"Rare Pleasure" Tournament

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Name             Build           Level   Act/Diff.  Forum Name         Pts
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Plak             Frost Zealot       27    1/Nm      Sint                70
Undead_WingWong  Bonemancer         33    1/Nm      Starving_Poet       61
Phrozen_Phire    Firezon            41    5/Norm    skoolbus            53
HCTornNecroI     Bonemancer         31    1/Norm    Thov                49
Fang             Javazon            25    5/Norm    phatbrava           47
JagerMeester     Summon/WereWolf    25    4/Norm    Horobi              45 R.I.P.
Chillibit        Freezealot         31    4/Norm    Slothman            36
Freddie          Lord of Mages      32    4/Norm    jiansonz            32
Rare-Skunk       Barb (Frenzy)      23    3/Norm    Skunkbelly          25
Yorel_X          Shadow-sin         24    3/Norm    Reid Fleming        22
Inferno          HolyFireadin       27    3/Norm    SuperSavage         21 R.I.P.
Patsy            Leap Barb          20    1/Norm    Radagast            20
LuckyCharm       ConcBarb           23    2/Norm    OpethAZ             20
Fenris           RabidFury Wolf     20    2/Norm    Quickdeath          16 R.I.P.
Halisstra        HydraSorc          20    2/Norm    Liliel               9  
Ursula           Shockwave bear     19    2/Norm    jgreg7               8
CrossCheck       CrossbowZon        20    1/Norm    Crazy_Bear           7
Arial		 Firewall/Tstorm    19    2/Norm    BFD		  	 6
GlacialTyro      Frost-Zealot       13    1/Norm    SeDnA                6 R.I.P.
Freezydinny      Frost Zealot       18    2/Norm    Rickyson1            2
Coraxasn         MA-Sin             20    2/Norm    tinantlu             1
Elolroel         Charged Boltress   13    1/Norm    goltar25             0 R.I.P.
Fred             Zealot+             1    1/Norm    jjscud               0
Rarnonn          Jailkeeper          1    1/Norm    Mordalles            0
Sarah            Javazon             1    1/Norm    Hrus                 0
Halisstra        HydraSorc           1    1/Norm    Liliel               0
SirStuckup       DS / frenzy         1    1/Norm    water_moon           0
DeadRinger       F Nova/Tstorm       1    1/Norm    JicamaEater          0
Pokey_poke       Lightning strike    1    1/Norm    Shermo               0
AndOne           Tesladin            1    1/Norm    Poopie_Pants         0
DeadKnight       Avenger             1    1/Norm    Frosty               0
Jenna            Javazon             1    1/Norm    XtasyGrizzly         0
Miko             MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    RikerKirk            0
Wolronett        Sorceress-Cold      1    1/Norm    Wolron               0
Portia           Sorceress           1    1/Norm    TRJS                 0
Reinard          Ranger              1    1/Norm    BennB                0
Victor Shen      Meleemancer/Curses  1    1/Norm    Insane Wayne         0
Voberadin        Thornsadin          1    1/Norm    Vober                0
Bremm            Tesladin           16    1/Norm    Nacaa               -1
Slayer           Berserker           6    1/Norm    Immortal_Slayer     -2
DeadKnight       Avenger             6    1/Norm    Frosty              -2
Jonathan         Hunter Druid        7    1/Norm    Cattleya            -3   
Icy_Hot          Bowazon            15    1/Norm    Exarkun             -4
WalkingDead      Hybrid Zon         12    1/Norm    MAAM                -6

First off, I want to give my condolances to those who have fallen in the pursuit of a madman's goals.
I have constructed a fitting tombstone for quickdeath.

Well, 12 hours, almost to the minute after Undead WingWong destroyed the first of the Prime Evils he was able to Hunt down and destroy the last of his brothers. His battle with Diablo was... horrible. Took my about 3 hours. I first approached him still at level 26, cleared the sanctuary, but was not able to even get him on screen without losing 50 to 75% of my life. I knew that I had to hit 30 and get my spirit. So, with the sanctuary still cleared and I went back and did a full Act 4 clear and killed Meph for the second time just to hit that break point. So, with my trusty level 1 Bone Spirit, I played a 40 minute game of cat and mouse with the big D. He got so angry that he cast firewalls on me! I've never seen that. After that long and ardous battle and with a stomach full of hundreds of potions, WingWong used his need-to-pee induced speed to literally whiz through all of Act 5, stopping only to kill the needed bosses. After his battle with Diablo, Baal and his minions were absolute cake and he made it through the entire act only gaining three levels. 1 from the ancients, 1 from clearing out the level for Anya and 1 from trying to find the damn stairs to Nihlithak. I have yet to do the cows because I am exhausted. Now I know why I never play casters, it's like balancing on a shard of glass!

