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<b>Message ID:</b> 12585 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Wed Jan  5 23:43:38 GMT 2000 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Benjamin Jerrad Segal <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Gnoll hide lariat (was My Yk!!!) <br/>
<br/><br/>
<div id="ygrps-yiv-640950493">On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4 wrote:<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; runed bone fork in the ranged slot.  Opinions: does the stun effect and<br/>
&gt; extra AC offset the lower damage rating?  <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>No.  My current arsenal is:<br/>
Crystalline Blade<br/>
Enamelled Black Mace<br/>
<br/>
The mace is 8/28, and although it&#39;s bulbous head is wearing on me, it&#39;s<br/>
certainly prettier than the ugly stick.  The blade is 11/38, and compared<br/>
to the Runed Falchion (11/34, 4kpp and the thick offbalanced look of a<br/>
scimitar) is plenty for my job.<br/>
<br/>
I recently finished maxing most melee skills (slashing with the whips,<br/>
piercing with Mithril Quill/Dirk, blunt with EB Mace and FS Hammer<br/>
(5/30)), but defense eludes me.  I&#39;m still 6 points short of the 200 cap,<br/>
meaning a lot of ac is waiting to be had.  I tried loading up on int gear<br/>
and getting myself beat up by guards (a newbie asked me what I was doing,<br/>
I told him I was masochistic -.-) to no avail.  For a while I even used<br/>
the Lariats exclusively to attract attention to get hit more, but that<br/>
didn&#39;t pay off either.<br/>
<br/>
Athren</div>