanna's Deathwand
  • Cathan's Mesh
  • Cleglaw's Pincers (x3!)
  • Hasrus' Iron Fist
  • Isenhart's Case (x2)
  • Tancred's Crowbill
  • Sander's Taboo (x2)
  • 10 EL
  • 4 Eld
  • 10 Tir
  • 7 Nef
  • 12 Eth
  • 1 Ith
  • 11 Tal
  • 7 Ral
  • 9 Ort
  • 3 Thul
  • 2 Amn
  • 1 Sol
  • 3 Shael
  • 1 Dol
Gearwise only a small upgrade (Stealth Light Plate and a Druid Pelt). Still debating if I should build a Lore Helm. Waiting for a good Druid Pelt as a base (must be Spirit Mask, only found one with +1 Dire Wolves).
Head: Havoc Crest (Rare Spirit Mask): +9 Life, CR +30%, PR +10% (found)
Body: 'Stealth' (Light Plate)
Hands: Sander's Taboo (found)
Belt: (Rare Light Belt): 10% FHR, 10 Life, 5 Mana, PR +6% (gambled)
Feet: Viper Blazer (Rare Boots): LR +27%, 65% EG, 18% MF (gambled)
Ring #1: +79 AR, +14% MF (found)
Ring #2: +15% MF (found)
Amu: The Eye of Etlich (Duriel)
Weapon: Grim Wood (Rare Scythe): +36% EnhDam, +3 MaxDam, +19 AR, +7 PsnDam, 5%LL (gambled)
Also found good some good bases for the Merc (Lochaber Axe with 3 Sockets, maybe Crescent Moon if I am lucky with rune drops in NM.
Regarding the June rolls, I think I will stick to the March setup but we will see what comes along till end of act 2.
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SP? D2R? Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Post #    Location               Score
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No  Yes  Vang              RagerX               Pal     85      3        Guardian               45
No  Yes  little birdy      idunno               Ass     78     22        Outer Cloister Hell    30
Yes Yes  Grisu             Aegea                Ama     49     23        NM Rogue Camp          18
Yes Yes  Kruemelmonschda   Erdbär               Dru     48     110       NM Rogue Camp          18
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     53     80        Dark Wood NM           15
Yes Yes  sug_knight        DuckPond             Ama     38     92        NM Rogue Camp          15
Yes Yes  Vildecor          Steinar              Pal     28     34        Kurast Docks            6
Yes Yes  skoolbus          Slaybraham           Bar     29     107       Flayer Jungle           6
No  Yes  ranagrande        Arek                 Pal     20     70        Lut Gholein             3
?   No   Miron             ?                    Nec     ?       6        ?                       ?
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No  Yes  Sven F            Urs                  Dru     42     39        Forgotten Tower NM     15
No  No   SirName           RandoCarlissian      Sor     21     14        Duriel                  3
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     64     80        Glacial Trail NM       27
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Another update for Slaybraham. Act III went surprisingly fast. Leap Attack is starting to do some decent damage. I don't have any screenshots, but I've never found so many Cleglaw's swords on a character. It was far outpacing green breast plates. A shame they're not useful. No NDEs, and Meph was easy to kill on /p8.
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Kind of neat to get two items from the same set, the shield would even be usable.

Act IV went pretty quick. Leap attack would 2 hit anything and the shockwaves were enough to clear the mobs that didn't get targeted. Dropped it down to /p3 for Diablo, and even then, that was too much!

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It's been a long time since normal Diablo has killed off a character. Leap Attack is similar to WW where you can't drink potions while using it, and that plus lightning hose (and no BO) is what did him in. Not too bummed as he wasn't my favorite character but had Diablo down to a couple more hits and probably should have been able to avoid dying here.

Best of luck to everyone else!

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SP? D2R? Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Post #    Location               Score
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No  Yes  Vang              RagerX               Pal     85      3        Guardian               45
No  Yes  little birdy      idunno               Ass     78     22        Outer Cloister Hell    30
Yes Yes  Grisu             Aegea                Ama     49     23        NM Rogue Camp          18
Yes Yes  Kruemelmonschda   Erdbär               Dru     48     110       NM Rogue Camp          18
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     53     80        Dark Wood NM           15
Yes Yes  sug_knight        DuckPond             Ama     38     92        NM Rogue Camp          15
Yes Yes  Vildecor          Steinar              Pal     28     34        Kurast Docks            6
No  Yes  ranagrande        Arek                 Pal     20     70        Lut Gholein             3
?   No   Miron             ?                    Nec     ?       6        ?                       ?
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No  Yes  Sven F            Urs                  Dru     42     39        Forgotten Tower NM     15
No  No   SirName           RandoCarlissian      Sor     21     14        Duriel                  3
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     64     80        Glacial Trail NM       27
Yes Yes  skoolbus          Slaybraham           Bar     35     111       Diablo                  6
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Your scheme to get me to Delurk worked @Vang

Can I get an Amazon please?

