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by Da O'Toth Greetings me friends! Let me introduce meself -- I'm Da(BNM).... A beyond-naked-mage..... Well, on to my tale -- I finally convinced me handler Da O'Toth to let me embark on that long-awaited quest for me 3rd dot -- at the still tender young age of thirty..... :) Me cherished equipment was: Frog's (Short) Staff of Health [drained, ya betcha]: -4 Mana Frog's Amulet of Dyslexia: -9 Man, -3 Mag Hyena's Ring of Frialty: -12 Man, -10 Str Ring of Trouble: -9 All Ok, let's get them numbers outa the way, me stats, at the beginning of me quest were: Strength 13 Magic 198 Dexterity 24 Vitality 23 Life 62 Mana 429 Me important spells were: Fire Ball 9 Chain Lightn. 7 Guardian 7 [Firebolt 15] Stone Curse 8 Golem 6 O'Toth dinna send me on any Adria shopping trips, nor did he let me accept any gifts o'books or elixirs -- only cursed items.... so me stats are a wee bit low.... But a did hae one great advantage -- Sir_Percy{SNOB} is me room mate at, as O'Toth calls it, the Hard Disk Hote (dunno why he thinks it's funny).... Well, noble Sir Percy spent many a hour co-oping with the grandest one of them all -- Percy(BNM) himself.... Why, he was even there that memmorable day when Percy(BNM) reached clvl 50 by whacking that tripple immune lawyer with a trusty Useless (Small) Axe of the Pit.... Sir Percy is very observant, so he was able to pass on much knowledge to me -- and we had much time to converse as we languished at the Hard Disk, while O'Toth was "busy with RL" - whoe'er that is.... Well, off to the acount of the long-awaited quest.... Dungeon Level 13 -- the monsters were..... To tell ya truthfully, I dinna know -- the stairs to 14 were right next door, and O'Toth had admonished me not to do any un-needed killin.... Somethin to do with Sir_Percy levelen-up during his quest, and only getting his 3@31..... Dungeon Level 14 -- I cast me Guardian out the stair room -- hm, some hits, some pass-thru's -- a mixed mob..... Turned out to be Black Knights and Fire Drakes. Ha! Dinna even have to use me stone curse.... Fireballed the knights, and chained the drakes real nice and easy..... And, in the third room I cast me trusted Guardian into, he dinna even fire once! -- we found the stairs to 15.... Dungeon Level 15 -- Me Guardian started firen away right away, an hitten too.... Turned out to be Azure Drakes.... Had to use a bit of cursen here, but then broke the statues easy with a few fireballs.... And the Guardian helped too.... But then I was gitten hit by firbolts -- not from the Guardian, some Counselor snook up on me.... Well, the Guardian stung him a bit, I cursed him and fireballed him.... So, 't was Azure Drakes and Counselors... Goin' was a bit slow, but not problematic. Cleared about 1/4 of the level, and found Lazarus's room..... Got the ladies to come out with a few flamewaves.... Stoned and fireballed them easily..... Tried to get some of the Advocates to come out and play with me -- but they dinna want to..... Nor did the archbishop.... So I woke me trusted Golem (the real one, not a warrior friend :) and steered him into the room. Then cast some stone curse to help him. Walked along the outside of the room, listenin to him beat'n up the Acvocates -- when they started flashin, I'd cast another stone curse at 'em..... When Golem died, I just cast a new one, and so on. After a while I was able to join him inside, makin statues, and even helpen out whacking them with me staff.... Done Lazarus in that way..... Ah, none of them dropped anything worthwhile.... One of the witches did drop a Fool's Crest with +1 dfe... that plus the -4 All, got it close to being of interest to a beyond naked mage.... Too bad there are no totally cursed uniques..... Well, the pentagram was just over the wall from Laz's lair, so I just teleported over the wall, and into the center of the pentagram -- an sure left some mad spluttering Counselors there..... Dungeon Level 16 -- Well, you know tha mobs that live there..... The wall arrangement was the open one. No big problems, just took time -- lure one or two Blood Knights to me, curse them, and fireball away (took plenty -- five or six or so, except for the ones me Guardian stung on the way). When I was out luring knights, I'd just weave and dodge those fireballs -- happy feet time :).... Once all the knights in an area were dispatched, it was statue and golem time again (and me whackin with me staff a bit to help).... Cleared around the two-lever room, and the front of the one where big D was awaitin.... Moved the levers with telekinesis, and set a layered firewall barrier in the corridor.... Then went and got big D to come out with Holy Bolt.... Kept porting over the firewalls with big D chasing me, and him gettin burned a bit each time he'd go across.... back and forth we went til I got careless (waited too long to quaff a potion) and died..... Happened three times..... The third time I died, big D stopped in the firewall -- ah dinna even have time to tell O'Toth to restart in town, when big D's chest ripped open and his guts came fountainin out.... ['t wasn't that cheesy trick, since it all happened so fast]..... O'Toth made me watch the whole ending movie all over again -- somethin about gettin into the mood, gettin ready for D2.... Whatever..... He finally did start a new game -- and there I was layin on the hard ground -- dead! O'Toth said it was that damn o'trouble jewel.... I was getting tense, was about to ask O'Toth for some Ranus Deshidratus Pills to calm me nerves, when he told me not to worry, that yes, this was a multi-solo game, but he had the forsight to do it on modem (instead of a fictitios LAN), so someone could come in if need be.... Well, whatever.... He did say not to worry, anna trust him.... Anyway, next I tried, and suceeded, in drinking a yellow potion (always have some of those and some MS scrolls for the old 1-2-getting-your-mana-shield-back-up routine). I was alive! But -- where was I? O'Toth said he couldn't see me.... and I couldn't access my inventory or anything..... Oh, oh -- Ranus Deshidratus Pill time again I thought -- but then O'Toth tried the "new game" button -- and that worked! And I'm alive and well..... and alls well that ends well..... So, that's me tale...... Verily, 't was fun.... Da(BNM) [as told to Da O'Toth] |