I did find this nice little puppy for my soon-to-be new friend, the HF merc:

Bone Impaler Bone Impaler!? Get it? *nudge nudge wink wink* It fits the theme so well!
Bill
Two-Hand Damage: 27 to 87
Durability: 38 of 50
Required Strength: 95
Required Level: 25
Polearm Class - Normal Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 46
Fingerprint: 0xebf7edb1
+44% Enhanced Damage
+88 to Attack Rating
+7 to Minimum Damage
+11 to Maximum Damage
Fire Resist +7%
7% Life stolen per hit

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Undead_WingWong - The Bonecaster
Yashied - The Cold Iron Wolf

Level: 33 *-1 = -33

[highlight]Normal[/highlight]
Quests: 27 * 2 = 54
Waypoints: 39 * 1 = 40
Cow:

[highlight]Nightmare[/highlight]
Quests: 0 * 2 = 0
Waypoints: 1 * 1 = 1
Cow:

SCORE: 61
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Name             Build           Level   Act/Diff.  Forum Name         Pts
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Plak             Frost Zealot       27    1/Nm      Sint                70
Undead_WingWong  Bonemancer         33    1/Nm      Starving_Poet       61
Phrozen_Phire    Firezon            41    5/Norm    skoolbus            53
HCTornNecroI     Bonemancer         31    1/Norm    Thov                49
Fang             Javazon            25    5/Norm    phatbrava           47
JagerMeester     Summon/WereWolf    25    4/Norm    Horobi              45 R.I.P.
Chillibit        Freezealot         31    4/Norm    Slothman            36
Freddie          Lord of Mages      32    4/Norm    jiansonz            32
Rare-Skunk       Barb (Frenzy)      23    3/Norm    Skunkbelly          25
Yorel_X          Shadow-sin         24    3/Norm    Reid Fleming        22
Inferno          HolyFireadin       27    3/Norm    SuperSavage         21 R.I.P.
Patsy            Leap Barb          20    1/Norm    Radagast            20
LuckyCharm       ConcBarb           23    2/Norm    OpethAZ             20
Fenris           RabidFury Wolf     20    2/Norm    Quickdeath          16 R.I.P.
Bremm            Tesladin           25    2/Norm    Nacaa               15 R.I.P.
Halisstra        HydraSorc          20    2/Norm    Liliel               9  
Ursula           Shockwave bear     19    2/Norm    jgreg7               8
CrossCheck       CrossbowZon        20    1/Norm    Crazy_Bear           7
Arial		 Firewall/Tstorm    19    2/Norm    BFD		  	 6
GlacialTyro      Frost-Zealot       13    1/Norm    SeDnA                6 R.I.P.
Freezydinny      Frost Zealot       18    2/Norm    Rickyson1            2
Coraxasn         MA-Sin             20    2/Norm    tinantlu             1
Elolroel         Charged Boltress   13    1/Norm    goltar25             0 R.I.P.
Fred             Zealot+             1    1/Norm    jjscud               0
Rarnonn          Jailkeeper          1    1/Norm    Mordalles            0
Sarah            Javazon             1    1/Norm    Hrus                 0
Halisstra        HydraSorc           1    1/Norm    Liliel               0
SirStuckup       DS / frenzy         1    1/Norm    water_moon           0
DeadRinger       F Nova/Tstorm       1    1/Norm    JicamaEater          0
Pokey_poke       Lightning strike    1    1/Norm    Shermo               0
AndOne           Tesladin            1    1/Norm    Poopie_Pants         0
DeadKnight       Avenger             1    1/Norm    Frosty               0
Jenna            Javazon             1    1/Norm    XtasyGrizzly         0
Miko             MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    RikerKirk            0
Wolronett        Sorceress-Cold      1    1/Norm    Wolron               0
Portia           Sorceress           1    1/Norm    TRJS                 0
Reinard          Ranger              1    1/Norm    BennB                0
Victor Shen      Meleemancer/Curses  1    1/Norm    Insane Wayne         0
Voberadin        Thornsadin          1    1/Norm    Vober                0
Slayer           Berserker           6    1/Norm    Immortal_Slayer     -2
DeadKnight       Avenger             6    1/Norm    Frosty              -2
Jonathan         Hunter Druid        7    1/Norm    Cattleya            -3   
Icy_Hot          Bowazon            15    1/Norm    Exarkun             -4
WalkingDead      Hybrid Zon         12    1/Norm    MAAM                -6

