Coming of age after the retaking of Grobb, aspiring Shadowknight Banner seeks to emerge from the simple ways of his tribe. His goal: to conquer Norrath in the name of Cazic-Thule, to be a legendary Basher of the Night Keep. [ooc: I decided to roll a new troll and play more "historic" --sticking to home city, not using PoK (for now at least... I'm thinking level 46 I will rethink that), treating all worlds drops (including defiant) as vendor trash, only doing content I can travel to unaided, no loyalty/claim/assists from the shared bank, no baz till I get to luclin spires. I'm not sure how long this little experiment will last, but level 1-3 was a lot of fun! I've decided to present this as a story/journal without heavy trollspeak roleplay]
1st season: Listened to Hukulk . He gave me a tunic. Grobb is ours but frogloks remain. Found one to be my slave [mercenary]. Jungle hatchlings overrunning the place. Did my part to clear the paths.
2nd season: Tired of killing spiders. Went to Innothule Swamp to find stronger foes. Swarmed by skeletons on the water's edge. Guards just watched, they only help if I bring a Kobold or frog near. Dismissed my slave, the ribbiting was breaking my wise thoughts.
3rd season:Returned to Grobb to sell shiny things (rusty really) gathered from the skeletons, must humble myself in service to the city so I can strike out on further adventures. Ootik wants my goods. Banker Spinkit gave me a backpack. My work killing spiders paid off as Exterminator Filrog wanted their eyes and gave me 1g1s1c for every 4.
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/applaud you on the Troll speak decision. It's great in short bursts, but to read an entire (well written) journal in it, would be a little harsh.
Good Luck!
Yther Ore.
Good Luck!
Yther Ore.
Fun idea. Classic early EQ. Wish I had the time and the patience. Wish YOU had others who would follow the same path.
Sippin 115 DRU **** Firiona Vie ****Agnarr
FV: 115 WAR ENC CLE MAG WIZ SHD SHM Master Alchemist ROG Master Tinkerer & Poison-Maker
Master Artisan (300+) * Baker * Brewer * Fletcher * Jeweler * Potter * Researcher * Smith * Tailor
Agnarr: 65 DRU ENC SHD MAG CLE ROG WIZ BRD WAR
FV: 115 WAR ENC CLE MAG WIZ SHD SHM Master Alchemist ROG Master Tinkerer & Poison-Maker
Master Artisan (300+) * Baker * Brewer * Fletcher * Jeweler * Potter * Researcher * Smith * Tailor
Agnarr: 65 DRU ENC SHD MAG CLE ROG WIZ BRD WAR
[ooc: any of you tried levelling a troll since Grobb was retaken? Lots of quest stuff was changed/removed but they kept nearly all the old NPC's... resulting in out of date threads here and misinformation. Also, some of the re-implementation seems screwy such as having to travel to multiple zones to put together one piece of the old newbie armor --though perhaps this is coloured by my experience with other races where it was very contained.]
4th season: Returned to Hukulk. Looking to join the nightkeep so I did what he said. He gave me Rusty Two Handed Sword which was much better for my work. Went back into swamp to revel in my new power. Fungus man tracker tried to humilate me. I am a shadowknight, I have the harmtouch. Heh...
They want me to stay in the swamp. Hunting snakes and things in the water is not wise. Travel to Ferrott . My bravery is rewarded with easy to kill snakes and Froglok tad's which I needed to prove my strength to Kaglari . Lizardman can't decide if they hate me or not [/con indifferent 95% of the time, but that 5% like to aggro] so taking their Large cloth cape [my 1st armor!] and later large cloth pants doesn't bother me. Pants are nice to have, better if they were purple, but at least I have pants now.
I wander up towards Oggok but don't head in. I have been told to hunt their young... not sure this is a place to make friends. Then I find Murga . She grudgingly sells me a large sewing kit . I don't really want to learn to sew but I am nearly naked and have lots of spiderling silk . Almost ready to hate these ogres when I find Bup . He doesn't mind me so much. So I sell all my junk to him. [Haven't found a merchant in Innothule swamp yet... makes Ogre starting area much better to play in]I keep hunting in Feerrott but watch out for marsh bears as they want to eat me up.
5th season:
I return to Grobb and have earned enough status with the Nightkeep to obtain my Dark Basher's Armguards . I begin to wage war upon the frogloks that stain our swamp. Froglok Fishermen test my limits, but I survive. I travel confidently between Grobb and Feerrott now. My armor is slowly coming together with netted cap and netted shirt . Fugla sold me a fletching kit but I still can't find a bow. Bouncer Hurd insists on disrupting my hunting, yet refuses to speak to me. His insolence will result in future retribution.
Back in Grobb my people are feeding me bad information asking for things they no longer want [bad quest info]. Ranjor and Treskar seem to delight in wasting my time. Zazhar takes pity on me and sells me a longbow and quiver [but not too much pity at the price my low cha got me...]. Was introduced to Kagbkek who outfits me with more backpacks [finally]. I continue serving the city killing spiders, skeletons and the occasional froglok or kobold that wanders south. Soon I will be strong enough to head north.
4th season: Returned to Hukulk. Looking to join the nightkeep so I did what he said. He gave me Rusty Two Handed Sword which was much better for my work. Went back into swamp to revel in my new power. Fungus man tracker tried to humilate me. I am a shadowknight, I have the harmtouch. Heh...
