[RPG]Sale (closed) and advice

[Cheiromancer]

The first person to send me 75 gp via RPG will get Ares' suit of studded leather! Regularly priced at 90 gp. I'll send it as soon as I am aware of the payment- and that will usually be less than a day.

Or send me a lesser amount and I'll send it if no-one tops the offer in the few days that follows. If your bid is too low, I reserve the right to just return the money, (my call as to what is too low). I'm going to be upgrading in the next few days (probably), and if I haven't gotten any respectable offers, I'll just sell it at the Equipment shop (for 25 gp, IIRC).

Of course I'll return the bids of folks who don't get the armor- and I'll return your money as soon as I log on if you put in a bid and later change your mind.

Sound fair?

 

[Cheiromancer]

The armor has been sold.

 

[Pielorinho]

Any idea if the auction section will be useable eventually? Seems like you can't auction something unless you enchant it first .

Let me know if you decide to sell a weapon -- I'm in the market to upgrade my staff!

(hush, Hong)

Daniel

 

[diaglo]

Let me know if you decide to sell a weapon -- I'm in the market to upgrade my staff!

(hush, Hong)

so you are going from working alone to acquiring employees for a two man operation

whoa.....

i want pics.

that is a staff i'd like to see working you.

diaglo "stealing Hong's schtick for today" Ooi

 

[Cheiromancer]

Oddly enough, Ares doesn't use any weapons. Just his bare hands. He gets more xp that way.

 

[Pielorinho]

Interrrresting. Maybe I should try that.

At 2nd level, I just fought my first orc, and barely escaped with my life (from almost full HP down to 7 HP at the end). What should I be fighting at this level, do y'all think?

Also, are there any differences at all between the different combat maneuvers? Besides spells, rage, and desperation moves, that is.

Daniel

 

[Cheiromancer]

What you really need is a sparring partner. Someone that you can attack, but not hit very often. And vice versa. Maybe cuz you're both blinded (blindness doesn't seem to affect bot battles, as far as I can tell- if you go blind, don't bother healing it), maybe because you've both got the wind template, etc. You both load up on armor and shields, but don't use weapons. Or spells. Or rage. Or your special move when it comes along.

The object being that you want to get to 5th level ASAP, so you can get the better class of jobs.

GreyShadow and I battled this morning, in an epic bottle that took 75 log entries to record (or was it 76?). Both of us went up more than a full level. (We also used up a total 350 hp of healing potions). I lost, but GreyShadow generously gave me 40 gp as a thank-you. (Thanks GreyShadow!)

What you fight at a particular level has more to do with your equipment than your level. And that will generally depend on how long you have been earning a decent salary (not a ditch-digger) and if you've been battling in xp-rich battles.

Take me for instance- the other day I had 100% rage, and so I decided to fight a troll instead of my usual Wraith. I got killed, of course. The next day (after healing up via a few CLW earned from posts) I decided to fight the wraith instead of an orc, which would have been safer, but not as lucrative. I was low on hp, so its first attack killed me, and so I was down to zero hp, with no money, and few prospects for getting more. If I had been smart, I wouldn't have been more cautious (and less greedy) all the way along. As it was, I burned up a lot of hp (and thus gp in the temple) and got very little xp to show for it. I was dumb.

The decisions you make vary a lot with where you are in your career. Up to today I was breaking even with Wraith battles. I would take 99 or 104 hp damage or thereabouts, and win 40 gp. Enough for a 100 hp potion of healing. So it was just for xp. Today I got a new helm, a suit of dwarven plate, and went up a level. (Two weeks sorcerer salary, with some interest). I hope that tomorrow I will be able to kill the wraith while taking minimal damage, and build up my cash reserves a bit. Maybe tomorrow or Friday I can fight GreyShadow again, and maybe get to 10th level and the job of court magician.

Whatever you do, avoid things like skeletons and kobalds, which don't earn you significant amounts of money when you beat them. The bunny is 5 gp- next is an orc at 20 gp. An orc is chancy however- you need to spar to get high enough to beat it. Then comes the wraith, and then I'm guessing comes the troll.

Good luck!

 

[Cheiromancer]

Actually, after the wraith comes the ogre. That's what I'm fighting now, anyways. Though I don't make much money after healing is accounted for.

Oh, and Ares is now using a bow in combat! It adds 5 to his Str, and +20 to his defense. I am putting my sparring partners on notice that I regard the bow as primarily a defensive item, and so I will not be divesting myself of it in combat!

I was tempted to get a pony instead. At +25/+25 at 500 gp (vs 800 for a bow) it is more cost effective, but I'd feel guilty using it in a sparring match; it is as much offensive as defensive. Plus it looks like a zebra.

I will likely buy one next week, particularly if the defending enchantment is left unchanged. Right now it is the same as the cat's grace enchantment (+25 def for 500 gp), but I have requested Morrus to make it the opposite of Berserker. That would be -25 Str/+25 Def for 250 gp. He hasn't responded to the thread in the week it's been up. If he does change it by next Friday morning, I'd get a few of those enhancements instead.

If folks would like to go over to Meta and express their ideas on my proposed change, please feel free.