As \u00a0I prepared Tharius for the upcoming IOQC I realized …. I have no clue where my bloody +1 STR blue, glassy\u00a0chain is. \u00a0I had used it recently for levelling but on checking all my clerics and mages I came up empty. \u00a0Well maybe one of my half orc fighting class characters bogarted by accident. \u00a0Newp. \u00a0Ok we’re over 30 characters checked here for 1 STR, so we are quickly losing that loving feeling.<\/p>\n
Oh, it was in the storage container with the other 5 chains waiting for homes (I level lots of things that can wear turquoise anklets). \u00a0So right there the decision was made to rename this sucker and never again to have to identify a plethora of ankle wear (imagine this is in the real world… excuse me sir can I see your ankles?)<\/p>\n
Already I hear groaning. \u00a085 glory in and all you get is a STR. \u00a0Well yeah … but I get a STR on a character that desperately needs it who happens to be the first character I ever avatared on Realms. \u00a0I’m stubborn about using Tharius for quests wherever possible … a ranger isn’t specialized as wonderful for anything, yet makes a very nice general class with 25 str, 22 dex using fighter gear and hitting with gash.<\/p>\n
Once that decision was made I started eyeballing my other glory totals and realized I could bring Lareawan up to 1800 hp. \u00a0My goal is 2k, but 1800 is a very nice plateau too.<\/p>\n
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<used as light> the sigil of Bron’trel
\n<worn on finger> (Humming) Set’s ring of Power
\n<worn on finger> (Humming) Set’s ring of Power
\n<worn around neck> Collar of Abyssal Servitude
\n<worn around neck> Collar of Abyssal Servitude
\n<worn on body> black leather mutant armor
\n<worn on head> the shade helm
\n<worn on legs> the black ring mail greaves of the Falcon
\n<worn on feet> the black leather boots of the Falcon
\n<worn on hands> Inescapable Grasp of Doom
\n<worn on arms> The Intricate Tattoo of the Legendary Guild of Origin First
\n<worn about body> A shroud of darkness
\n<worn about body> (Humming) the cloak of Death
\n<worn about waist> (Glowing) (Humming) a scarlet red belt
\n<worn around wrist> a spiked leather wristguard
\n<worn around wrist> Guard of Raven Black
\n<wielded> a bright shiny bottlecap
\n<dual wielded> Darkfire thrasher
\n<worn on ears> Demonic Whispers
\n<worn on eyes> subversion
\n<worn on back> a thick piece of lizard hide
\n<worn over face> the facade of the Hannya
\n<worn around ankle> a demonskin ankle bracer
\n<worn around ankle> a demonskin ankle bracer
\nYou report: 1800\/1800 hp 666\/666 mv 88239232 xp.
\nYour base stats: 17 str 9 int 9 wis 18 dex 15 con 11 cha 16 lck.
\nYour current stats: 20 str 13 int 10 wis 25 dex 16 con 12 cha 20 lck.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe Tattoo item is\u00a0the GoW leader sleeves which were passed from Hubris to Ravith to me. \u00a0The decision to wear them cost me 3 dr and a dex but gives me renewed reason to get off my butt and get a Falcon mask on this character.<\/p>\n
The cloak of death is +29hp and the Guard of the Raven Black is +20. \u00a0All in all I’m sitting at 120 dr in this build but a little rearranging will bring that number up a little more. \u00a0I’ve always looked at 120 dr as the “decent” number though I know lots of people out there have pushed further beyond that into truely stunning levels.<\/p>\n
The bottlecap is a Lifebane. \u00a0So I see a great number of routes to move forward, I am on the pop list for a Raelin light. \u00a0I need to get back to work on Edo necks. \u00a0Another guard or a better hat might be nice … but the topic at hand wasn’t to make a shopping list of what next \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Spending the glory evoked a number of comments at recall, primarily “what a waste of glory, I would have saved it all for DR”. \u00a0I’ve got 3 DR+ spent in HP right now. \u00a0I debated whether to go DR or HP when I first started spending and I’ll tell you why I strongly disagree with the comment that was made. \u00a0First DR operates under the assumption that the gloried gear will always reside on a thief or other hitter class reliant on DR as a main stat. \u00a0For me this is utterly false. \u00a0I quest on rangers, thieves, druids, vampires … it’ll go where I need it. \u00a0The next point is that I don’t only use this gear for quests, it comes out and goes on the road. \u00a0If I’m stepping up to tank I want every possible HP with me… big gas and heavy mpdamage programs are fairly common out there. \u00a0I can take 2 800hp damage programs back to back and still have 200 hp … if I can’t quaff back 600 hp before the unlikely 3rd damage program hits, well I should start looking at the screen while I tank.<\/p>\n
So there it is. \u00a0For me hit points are useful on every single character I slap a death cloak and guard on. \u00a0Any mob I face is going to look at my HP and try to make it 0 but isn’t going to care about my DR (I have NEVER been chased out of a fight for being too low on DR \ud83d\ude42 ) I’m not disparaging spending on DR … getting to the 150 DR plateau is a goal of mine, but it’s longer term. \u00a0My HP goals have been much more rapidly obtainable giving me a continual sense of achievement.<\/p>\n
If at some point I need to add on more stats I probably won’t add it to these items, but there’s lots of slots to go. \u00a0If I get desperate for dex maybe I’ll hunt down one of those 20 AC golden bedsheets through dedicated deck hunting (or cough up some ridiculous amount for one) … or of course, there’s always the other ankle.<\/p>\n
Happy questing in YOUR pursuit of glory and thanks to Destre for her dedicated efforts in merging tiny HP amounts every couple o’ quests! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"