Bleh. Bremm the Tesladin have fallen to Duriel. I got a bit to macho when faced him. Had him down to half his life when I decided to Zeal him. Had a really great damage with 9-270 or something but he took me down rather quick when I got stuck in Zeal mode. Ah well. It was fun as long as it lasted.
 
i have these two for trade/giveaway (if anybody needs them)

Rune Reaver
Axe
One-Hand Damage: 4 to 14
Durability: 20 of 24
Required Strength: 32
Required Level: 22
Axe Class - Slow Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 37
Fingerprint: 0x43158de2
+3 to Maximum Damage
Adds 1-2 fire damage
4% Mana stolen per hit
+1 to Barbarian Skill Levels
64% Damage to Undead
+72 to Attack Rating against Undead

Beast Fletch
Edge Bow
Two-Hand Damage: 10 to 26
Required Dexterity: 43
Required Strength: 25
Required Level: 18
Bow Class - Normal Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 36
Fingerprint: 0x4cdba5af
+39% Enhanced Damage
+52 to Attack Rating
+2 to Minimum Damage
+1 cold damage over 2 seconds
5% Life stolen per hit
+1 to Mana After Each Kill

PM me if you need them
 
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Name             Build           Level   Act/Diff.  Forum Name         Pts
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Plak             Frost Zealot       27    1/Nm      Sint                70
Undead_WingWong  Bonemancer         33    1/Nm      Starving_Poet       61
Phrozen_Phire    Firezon            41    5/Norm    skoolbus            53
Chillibit        Freezealot         38    1/Nm      Slothman            52
HCTornNecroI     Bonemancer         31    1/Norm    Thov                49
Fang             Javazon            25    5/Norm    phatbrava           47
JagerMeester     Summon/WereWolf    25    4/Norm    Horobi              45 R.I.P.
Freddie          Lord of Mages      32    4/Norm    jiansonz            32
Rare-Skunk       Barb (Frenzy)      23    3/Norm    Skunkbelly          25
Yorel_X          Shadow-sin         24    3/Norm    Reid Fleming        22
Inferno          HolyFireadin       27    3/Norm    SuperSavage         21 R.I.P.
Patsy            Leap Barb          20    1/Norm    Radagast            20
LuckyCharm       ConcBarb           23    2/Norm    OpethAZ             20
Fenris           RabidFury Wolf     20    2/Norm    Quickdeath          16 R.I.P.
Bremm            Tesladin           25    2/Norm    Nacaa               15 R.I.P.
Halisstra        HydraSorc          20    2/Norm    Liliel               9  
Ursula           Shockwave bear     19    2/Norm    jgreg7               8
CrossCheck       CrossbowZon        20    1/Norm    Crazy_Bear           7
Arial		 Firewall/Tstorm    19    2/Norm    BFD		  	 6
GlacialTyro      Frost-Zealot       13    1/Norm    SeDnA                6 R.I.P.
Freezydinny      Frost Zealot       18    2/Norm    Rickyson1            2
Coraxasn         MA-Sin             20    2/Norm    tinantlu             1
Elolroel         Charged Boltress   13    1/Norm    goltar25             0 R.I.P.
Fred             Zealot+             1    1/Norm    jjscud               0
Rarnonn          Jailkeeper          1    1/Norm    Mordalles            0
Sarah            Javazon             1    1/Norm    Hrus                 0
Halisstra        HydraSorc           1    1/Norm    Liliel               0
SirStuckup       DS / frenzy         1    1/Norm    water_moon           0
DeadRinger       F Nova/Tstorm       1    1/Norm    JicamaEater          0
Pokey_poke       Lightning strike    1    1/Norm    Shermo               0
AndOne           Tesladin            1    1/Norm    Poopie_Pants         0
DeadKnight       Avenger             1    1/Norm    Frosty               0
Jenna            Javazon             1    1/Norm    XtasyGrizzly         0
Miko             MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    RikerKirk            0
Wolronett        Sorceress-Cold      1    1/Norm    Wolron               0
Portia           Sorceress           1    1/Norm    TRJS                 0
Reinard          Ranger              1    1/Norm    BennB                0
Victor Shen      Meleemancer/Curses  1    1/Norm    Insane Wayne         0
Voberadin        Thornsadin          1    1/Norm    Vober                0
Slayer           Berserker           6    1/Norm    Immortal_Slayer     -2
DeadKnight       Avenger             6    1/Norm    Frosty              -2
Jonathan         Hunter Druid        7    1/Norm    Cattleya            -3   
Icy_Hot          Bowazon            15    1/Norm    Exarkun             -4
WalkingDead      Hybrid Zon         12    1/Norm    MAAM                -6


bad luck Nacaa and others who have fallen..

well today chillibit completed normal difficulty and killed the cow king! yay!
had a few NDE with frozen creepers and frozenstein yet all in all just cruised through act 5
baal dropped some good armour (along with some other poor rares) for me yet im wondering if i should use the sockets ( i got a ral, perf skull, flawless skull and amethyst, normal saphire from hellforge)..

