Re: The Socketed Tournament of Confusion
I found that you cannot gamble for ethereal items so scrap that plan.
It took two sessions to clear the Canyon of the Magi and the Tombs, but Kalban did it. First session was the Canyon and the first false Tomb. It was huge, bigger than the real tomb, and had Kaa in it. That session took almost four hours. The next session with five false tombs, some canyon and the real tomb took 6 hours. Compare that.
It was kinda boring with those resists and the slow from the Holy Freeze. Had to though drink some reds every time there were four unravellers in the same room, but so what, they drop oftener than are consumed allthough I havent sold any greater reds. The basic strategy, when unravellers were around, was to get to them and leave the ghosts and beetles intact. That way I could quickly leech from them the life I lost to the unravellers poison. Easy peasy.
Let's see if I have any screenies.
Ok I found four:
The second Cathan's Seal dropped and so I could reintroduce myself in
this grail thread. Kalban's MF is only 106 so no wonder no more S/U dropped.
Then there are
some pictures how Kalban
defeated Duriel. Simple tactics: Both Kalban and Rozene drank five thawing potions, then Kalban tanked and zealed while Rozene plucked her Zephyr. Life went up and down about one eight, but that was it (DR 7, MDR 1, LL 9%, RL +10).
Somewhere in his journey Kalban found his first rare jewel:
Grim Talisman
Jewel
Required Level: 3
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 17
Fingerprint: 0xa36f469
+6 to Life
+2 to Minimum Damage
Lightning Resist +14%
The rare ring was chaged to this:
Wraith Turn
Ring
Required Level: 13
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 27
Fingerprint: 0x49542311
+5 to Energy
+3 to Minimum Damage
Damage Reduced by 1
Cold Resist +28%
10% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Resulting that I could remove two cold res charms from Kalbans inventory and have more room in there.
Points: 19 (wps) + 24 (quests) - 28 (level) = 15
[highlight]Kalban the freezealot and fire rogue Rozene, Kurast Docks, level 28, points 15[/highlight]
[highlight]Hardcore[/highlight]
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Name Character Class Location Level Points
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fanatic Lee Assassin River of Flame 33 37
jiansonz Yavanna Amazon Lower Kurast 30 13
UllaV Kalban Paladin Kurast Docks 28 15
pwangsta Swiss_Cheese Paladin Rogue Encampment 1 0
I'm going to get Kalban a sorc friend but not right now. I must first find a good socketed sword and shield for him to wield. If I cannot find a 3os shield I go and buy one from Fara and make Ancients Pledge in it. The sword will get some res runes. I'm not even sure if i hire a fire or lightning sorc.
And allthough Act III is my favorite I'll postpone it to get my other pally in the septavariate tourney through Act I.
EDIT: I also realised somewhere during the second session that this scepter might be very useful to Kalban and so he socketed it with chipped sapphire and put it in his switch position. The old scepter will be used during the CS.
Gemmed Grand Scepter
One-Hand Damage: 8 to 18
Durability: 60 of 60
Required Strength: 37
Required Level: 12
Mace Class - Slow Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 20
Fingerprint: 0x426813e0
Adds 1-3 cold damage over 1 seconds
+2 to Cleansing (Paladin Only)
150% Damage to Undead
Socketed (2: 1 used)
Ulla
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