Just so I am clear with the rules I can currently use (from the June role):

Armour: Hard Leather Armor, Breast Plate, Splint Mail,
Shield: Small Shield,
Helm: Bone Helm
Weapons: Long Battle Bow, Javelin, Flail, Bastard Sword
Gloves: All
Boots: Chain Boots, Light Plated Boots,
Belt: Belt

In addition I can use Long Battle Bow, Double Axe, War Staff, Throwing Spear, Helm, Ring Mail, Scale Mail, Field Plate, Kite Shield, Light Belt and Leather Boots?

The rolls for my character will just be a Helm, Armor, Shield, class specific item?
 
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Your scheme to get me to Delurk worked @Vang

Can I get an Amazon please?

Just so I am clear with the rules I can currently use (from the June role):

Armour: Hard Leather Armor, Breast Plate, Splint Mail,
Shield: Small Shield,
Helm: Bone Helm
Weapons: Long Battle Bow, Javelin, Flail, Bastard Sword
Gloves: All
Boots: Chain Boots, Light Plated Boots,
Belt: Belt

In addition I can use Long Battle Bow, Double Axe, War Staff, Throwing Spear, Helm, Ring Mail, Scale Mail, Field Plate, Kite Shield, Light Belt and Leather Boots?

The rolls for my character will just be a Helm, Armor, Shield, class specific item?
No, only June's roll. I updated the main page to reflect that. You can opt into July's items once they are rolled though and you have until the end of your current act or (current + next if SP) to switch over your gear. If you aren't single pass, equipment has to be fleshed out before we enter the next act's first combat zone (Foothills for example)


Amazon

(17) Passive and Magic Tree, (3) Poison Javelin, (7) Plaque Javelin, (23) Cold Arrow, (29) Immolation Arrow.

(1) Quilted Armor, (4) Full Helm, (6) Tower Shield

(3) Long Bow, (2) Pilum, (2) Reflex Bow

And June's Roll

Hard Leather Armor, Breast Plate, Splint Mail, Small Shield, Bone Helm
Long Battle Bow, Javelin, Flail, Bastard Sword
All Gloves, Chain Boots, Light Plated Boots, Belt
 
No, only June's roll. I updated the main page to reflect that. You can opt into July's items once they are rolled though and you have until the end of your current act or (current + next if SP) to switch over your gear. If you aren't single pass, equipment has to be fleshed out before we enter the next act's first combat zone (Foothills for example)


Amazon

(17) Passive and Magic Tree, (3) Poison Javelin, (7) Plaque Javelin, (23) Cold Arrow, (29) Immolation Arrow.

(1) Quilted Armor, (4) Full Helm, (6) Tower Shield

(3) Long Bow, (2) Pilum, (2) Reflex Bow

And June's Roll

Hard Leather Armor, Breast Plate, Splint Mail, Small Shield, Bone Helm
Long Battle Bow, Javelin, Flail, Bastard Sword
All Gloves, Chain Boots, Light Plated Boots, Belt
Ah gotcha - that is much clearer now.

Nice rolls thanks Vang
 
Your scheme to get me to Delurk worked @Vang
Hah, he got you, too! Vang knows how we roll, I suppose...

Good luck! I made a tournament Plague Javelin Amazon once...Let's just say that I hope the D2R ptach updates make the gameplay a bit faster in later difficulties 🤪

I've not gone back to lurking the last week btw, but was on vacation. Will continue tomorrow with my Amazon (a passive one, too, @Jcakes !)
 
Hah, he got you, too! Vang knows how we roll, I suppose...

Good luck! I made a tournament Plague Javelin Amazon once...Let's just say that I hope the D2R ptach updates make the gameplay a bit faster in later difficulties 🤪

I've not gone back to lurking the last week btw, but was on vacation. Will continue tomorrow with my Amazon (a passive one, too, @Jcakes !)
I think I am going to be mostly playing as a Passive Zon (Valkyire + Merc) and then help with some Plague Javelin
 
Progress continues! Duriel is down for the last time--and it wasn't even that long and annoying of a fight. My strategy was simply to supervise. Let the Shadow Master tank and Khaleel blast away with Fire Balls. Two trips back to town to reload on potions and we were done.

