The Apprentice Program for Scavengers - Tournament

[EJB]

Sally has ceased to be. She fell to a stair trap in Lower Kurast. A might vampire pack and Champion Udars make for a bad day.
Keep it going people.
WP-22
Levels-27
Quests-15

Souvenirs:

Act 1: Amulet-3
Act 2: Bow-2
Total-15

ALIVE
Character      Class      Forum Name       Level   Act    Last WP         Score
Wereskunk     Druid        Skunkbelly       47      1NM   Dark Wood        60
Scavasin      Assassin     Wolron           45      1NM   Rogue Camp       52
Thrull        Paladin      Gahzban          16      2     Lut Gholein       2
Niki          Assassin     Butzull          16      2     Lut Gholein       1
Irore         Assassin     Glenstorm        16      2     Rogue Camp        1
TBN           Assassin     Online           16      2     Lut Gholein       1
NotMyRound    Barb         EmperorMoo       16      2     Lut Gholein       0
WhiteKnight   Paladin      Jaelen           16      2     Lut Gholein       0
Emmy          Sorceress    Stephan          1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Orin_S.       Necromancer  midnightvulture  1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Scavamancer   Necromancer  AlterEgo         1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Elizabeth     Amazon       Huriel           5       1     Cold Plains      -1
Crow          Barb         Ilshad           10      1     Dark Wood        -3
 
DEAD/RETIRED
Character     Class        Forum Name      Level   Act   Death Site  Final Score
Hildr         Amazon       Horobi           29      4     Diablo           36
Dan           Barbarian    pwangsta         28      4     Chaos Sanc.      31
Sally         Amazon       EJB              27      3     Lower Kurast     15
Danny         Necromancer  pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Danni         Amazon       pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Modar_Lexon   Necromancer  howdidigethere   7       1     Stony Field       ?

 

[Jaago]

Tybalt the brave Paladin has defeated the Lord of Terror. It has not been easy. Especially the beginnings of each act (after the first) have been very difficult by far because Tybalt had to punch monsters to death until he found a weapon to swing. That is now becoming much easier as he gave his moron a new-found Woestave Halberd.

Tybalt is a stupid man and made a terrible mistake when he chose an Angelic Halo Ring as his Souvenir from Lut Gholein, It is useless if he doesn't find the set amulet and he could still picture much better jewellery for himself, like the nice ring Ormus gave him in Kurast Docks. Tybalt had to sell that ring because he needed a belt to keep his trousers up rather than another ring.

Diablo was dangerous as Tybalt never found any useful magical non-quest weapons in Hell. That's why he beat Diablo's bum with the Hellforge Hammer before smashing his brother's soulstone with the hammer (not his but Diablo's). 40 fire res was very helpful.

WP-31
Levels-31
Quests-21

Souvenirs:

Act 1: Boots-2
Act 2: Ring-6
Act 3: Belt-5 (gambled)
Act 4: Merc Weapon-12

Skills:

A1: Sacrifice-13
A2: Zeal-9
A3: Blessed Aim-4
A4: Redemption-0
A5: Blessed Hammer

ALIVE
Character      Class      Forum Name       Level   Act    Last WP         Score
Wereskunk     Druid        Skunkbelly       47      1NM   Dark Wood        60
Scavasin      Assassin     Wolron           45      1NM   Rogue Camp       52
Tybalt        Paladin      Jaago            31      5     Harrogath        46
Thrull        Paladin      Gahzban          16      2     Lut Gholein       2
Niki          Assassin     Butzull          16      2     Lut Gholein       1
Irore         Assassin     Glenstorm        16      2     Rogue Camp        1
TBN           Assassin     Online           16      2     Lut Gholein       1
NotMyRound    Barb         EmperorMoo       16      2     Lut Gholein       0
WhiteKnight   Paladin      Jaelen           16      2     Lut Gholein       0
Emmy          Sorceress    Stephan          1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Orin_S.       Necromancer  midnightvulture  1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Scavamancer   Necromancer  AlterEgo         1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Elizabeth     Amazon       Huriel           5       1     Cold Plains      -1
Crow          Barb         Ilshad           10      1     Dark Wood        -3
 
DEAD/RETIRED
Character     Class        Forum Name      Level   Act   Death Site  Final Score
Hildr         Amazon       Horobi           29      4     Diablo           36
Dan           Barbarian    pwangsta         28      4     Chaos Sanc.      31
Sally         Amazon       EJB              27      3     Lower Kurast     15
Danny         Necromancer  pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Danni         Amazon       pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Modar_Lexon   Necromancer  howdidigethere   7       1     Stony Field       ?