Storm Shell
Ghost Armor
Defense: 225
+9 to Strength
+18 to Mana
Attacker Takes Damage of 3
+114 to Defense (Based on Character Level)
Repairs 1 durability in 33 seconds
Socketed (2: 0 used)

also do we have to use the socketing quest before we start NM? if so im considering socketing the shield i got for rescuing anya..

Death Badge
Aerin Shield
Defense: 27
Chance to Block: 62%
+10% Increased Chance of Blocking
Damage Reduced by 1
Fire Resist +10%
Lightning Resist +10%
Cold Resist +37%
Poison Resist +10%
15% Faster Block Rate
Repairs 1 durability in 20 seconds

Im very happy with most of my gear actually!
anyway points report

Chillibit
Quests *2– 25 (yet to socket or personalise) =50
Wp *1 = 40
Lvl = -38

Points=52

Gambled slots filled: gloves
 
Duriel is indeed a pain! It took Ursula about a dozen trips back to town for healing and merc revival before Duriel fell. (A chilled werebear with a slow weapon certainly doesn't do damage quickly, and no belt for extra potions cuts the visiting hours short.) After about fifteen minutes Duriel dropped... a stinkin' TP scroll and nothing else! :rant:
Only jiansonz is crazy enough to run Duriel more than once, so we were off to act 3. At least I finally found some armor to wear.

Ursula
Quests 13*2 = 26
WP = 22
Lvl = -22
Score = 26

Still open slots: amulet, belt, boots
Gambled slots: nothing yet
 
Upgrading Rares

Quick answer to the question posed a page or so ago: the only restrictions on gems and runes have to do with using them in sockets (in that case, you can only use rare jewels, or hellforge/barb rescue gems/runes). But for upgrading rares, and for creating your two crafted items, there are no such restrictions: you can use any gems or runes that you like.

Little update... Rare-Skunk has gotten up to Upper Kurast, level 25 still. I've been doing some Ruined Temple runs to get experience a little more quickly, and also in the desperate hopes of finding some usable rares. I'm not sure I can take on the Council with my current equipment, let alone Meph. Resists are awful, weapons stink, etc. The way I see it, the worst thing that happens is I run the temples until I get to level 30, and get a point in Natural Resist :jig:
 
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Name             Build           Level   Act/Diff.  Forum Name         Pts
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Plak             Frost Zealot       27    1/Nm      Sint                70
Undead_WingWong  Bonemancer         33    1/Nm      Starving_Poet       61
Phrozen_Phire    Firezon            41    5/Norm    skoolbus            53
HCTornNecroI     Bonemancer         43    1/NM      Thov                53
Chillibit        Freezealot         38    1/Nm      Slothman            52
Fang             Javazon            25    5/Norm    phatbrava           47
JagerMeester     Summon/WereWolf    25    4/Norm    Horobi              45 R.I.P.
Freddie          Lord of Mages      32    4/Norm    jiansonz            32
Ursula           Shockwave bear     22    3/Norm    jgreg7               26
Rare-Skunk       Barb (Frenzy)      23    3/Norm    Skunkbelly          25
Yorel_X          Shadow-sin         24    3/Norm    Reid Fleming        22
Inferno          HolyFireadin       27    3/Norm    SuperSavage         21 R.I.P.
Patsy            Leap Barb          20    1/Norm    Radagast            20
LuckyCharm       ConcBarb           23    2/Norm    OpethAZ             20
Fenris           RabidFury Wolf     20    2/Norm    Quickdeath          16 R.I.P.
Bremm            Tesladin           25    2/Norm    Nacaa               15 R.I.P.
Halisstra        HydraSorc          20    2/Norm    Liliel               9  
CrossCheck       CrossbowZon        20    1/Norm    Crazy_Bear           7
Arial		 Firewall/Tstorm    19    2/Norm    BFD		  	 6
GlacialTyro      Frost-Zealot       13    1/Norm    SeDnA                6 R.I.P.
Freezydinny      Frost Zealot       18    2/Norm    Rickyson1            2
Coraxasn         MA-Sin             20    2/Norm    tinantlu             1
Elolroel         Charged Boltress   13    1/Norm    goltar25             0 R.I.P.
Fred             Zealot+             1    1/Norm    jjscud               0
Rarnonn          Jailkeeper          1    1/Norm    Mordalles            0
Sarah            Javazon             1    1/Norm    Hrus                 0
Halisstra        HydraSorc           1    1/Norm    Liliel               0
SirStuckup       DS / frenzy         1    1/Norm    water_moon           0
DeadRinger       F Nova/Tstorm       1    1/Norm    JicamaEater          0
Pokey_poke       Lightning strike    1    1/Norm    Shermo               0
AndOne           Tesladin            1    1/Norm    Poopie_Pants         0
DeadKnight       Avenger             1    1/Norm    Frosty               0
Jenna            Javazon             1    1/Norm    XtasyGrizzly         0
Miko             MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    RikerKirk            0
Wolronett        Sorceress-Cold      1    1/Norm    Wolron               0
Portia           Sorceress           1    1/Norm    TRJS                 0
Reinard          Ranger              1    1/Norm    BennB                0
Victor Shen      Meleemancer/Curses  1    1/Norm    Insane Wayne         0
Voberadin        Thornsadin          1    1/Norm    Vober                0
Slayer           Berserker           6    1/Norm    Immortal_Slayer     -2
DeadKnight       Avenger             6    1/Norm    Frosty              -2
Jonathan         Hunter Druid        7    1/Norm    Cattleya            -3   
Icy_Hot          Bowazon            15    1/Norm    Exarkun             -4
WalkingDead      Hybrid Zon         12    1/Norm    MAAM                -6