They want me to stay in the swamp. Hunting snakes and things in the water is not wise. Travel to Ferrott . My bravery is rewarded with easy to kill snakes and Froglok tad's which I needed to prove my strength to Kaglari . Lizardman can't decide if they hate me or not [/con indifferent 95% of the time, but that 5% like to aggro] so taking their Large cloth cape [my 1st armor!] and later large cloth pants doesn't bother me. Pants are nice to have, better if they were purple, but at least I have pants now.
I wander up towards Oggok but don't head in. I have been told to hunt their young... not sure this is a place to make friends. Then I find Murga . She grudgingly sells me a large sewing kit . I don't really want to learn to sew but I am nearly naked and have lots of spiderling silk . Almost ready to hate these ogres when I find Bup . He doesn't mind me so much. So I sell all my junk to him. [Haven't found a merchant in Innothule swamp yet... makes Ogre starting area much better to play in]I keep hunting in Feerrott but watch out for marsh bears as they want to eat me up.
5th season:
I return to Grobb and have earned enough status with the Nightkeep to obtain my Dark Basher's Armguards . I begin to wage war upon the frogloks that stain our swamp. Froglok Fishermen test my limits, but I survive. I travel confidently between Grobb and Feerrott now. My armor is slowly coming together with netted cap and netted shirt . Fugla sold me a fletching kit but I still can't find a bow. Bouncer Hurd insists on disrupting my hunting, yet refuses to speak to me. His insolence will result in future retribution.
Back in Grobb my people are feeding me bad information asking for things they no longer want [bad quest info]. Ranjor and Treskar seem to delight in wasting my time. Zazhar takes pity on me and sells me a longbow and quiver [but not too much pity at the price my low cha got me...]. Was introduced to Kagbkek who outfits me with more backpacks [finally]. I continue serving the city killing spiders, skeletons and the occasional froglok or kobold that wanders south. Soon I will be strong enough to head north.
I leveled Jonwinnie many years ago after grobb had been retaken. Did the quests, ran to nerriak for the snare clicky. Yes the newb armor did require visits to other zones.
6th season:
I was back in Grobb when I was offered assistance to push north in the swamp. Nihibge joined me with promises of bashing [female troll warrior merc]. We were chewing up the frogloks just north of Grobb when Zepin Winsle and Fandl Arathin ambushed us to our humiliation. In time I will remove their noble crests!
Forager Grikk seems to be a sort of leader of the infidels, he fears us now. My hunting has expanded to include swamp alligators . I'm doing a brisk trade in the netted armor the frogs like. This is the only thing I like about the frogs, they try to swarm me but are not longer a match. Weak guard frogs cannot stop me entering their hole in the mud. Soon...
7th & 8th seasons:
As we push into the north of the swamp the kobolds think to block us, we battle past and emerge in Southern Desert of Ro . This is a good place for us, as we need to find zombies and big snakes to please the Night Keep. Nihibge takes over so I can learn archery. fire beetles , coyotes , sand scarabs , orcs , and mummies are all powerless against her rage. I obtain a tricky blade and a shiny tooth .
[/ooc: running a warrior merc is 10x faster for this content. I'm not necessarily trying to go fast, mercs are actually really new to me as I played necro most of the post SoD era. Innothule Swamp has pockets of greatness, but really isn't the nicest solo untwinked xp zone unless you want to go slooow slow. The newb armor quests force me into Ro. I'm still mostly naked, but suppose if I slow killed frogs in the swamp till level 10 I would have most of a set of netted armor. The LDoN soulbinder won't bind me --not sure if I need adventure stone or just some levels... so I'm debating a run to EC tunnel and/or Nektulos, and considering killing in Upper Guk for the first time ever.]
I was back in Grobb when I was offered assistance to push north in the swamp. Nihibge joined me with promises of bashing [female troll warrior merc]. We were chewing up the frogloks just north of Grobb when Zepin Winsle and Fandl Arathin ambushed us to our humiliation. In time I will remove their noble crests!
Forager Grikk seems to be a sort of leader of the infidels, he fears us now. My hunting has expanded to include swamp alligators . I'm doing a brisk trade in the netted armor the frogs like. This is the only thing I like about the frogs, they try to swarm me but are not longer a match. Weak guard frogs cannot stop me entering their hole in the mud. Soon...
7th & 8th seasons:
As we push into the north of the swamp the kobolds think to block us, we battle past and emerge in Southern Desert of Ro . This is a good place for us, as we need to find zombies and big snakes to please the Night Keep. Nihibge takes over so I can learn archery. fire beetles , coyotes , sand scarabs , orcs , and mummies are all powerless against her rage. I obtain a tricky blade and a shiny tooth .
[/ooc: running a warrior merc is 10x faster for this content. I'm not necessarily trying to go fast, mercs are actually really new to me as I played necro most of the post SoD era. Innothule Swamp has pockets of greatness, but really isn't the nicest solo untwinked xp zone unless you want to go slooow slow. The newb armor quests force me into Ro. I'm still mostly naked, but suppose if I slow killed frogs in the swamp till level 10 I would have most of a set of netted armor. The LDoN soulbinder won't bind me --not sure if I need adventure stone or just some levels... so I'm debating a run to EC tunnel and/or Nektulos, and considering killing in Upper Guk for the first time ever.]
Upper Guk will be the most fun you have had untwinked...there are some cool drops and you will make some good cash. The Giant heart spider is a little big for you now, but can net you a shield and chest piece that is pretty cool...
Plus I am now really into reading this and want to hear the adventures of a Troll in upper Guk ( my 2 all time favorite zones, upper and lower guk
)...