 

[Wolron]

Scavasin has defeated Andariel in NM. The souvenir was hard to select. A lot of reasonable choices, but none were real good:

Coif of Glory for the merc.
Havoc Circle Ring with +22 FR, +27 LR, +8 life, +40 AR, damage reduced by 2
Sigons Sabot boots
Sandars taboo heavy gloves
Viper Shell rare scale mail with +3 def per level and a few other mods of little use.

The decision was to take the Sigon Sabot boots.

SCORE: Total of 72 Points
49 WP+33Q-52 levels= 30 Points
Act 1 Souvenir = Belt (1x2 = 2 Points)
Act 2 Souvenir = Large Shield (Ancient's Pledge!) (2x1 = 2 Points)
Act 3 Souvenir = Nokozan Relic amulet (3x3 = 9 points)
Act 4 Souvenir = Coral Ring - LR+30 (4x3 = 12 points)
Act 5 Souvenir = Diggler Dirk (5x1 = 5 points)
NM Act 1 Souvenir = Sigon's Sabot boots (6x2 = 12)

Skills:
15 Fire Blast
18 Lightning Sentry
7 Death Sentry
1 Charged bolt Sentry
3 Fade + the prerequisites
4 Shadow Warrior + the prerequisites
4 Wild Card saved
2 Shock Web

Other skills that she intends to develop are: Charged Bolt Sentry and wake of Inferno. The Act 2 NM skill will be Charged Bolt Sentry Sentry.

ALIVE
Character      Class      Forum Name       Level   Act    Last WP         Score
Scavasin      Assassin     Wolron           52      2NM   Lut Gholein      72
Wereskunk     Druid        Skunkbelly       47      1NM   Dark Wood        60
Tybalt        Paladin      Jaago            31      5     Harrogath        46
Thrull        Paladin      Gahzban          16      2     Lut Gholein       2
Niki          Assassin     Butzull          16      2     Lut Gholein       1
Irore         Assassin     Glenstorm        16      2     Rogue Camp        1
TBN           Assassin     Online           16      2     Lut Gholein       1
NotMyRound    Barb         EmperorMoo       16      2     Lut Gholein       0
WhiteKnight   Paladin      Jaelen           16      2     Lut Gholein       0
Emmy          Sorceress    Stephan          1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Orin_S.       Necromancer  midnightvulture  1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Scavamancer   Necromancer  AlterEgo         1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Elizabeth     Amazon       Huriel           5       1     Cold Plains      -1
Crow          Barb         Ilshad           10      1     Dark Wood        -3
 
DEAD/RETIRED
Character     Class        Forum Name      Level   Act   Death Site  Final Score
Hildr         Amazon       Horobi           29      4     Diablo           36
Dan           Barbarian    pwangsta         28      4     Chaos Sanc.      31
Sally         Amazon       EJB              27      3     Lower Kurast     15
Danny         Necromancer  pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Danni         Amazon       pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Modar_Lexon   Necromancer  howdidigethere   7       1     Stony Field       ?

 

[skunkbelly]

Not so fast, Wolron...

Wereskunk has also defeated NM Andariel. Some rough spots in act 1... it's much harder starting the act without gear than it was in normal. I really need to find a decent weapon soon.

Andariel gave me a decent drop: two uniques (Nightsmoke and Manald Heal). I also had a decent merc weapon (an ethereal pike with about 145 max damage... but no leech, and the ED was fairly weak, really). And I still had my trusty Hsaru's belt. I nearly sold off Hsaru's belt in favor of the Nightsmoke, which I liked for the extra resists and the possibility of upgrading... but then I compared the stats one last time. The partial set bonus in Hsaru's gives me a defense bonus (yawn) and an AR bonus of 510... which then gets multiplied to 2500 by Fury, bringing my total AR to over 5K. That's going to be important later, if I expect to survive, so Hsaru's stays as my Act 1 NM souvenir.