This is the obligatory update at the end of normal, and at this point, everything is looking very good. Since last time, I went and fought the ancients, Baal, and the Cow King, none of which posed any serious threat. The Ancients were bone prisoned, and at p1, bone spear took them out before they could really even hurt my mercenary or golem. On my two Baal runs, the mercenary did not do a good job surviving (I made the mistake of not keeping his levels up, but with a Holy Freeze mercenary coming soon, that's not a big deal). However, the golem, bone prison, and decrepify made for easy disposal of Baal's minions, and Baal himself went down to just decrepify and bone spear (he destroyed golems and prisons too quickly). As for the cow level, that could not have possibly been any easier. P1 cows go down in one or two shots to a decent bone spear, so entire packs fell in seconds.

Before going on to nightmare, I went ahead and used my imbue quest. The result was by far the best socketable rare of normal so far, so I went ahead and socketed that and put in my perfect topaz from the Hellforge. Everything is now taken care of, and HCTornNecroI is ready to move ahead a difficulty level.

Gambled slots - Gloves

Rares worth mentioning -
Imp Casque (This is from the imbue and socket quests)
Circlet
Defense: 41
+7 to Strength
+11 to Energy
+34% Enhanced Defense
Fire Resist +17%
Lightning Resist +17%
Cold Resist +48%
Poison Resist +17%
24% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
10% Faster Hit Recovery
Socketed (1: 1 used)

Rule Call
Bone Wand
One-Hand Damage: 3 to 7
+64 to Mana
Cold Resist +20%
+150 poison damage over 5 seconds
+1 to Bone Prison (Necromancer Only)
150% Damage to Undead
Level 1 Stun (22/22 Charges)

Blood Scourge
Pike
Two-Hand Damage: 31 to 133
+86% Enhanced Damage
+5 to Minimum Damage
+16 to Maximum Damage
Fire Resist +15%
Adds 2-53 lightning damage
102% Damage to Undead
+117 to Attack Rating against Undead

Points:
Level- 43, -43 points
WPs - 39, +39 points
Quests - 27, +54 points
Cow King - normal, +3 points

Total: 53 points
 
Rare-Skunk finished Act 3 last night. The Durance and Mephisto were surprisingly easy, thanks to three decent finds in the temples of Upper Kurast: a rare giant sword and a rare flail (see you later, junky rare scimitar and scepter :howdy: ) ...but best of all, a two-socketed rare breast plate with a little built-in fire resist. The defense isn't great, but those two sockets could be a big help...

In his first death, Mephisto dropped six rares... and with my typical luck, most of them were useless class-specific uniques. One item (new boots) was useful, though. In his second death, Meph dropped only one rare, a crossbow :rant:

Level 26, though nearly to 27. My plan is to hit act 4, at the highest players setting I can manage (4, I'm guessing), and level up to 30... I want Berzerk, Natural Resists and War Cry before tackling the Chaos Sanctuary.

Score: 36 + 31 - 26 = 41.
Equipment spots open: amulet.
Gambles used: none.
 