Plus I am now really into reading this and want to hear the adventures of a Troll in upper Guk ( my 2 all time favorite zones, upper and lower guk
)...
these are fun! keep writing them, i want to read more!
I won't steal snailish's thunder by doing a play-by-play of my own, but I must say I was inspired to try the same.
I has an lady troll beasty named Unkola on Xeg at level 6 and am loving the old-school approach.
Disclaimer: I have no other toons on Xeg and I'm playing by the same rules except:
1. I has claimed a mount for moving about and the humongus/100%WR bag.
No merc.
ALSO: If a_swamp_alligator don't drop a tooth soon, I'mma be piiiissssed.
I has an lady troll beasty named Unkola on Xeg at level 6 and am loving the old-school approach.
Disclaimer: I have no other toons on Xeg and I'm playing by the same rules except:
1. I has claimed a mount for moving about and the humongus/100%WR bag.
No merc.
ALSO: If a_swamp_alligator don't drop a tooth soon, I'mma be piiiissssed.
remorajunbao wrote:
One day I'm going to fly to Canada and open the curtains in your office.
Friar Bijou wrote:
I won't steal snailish's thunder by doing a play-by-play of my own, but I must say I was inspired to try the same.
ALSO: If a_swamp_alligator don't drop a tooth soon, I'mma be piiiissssed.
ALSO: If a_swamp_alligator don't drop a tooth soon, I'mma be piiiissssed.
Looks like snailish has inspired a few of us.
. I'm currently playing a level 4 Warrior and no twinking whatsoever. LOL, couldn't even if I wanted to, this is my only char on Povar. Hope you get your alligator tooth soon, I can't get those blasted Frogloks to drop meat. I must say a huge THANK YOU to snailish. Thanks to his inspiration, I haven't had this much fun in ages.
Friar Bijou wrote:
I won't steal snailish's thunder by doing a play-by-play of my own, but I must say I was inspired to try the same.
I has an lady troll beasty named Unkola on Xeg at level 6 and am loving the old-school approach.
Disclaimer: I have no other toons on Xeg and I'm playing by the same rules except:
1. I has claimed a mount for moving about and the humongus/100%WR bag.
No merc.
ALSO: If a_swamp_alligator don't drop a tooth soon, I'mma be piiiissssed.
I has an lady troll beasty named Unkola on Xeg at level 6 and am loving the old-school approach.
Disclaimer: I have no other toons on Xeg and I'm playing by the same rules except:
1. I has claimed a mount for moving about and the humongus/100%WR bag.
No merc.
ALSO: If a_swamp_alligator don't drop a tooth soon, I'mma be piiiissssed.
"Unkola's Journey" should be a thread... do it! Maybe alla will have to create a sub-forum for troll levelling-by-own-rules stories... nah, just let them live on general.
I'm wavering on the merc, she might not get to stick around. I love that KC13 has seen my corpses in Grobb!
Finally got my Froglok Meat. Had to Kamikaze my way into Upper Guk at 6, but got it. Handed it in to Ranjor along with two Froglok Tad Flesh, and got a rusty 2-Handed axe. Poor Vondar was hoping for better. He has sharpened his rusty blade into a tarnished one which is a little faster but hits for the same dmg. Still looking very naked at 7, which is a scary thought when it's a Troll.
9th & 10th seasons:
Nihibge is dead. We had been hunting Dune Tarantulas for the Nightkeep. A crypt mummy had cast rabies on me. In my delerious state I was unable to save her from the viciuos slimer --but I was able to save myself.
Continuing to wander the South Ro desert, I met with some humans that didn't want to kill me. It doesn't matter... I will kill them later. I've sighted the wizard spires in the desert but lack the training to approach them. A fiend named Cazel lurks there and wanders deep south with no apparent goal. My hunting ground for sand scarabs is deep in useless jackals and tarantulalings . The spiders could eat me, but choose to ignore me. Even with my warrior friend gone, this trip has provided me with many trophies to show the Dark bashers. I decided to return to Grobb for more training.
Little of note happens when I travel in the swamp now. Most of the frogloks skitter away like the scared beasts they are. The Kobolds attack... and die. At least they give me useful things . I visited the sunken ferry and undead tower. I found some of my people selling goods up on a statue of a hand. I'm not sure which is more foolish: the statue or standing around on it. One of those "Noble Hunters" tried to make a trophy of me. I have a new crest in my backpack.
Back in Grobb I reached new status with the Nightkeep. My favourite is my new pants --though I still prefer purple. Now that I have passed 10 seasons I feel ready to attack the Frog's mud hole .
[/occ South Ro spawn table is strange... I have basically hunted the south end out of mobs I want and have really low trash to clear and high level stuff I can't kill even with a merc. Cazel wanders waay south. If/when I use a merc I have decided (for now anyways) to treat their death as permanent so I will dismiss them. This will get interesting if I want a merc but am not near a friendly place to hire one. Presently thinking it is more fun without one though. I'm going to need commonlands and possibly nektulos or even rathe to finish my newb armor. It is also interesting (as I look stuff up) how much Ogguk quest stuff crosses with the Grobb stuff in such a way that you lower factions between the two.]
Nihibge is dead. We had been hunting Dune Tarantulas for the Nightkeep. A crypt mummy had cast rabies on me. In my delerious state I was unable to save her from the viciuos slimer --but I was able to save myself.