SCORE:

WPs: 49
Quests: 33
Level: -51

Souvenirs:

Act 1: Hand of Broc gloves (2 points)
Act 2: Hsaru's boots (4 pts)
Act 3: lightning resist ring (9 pts)
Act 4: Bone Shield of Deflecting (4 pts)
Act 5: Wormskull for merc (5 x 3 pts = 15 pts)
Act 6: Hsaru's belt (6 x 2 pts = 12 pts)

TOTAL: 77

ALIVE
Character      Class      Forum Name       Level   Act    Last WP         Score
Wereskunk     Druid        Skunkbelly       51      2NM   Lut Gholein      77
Scavasin      Assassin     Wolron           52      2NM   Lut Gholein      72
Tybalt        Paladin      Jaago            31      5     Harrogath        46
Thrull        Paladin      Gahzban          16      2     Lut Gholein       2
Niki          Assassin     Butzull          16      2     Lut Gholein       1
Irore         Assassin     Glenstorm        16      2     Rogue Camp        1
TBN           Assassin     Online           16      2     Lut Gholein       1
NotMyRound    Barb         EmperorMoo       16      2     Lut Gholein       0
WhiteKnight   Paladin      Jaelen           16      2     Lut Gholein       0
Emmy          Sorceress    Stephan          1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Orin_S.       Necromancer  midnightvulture  1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Scavamancer   Necromancer  AlterEgo         1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Elizabeth     Amazon       Huriel           5       1     Cold Plains      -1
Crow          Barb         Ilshad           10      1     Dark Wood        -3
 
DEAD/RETIRED
Character     Class        Forum Name      Level   Act   Death Site  Final Score
Hildr         Amazon       Horobi           29      4     Diablo           36
Dan           Barbarian    pwangsta         28      4     Chaos Sanc.      31
Sally         Amazon       EJB              27      3     Lower Kurast     15
Danny         Necromancer  pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Danni         Amazon       pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Modar_Lexon   Necromancer  howdidigethere   7       1     Stony Field       ?

 

[AlterEgo]

Odd, thought I posted an update a couple days back. I guess not. :undecided:

A bit of slow progress for Scavmancer. One act, 15 levels of Skellies, keeping Akara's reward for later. No real drama, and Infernal Cranium for his souvenir. Act 2 I select skelli mages, and will stick with my fire rogue merc - just to be different!

Pat on the back to our leaders :thumbsup: , and a sad note to the fallen. :sad2:

SCORE:

WPs: 9
Quests: 6
Level: -16

Souvenirs:

Act 1: Infernal Cranium helm (1 point)

TOTAL: 0

ALIVE
Character      Class      Forum Name       Level   Act    Last WP         Score
Wereskunk     Druid        Skunkbelly       51      2NM   Lut Gholein      77
Scavasin      Assassin     Wolron           52      2NM   Lut Gholein      72
Tybalt        Paladin      Jaago            31      5     Harrogath        46
Thrull        Paladin      Gahzban          16      2     Lut Gholein       2
Niki          Assassin     Butzull          16      2     Lut Gholein       1
Irore         Assassin     Glenstorm        16      2     Rogue Camp        1
TBN           Assassin     Online           16      2     Lut Gholein       1
NotMyRound    Barb         EmperorMoo       16      2     Lut Gholein       0
WhiteKnight   Paladin      Jaelen           16      2     Lut Gholein       0
Scavmancer    Necromancer  AlterEgo         16      2     Lut Golein        0
Emmy          Sorceress    Stephan          1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Orin_S.       Necromancer  midnightvulture  1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Elizabeth     Amazon       Huriel           5       1     Cold Plains      -1
Crow          Barb         Ilshad           10      1     Dark Wood        -3
 
DEAD/RETIRED
Character     Class        Forum Name      Level   Act   Death Site  Final Score
Hildr         Amazon       Horobi           29      4     Diablo           36
Dan           Barbarian    pwangsta         28      4     Chaos Sanc.      31
Sally         Amazon       EJB              27      3     Lower Kurast     15
Danny         Necromancer  pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Danni         Amazon       pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Modar_Lexon   Necromancer  howdidigethere   7       1     Stony Field       ?

 

[Gahzban]

Wait for me guys... I hope I'll get that far enough.

Act 2 was done with nothing to report (Never faced Duriel with P2 setting before and I dont intend to do it later). No NDE's, no good find... :sad2: The only items worth mentionning where an Isenhart case and a 3 os Crystal Sword which ended as my act 2 souvenir. I hope this will help get started with act 3.

