{"id":440,"date":"2014-12-16T21:43:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T16:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realmsofdespair.info\/blogs\/tharius\/?p=440"},"modified":"2014-12-16T21:43:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T16:43:57","slug":"to-the-thieves-guild-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.realmsofdespair.info\/tharius\/blog\/2014\/12\/16\/to-the-thieves-guild-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"To the Thieves Guild and beyond!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You say 'i am ready'
\nDeliess Whurgirn, the Guildmistress of Shadowport says 'So be it, Lareawan. Good luck.'
\nDeliess Whurgirn, the Guildmistress of Shadowport brandishes a wand at you.
\nYou feel yourself transported far away from the security of the Thieves Guild...
\nThe Falcon exclaims 'Ah, I see my lovely lady has sent another would-be adventurer to risk life and limb in the search of gold and gear. So be it!'
\nThe Falcon's backstab _demolishes_ you!<\/code><\/p>\n

For the last little while I have travelled to Shadowport, keeping in touch with Deliess about the possibility of fighting the Falcon for his mask. Every 2 hours or so, when I remember, I run down there and find out if it’s time to fight. 3 times I’ve been rewarded with the sweet, sweet words telling me to prepare. The first time I didn’t notice that sanc ran during the fight, just as the difficulty ramped up. The second time I went LD just as I was reciting razorbait, damn unstable connection. This time … this time though …. The Falcon is DEAD!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Twice during the fight he caught me with a gouge before I could hit true sight, scary moments where I was down to a couple hundred hit points …<\/p>\n

Someone parries your attack.
\nSomeone parries your attack.
\nSomeone dodges your attack.
\nSomeone parries your attack.
\nSomeone thrusts its foot out and kicks you.
\nSomeone's kick jolts you!
\nYou dodge someone's attack.
\nSomeone thrusts its foot out to kick you but is unable to connect the blow.
\nSomeone's stab gashes you!
\n(something gets damaged)
\nYou wish that your wounds would stop BLEEDING so much!
\nYou feel seasick as murky waters rise from someone's hand.
\nLareawan * * (408\/1760h 622v |S|Someone is you're blind!)sty eva<\/code><\/p>\n

It’s been a while since a fight got my pulse pounding but this one did it. Much the same feeling as playing Diablo 3 hardcore on a higher level.<\/p>\n

This fight to me was more about the accomplishment than the reward but I won’t turn down the reward, the mask is quite a handy item that allows me to swap out the spaulders for leader sleeves, a dr less but 30 more hit points, which is a decent trade.<\/p>\n

If you are planning to do this, all I can suggest to you is that preparation is the key. I spent a fair amount of time rampaging Olympus for ambrosia before setting out, living near Thoth in the Blasted Lands for triple heals, got my shockstone from Nevermore, Tree of Life for glyphs, made sure my equipment damage triggers worked and renamed the duplicate pieces if I could so they’d track better … and on and on. Any advantage I could give myself to help me out. <\/p>\n

Ultimately the 131 dr didn’t do the job, the 1760 hp didn’t do the job, but staying cool when things went sideways was the real key. Even being very careful about curing blind if the gouge would outlast the true sight wasn’t a guarantee that I wouldn’t end up blind, I ended up gouged twice after true sight dropped due to sitting in a bash or circle lag, but reacting while blind and dropping to evasive and then healing to full as quickly as I could after the blind was critical. I was lucky that I didn’t get gouged again before I got the next true sight or have a huge damage round.<\/p>\n

Lareawan *|* (1660\/1660h 580v |A|The Falcon is almost dead)
\nThe Falcon parries your attack.
\nThe Falcon parries your attack.
\nThe Falcon parries your attack.
\nThe Falcon parries your attack.
\nThe Falcon dodges your attack.
\nYou dodge the Falcon's attack.
\nThe Falcon thrusts its foot out to kick you but is unable to connect the blow.
\nThe Falcon thrusts its foot out to kick you but is unable to connect the blow.
\nThe Falcon thrusts its foot out and kicks you.
\nThe Falcon's kick brushes you.
\nThe Falcon attempts to distract you with foolish swordplay.
\nThe Falcon lunges forward, striking with its blade.
\nThe Falcon's swordstrike grazes you.
\nThe Falcon leaps into the air and kicks you on the chest with both of its feet.
\nThe Falcon's leap scratches you.
\nThe Falcon vaults through the air and crashes feet first into you.
\nThe Falcon's vault scratches you.
\nThe Falcon says 'Your skills may be strong, but I am a true master!'
\nThe Falcon tumbles out of the way and takes on an aggressive stance.
\nThe Falcon's backstab _cleaves_ you!
\n(Set's ring of Power gets damaged)
\nThat really did HURT!
\nLareawan * * (1117\/1660h 579v |A|The Falcon is almost dead)
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

A 500 hitpoint round like that would have finished me off when I was blinded, I went to around 400 hp twice, but a little luck saved my bacon. There’s other ways to deal with blindness, like blind fighting on humans or whatever but those weren’t options for me (dang it, I just got used to using optometrum on a ranger again …) .<\/p>\n

Your circle hits the Falcon!
\nThe Falcon is DEAD!!
\nAs The Falcon falls, his most prized possession falls from his face...
\nThe Falcon says 'You have done well to best me, Lareawan... You are a true master.'
\nYou hear the Falcon's death cry.
\nYou get 10895913 gold coins from the corpse of the Falcon.
\nYou get the Mask of the Master Rogue from the corpse of the Falcon.<\/code><\/p>\n

For those who haven’t seen the mask before:<\/p>\n

Object 'the Mask of the Master Rogue' is infused with your magic...
\nIt is a level 50 armor, weight 2.
\nLocations it can be worn: face
\nSpecial properties: dark unique
\nGenres allowed: rogue
\nThis armor has a gold value of 23532.
\nIt is one of the pieces of the set 'Guise of the Falcon'.
\nOwner: Lareawan
\nArmor class is 10 of 10.
\nAffects dexterity by 1.
\nAffects luck by 1.
\nAffects affected_by by hide.
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Seeing as there is only one face wear location I’m not sure how much use the unique flag is here, but a bit of future proofing I suppose. The big thing to notice is the 10 ac. This thing can and will scrap, and though the quest tag can rot off so you can get another one, apparently it takes so long as to be practically never.<\/p>\n


\nYou take a closer look at the Mask of the Master Rogue on your body...
\nThe master rogue knows the advantage of covering his or her face in the
\nmidst of a sly deed, and this mask looks like a perfect solution. This mask
\nis also imbued with magic to enable its wearer to see much which cannot be
\nseen.<\/p>\n

The mask has a small picture icon on the inside, along with the word:<\/p>\n

Falcon
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

In conclusion, yes it is possible for a stock thief to do this, with a fair bit of luck. The shorter you can make the fight, the better, and that’s where extra dr will come into play. I did this with a Lifebane and a Darkfire Thrasher, not entry level but not ‘blivs either. With 500 hitpoint rounds not only possible but regular extra hitpoints will not hurt a darn thing. Overall, just have supplicate favour and don’t be afraid to go and try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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