Continuing to wander the South Ro desert, I met with some humans that didn't want to kill me. It doesn't matter... I will kill them later. I've sighted the wizard spires in the desert but lack the training to approach them. A fiend named Cazel lurks there and wanders deep south with no apparent goal. My hunting ground for sand scarabs is deep in useless jackals and tarantulalings . The spiders could eat me, but choose to ignore me. Even with my warrior friend gone, this trip has provided me with many trophies to show the Dark bashers. I decided to return to Grobb for more training.
Little of note happens when I travel in the swamp now. Most of the frogloks skitter away like the scared beasts they are. The Kobolds attack... and die. At least they give me useful things . I visited the sunken ferry and undead tower. I found some of my people selling goods up on a statue of a hand. I'm not sure which is more foolish: the statue or standing around on it. One of those "Noble Hunters" tried to make a trophy of me. I have a new crest in my backpack.
Back in Grobb I reached new status with the Nightkeep. My favourite is my new pants --though I still prefer purple. Now that I have passed 10 seasons I feel ready to attack the Frog's mud hole .
[/occ South Ro spawn table is strange... I have basically hunted the south end out of mobs I want and have really low trash to clear and high level stuff I can't kill even with a merc. Cazel wanders waay south. If/when I use a merc I have decided (for now anyways) to treat their death as permanent so I will dismiss them. This will get interesting if I want a merc but am not near a friendly place to hire one. Presently thinking it is more fun without one though. I'm going to need commonlands and possibly nektulos or even rathe to finish my newb armor. It is also interesting (as I look stuff up) how much Ogguk quest stuff crosses with the Grobb stuff in such a way that you lower factions between the two.]
No character slots to roll a troll on Povar but I started a new Iksar beastlord named Shisa on Cazic Thule (seemed fitting). The beginning was very... interesting to say the least. Maybe I'll type it up tomorrow but this thread doesn't seem the place for it.
I'll be discarding global drops like Defiant and don't plan to use a mercenary but don't intend to simulate corpse runs or anything.
I'll be discarding global drops like Defiant and don't plan to use a mercenary but don't intend to simulate corpse runs or anything.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Jophiel wrote:
...but I started a new Iksar beastlord named Shisa on Cazic Thule (seemed fitting). The beginning was very... interesting to say the least. Maybe I'll type it up tomorrow but this thread doesn't seem the place for it.
Looking forward to the writeup! I'm sure it will bring back memories of my Iksar BST's youth! Be sure to do the claw quest chain, it's super!
11th & 12th Seasons:
Made first foray into the Frog’s mudhole. I found a city reeking of meat, froaking in every direction. The first frogs I saw were cowardly and let me pass deeper into their home, only to attempt ambush when a more worthy member of their kind halted my progress. I slew many but was chased out by a mass of them upon reaching a spot with plank bridges.
13th Season:
I sold my goods in Grobb, and again assaulted the frogs. I conquered the plank bridge and noticed there is a rank to the frogs. With shame I realize that I have only been destroying the lowest of their fighters.
I am not ready to push deeper into the frog city. There is no glory for me, though I have been rewarded for my work. My fellow trolls remain unimpressed –I need to travel to be appreciated. I head back to Ogguk, home of the despised Greenbloods. Chef Dooga is rude to me, but I know how to win her favor . She acts like she doesn’t adore me, but I leave her hut with something to remember her by.
While in Ogguk I am bothered by armored rats the ogres are too foolish to kill. I get a job bashing them which is funny to me. Those rats were going to die whether the ogres paid me or not. They are liking me more than ever, one feels more appreciated away from home.
I will earn the respect of my people! They want me to collect mosquito wings… I know this is a joke they play on me. I have done more than they know, been places. No mosquitos in Grobb are suited to my current skills. No mosquitos are to be found in South Ro or The Feerrott. They expect me to give up. I do not.
It takes all my skills to avoid the giant skeletons , orcs and lizardmen that seek my death here in the Rathe Mountains . I skirt around the edges of the camp the defeated frogloks have made. Northwest of their pathetic tent village I hunt as I please in full view of their guards. It pleases me to think that every crab spiderling and mosquito I slay takes food from them.
Heavy laden from my time near the frogloks, I head north and find friendly merchants. A freakish beetle attacks me. I slay it. I run through unfriendly lands to reach Lake Rathetear –a place Hukulk said I wouldn’t be ready to see until my 20th season. I quickly realize the wisdom in Hukulk’s words as I am forced to flee the lake. My new shovel is at least proof that I was actually there.
The Nightkeep is so impressed they present me with new boots for frog stomping. I head back to the frog city and make it past the planks. This time the sentinels and guards die. I am gathering much woven armor but have little need of it. My pillaging ends when I enraged a froglok witch doctor . I have been repeatedly humbled by these frogs… but I am gaining strength from this testing.
I decide to head back to South Ro. The Nightkeep still wants me to bring zombie skin and such to them. Once again I contract rabies, but I will not be halted. I push farther north than I have ever been, past an oasis, only to be forced back by a mean giant . It will be many seasons before I can bash him. Returning to Grobb I did not tell them about my failure in the north, but did have zombie skins to show. My new gloves were worth the work.
I spend the rest of my 13th season training in Grobb killing large mosquitos and hunting in the southern desert of Ro. Sand giants continue to harry me, though I have never harmed their kind.
[ooc: Upper Guk is hard with no crowd control. Snare is better than nothing, but they still get far enough to agro a room full. I find myself killing 3-4 grey cons that will add before I can take a dark blue. The xp is really good per kill though –when I am killing xp mobs. I’ve eaten at least 3 deaths in guk so far. My biggest challenge is the super-fast respawn rate at the front of the zone so I can’t really break a camp at my current strength.