Thrull level 25 Pally
Act1 skill: Zeal
Act2 skill: Holy Freeze
Act3 skill will be: Resist Cold


SCORE:

WPs: 19
Quests: 12
Level: -25

Souvenirs:

Act1: Bloodfist: 2 points
Act2: 3OS Crystal Sword (clean for now) I hope for malice 2x1= 2 points

TOTAL: 10

ALIVE
Character      Class      Forum Name       Level   Act    Last WP         Score
Wereskunk     Druid        Skunkbelly       51      2NM   Lut Gholein      77
Scavasin      Assassin     Wolron           52      2NM   Lut Gholein      72
Tybalt        Paladin      Jaago            31      5     Harrogath        46
Thrull        Paladin      Gahzban          25      3     Kurast Docks     10
Niki          Assassin     Butzull          16      2     Lut Gholein       1
Irore         Assassin     Glenstorm        16      1     Rogue Camp        1
TBN           Assassin     Online           16      2     Lut Gholein       1
NotMyRound    Barb         EmperorMoo       16      2     Lut Gholein       0
WhiteKnight   Paladin      Jaelen           16      2     Lut Gholein       0
Scavmancer    Necromancer  AlterEgo         16      2     Lut Golein        0
Emmy          Sorceress    Stephan          1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Orin_S.       Necromancer  midnightvulture  1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Elizabeth     Amazon       Huriel           5       1     Cold Plains      -1
Crow          Barb         Ilshad           10      1     Dark Wood        -3
 
DEAD/RETIRED
Character     Class        Forum Name      Level   Act   Death Site  Final Score
Hildr         Amazon       Horobi           29      4     Diablo           36
Dan           Barbarian    pwangsta         28      4     Chaos Sanc.      31
Sally         Amazon       EJB              27      3     Lower Kurast     15
Danny         Necromancer  pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Danni         Amazon       pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Modar_Lexon   Necromancer  howdidigethere   7       1     Stony Field       ?

 

[Wolron]

Scavasin in sitting at the Arcane Sanctuary WP waiting to see if she is lucky enough to pick the right path on the first attempt. But, her luck does seem to be at a peak right now. This is what she found while picking her way down through the cellar of the castle (My first ever!:cloud9: ):

Witchwild String (UNIQUE)
Short Siege Bow
Two-Hand Damage: 34 to 80
Required Dexterity: 80
Required Strength: 65
Required Level: 39
Bow Class - Normal Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 47
Fingerprint: 0xe5d738c8
+168% Enhanced Damage
All Resistances +40
Fires Magic Arrows
2% Chance to cast Level 5 Amplify Damage on striking
56% Deadly Strike (Based on Character Level)
Socketed (2: 0 used)

With this bow, Scavasin will be able to get a ranged attack in Cold to go with her lightning attack (Lightning Sentry Trap) and her fire attack (Fire Blast Trap). Of course, that would take using two perfect Saphires in those sockets. In addition, the bow is pretty powerful on its own with 34-80 magic arrow attack. With +40 to all resistances, she won't even mind having her Ancient's Pledge shield in the off hand.

With the rules of this tournament, she has even gathered enough dexterity to equip it!!

By the way, exactly what does "Deadly Strike" do. Is it higher damage 56% of the time???

I haven't put those two saphires into the sockets yet, so if anyone has an idea that would be better, let me know.

 

[Wolron]

Scavasin finished off Duriel on P7. Amazing! It was easier than normal difficulty. The merc died pretty quickly and I decided to do without him and save the gold. The shadow warrior was cast several times in each session down in Duriel's hole. There were seven separate trips down there, but that is not nearly as bad as usual. The Lightning Sentry trap did most of the damage. I would cast five of them and then run and switch over to the shadow warrior skill, cast it once and then run until Duriel concentrated on it. Then it was repeat the process.

The Souvenir was obvious. The Witchwild String unique Short Siege Bow mentioned in the previous post is Scavasin's NM Act 2 souvenir. The only other item that was close was a Rare ethereal Curiss with about 400 defense and a few other features. It would have been good for the merc. But, there will be other armors found along the way.

I guess the next challenge will be Diablo at P7. Mephisto should not be a major problem on P8, but there are a few touchy spots on the way there. Things like the Flayer dungeon and those ruined temples and fanes. So, it is off to NM Act 3 and P8. I hope my next post is still to tell you about the living Scavasin.