I nearly bit the dust charging ahead too quickly in the Arcane Sanctuary. I was on the path with portals. Jumped in a portal without peeking ahead, and found the other side was swarming with ghosts and a nasty boss pack. Shadow and merc went down in a flash. I had to run through the ghosts to a clear spot and drop a town portal right away.

My biggest find in Act II was probably a Ko rune. I also forgot to mention in my last update that I managed to get a Pally Combat skiller with +6 strength while re-rolling GCs found in NM Terror Zones before moving up to Hell.

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SP? D2R? Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Post #    Location               Score
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No  Yes  Vang              RagerX               Pal     85      3        Guardian               45
No  Yes  little birdy      idunno               Ass     80     22        Spider Forest Hell     36
Yes Yes  Grisu             Aegea                Ama     49     23        NM Rogue Camp          18
Yes Yes  Kruemelmonschda   Erdbär               Dru     48     110       NM Rogue Camp          18
Yes Yes  sug_knight        DuckPond             Ama     38     92        NM Rogue Camp          15
Yes Yes  Vildecor          Steinar              Pal     28     34        Kurast Docks            6
No  Yes  ranagrande        Arek                 Pal     20     70        Lut Gholein             3
?   No   Miron             ?                    Nec     ?       6        ?                       ?
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No  Yes  Sven F            Urs                  Dru     42     39        Forgotten Tower NM     15
No  No   SirName           RandoCarlissian      Sor     21     14        Duriel                  3
No  Yes  Vang              ShiftingFool         Dru     64     80        Glacial Trail NM       27
Yes Yes  skoolbus          Slaybraham           Bar     35     111       Diablo                  6
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Absolute first time to tackle anything like this could I get a Barb rolled? (If its not breaking rules would love to get a roll for a Pally as well waiting in the wings for the potential death). Both will be played SP.
 
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Hey @Grenark - Welcome to the boards! I'll go ahead and roll your Barb. Just give me a couple minutes and I'll update this post with your rolls.

I'm not sure about rolling two characters at once. Let's see what the ruling is from @Vang on that. If that's OK then somebody else can roll the second character later on.

Here we go. Your random Barbarian:

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Skills:
- Warcries skill tree
- Increased Stamina, Iron Skin, Natural Resistance, Double Swing, Leap Attack

Helms, armor, shield: Helm, Ancient Armor, Kite Shield, Fanged Helm

One-handed weapon: Axe
Two-handed weapon: War Scythe

June default item rolls:
Hard Leather Armor, Breast Plate, Splint Mail, Small Shield, Bone Helm
Long Battle Bow, Javelin, Flail, Bastard Sword
All Gloves, Chain Boots, Light Plated Boots, Belt
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Not too bad! Looks like you'll be making a Singer. Double Swing is nice to have to get you through the early portion of the game.
 
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Hey @Grenark - Welcome to the boards! I'll go ahead and roll your Barb. Just give me a couple minutes and I'll update this post with your rolls.

I'm not sure about rolling two characters at once. Let's see what the ruling is from @Vang on that. If that's OK then somebody else can roll the second character later on.

Here we go. Your random Barbarian:

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Skills:
- Warcries skill tree
- Increased Stamina, Iron Skin, Natural Resistance, Double Swing

Helms, armor, shield: Helm, Ancient Armor, Kite Shield, Fanged Helm

One-handed weapon: Axe
Two-handed weapon: War Scythe

June default item rolls:
Hard Leather Armor, Breast Plate, Splint Mail, Small Shield, Bone Helm
Long Battle Bow, Javelin, Flail, Bastard Sword
All Gloves, Chain Boots, Light Plated Boots, Belt
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Not too bad! Looks like you'll be making a Singer. Double Swing is nice to have to get you through the early portion of the game.
@little birdy - Thanks for rolling this for me! Totally understand on waiting on the second, no big deal there if it doesn't happen right now. We can even just hold off on it entirely - I can see where it would be a little against there spirit of the game.

A question though: It looks like I've got 3 skills from Combat Mastery and 1 from Combat Skills. From the description I was under the impression that for the 4 skills you'd get 2 from each "off tree"
  • You are then rolled you skills. One tab is available randomly and the other 2 tabs two skills from each are chosen randomly. (14 total skills to use)
Let me know if I'm misunderstanding here.
 
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