Until I can feign death (level 24) or invis (level 30 I think) I am pretty bound up as to where I can travel. I’m feeling very contained in the Innothule, South Ro, Feerrott triangle. I TOTALLY see why Temple of Cazic Thule was originally a lowbie zone… but it’s only because I am playing this way.]
Made first foray into the Frog’s mudhole. I found a city reeking of meat, froaking in every direction. The first frogs I saw were cowardly and let me pass deeper into their home, only to attempt ambush when a more worthy member of their kind halted my progress. I slew many but was chased out by a mass of them upon reaching a spot with plank bridges.
13th Season:
I sold my goods in Grobb, and again assaulted the frogs. I conquered the plank bridge and noticed there is a rank to the frogs. With shame I realize that I have only been destroying the lowest of their fighters.
I am not ready to push deeper into the frog city. There is no glory for me, though I have been rewarded for my work. My fellow trolls remain unimpressed –I need to travel to be appreciated. I head back to Ogguk, home of the despised Greenbloods. Chef Dooga is rude to me, but I know how to win her favor . She acts like she doesn’t adore me, but I leave her hut with something to remember her by.
While in Ogguk I am bothered by armored rats the ogres are too foolish to kill. I get a job bashing them which is funny to me. Those rats were going to die whether the ogres paid me or not. They are liking me more than ever, one feels more appreciated away from home.
I will earn the respect of my people! They want me to collect mosquito wings… I know this is a joke they play on me. I have done more than they know, been places. No mosquitos in Grobb are suited to my current skills. No mosquitos are to be found in South Ro or The Feerrott. They expect me to give up. I do not.
It takes all my skills to avoid the giant skeletons , orcs and lizardmen that seek my death here in the Rathe Mountains . I skirt around the edges of the camp the defeated frogloks have made. Northwest of their pathetic tent village I hunt as I please in full view of their guards. It pleases me to think that every crab spiderling and mosquito I slay takes food from them.
Heavy laden from my time near the frogloks, I head north and find friendly merchants. A freakish beetle attacks me. I slay it. I run through unfriendly lands to reach Lake Rathetear –a place Hukulk said I wouldn’t be ready to see until my 20th season. I quickly realize the wisdom in Hukulk’s words as I am forced to flee the lake. My new shovel is at least proof that I was actually there.
The Nightkeep is so impressed they present me with new boots for frog stomping. I head back to the frog city and make it past the planks. This time the sentinels and guards die. I am gathering much woven armor but have little need of it. My pillaging ends when I enraged a froglok witch doctor . I have been repeatedly humbled by these frogs… but I am gaining strength from this testing.
I decide to head back to South Ro. The Nightkeep still wants me to bring zombie skin and such to them. Once again I contract rabies, but I will not be halted. I push farther north than I have ever been, past an oasis, only to be forced back by a mean giant . It will be many seasons before I can bash him. Returning to Grobb I did not tell them about my failure in the north, but did have zombie skins to show. My new gloves were worth the work.
I spend the rest of my 13th season training in Grobb killing large mosquitos and hunting in the southern desert of Ro. Sand giants continue to harry me, though I have never harmed their kind.
[ooc: Upper Guk is hard with no crowd control. Snare is better than nothing, but they still get far enough to agro a room full. I find myself killing 3-4 grey cons that will add before I can take a dark blue. The xp is really good per kill though –when I am killing xp mobs. I’ve eaten at least 3 deaths in guk so far. My biggest challenge is the super-fast respawn rate at the front of the zone so I can’t really break a camp at my current strength.
Until I can feign death (level 24) or invis (level 30 I think) I am pretty bound up as to where I can travel. I’m feeling very contained in the Innothule, South Ro, Feerrott triangle. I TOTALLY see why Temple of Cazic Thule was originally a lowbie zone… but it’s only because I am playing this way.]
Just wanted to echo that these threads are great. Not really commenting because just reading.
14th – 17th seasons
I have hit a difficult time in my training. Do I try to outrace or sneak past the Sand Giants that roam North Ro that keep me from going abroad or do I continue to harry the weaker Frogloks of Guk? Both seem distasteful to me. I swallow my pride and seek more training within Grobb. For a fee, Doskinre agrees to aid me. Her power far exceeds mine.To my surprise, she insists on killing the bleeders in our city. They are strong, but nothing against her. Despite being pets of the city, no one pays any heed to our slaughtering. Over many days she shows me how to defeat them.
Spending all this time in my home city, I seek to learn all I can of it. In a cavern I hadn’t been to I find a grizzled old troll named Rasrok and take the time to speak with him. He is scarred more than anything I have ever seen, but I learn the true way of Fear from him --with his story of high elves and pie. I decide deception will be my path.
I begin by visiting those who would dismiss me as beneath their notice. I fool a stuck up dark elf into thinking I am a trainee shaman. I have uses for her little note .
I head back alone into the Froglok City (Upper Guk), I realize now they are a much greater foe than many of my people know. Doskinre refues to accompany me, feeling that this is a task I must do myself. She suggests that if I tire of frogs she has some furry-feeted sport in mind. I meet a higher caste of warrior and am once again unable to press as deeply as I would like –Doskinre’s offer seems more compelling.
I decide to head back to the desert and revisit the Wayfarers. I mistrust them, but they have useful magic… they send me to the Commonlands, home of the humans. I avoid the farmers and the distant city. I have business in Neriak.