SCORE: Total of 88 Points
58 WP+39Q-58 levels= 39 Points
Act 1 Souvenir = Belt (1x2 = 2 Points)
Act 2 Souvenir = Large Shield (Ancient's Pledge!) (2x1 = 2 Points)
Act 3 Souvenir = Nokozan Relic amulet (3x3 = 9 points)
Act 4 Souvenir = Coral Ring - LR+30 (4x3 = 12 points)
Act 5 Souvenir = Diggler Dirk (5x1 = 5 points)
NM Act 1 Souvenir = Sigon's Sabot boots (6x2 = 12)
NM Act 2 Souvenir = Witchwild String Unique bow (7x1 = 7)

Skills:
15 Fire Blast
18 Lightning Sentry
7 Death Sentry
7 Charged bolt Sentry
3 Fade + the prerequisites
6 Shadow Warrior + the prerequisites
4 Wild Card saved
2 Shock Web

The Act 3 NM skill will be Blade Fury or Wake of inferno. This will be the only act for this skill, but at P8 (If she lives through it!) she should get a good number of levels. The Wake of Inferno would be for synergy to Fire Blast, but it may be a good skill on its own if she gets enough points in it. The Blade Fury is one I have never used and I am just curious about it. Hmmm, I will probably stay conservative and go with Wake of Inferno.

ALIVE
Character      Class      Forum Name       Level   Act    Last WP         Score
Scavasin      Assassin     Wolron           58      3NM   Kurast Docks     88
Wereskunk     Druid        Skunkbelly       51      2NM   Lut Gholein      77
Tybalt        Paladin      Jaago            31      5     Harrogath        46
Thrull        Paladin      Gahzban          25      3     Kurast Docks     10
Niki          Assassin     Butzull          16      2     Lut Gholein       1
Irore         Assassin     Glenstorm        16      1     Rogue Camp        1
TBN           Assassin     Online           16      2     Lut Gholein       1
NotMyRound    Barb         EmperorMoo       16      2     Lut Gholein       0
WhiteKnight   Paladin      Jaelen           16      2     Lut Gholein       0
Scavmancer    Necromancer  AlterEgo         16      2     Lut Golein        0
Emmy          Sorceress    Stephan          1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Orin_S.       Necromancer  midnightvulture  1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Elizabeth     Amazon       Huriel           5       1     Cold Plains      -1
Crow          Barb         Ilshad           10      1     Dark Wood        -3
 
DEAD/RETIRED
Character     Class        Forum Name      Level   Act   Death Site  Final Score
Hildr         Amazon       Horobi           29      4     Diablo           36
Dan           Barbarian    pwangsta         28      4     Chaos Sanc.      31
Sally         Amazon       EJB              27      3     Lower Kurast     15
Danny         Necromancer  pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Danni         Amazon       pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Modar_Lexon   Necromancer  howdidigethere   7       1     Stony Field       ?

 

[skunkbelly]

@ Wolron, since you haven't given your merc any permanent gear, it might be smart to get a Rogue merc, and give the bow to her instead... after all, you have a shadow for tanking purposes.

Wereskunk defeated Radament last night, with several NDEs in the sewers. It's tough being a melee character in this tournament. As luck would have it, my first batch of enemies in the sewers was a cursed and stone skin Infidel pack... they took a few trips to town to kill. And I had to flee a pack of fanatic skeleton archers that wiped out my merc in about two seconds... all in all, I spent about $150K on merc resurrections and potions to get through the sewers. Hopefully, though, things will be a little better from here on out... I made a stealth armor (for myself for now, though it might end up on the merc), and am currently using a war sword with a ctc amplify damage (which triggers fairly often, with Fury).

 

[Wolron]

@ Wolron, since you haven't given your merc any permanent gear, it might be smart to get a Rogue merc, and give the bow to her instead... after all, you have a shadow for tanking purposes.

The one thing that is tempting there is to have a merc that did not die so much and cost so much gold to revive. But, if I did change mercs, I think I would prefer the Act 3 Cold merc. There is no way to go back to Act 1 until hell difficulty, so the rogue is not even possible for quite a while.

By the way, what would you use those two sockets for?? I am considering two perfect Sapphires, but the added damage is not really all that great.

Also, what is the definition of "Deadly Strike"?

 

[skunkbelly]

Deadly Strike is a chance to double your damage.

As for the sockets... I don't really know what would benefit an assassin most (for a zon, you'd want Shael runes, so that might be a good way to go). I wouldn't waste the sapphires (or rather, I wouldn't waste the open sockets by filling them with sapphires). Try to find out the weapon speed breakpoints... if Shaels will help, go with Shaels. If not, then maybe try jewels of carnage, for the added bonus damage (which would be *quadrupled,* when both Amp and Deadly Strike kick in at the same time).