Code: 
Name             Build           Level   Act/Diff.  Forum Name         Pts
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Plak             Frost Zealot       27    1/Nm      Sint                70
Undead_WingWong  Bonemancer         33    1/Nm      Starving_Poet       61
Phrozen_Phire    Firezon            41    5/Norm    skoolbus            53
HCTornNecroI     Bonemancer         43    1/NM      Thov                53
Chillibit        Freezealot         38    1/Nm      Slothman            52
Fang             Javazon            25    5/Norm    phatbrava           47
JagerMeester     Summon/WereWolf    25    4/Norm    Horobi              45 R.I.P.
Freddie          Lord of Mages      32    4/Norm    jiansonz            32
Ursula           Shockwave bear     22    3/Norm    jgreg7               26
Rare-Skunk       Barb (Frenzy)      23    3/Norm    Skunkbelly          25
Yorel_X          Shadow-sin         24    3/Norm    Reid Fleming        22
Inferno          HolyFireadin       27    3/Norm    SuperSavage         21 R.I.P.
Patsy            Leap Barb          20    1/Norm    Radagast            20
LuckyCharm       ConcBarb           23    2/Norm    OpethAZ             20
Fenris           RabidFury Wolf     20    2/Norm    Quickdeath          16 R.I.P.
Bremm            Tesladin           25    2/Norm    Nacaa               15 R.I.P.
Halisstra        HydraSorc          20    2/Norm    Liliel               9  
CrossCheck       CrossbowZon        20    1/Norm    Crazy_Bear           7
Arial		 Firewall/Tstorm    19    2/Norm    BFD		  	 6
GlacialTyro      Frost-Zealot       13    1/Norm    SeDnA                6 R.I.P.
Freezydinny      Frost Zealot       18    2/Norm    Rickyson1            2
Coraxasn         MA-Sin             20    2/Norm    tinantlu             1
Elolroel         Charged Boltress   13    1/Norm    goltar25             0 R.I.P.
Fred             Zealot+             1    1/Norm    jjscud               0
Rarnonn          Jailkeeper          1    1/Norm    Mordalles            0
Sarah            Javazon             1    1/Norm    Hrus                 0
Halisstra        HydraSorc           1    1/Norm    Liliel               0
SirStuckup       DS / frenzy         1    1/Norm    water_moon           0
DeadRinger       F Nova/Tstorm       1    1/Norm    JicamaEater          0
Pokey_poke       Lightning strike    1    1/Norm    Shermo               0
AndOne           Tesladin            1    1/Norm    Poopie_Pants         0
DeadKnight       Avenger             1    1/Norm    Frosty               0
Jenna            Javazon             1    1/Norm    XtasyGrizzly         0
Miko             MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    RikerKirk            0
Wolronett        Sorceress-Cold      31    3/Norm    Wolron               27
Portia           Sorceress           1    1/Norm    TRJS                 0
Reinard          Ranger              1    1/Norm    BennB                0
Victor Shen      Meleemancer/Curses  1    1/Norm    Insane Wayne         0
Voberadin        Thornsadin          1    1/Norm    Vober                0
Slayer           Berserker           6    1/Norm    Immortal_Slayer     -2
DeadKnight       Avenger             6    1/Norm    Frosty              -2
Jonathan         Hunter Druid        7    1/Norm    Cattleya            -3   
Icy_Hot          Bowazon            15    1/Norm    Exarkun             -4
WalkingDead      Hybrid Zon         12    1/Norm    MAAM                -6

This is the obligatory update at the end of normal, and at this point, everything is looking very good. Since last time, I went and fought the ancients, Baal, and the Cow King, none of which posed any serious threat. The Ancients were bone prisoned, and at p1, bone spear took them out before they could really even hurt my mercenary or golem. On my two Baal runs, the mercenary did not do a good job surviving (I made the mistake of not keeping his levels up, but with a Holy Freeze mercenary coming soon, that's not a big deal). However, the golem, bone prison, and decrepify made for easy disposal of Baal's minions, and Baal himself went down to just decrepify and bone spear (he destroyed golems and prisons too quickly). As for the cow level, that could not have possibly been any easier. P1 cows go down in one or two shots to a decent bone spear, so entire packs fell in seconds.

Before going on to nightmare, I went ahead and used my imbue quest. The result was by far the best socketable rare of normal so far, so I went ahead and socketed that and put in my perfect topaz from the Hellforge. Everything is now taken care of, and HCTornNecroI is ready to move ahead a difficulty level.