As we enter the misty woods of Nektulos we are swarmed by wisps . The Night Keep wants lightstones so we have to hunt these jittery creatures all through the trees. The chase leads us into a shrouded clearing… and Doskinre laughs… “Here we goâ€
I have no time to think, I act and some insane furfoot named Whoopal lies dead at my feet. He must have been some sort of shaman to his people as they go mad. Doskinre cannot be seen for the Halflings darting in at her and running off, spells are flying all over the forest. I admit that I had to duck out to avoid my own death, for a time it was Doskinre vs. the half pints. As I looped back I came upon a scene of total carnage… the stone rings were piled high with the bodies of Halflings as Doskinre picks her teeth with their delicate bones. Poor at communication, these leatherfeet kept coming back for days on end. Doskinre remained in the woods and I headed north to Neriak with my spoils .
I despise the Dark elves and their city, so cramped and small it is better suited for the Halflings I have been slaying. I visit many in the city, they treat me like a foolish child and I play along. I earn trinkets I can’t use from their leaders, and the odd item I can. What they don’t realize is that I am earning status with their King and people. I drink red wine with their wise men and plot the theft of secrets.
I leave Neriak allied with their priests and hated by their legends . None of this matters, I am merely using them for my own ends.
[/ooc: I used the merc to put on a few levels to retry Guk (same result as before). Also I’ve spent a lot of time hunting down loose ends for the newb armor and doing quests in Neriak while I went for the drops I needed from the Halflings. Halflings are not soloable at this level without major overgear and such (or a merc) due to the wide level range of the spawns. Finally finished the chest , after I had managed the 1-handed 2-handed sword . Only newb piece I can’t get done is the helm… can’t find the fungus yet. I’m getting the itch to get out of this part of the world…]
I have hit a difficult time in my training. Do I try to outrace or sneak past the Sand Giants that roam North Ro that keep me from going abroad or do I continue to harry the weaker Frogloks of Guk? Both seem distasteful to me. I swallow my pride and seek more training within Grobb. For a fee, Doskinre agrees to aid me. Her power far exceeds mine.To my surprise, she insists on killing the bleeders in our city. They are strong, but nothing against her. Despite being pets of the city, no one pays any heed to our slaughtering. Over many days she shows me how to defeat them.
Spending all this time in my home city, I seek to learn all I can of it. In a cavern I hadn’t been to I find a grizzled old troll named Rasrok and take the time to speak with him. He is scarred more than anything I have ever seen, but I learn the true way of Fear from him --with his story of high elves and pie. I decide deception will be my path.
I begin by visiting those who would dismiss me as beneath their notice. I fool a stuck up dark elf into thinking I am a trainee shaman. I have uses for her little note .
I head back alone into the Froglok City (Upper Guk), I realize now they are a much greater foe than many of my people know. Doskinre refues to accompany me, feeling that this is a task I must do myself. She suggests that if I tire of frogs she has some furry-feeted sport in mind. I meet a higher caste of warrior and am once again unable to press as deeply as I would like –Doskinre’s offer seems more compelling.
I decide to head back to the desert and revisit the Wayfarers. I mistrust them, but they have useful magic… they send me to the Commonlands, home of the humans. I avoid the farmers and the distant city. I have business in Neriak.
As we enter the misty woods of Nektulos we are swarmed by wisps . The Night Keep wants lightstones so we have to hunt these jittery creatures all through the trees. The chase leads us into a shrouded clearing… and Doskinre laughs… “Here we goâ€
I have no time to think, I act and some insane furfoot named Whoopal lies dead at my feet. He must have been some sort of shaman to his people as they go mad. Doskinre cannot be seen for the Halflings darting in at her and running off, spells are flying all over the forest. I admit that I had to duck out to avoid my own death, for a time it was Doskinre vs. the half pints. As I looped back I came upon a scene of total carnage… the stone rings were piled high with the bodies of Halflings as Doskinre picks her teeth with their delicate bones. Poor at communication, these leatherfeet kept coming back for days on end. Doskinre remained in the woods and I headed north to Neriak with my spoils .
I despise the Dark elves and their city, so cramped and small it is better suited for the Halflings I have been slaying. I visit many in the city, they treat me like a foolish child and I play along. I earn trinkets I can’t use from their leaders, and the odd item I can. What they don’t realize is that I am earning status with their King and people. I drink red wine with their wise men and plot the theft of secrets.
I leave Neriak allied with their priests and hated by their legends . None of this matters, I am merely using them for my own ends.
[/ooc: I used the merc to put on a few levels to retry Guk (same result as before). Also I’ve spent a lot of time hunting down loose ends for the newb armor and doing quests in Neriak while I went for the drops I needed from the Halflings. Halflings are not soloable at this level without major overgear and such (or a merc) due to the wide level range of the spawns. Finally finished the chest , after I had managed the 1-handed 2-handed sword . Only newb piece I can’t get done is the helm… can’t find the fungus yet. I’m getting the itch to get out of this part of the world…]
18th - 20th Seasons
Grobb offers me little, but the indifference of my kin. I could repeat lowly tasks in an empty attempt to gain status here, but it is my lack of strength that makes them discount me. Tales have spread of my repeated attempts to overthrow the froglok city. I am mocked for my failures, they say I am too puny to bash and smash.
I find myself spending time at the Wayfarer's Camp. I don't think they care what I do either, but they try to buy my servitude with a shiny rock . They want to send me to fireside story places of dwarflands that I see no profit in to do their work.
