Re: The 12 Labors Tournament
Wow, lots of excellent progress being made. It has been much slower going for Trevor, although now that he has both Tornado and Hurricane I think things will start to speed up.
There was only
one fire tower in the Lost City, but then again one is all that was needed.
A major calamity for Trevor in the Arcane Sanctuary: growing impatient with the merc's inability to understand simple concepts such as "stairs", I took Trevor out ahead. He got surrounded and you can guess the rest -- not deeds remembered since this is softcore, but death took its toll nonetheless.
Resolving to not let that happen again, I continued on to Canyon of the Magi and the Tombs. Trevor finished clearing the last of the tombs at level 28.3, and then began the long process of leveling up to level 30.
Upon reaching level 30, in addition to acquiring new skills Summon Grizzly and Hurricane, I also spent a little time rounding up gear for the battle with Duriel. Since I planned on hitting Duriel with elemental attacks, Trevor's priority was mana. The priority for Haseen, the Defiance mercenary, was life leech.
Through a combination of 3 grand charms, a ring, amulet and gambled circlet I was able to raise Trevor's mana from 93 to 188. Also gambled a rare plated belt.
The life leech for the merc was more difficult to come by. I gambled innumerable circlets with the best result being +9 life regeneration. Also made 10 Savage Polearms - had
some luck in an unexpected way for one of the polearms.
That is awesome damage for this stage of the game. The Ease suffix made it just barely possible for Haseen to equip the polearm now - Haseen only has 92 strength at this point. Still no life leech - but a pretty good result all the same.
After all this preparation the battle against
Duriel, even on players 8, was pretty anticlimactic. Trevor stood back and cast Hurricane and Tornado while the merc and grizzly tanked. A grand total of one full rejuv (for the merc) and one greater mana potion were consumed.
On to Act 3!
[highlight]Hardcore[/highlight]
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Krupa DannyCrane Paladin 74 Rogue Camp Yes 7/12
Kestegs AWorkingStiff Necromancer 59 Kurast Docks No 6/12
jdkerrr SlogTheFrog Barbarian 43 Lut Gholein No 5/12
jdkerrr Asparagus Paladin 47 Outer Cloister No 5/12
JimmyOfJudecca Heracles Barbarian 48 Black Marsh No 5/12
purplelocust Megara Sorc 66 Harrogath No 4/12
Sint WorkedUp Druid 35 Harrogath No 3/12
ancalagon JabberWalk Amazon 30 River of Flame No 3/12
Jocular BornToFolk Druid 33 River of Flame Yes 3/12
Quickdeath Lizzie2 Amazon 30 Sanctuary No 2/12
Jason Maher Jason Necromancer 17 Outer Cloister Yes 1/12
Ojimijam Evelyn Assassin 13 Black Marsh No 1/12
Eureka Workaholic Barbarian 4 Cold Plains No 1/12
[highlight]Fallen Heroes[/highlight]
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Forum Name Character Name Class Clvl Current Location Labors
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Krupa ThisIsMalaga Paladin 64 Plains of Despair 6/12
Nightfish Hammertime Paladin 60 NM Durance II 7/12
jdkerr BrusselSprouts Sorceress 51 NM Durance II 5/12
LordMay Stone Barbarian 27 River of Flame 2/12
jdkerr MrSchizo Druid 24 Duriel 1/12
jdkerr Adria Sorceress 21 Canyon of the Magi 1/12
Quickdeath Lizzie Amazon 1 Corpsefire 0/12
[highlight]Softcore[/highlight]
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Forum Name Character Name Class Clvl Current Location SP? Labors
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GoldenredDragon Vein Paladin 28 City of the Damned No 2/12
Jason Maher Jacinta Amazon 30 Kurast Docks No 3/12
Thaurus TrevorTheTimid Druid 30 Kurast Docks No 2/12
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