A bonus related to Paw is you don't have to go far to sell your loot.
There's a Centaur camp in S Karana and in one of the houses there resides a
named Centaur who also doubles as a merchant.
I'm not sure if the named Aviak in the South West corner of the zone sells
too - he doesn't like me.
The centaur camp is roughly in the north east part of the S Karanas zone -
turn left when you come OFF the bridge and head inland slightly, should
find it after a couple of minutes.
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From: David Rubino [SMTP:
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Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 1:48 AM
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Subject: [eqbards] Paw - Bard heaven
From: David Rubino <
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My friends . . . many of you are asking for great places to hunt, and so I
woulod like to make a single recommendatin that I KNOW will work. Starting
at Level 12, go to Paw. You won't regret it.
I got enough loot AND experience there (at the same time) to stay there
from Level 13 to until I got Level 19. And on Fenin Ro there is NEVER
anyone there (2 people at 8:00 in the evening one night, amazing).
Before I describe the place let me just say that I finished my banded set
at Level 14, and finished my bronze platemail set at Level 18. I bought my
first combine longsword at Level 15, and my second at Level 17. I still
have 200 plat left over.
And this was all solo . . .
Buy about 4 backpacks, you'll need them.
Paw is the home of the Splitpaw Gnolls. You can find it by heading
directly south when you cross into S Karana from the Bridge from N Karana.
You will in time see hills and some rock spires that look like a Paw. There
is a cave which leads to the zone entrance.
At the entrance you will find Gnolls. Probably Level 8-10 or so. Most will
ignore you.
Eventually you will meet guards . . . which you can easily solo, and for
good exp. They are level 10-12 maybe. They may have cloth armor. Keep it.
They may have rusty weapons. Get used to destroying them, not worth their
weight.
You will also find Shamans. These are pretty weak, also about level 10-12.
They carry much better loot. Keep gems, they are lightweight and valuable.
The wooden totems sell for a plat a piece. The only weapon you should keep
is the occasional cracked staff, which also sell for 1 plat.
Eventually, you will be able to take nobles. They are Level 13-15. They
carry cloth, gems, but also Snakeskin Armor, which sells for about 7 plat
for each piece to other players.
After that, you will find there are two big rooms which are often camped
and which you should camp if you can. One room has three nobles, one
Captain (Level 16) and High Shaman Lenrel (Level 16 or 17). Lenrel carries
a Runed Totem Staff sometimes. Those sell for about 30 plat to other
players. The other room has two nobles, three commanders (Level 15 or 16),
and High Shaman Ren'Rex. Rex also drops a staff from time to time. Captains
and commanders drop snakeskin often.
Use your lull song ALL the time. There is a place with 4 shamans and 2
guards that I basically lived for two levels. I would lull up to 4 of em
and take the other two one at a time. Worked great.
The real kicker? Gnolls hate water. They won't swim after you to try to
kill you. And almost everywhere is close enough to water to get there
before you die. So trouble does not mean death.
There are some other secret places, and other things you will figure out
(some monk quests as well). But this should be good enough.
Oh, and get used to being encumbered. Yes you can carry about 50 over your
weight limit and still win every fight again things that con blue.
Good luck!
-Musil
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