I resolve to make my way to the human city. Some of the veteran Troll warriors have been bragging about walking about the shops, drinking in the bars. I make my way through the desert, only to note that Guard Doolin (a known hater of my kind) has now been posted at the eastern gates! I am forced to sneak into the sewers . I avoid the bandits lurking there, but am forced to slay a group of goos that try to digest me in plain sight of two ignorant halflings that refuse to aid me. They won't even sell to me after I clear their cave of danger... why hide in the sewers if you are going to be picky on customers?
Freeport has nothing for me... I am desperate and make a break for the docks. I was to meet a gnome for passage away. A peasant women notices me sneaking through town and alerts the militia. I am beaten senseless on the docks and tossed into the sea...
Later, I awaken on a meagre cot in a large tunnel in the Commonlands. Doskinre smiles at me, apparently I owe a debt to a Shady Swashbuckler . She leads me over to a human, he's amongst more of the Wayfarer's, but clearly not one of them.
"Well met Banner. I have an investment in you. This surprises you? Let's just say trade hasn't been as good since those Vah Shir types started prowling around. I have some work for you. Don't worry about those Wayfarer types --they see me as an asset and I have use of them, so my ...ahem... business dealings are overlooked. First off, do you need a Well-balanced Axe ? I reforged it myself! Best price in Norrath! Now about your first job..."
I couldn't afford Shady's wares, yet his offer of employment seems worthwhile. I spend several seasons in Everfrost hunting about for mammoth tusks . The hunt is long and tedious as the mammoths have become rare (the local Wayfarers tell me of a time past when the mammoths even roamed through their camp). I am forced out of the icy plain by a vile orc named Redwind and his clan of followers. He became aware of my profit seeking... I have another foe to add to my list of grudges.
I return to the Commonlands. Shady isn't impressed with my haul of goods (I don't tell him that I sold most of my hunt well before returning to him). He insists I play a hand of cards to determine my next mission. I'm not sure if I won the hand (Shady's rules are hard to follow), but I am to find passage through the Timorous Deep and proceed to a contact Shady has somewhere in the lost continent.
I depart from a dock in South Ro, a strange gnome wishing me luck on my journey. Luck is what I do not have, as a wave sweeps me off the boat near an island guarded by elven scouts . The elves chase me off and the storm tosses me about... adrift I end up back at the dock in Ro with the gnome, smiling... and wishing me luck on my journey. I grit my teeth and prepare to try again.
[/ooc I've actually been back in Upper Guk a bit. I need a break from the inefficiency of me trying to solo it (no merc) at this level. Everfrost was really lacking in roaming mobs over the bulk of the plains... not sure if the placeholders were all bunched up somewhere or what. My death on the docks in East Freeport was funny as I was hailing the gnome but not quite close enough for the text to trigger my port? Go visit my body if bored on Povar... Timorous Deep I barely ever used... and the map I have isn't quite right. That was 45 minutes in a zone only to die... very oldschool EQ. I'm having trouble figuring out where I can bind so I can hunt for a bit and make some gear/level progress rather than spend most of my playtime slow-travelling.]
Edited, Oct 2nd 2013 8:13pm by snailish
Grobb offers me little, but the indifference of my kin. I could repeat lowly tasks in an empty attempt to gain status here, but it is my lack of strength that makes them discount me. Tales have spread of my repeated attempts to overthrow the froglok city. I am mocked for my failures, they say I am too puny to bash and smash.
I find myself spending time at the Wayfarer's Camp. I don't think they care what I do either, but they try to buy my servitude with a shiny rock . They want to send me to fireside story places of dwarflands that I see no profit in to do their work.
I resolve to make my way to the human city. Some of the veteran Troll warriors have been bragging about walking about the shops, drinking in the bars. I make my way through the desert, only to note that Guard Doolin (a known hater of my kind) has now been posted at the eastern gates! I am forced to sneak into the sewers . I avoid the bandits lurking there, but am forced to slay a group of goos that try to digest me in plain sight of two ignorant halflings that refuse to aid me. They won't even sell to me after I clear their cave of danger... why hide in the sewers if you are going to be picky on customers?
Freeport has nothing for me... I am desperate and make a break for the docks. I was to meet a gnome for passage away. A peasant women notices me sneaking through town and alerts the militia. I am beaten senseless on the docks and tossed into the sea...
Later, I awaken on a meagre cot in a large tunnel in the Commonlands. Doskinre smiles at me, apparently I owe a debt to a Shady Swashbuckler . She leads me over to a human, he's amongst more of the Wayfarer's, but clearly not one of them.
"Well met Banner. I have an investment in you. This surprises you? Let's just say trade hasn't been as good since those Vah Shir types started prowling around. I have some work for you. Don't worry about those Wayfarer types --they see me as an asset and I have use of them, so my ...ahem... business dealings are overlooked. First off, do you need a Well-balanced Axe ? I reforged it myself! Best price in Norrath! Now about your first job..."
I couldn't afford Shady's wares, yet his offer of employment seems worthwhile. I spend several seasons in Everfrost hunting about for mammoth tusks . The hunt is long and tedious as the mammoths have become rare (the local Wayfarers tell me of a time past when the mammoths even roamed through their camp). I am forced out of the icy plain by a vile orc named Redwind and his clan of followers. He became aware of my profit seeking... I have another foe to add to my list of grudges.
I return to the Commonlands. Shady isn't impressed with my haul of goods (I don't tell him that I sold most of my hunt well before returning to him). He insists I play a hand of cards to determine my next mission. I'm not sure if I won the hand (Shady's rules are hard to follow), but I am to find passage through the Timorous Deep and proceed to a contact Shady has somewhere in the lost continent.
