Well that event was certainly fun. Loved the maze and the craziness of trying to find ropes and such. Silvers were a nice addition as well. The blockers are fine, but scripting the blocking seemed a bit unfair. Either way though, it was fine since we all felt their wrath.

I do have to humbly ask opinions though. I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer but it seems like my prize is woefully under powered compared to all of the other prizes that have gone out. I have a glorified 1x/4.5 hour small statue (5 charge cap). Yes, that's right. A small statue. The ones you can recharge and buy in the pawnshop. And the kicker is, this one actually takes MIU to use, whereas regular ones do not. Not sure if it was intended to use MIU or not, but even if it's broken in that respect, it's still a small statue.

Seems like compared to everything else in my run and the other items I've seen this doesn't even come close to a real prize. :( I know I have horrendous luck but this was just blah.

Fun event to run I guess, but I do feel slighted. Am I off base?

Best,
Jim

So it is a small statue that you can get 4.5 hours from once a day? If so thats pretty sweet. I would be interested in buying it actually.

Chad, player of a few

Sorry, no no. It self charges once every 4.5 hours (288 minutes) with a 5 charge cap. It's still 20 minute duration.

If I'm off base I must not understand the value but would love to be educated!

Best,

Jim/Tk

Ah, well, still, nice item. 1.5 hours a day is still pretty good.

If you wouldn't use it just sell it for silvers to buy yourself something else.

Chad, player of a few

<<I haven't seen the item in question myself. But are you absolutely sure the duration is a flat 20 minutes and is not based off your MIU skill instead?


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Standard 1712, so yes 20 min then 30 seconds per MIU/AS ranks I believe. Good point! Forgot about the fact that wagglers would get a good couple hours out of each rub! Thanks guys! I feel less grumpy! :)

Best,

Jim/Tk

Basically, you will never need another small statue again. Ever.

So, yeah, pretty durn good item.

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I got a 4x wand bow for my run. I think they've sold them off the shelf since then.

Trade?

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It would be like . . . 2 hours of phenomenal hunting through the entire game, lightning flares everywhere. Then nothing. Forever.

Fail? It's only 12/12/12!

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Funny, I came to the same conclusion after testing the new DM buckler all day - no shatters, all disarms (from players and critters alike).

We used steel and cheap critter weapons for worse breakage material too..

Thanks for the info...also, there was some heated debate about enchanting a base adamantine shield and in the end the enchanter removed the temper (probably wisely so). It was suggested the difficulty was near to obsidian? If there was a reference point it would be interesting to note.

Let's settle the debate. Don't enchant adamantine. It's not impossible, but it's improbable. Big enhancives shouldn't be as difficult as obsidian, adamantine, ruby, alexandrite, stone, etc, but they will still be very hard.

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I did some basic enchanting with a dagger made of stone for awhile. It was a wild enchanting ride and I never did manage to get it to 4x (got tired of the experiment after awhile). If you are bored and want to play around with it I'll be happy to lend it to you.

-- Robert aka Faulkil

Inside a woven copper strand basket with a partially melted handle, you see an indigo shade-newt, a scattering of deathstone granules, a miniature house-shaped topiary, and a carved miniature twisted tree with a jagged burn mark down the trunk.

Not impossible...wish those words were read as warning and not tempting...

And so it was received.

Warnings are useful, because they describe the limits of 'normal'.

Each of us aspire to be 'more than normal'. So while a warning was received, it does not deter at least me from exploring the 'more than normal' side.

And yes, no delusions -- I recognize 'normal' and 'more than normal' are both described within the context of character. Yearning, however, remains unaddressed. . .

Doug

>Each of us aspire to be 'more than normal'. So while a warning was received, it does not deter at least me from exploring the 'more than normal' side.
>And yes, no delusions -- I recognize 'normal' and 'more than normal' are both described within the context of character. Yearning, however, remains unaddressed. . .
>Doug

When a GM tells you it's not impossible, but it's improbable, I take that more to mean that it doesn't matter how much skill you get, it's still not going to happen unless you get like 5 open die rolls in a row. It's like saying, it's not impossible to get a -2500 lock on a box, but it sure is improbable.

Sorry if I created some controversy on the subject. The only reason I mention it from a GM perspective is I'd hate to see someone blow up a precious metal like adamantine. I vote test away on stone or obsidian though! I asked a wizard to try to get me a few stone daggers up to 4x, but it was no go after I probably killed them a few times. Haha.

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All this talk and all I can think of is Balinworn's balsa wood chain mail. I think I laughed till I cried when he handed that to a merchant who was working "only on wood."

I have a set of plate, breastplate, and hauberk all fashioned of wood and brought to 4x. The wood dagger was only able to be brought to +15 (for some reason that counts as 7x on wood weapons but no weapon armor)