Well, if you're gonna give spoilers, might as well label them.
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, SteelWolf wrote:
>
> >Emperor Crush - The dude that runs the whole show. If you take him
> down, you get a real nice piece >of small magical ringmail...
>
> (Dwarven Ringmail Tunic)
And he doesn't have it all the time. 12AC, 4.5 lbs, +8 to
magic, fire, and cold resist.
> >Royal Guard - A orc ROGUE if you believe it...I do, because his
> backstab is brutal
Always carries a bronze weapon. Sometimes it's a silly dagger
that sells for 2 gp, but usually it's a rapier that sells for
4pp. He's backstabbed me for 82. Be careful. :-)
> >Lord Darish - Haven't met up with him often (Even as
> my level 15 Warrior alter ego) Not sure what >good he is...
>
> I believe Darish also carries some special axe, although I'm not
> certian. he spawns in the "throne room"
He carries a dwarven axe from time to time. Nonmagical, but
6/26 for the one-handed version, which is much better than the
minotaur axe most people are using by the time they're able to
take Darish. Not sure of the stats on the two-handed version.
> >The Prophet - An oracle on steroids...
>
> The scariest thing is The Prophet does is buff DVinn and Crush with
> Spirit of the Wolf. I had no idea he was doing this when I'd been to CB
Ah, that explains why Dvinn was able to catch up to me when I
was running backwards. :-) Someone kept letting Dvinn loose
so I was trying to lead him to my party, but I kept outrunning
him and losing him if I ran forward; so I tried running
backwards to keep him in sight, but he kept hitting me.
> Dvinn seems to also have a racial hatred toward Wood Elves, as does Dorn
> in the 2nd Northern Ro Dervish Camp. Maybe the hatred is toward bards,
> but I'm inclined to believe it's actually Wood Elves. Perhaps all Dark
I think Dorn (and Giz Dinree, next to the Freeport docks) will
attack you if you follow just about any good diety. Several
agnostic folks (all humans) have told me that Dorn does not
attack them. Doesn't matter anymore. Dorn gets to die just
about every time I pass by now. :-)
> I went to Crushbone the other day at Level 19, and Crushbone was a blue
> con but to me was like fighting 2 dervish thugs at 17th or 18th, I
> couldn't take him alone.
Well the thing about Crush is that everyone wants his tunic,
so if you start to lose, just drag him into a crowd and
everyone will jump in trying to steal the kill.
> The Prophet was VERY easy to kill.
Depends. If he or any of the oracles for that matter cast
walking sleep on you, your attack rate goes way way way down.
You can still kill him, but if anything else jumps into the
fight, even if it's something you could normally take, you
will have problems. I wish they had a spell that slowed down
casting time to slow down all the spellcasting kill stealers
in Crushbone...
> drop a Shiny Brass Shield (AC10, +10vsMagic, Lightstone)
Camped like you wouldn't believe. It is supposed to be
required for the screaming mace quest, but it isn't really.
You need it to prompt the NPC to tell you the next steps to
complete the quest, but if you already know from word of
mouth, you can keep the shield and just go on to the other
items.
> >Taskmaster -
> Slaver Boss. Has a nice leather whip to reach out and touch someone
Talk to the dwarven smithy slaves. The taskmaster also
sometimes has an earring. Dunno what it does though.
> with...Actually >found behind the castle.>Rondo - Dwarven Bandit found
> in the mines. He appears to be cooperating with the orcs. Good >reason
I heard a dwarf somewhere in Kaladim wants his tongue.
> There is also a very rare spawn called "the warlord", he can have a
> Bracer of Battle. It's a very good piece of armor I hear in its own
> right, but you also need it to complete the quest for the screaming
> mace, along with the shiny brass shield.
I made the mistake of giving the screaming mace to my group's
cleric. She got so giddy about the damage she was doing with
it that she tried to melee DVinn with us. Apparently the AI
is smart enough to try to interrupt spellcasters. Every time
she tried to cast a heal spell on one of us, Dvinn would
immediately turn around and attack her, interrupting her. She
and our rogue died, I zoned with one bubble left. She learned
her lesson though. :-)
If you haven't figured out yet, kill stealing of the higher
mobs in Crushbone is a problem. Talk to people, get friendly
with them, and be nice. Nothing is funnier than someone
falsely accusing you of kill stealing (which is another thing
kill stealers seem to like to do) and to have a half dozen
people speak up saying how nice a guy you are. I've actually
given away a dwarven axe, ringmail tunic, and bracer of battle
to random folks who've helped me. Of course, the notion of
accusing a bard of kill stealing is rather ridiculous. If a
bard can steal your kill, you probably couldn't have killed it
by yourself in the first place. :-)
--
John H. Kim
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