>>Darkevilwhatever: When you were wet behind the ears,what was the first item you owned that you thought was really great, even if it wasn't?

In AOL days, gleaming silver armor.

After I returned to the game (effectively as a newbie, since I had to re-learn everything), the ice blade.

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For me it was my first bow that I made. Really at circle 10 with bow like maybe 20 ranks my bow actually sucked but I was so proud of my first hand-made bow.

Zinaca and her full-grown raccoon, Shadow

PS I love the signature one of you had about good friends...thanks it made my day.

I saved up a ton of money from goblins and made my first trip outside Zoluren to go buy an Elven longsword.

- Starlear -

a gracefully curved scimitar with a pair of cambrinth wings set in the guard

I had fun having a cambrinth weapon to fight and focus with even if the weapon itself wasn't great, and it makes me look forwards to getting one of the weapon foci someday.

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I like to imagine that the popping sound of PD is kind of like the fire swamp.

the "old" slice katar when that shop in shard first opened. Hand Stitched travelers pack (still own). The first Bastard sword... swapable! Nisha Short bow.

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>> tap axe
>>You tap a tyrium hurling axe with a crude etching on the blade inside your weapons belt.

>>R> l axe
>>Your axe is emanating a powerful sense of holiness.

>>Two round circles sit alongside a sloppily scratched flask.

When I asked a drunk dwarf to alter my tyrium hurling axe. He asked what I liked. I said naked women and beer. End result: best alteration ever.

broken hee scuffed leather boots. made even more bad ass after a lot of people had the typo fixed. the humanity. still own them.

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Elven longsword. Glad I am not the only one. Next was a kite shield from Theren. Good times. Lost both on the NTR when reavers killed me and no one ever stopped to say, "Oh look, a deader, let's help." That was before I was aware there were travel scripts. Or any scripts for that matter. Or macros. I was a slow learner.

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Two-fisted marauder's blade

When Shard first was opened (the Gondola opened) and everything in Shard was awe and new and super nice. This item stoud out to me, I played an oddity of a Thief (at least to me, who used two-handed swords), but as a teenage two FISTed -that seemed so awesome- marauder -that made it so much more awesome-, it was just a must have, that I was so proud of owning and using.

I don't still have because I don't have anything from prior to me leaving the game for over a decade and finally coming back in 2009.

Did anyone else constantly try and guess which appraiser descriptors were better then others or worse then others? I'm so happy for the Genie ranking help.

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a leaf-blade sword

I was a newb (a bit late to the party as well, joining in 2005), but I found a leaf-blade sword sitting on the ground in frogs outside of Haven. JUST SITTING THERE. I yelled about finding a lot sword for a few days, but never found an owner. Thankfully I also knew enough to tell that I wan't under grave robbing mechanics.

Knowing nothing about the available weapons in NPC shops, I thought my new sword was the bees knees because it had a fancy description while providing me with a second weapon type I could train. Whereas my scimitar was very plain. And the fact that someone would leave such a treasure, made me just squeal in delight whenever I looked at it in my backpack.

Nikpack

flame-etched hanger (from Struans in Steelclaw) with Brightwings Warrior Mage engraving.

<<Elven Longsword, GSWP! I remember making runs to get items like this and sell them in Crossing in front of the bank...good times!>>

1. Go to stone clan: purchase enamel-hilted longswords, visored basinet helms,and dwarven great helms for a few silvers

2. Go to Crossing: Sell them in front of the bank for 2 plat each (a lot in 1998)

3. Profit

whatever

I love this thread.

Mine was: a bright yellow skirt trimmed with tiny seashells

I was also always envious of some Elven stalking boots. I wanted some so bad!

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Mine's a bit less old than some of yours, but cambrinth prayer beads.

I've had a lot of items I thought were kinda cool, but nothing that just made me stand up and go 'thisisthebestthingeveromgponies!!' in joy.

Possibly an altered cassock (most of the ones at the time were super dark emo 400 word description ones).

I know there was some stuff at the Ice fest I drooled over and really wanted, but couldn't afford (I was a kid, so making money didn't make sense to me).

Mine was the old seven star empire broadsword.

A discolored broadsword faintly etched with a seven-pointed star is a heavy edged melee-ranged weapon.
A discolored broadsword faintly etched with a seven-pointed star trains the large edged skill.

You are certain that it could do:
low puncture damage
somewhat heavy slice damage
fair impact damage
no fire damage
no cold damage
no electric damage

The discolored broadsword is poorly designed for improving the force of your attacks.

You are certain that the broadsword is fairly balanced and is decently suited to gaining extra attack power from your strength.

You are certain that the discolored broadsword is of average construction, and is in pristine condition.

The discolored broadsword is made with metal.
You are certain that the discolored broadsword weighs exactly 35 stones.
You are certain that the discolored broadsword is worth exactly 3157 Dokoras.

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Sunhammer once gave Dianelle a milady's cloak. I had no idea it was armor but I thought it was the COOLEST thing ever. She wore it all the time, even doing boxes, which is how I found it out it was armor when acid destroyed it. I cried so hard.

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>>Aldauth scythe blade

Saved forever for one of these too. I even trained ME just to use it. It's still one of my favorite weapons in DR.

i like simple stuff, my halo is one of those things that no one else has and i only pull out for special occasions and was probably my first really unique item ever.

a battered emerald green halo wrapped with silk orchids

Bent and battered, the gleaming emerald surface peeks out from behind a series of hand crafted pale orchids. Wrapped carefully around the abused halo, the blossoms' stunning white tone distracts from the piece's chips and flaws. Offsetting the mistreated gem halo, masterfully applied folds and twists of the white silk capture the essence of the flowers in their fullest blossom.


it kind of is one of those things that kind of sums up who syn is. =)

Really light carved cane. When someone gave me one that was light and nice stats, I thought that it was so great as a new player. Then my ornate emerald-inset recade and atapwi. I loved any weapon from the wooden shack in Leth.


Abison/Rystien