Operaman shared this tidbit with us....
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I've seen high teen bards with lotsa dough and
connections that already have the lambent BP and other
pieces,

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Hehe, you wouldn't happen to be talking about me,
would you? :) Just before I dinged 20, I managed to
get the greaves, bp and gauntlets. The greaves and
gauntlets were a gracious gift from my mother. The bp
I got on my own (I had help only as far as killing the
mob, a lvl50 bud nuked the gypsy for me, I still had
to go into the house (shiver)) I did get my own
gauntlets, too. But, I'm a merchant bard. I didn't
have much trouble getting the gauntlets, and some guy
offered me an insane amount for them... So, my mother
gave me hers, silly half elf that she is.. She says
blue isn't her color, and they clash with her mithril.
As far as cash... At level 20, my character is more or
less insanely wealthy. I've spent a lot of time
getting this cash... I'm somewhere around 25 days
played, at lvl 20. It's nice, but now that I have a
surname, people think I'm way older then I am. A group
I unknowingly joined in Cazic brought me into the tae
room. 2 hulking gorillas made exceptionally short work
of me. Yeowch... And the beggars... "u giv me xtra
waep pls??" I hate them. If you can amuse me, or rp
well, I'll toss some shinies at you, if you can't type
a sentence in full, begone. Enough of my rant.

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Uberrwink of 20 Seasons
Spirit of the Moon
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