I depart from a dock in South Ro, a strange gnome wishing me luck on my journey. Luck is what I do not have, as a wave sweeps me off the boat near an island guarded by elven scouts . The elves chase me off and the storm tosses me about... adrift I end up back at the dock in Ro with the gnome, smiling... and wishing me luck on my journey. I grit my teeth and prepare to try again.
[/ooc I've actually been back in Upper Guk a bit. I need a break from the inefficiency of me trying to solo it (no merc) at this level. Everfrost was really lacking in roaming mobs over the bulk of the plains... not sure if the placeholders were all bunched up somewhere or what. My death on the docks in East Freeport was funny as I was hailing the gnome but not quite close enough for the text to trigger my port? Go visit my body if bored on Povar... Timorous Deep I barely ever used... and the map I have isn't quite right. That was 45 minutes in a zone only to die... very oldschool EQ. I'm having trouble figuring out where I can bind so I can hunt for a bit and make some gear/level progress rather than spend most of my playtime slow-travelling.]
Edited, Oct 2nd 2013 8:13pm by snailish
Seasons 21-26
I've been on the lost continent for many seasons. This hunt has been difficult. The the outpost could prove useful I think, but this isn't where I was sent to work.
Shady told me "My contact works outside of Cabilis, He will help you gain status to work within the city itself. From there you'll be able to recover artifacts for me from the goblins, Sarnaks and such". He was interupted by a peasant woman from East Freeport (she looked familiar...) crying something about "You promised me a mystic tambourine". Shady winked at the women and said "No worries my lady, my large green friend here is just on his way to visit some goblins and retrieve you a tambourine".
The contact outside Cabilis didn't recognize my signal, or chose to not. Perhaps Shady's information was out of date, no matter... the Iksar aren't willing to work with me at this time. I'm left with no choice but to follow the hunting trails into the woods. I spend much time among the goblins and forsaken bandits. I return to Shady, triumphant with a mystic tambourine . He pays me an extra gold and some silver for this prize. He tells me my next mission... it surprises me. I don't depart right away, I am curious.
The peasant woman returns. I hear the price on the tambourine "6 gold 8 silver and 6 copper, not a coin less for this my dear. It is the finest in Norrath". The woman stomps away while he smirks. Shady indeed...
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Current gear as of level 27: head , back , face , hands , shoulder , neck , range , secondary , arm , feet , wrist x 2 , chest , legs , primary .
[/ooc: Ran into the crashing issues in Overthere which cost me a death... I might have levelled into the late 30s there otherwise. If/when it is fixed, I'd love to know. Harmtouch I am leaning on --it nearly oneshotted the Iksar Bandit Lord. Now that I have feign death, I think I will have more success hunting interesting places. Thanks to the newb armor, my stats aren't horrible for the eras I have been playing in, but it certainly restricting my rate of progress.
I posted my gear as I liked reading Jophiel's list for Shisu a while back, and maybe some of you can think of some "In the spirit of this" upgrades I could go chase down without needing PoK. I'm willing to magus, translocate and Luclin Spire. My inability to bind somewhere safe has actually been the biggest drag on the whole concept so far. I seem to have: Grobb, Neriak, LDoN camps (some... others are bugged), Shadowhaven, Overthere (zone messed presently), Ogguk... ???]
Edited, Oct 4th 2013 7:35pm by snailish
I've been on the lost continent for many seasons. This hunt has been difficult. The the outpost could prove useful I think, but this isn't where I was sent to work.
Shady told me "My contact works outside of Cabilis, He will help you gain status to work within the city itself. From there you'll be able to recover artifacts for me from the goblins, Sarnaks and such". He was interupted by a peasant woman from East Freeport (she looked familiar...) crying something about "You promised me a mystic tambourine". Shady winked at the women and said "No worries my lady, my large green friend here is just on his way to visit some goblins and retrieve you a tambourine".
The contact outside Cabilis didn't recognize my signal, or chose to not. Perhaps Shady's information was out of date, no matter... the Iksar aren't willing to work with me at this time. I'm left with no choice but to follow the hunting trails into the woods. I spend much time among the goblins and forsaken bandits. I return to Shady, triumphant with a mystic tambourine . He pays me an extra gold and some silver for this prize. He tells me my next mission... it surprises me. I don't depart right away, I am curious.
The peasant woman returns. I hear the price on the tambourine "6 gold 8 silver and 6 copper, not a coin less for this my dear. It is the finest in Norrath". The woman stomps away while he smirks. Shady indeed...
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Current gear as of level 27: head , back , face , hands , shoulder , neck , range , secondary , arm , feet , wrist x 2 , chest , legs , primary .
[/ooc: Ran into the crashing issues in Overthere which cost me a death... I might have levelled into the late 30s there otherwise. If/when it is fixed, I'd love to know. Harmtouch I am leaning on --it nearly oneshotted the Iksar Bandit Lord. Now that I have feign death, I think I will have more success hunting interesting places. Thanks to the newb armor, my stats aren't horrible for the eras I have been playing in, but it certainly restricting my rate of progress.
I posted my gear as I liked reading Jophiel's list for Shisu a while back, and maybe some of you can think of some "In the spirit of this" upgrades I could go chase down without needing PoK. I'm willing to magus, translocate and Luclin Spire. My inability to bind somewhere safe has actually been the biggest drag on the whole concept so far. I seem to have: Grobb, Neriak, LDoN camps (some... others are bugged), Shadowhaven, Overthere (zone messed presently), Ogguk... ???]
Edited, Oct 4th 2013 7:35pm by snailish
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