I'm interested in the fact that you have filled both of your weapon slots with items that don't improve your skills... that seems like a big gamble, especially since it's certainly possible to get a hefty amount of skill bonuses from claws that you find in the field... you're giving up a *lot* of damage, and good bonuses to your passives as well.

 

[Wolron]

I'm interested in the fact that you have filled both of your weapon slots with items that don't improve your skills... that seems like a big gamble, especially since it's certainly possible to get a hefty amount of skill bonuses from claws that you find in the field... you're giving up a *lot* of damage, and good bonuses to your passives as well.

Well, that might be something I regret. But, I prefer the resistances to the + skills. So far, the best claw I have found had +2 to martial arts. That was useless because I will have no martial arts skills. I will be less that happy if I see a lot of + traps skill bonuses, but that is the gamble.

 

[Playerdrm]

Ok this is my first tournament on this site and my first post. I have been lurking here for awhile and these single player tournaments seem like they could be a lot of fun so I figured why not give it a try.

I started as an assassin because it is the only class I have never played for any long amount of time and figured a change of pace would be nice. I named my character BetI_Die since this is my first HC character and doubt ill make it far but we shall see.

So far I made it to Dark Wood and have saved Cain. My act one skill is Fire is Fire Blast still thinking on A2 but I have a little more time to decide on that and will update once I get there.

Scoring:
+4 wps
+3 Quests
-10 Clvls

Total= -3

ALIVE
Character      Class      Forum Name       Level   Act    Last WP         Score
Scavasin      Assassin     Wolron           58      3NM   Kurast Docks     88
Wereskunk     Druid        Skunkbelly       51      2NM   Lut Gholein      77
Tybalt        Paladin      Jaago            31      5     Harrogath        46
Thrull        Paladin      Gahzban          25      3     Kurast Docks     10
Niki          Assassin     Butzull          16      2     Lut Gholein       1
Irore         Assassin     Glenstorm        16      1     Rogue Camp        1
TBN           Assassin     Online           16      2     Lut Gholein       1
NotMyRound    Barb         EmperorMoo       16      2     Lut Gholein       0
WhiteKnight   Paladin      Jaelen           16      2     Lut Gholein       0
Scavmancer    Necromancer  AlterEgo         16      2     Lut Golein        0
Emmy          Sorceress    Stephan          1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Orin_S.       Necromancer  midnightvulture  1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Elizabeth     Amazon       Huriel           5       1     Cold Plains      -1
Crow          Barb         Ilshad           10      1     Dark Wood        -3
BetI_Die      Assassin     Playerdrm        10      1     Dark Wood        -3

DEAD/RETIRED
Character     Class        Forum Name      Level   Act   Death Site  Final Score
Hildr         Amazon       Horobi           29      4     Diablo           36
Dan           Barbarian    pwangsta         28      4     Chaos Sanc.      31
Sally         Amazon       EJB              27      3     Lower Kurast     15
Danny         Necromancer  pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Danni         Amazon       pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Modar_Lexon   Necromancer  howdidigethere   7       1     Stony Field       ?

 

[Playerdrm]

Well I went ahead and finished A1 I some how forgot to grab the Black Marsh WP when I was going through so looks like I missed out on that point.

Andy didn't drop anything of use so i went with a pair of boots i imbued for my souvenir.

Viper Slippers
Heavy Boots
Defense: 5
Durability: 8 of 14
Kick Damage: 4 to 10
Required Strength: 18
Required Level: 9
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 19
Fingerprint: 0x6800bf69
Heal Stamina Plus 25%
Lightning Resist +16%
Cold Resist +18%
10% Faster Hit Recovery
Half Freeze Duration
5% Chance to cast Level 3 Frost Nova when struck

Skills:
15 Fire Blast
1 Wild Card Saved

My A2 skill will be fade.