Gambled slots - Gloves

Rares worth mentioning -
Imp Casque (This is from the imbue and socket quests)
Circlet
Defense: 41
+7 to Strength
+11 to Energy
+34% Enhanced Defense
Fire Resist +17%
Lightning Resist +17%
Cold Resist +48%
Poison Resist +17%
24% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
10% Faster Hit Recovery
Socketed (1: 1 used)

Rule Call
Bone Wand
One-Hand Damage: 3 to 7
+64 to Mana
Cold Resist +20%
+150 poison damage over 5 seconds
+1 to Bone Prison (Necromancer Only)
150% Damage to Undead
Level 1 Stun (22/22 Charges)

Blood Scourge
Pike
Two-Hand Damage: 31 to 133
+86% Enhanced Damage
+5 to Minimum Damage
+16 to Maximum Damage
Fire Resist +15%
Adds 2-53 lightning damage
102% Damage to Undead
+117 to Attack Rating against Undead

Points:
Level- 43, -43 points
WPs - 39, +39 points
Quests - 27, +54 points
Cow King - normal, +3 points

Total: 53 points
 
I just want to start by clearing a couple things I noticed up.

Starving_Poet said:
Gambling alvl is set at clvl +6/-3 so once you hit 31 you can start rolling for +61-90 mana. Lvl 34 for +2 tree and 84 for +2 Class.
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In 1.10 the gambled ilvl (item level) of items is set at -5/+4 of your clvl (character level) (despite what the AS says). The alvl (affix level) is then determined by the ilvl, qlvl (quality level) and mlvl (magic level) of the item.

For circlets and amulets +2 skill trees are actually alvl 40 and Great Wyrm's +61-90 mana are alvl 37.

Since amulets have a qlvl of 1. Simply alvl = ilvl.
Circlets have a qlvl of 24 and a mlvl of 3. Simply alvl = ilvl + 3, past ilvl 24.

So for for +2 skills from circlets you need to gamble at least at clvl 33 where you have a 10% chance that the ilvl will be the required 37. At clvl 42 all gambled circlets will be at least clvl 37.
edit: fixed above paragraph, numbers were wrong.

Thov said:
When rolling with 6 perfect skulls, what level is used for the item? Is it based on the character, or the item itself, and what modifiers does it involve? Sorry for all the questions, but I am a bit clueless on some of the more technical aspects of this game.
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The 6 perfect skull recipe formula is: resulting ilvl = int(.4*clvl) + int(.4*initial ilvl), round down in brackets. As said before it will stablize at 66.7% of your clvl after 5 or 6 rolls.

If you're lucky enough to find and use a SoJ for the Soj recipe the formula for that is int(.66*clvl) + int(.66*ilvl).

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Now for the progress of Arial to date. She killed Andy for the second time and recieved 2 uniques, grr. She then went on to kill Rad many times as he (or someone nearby) was continually dropping a rare or set item (grr). The rest of act 2 went pretty quickly although she decided to run fangskin a few times as he (or someone nearby) was also kind in dropping a rare per run. Arial also discovered that if she dropped her Viper ammy (which she promptly put on after her first run) on the groud, she was able to repeatedly smash the altar for gold. When they stopped dropping rares/sets Arial moved on. Unfortunately most of the rares dropped were weapons that Arial had no use for, except for this ring:

Havoc Eye
Ring
Required Level: 15
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 21
Fingerprint: 0x6b664fda
+3 to Strength
+74 to Attack Rating
+1 to Maximum Damage
Lightning Resist +14%
9% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Arial then spent her entire stash on gambling for gloves which yielded these:

Storm Touch
Leather Gloves
Defense: 5
Durability: 12 of 12
Required Level: 9
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 16
Fingerprint: 0x46341ec3
+2 to Dexterity
+33% Enhanced Defense
Fire Resist +9%
Lightning Resist +20%
Repairs 1 durability in 33 seconds

She then went on through the rest of Act 2 before duking it out with Duriel. Before the fight, Arial was forced to unequip her Viper ammy in order to gain entrance. Duriel fell quickly to the awesome power of her firewall. Wow look at all the pretty yellow items she thought to herself, I think I'll kill him again. And so she did, and he returned the favour by droppings, tps, keys, and various potions everything in white, no equipable items.

Act 3 came next, with the spider forest way point and gold chest under it in the Arachnid Layer. A few runs of that yielded a few rares, but once they dried up, so did Arial's conviction for thier repeated slaughter. She made her way to the Flayer Jungle Wp and with her stash and inventory maxed out and her character level at an acceptable one for gambling boots she gambled everything away again. The result, she was struck with a run of 57 boots in which none would be rare. Determined to get 1 one pair of rares to choose between she went out and made some money. 2 gambles laters she had that last elusive rare, which turned out to be the absolute worst rare she had ever seen in her travels. She ended up equiping the first pair of rare boots she gambled after all that:

Eagle Track
Boots
Defense: 5
Durability: 12 of 12
Required Level: 14
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 21
Fingerprint: 0xfd09a28e
+10 to Maximum Stamina
+43% Enhanced Defense
Fire Resist +19%
23% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
10% Faster Hit Recovery
Repairs 1 durability in 33 seconds

And now her fire resits sit happily at 75%, it would be 76 if there was no cap, oh well, I can do with 1 less %.

