Re: Tournament: The emperor's clothes
No problem Duke.
So, Filiae went into the sewers. Several monsters quickly found out that the combination of her and her merc(Neeraj) was particularly unhealthy. They were usually slowed at a distance from the Holy Freeze, then, depending on whether Neeraj was there or me, they got PRevent Monster heal and a chance of either Amplify Damage and Blind over their head, and if I was around, they were slowed in addition to the Holy Freeze.
That results in a mob of terribly sick monsters
So I progressed through the sewers. Each level had difficult sections, in which 2 heroes were located close together and champions nearby as well. All the same type. On the top level, it was just plain burning dead, which made for some intense battles, especially a particualrly nasty Magic Resistant/ Lightning Enchanted one.
On the level below, it became Burning dead archers, and suddenly, I became terribly enamored of Cloak of Shadows. Nevertheless, at least 6 merc resurrections here. Sigh.
One was Spectral hit Extra fast, the other was Aura enchanted(fanaticism) cursed. NOT good combinations.
Eventually, that lot died as well, on to lvl 3, where the burning mages didn't pose much of a problem. That left Radament.
After a fairly uneventful fight, he died. His drop?
You won't believe it....
Prepare for awesomeness....
You are going to be sooooooooooooooooooooo envious of Filiae....
No really....
I am not lying.....
It was... [highlight]A TAL Rune[/highlight]
Can you imagine the sheer joy of getting such leet gear? I felt a bit dizzy...
Of course, I also found a nice
Bverrits Keep down there. At that time, I figured it would be a good personalize item in case I needed more Fire resist.
Well, with that done, time to go into the open deserts! While venturing outside, I quickly found a terribly nice surprise... a unique round shield! Look, now THERE's an item worth imbuing. Good +all resists and 2 open sockets, combined with a hefty defence and good blocking? Yay for Moser's Blessed Circle!
Into the Stony Tomb. I quickly found out it was meant to be a tomb for me... The top level held two rooms and the exit. EACH of those rooms held 2 heroes! (So 4 total!)
Blegh! The first was most definetely the hardest, two burning dead mage heroes with charged bolts, one of which was Magic resistant lightning enchanted and immune to both fire and lightning. The other was multishot spectral hit. My merc died three times before I cleared it out. Next room held a horror hero and a lightning mage, much less of a problem, particularly since the horro hero proved very vulnerable to fire and was quickly cooked.
The second lvl held two easy rooms, but Creeping feature had the additional modifier of Cursed which made him a pain. One hit from him or one of his cronies not only slowed me but took about half of my life bulb away. Once again, 2 merc resurrections (I am soemtimes amazed I even make money anymore... But I do) He died and dropped : A Fine Siege crossbow and a Toxic War Staff. Useless.
So that means on to the dry hills. Once again a very uneventful outside area, with plenty of easy kills. But I knew the HAlls of the Dead would be different... It started off with a large open room complete with plenty of bats, and 7 greater mummies, 4 of which were champions. And some Decayed as well, but I was FAR too busy to notice those. It took a lot of work to clear those, but that was my biggest trial in the tomb. It was all slow going, but never nearly as difficult as that battle.
Another unique drop on the second lvl of the halls of the dead. A nice unique... round shield. Yes ladies and gents, Moser was busy dropping his circles all around for me to find! Three more and I can make the olympic symbol!
Bloodwitch was easy (her additional mod was teleport) and her drop was crappy. A grand charm with +14 mana (sold it, no use). and a Lizards light plate of the mammoth. I might craft it at a later stage, but for now, I dont see the point. Caster body armor should be worn by the main char, not the mercenary, and I dont see me foregoing the Twitchtroe anytime soon.
@Sardonic - This is an SP tourney, so no MP please.
Besides, it would be dreadful if you DID find an awesome drop from a superunique and your buddy wants it as well huh?