Points:

+ 9 WPs
+ 6 quests
-15 Clvls
+ 2 souvenir

Total +2

ALIVE
Character      Class      Forum Name       Level   Act    Last WP         Score
Scavasin      Assassin     Wolron           58      3NM   Kurast Docks     88
Wereskunk     Druid        Skunkbelly       51      2NM   Lut Gholein      77
Tybalt        Paladin      Jaago            31      5     Harrogath        46
Thrull        Paladin      Gahzban          25      3     Kurast Docks     10
BetI_Die      Assassin     Playerdrm        15      2     Lut Gholein       2
Niki          Assassin     Butzull          16      2     Lut Gholein       1
Irore         Assassin     Glenstorm        16      1     Rogue Camp        1
TBN           Assassin     Online           16      2     Lut Gholein       1
NotMyRound    Barb         EmperorMoo       16      2     Lut Gholein       0
WhiteKnight   Paladin      Jaelen           16      2     Lut Gholein       0
Scavmancer    Necromancer  AlterEgo         16      2     Lut Golein        0
Emmy          Sorceress    Stephan          1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Orin_S.       Necromancer  midnightvulture  1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Elizabeth     Amazon       Huriel           5       1     Cold Plains      -1
Crow          Barb         Ilshad           10      1     Dark Wood        -3


DEAD/RETIRED
Character     Class        Forum Name      Level   Act   Death Site  Final Score
Hildr         Amazon       Horobi           29      4     Diablo           36
Dan           Barbarian    pwangsta         28      4     Chaos Sanc.      31
Sally         Amazon       EJB              27      3     Lower Kurast     15
Danny         Necromancer  pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Danni         Amazon       pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Modar_Lexon   Necromancer  howdidigethere   7       1     Stony Field       ?

 

[skunkbelly]

Welcome, Playerdrm. Make yourself an introduction thread!

 

[Wolron]

Welcome Playerdrm! Enjoy your Assassin, I am having a ball with Scavasin:smiley:

Scavasin has killed Mephisto and moved on to the Pandamonium Fortress and the dreaded confrontation with Diablo. But hey, things get easier from this point on. Scavasin is over the hump and will not play at P8 again. Of course, Diablo at P7 is not exactly a walk in the park.

[highlight]I would like to cast out a challenge! Who can take each of the seven character types and get them over the hill (past Mephisto in NM)? I am getting overconfident, but in a way, I can hardly wait to start my next scavenger!!![/highlight]

She lucked out again with her souvenir. Duriel's shell dropped on the way to Kurast. This should keep her safe for a while:

Duriel's Shell
Cuirass
Defense: 680
Durability: 150 of 150
Required Strength: 65
Required Level: 41
Item Level: 52
+15 to Strength
+197% Enhanced Defense
Fire Resist +20%
Lightning Resist +20%
Cold Resist +50%
Poison Resist +20%
+100 Maximum Durability
Cannot Be Frozen
+78 to Defense (Based on Character Level)
+63 to Life (Based on Character Level)

The decision was easy, but there were two other possibilities for the merc. Bverrit Keep Unique Tower Shield and the Blade of Ali Baba unique Tulwar. Either would have been fine souvenirs. I hope that I find something like them in Act 4 NM.

I need to see what her resistances will be like in Hell. I think that I can ditch some of these charms that she is carrying, but she will need about 40 more resistance in each category when she visits Hell.

SCORE: Total of 106 Points
67 WP+45Q-63 levels= 49 Points
Act 1 Souvenir = Belt (1x2 = 2 Points)
Act 2 Souvenir = Large Shield (Ancient's Pledge!) (2x1 = 2 Points)
Act 3 Souvenir = Nokozan Relic amulet (3x3 = 9 points)
Act 4 Souvenir = Coral Ring - LR+30 (4x3 = 12 points)
Act 5 Souvenir = Diggler Dirk (5x1 = 5 points)
NM Act 1 Souvenir = Sigon's Sabot boots (6x2 = 12)
NM Act 2 Souvenir = Witchwild String Unique bow (7x1 = 7)
NM Act 3 Souvenir = Duriel's Shell Unique Cuirass (8x1 = 8)

Skills:
15 Fire Blast
18 Lightning Sentry
7 Death Sentry
7 Charged bolt Sentry
1 Wake of Fire
4 Wake of Inferno
3 Fade + the prerequisites
6 Shadow Warrior + the prerequisites
4 Wild Card saved
2 Shock Web

The skills from this point on are dictated from what was concentrated on before. An apprentice needs to practice what she knows best. Scavasin will be working to increase her Charged Bolt Sentry skill in Act 4 NM.

