Woody's Diablo
Asylum
Muscle Mages!
by Charles Warren and
Gyrefalcon
Requirements for a Muscle Mage:
You must create a new mage and designate him with
an (MM) to indicate that you're playing the muscle mage
subtype.
Weapons: A Muscle Mage (or MM for short) shows off
their massive muscles by refusing to use any non-unique weapon
without a strength requirement. If the weapon is a spell stave, it
must be drained of all charges before being used.
Only the following unique weapons may be used by a
Muscle Mage:
Bloodslayer
Hellslayer
Sharp Beak
The Cranium Basher
The Bonesaw
The Grizzly
Storm Spire
Staff of Shadows
Doombringer
Stonecleaver
Hammer of Jholm
Gryphon's Claw
Armor: Any armor used by a Muscle Mage must have a
strength requirement, and the requirement 3 * clvl or 90, whichever
is lower (so you can always wear full plate).
Helms: A Muscle Mage can wear any helm with a
strength requirement.
Shields: A Muscle Mage can wear any shield with a
strength requirement.
Jewelry: All jewelry worn by a Muscle Mage must
make him either stronger or tougher. One of the following must be the
suffix for the jewelry: strength, might, power, giants, titans,
vitality, zest, vim, vigor, life, sky, moon, stars, heavens, zodiac,
fox, jaguar, eagle, wolf, tiger, lion, mammoth, or whale. As long as
the item has one of the approved suffixes, any prefix is
allowed.
Spells: A Muscle Mage may use a scroll at any time
to cast a spell. The following spells are permissible to cast at any
time from memory: Healing, Telekinesis, Stone Curse, Teleport,
Phasing, Town Portal, Golem, and Heal Other. Mana Shield is allowed
to be cast only in Nightmare or Hell difficulties. Should a Muscle
Mage perish in an attempt to clear the dungeon, he may use any spell
to clear away the monsters surrounding his gear. Once the gear is
retrieved, the limitations go back in force.
Items 'of Corruption': Much like a Beyond Naked
Mage, the Muscle Mage places great value on items of Corruption.
There are two things that a Muscle Mage can do with an item of
Corruption: streaking and conquering. Streaking is performed much in
the same way as a Beyond Naked Mage. The Muscle Mage takes all of
their items off except for the item of Corruption. They then enter
the dungeon and attempt to run as far into the dungeon as possible
before dying. If they retrieve their item, they become Streakers of
the nth Order, where n is the dungeon level that they reached.
Conquering is the ultimate goal for a muscle mage. To Conquer, a
Muscle Mage must equip the item of Corruption along with their
regular gear and enter the dungeon using the crack behind Pepin's
house. The goal is then to defeat Diablo without dying. If the Muscle
Mage dies, they must retrieve their gear and start over from scratch.
While conquering, the mage may return to town as often as he
likes.
Trading: Mucle Mages may accept any legit items
that they can use except items of Corruption.