Arial's next plans are to save up some money to gamble bone shields. She will also be continuing her journey through act 3. She also plans to use her imbue on an orb by the end of clvl 28 as she forgot to do it when she was 25.

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Arial - Firewall/Tstorm
Quests: 12*2 = 24
Waypoints: 9*2+4 = 22
Clvl: 27 * (-1) = -27
Total Points = -1
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I regret to inform you that Wolronett is dead :confused:

Diablo did it at normal difficulty with players=8. I got too cozy with static field. Oh well, Skunkbelly told me not to play at 8. I should have listened.
 
well, i got some time today, so rarnonn the bonecaster jailkeeper started his journey.

he cleared the den of evil by cursing everything with amplify damage, and then thumping them with a tiny little wand. then it was off to bloddraven, who wouldnt go near the corpses, so corpse explosion wasnt much help. but, more thumping was. hehe. i only found 2 rares, boots and a hand axe. nothing else yet.

Quests 2x2 = 4.
Waypoints 2x1 = 2.
Level 7
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Total Score = a healthy -1. hehe.

my condolences to everyone who died.
 
Alas, Wolronett! :(

Rare-Skunk, after what felt like a thousand act 3 temple runs, finally hit level 30, whereupon he defeated Diablo (who didn't drop anything useful) and moved on to act 5. I've gone through the Anya quest, and my resists are finally decent (thanks to the Anya reward, and three points in Natural Resists... hopefully all I'll need to spend there). My biggest problem is still my weaponry... neither of my two weapons does more than 30 points of damage (before skill bonuses), which isn't enough to play on much more than players 1 or 2. Score, at the moment: 53.
 
End of Normal update:

Act III: Cast shadow warrior to attract a crowd, blind them with cloak of shadows & start killing. Spam mind blast if the warrior attracts too much attention. Repeat until everything is dead.(It's slow, but it works.) No great rares dropped in this act.

Act IV: Getting to Diablo was not that bad, but killing him at level 28 was beyond this character. I decided to spend some time leveling & treasure hunting. At level 31 I went back armed with a level 2 shadow master, level 2 venom & some new breast plate. My shadow master & merc kept Diablo busy while I pumped poison arrows into him & potions into my merc. The occasional amp damage from the bow helped move things along. 2 kills later I had a new 2 socket rare axe which I quickly dropped my 2 jewels into.

Hell Forge drop: Nef, P-Diamond, Flawless Ruby & Topaz, normal sapphire


Act V: Blind them & kill them(slowly). I used the socket quest to put the hell forge P-diamond into my shield & then went after Baal. I killed him twice he provided a nice new stick for my merc to poke cows with.

Moo, Moo, Mmmmoooooo!!: The king is dead & I finally have a rare amulet.

- Reid



End of normal:
Yorel_X -- Shadow tree assassin.
Jemali -- Act 2 blessed aim Merc

Open slots: None
Gambled slots: Gloves, Belt, Boots, Right Ring

Level: -43
Waypoints: 39 (39 * 1)
Quest points: 54 (2 * 27)
Cow Kings: 3 (1 * 3)

Score: 53
 
Javazon Sarah finally started to kill monsters around the Rouge Camp. She has found rare skull cap, short bow, 2x hard leather armor, Spear (with +1 mana after each kill), and Pilum (yeah). Pilum was good when Sarah faced Andariel. The toughest fight was with Pitspawn Fouldog's boss pack.

Sarah, lvl 17 javazon
Last WP: Lut Gholein (Act1 finished)
Score: 2x6+10-17=5
 
Well I'm an idiot. I think I accidently took myself out of this tournament a couple days ago. I'm playing a firewall/thunderstorm sorc so all my skills are right click skills. I wanted something on my left click other than standard attack or inferno, o picked one of my lightning skills. Guess which one I picked, Chain Lightning, d'oh and I just remembered that's it a banned skill to use even if you only have one point in it. Was I using it to kill things not really, but I did fire it few times when I would click on a monster instead of the ground when trying to run.

Oops.
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Arial the n00b
Quest = 20*2 = 40
WP = 30
Clvl = 29
Points at time of stupidity = 40 + 30 - 29 = 41
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Hrus said:
@BFD: I don't feel you should end your tournant participation because of using the banned skill by mistake... It just doesn't seem to be right. Well, skunkbelly will have final word, but I vote for you staying in this tourney....
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I agree completely.
 
@BFD: I appreciate your honesty and your remorse. No need to quit... just don't use the skill again.
 
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