ALIVE
Character      Class      Forum Name       Level   Act    Last WP         Score
Scavasin      Assassin     Wolron           63      4NM   Panda. Fort.    106
Wereskunk     Druid        Skunkbelly       51      2NM   Lut Gholein      77
Tybalt        Paladin      Jaago            31      5     Harrogath        46
Thrull        Paladin      Gahzban          25      3     Kurast Docks     10
BetI_Die      Assassin     Playerdrm        15      2     Lut Gholein       2
Niki          Assassin     Butzull          16      2     Lut Gholein       1
Irore         Assassin     Glenstorm        16      1     Rogue Camp        1
TBN           Assassin     Online           16      2     Lut Gholein       1
NotMyRound    Barb         EmperorMoo       16      2     Lut Gholein       0
WhiteKnight   Paladin      Jaelen           16      2     Lut Gholein       0
Scavmancer    Necromancer  AlterEgo         16      2     Lut Golein        0
Emmy          Sorceress    Stephan          1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Orin_S.       Necromancer  midnightvulture  1       1     Rogue Camp        0
Elizabeth     Amazon       Huriel           5       1     Cold Plains      -1
Crow          Barb         Ilshad           10      1     Dark Wood        -3


DEAD/RETIRED
Character     Class        Forum Name      Level   Act   Death Site  Final Score
Hildr         Amazon       Horobi           29      4     Diablo           36
Dan           Barbarian    pwangsta         28      4     Chaos Sanc.      31
Sally         Amazon       EJB              27      3     Lower Kurast     15
Danny         Necromancer  pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Danni         Amazon       pwangsta         21      2     Duriel            8
Modar_Lexon   Necromancer  howdidigethere   7       1     Stony Field       ?

 

[skunkbelly]

Nice work, Wolron!

I won't do a score update until I kill Duriel (or die trying). Wereskunk has reached the Arcane Sanctuary WP... next up is the Summoner, and then the bug himself. Should get through it (or croak) tonight.

Act 2 has been rough, but it's getting better. I still have not found anything worth keeping, aside from charms... my best (most keepable) item so far is either a fire resist ring or an amulet (for crafting purposes). That's not good. But I have a ways to go, and then plenty of areas I can go back to finish if I'm not happy with my items (I'll have the false tombs, the Ancient Tunnels, the Stony Tomb, and some other places I've skipped along the way). I want to level up in act 3 as much as possible (my skill there will be lycanthropy), so I don't want to gain more than one more level here, if possible.

Fangskin and his pack almost got me. I had a very crowded Viper Temple 2, with a mummy and skeletons, two groups of zombies, and the viper pack. I got surrounded, and only barely got out... but I killed a snake just in time, and snuck through the opening to safety. Yikes.

 

[Wolron]

Scavasin has a problem. His name is "Infector of Souls". If I did not have to play at P7, I would go back to P1 and kill him. Unfortunately, that is not allowed. He is lightning enchanted, and, even though he is not lightning immune, I suspect he has a good bit of lightning resistance. Scavasin's Lightning sentry does very little damage; her fire blast is worse; the cold merc hardly puts a dent in him with his cold spells. The shadow warrior is truly only a shadow of scavasin and dies rather quickly. If IOF did not regain his health so quickly, she could simply kill him by patiently going back for more potions every ten minutes or so and finally wear him down. Unfortunately, every time she goes back for potions (after wearing down about 25% of his health), she returns to find IOF at full health again.

I decided to try and park IOF. I did. Unfortunately, I discovered that Diablo will not appear unless all of his minions are killed. At least I suspect that is the case. I did activate all the seals, but IOF is still alive and probably will stay that way. I may have to retire Scavasin. In the meantime, I am going to wait until all of you Diablo Gurus think about some way for me to kill IOF. While I am waiting, I may start out a second character.

 

[Glenstorm]

If your problem is running out of pots, make a HUGE pile of them on the ground(unequip belt with full inventory, then TP and buy more), and lead Infector there to fight

That is, if you can afford that many pots.

 

[Wolron]

If your problem is running out of pots, make a HUGE pile of them on the ground(unequip belt with full inventory, then TP and buy more), and lead Infector there to fight

That is, if you can afford that many pots.

I have about 1 million gold, so affording it is not an issue. I considered doing this, but how many potions are needed??? If I take 100 of each, that may be enough, but I hate to think about the frustration if it is not enough.

I can recall another game where I had a similar problem with Act 1 Hell Den of Evil. The boss (what's his name?) was immune to cold and that was my main attack. I quit and saved and tried again. This time he was fire immune and he died in a couple minutes. But, I don't think that the "Infector of Souls" will change randomly like that. I guess I will try again, hope for a different random IOS, and if he is still a pain, I will try stockpiling potions.
And then If I am really lucky, I get to kill Diablo:shocked: