October 2009

Great Views

The screen shot is the night time view out of my guild hall, we have a transportation room set up, and it was just amazing. This weekend was filled with some great gaming, and a visit to my parents place where they have a new kitten that’s getting used to the home. My mystic is slowly closing in on 200aa, and then that character will be what I consider ‘done’. She has 5 pieces of tier 4 gear, her mythical, she’s fully mastered, and once I get her 200th aa there won’t be anything pressing that I feel I need to get done. Then I’ll start working the illusionist to 200 aa. That’s the plan in any case. Chances are I won’t manage to get any of that done, but we shall see!

Crafting while watching episodes of Bleach and Ikkitousen last night was how I spent the evening. I’m trying to get my 2nd woodworker to 80 (different servers) and I have a few other tradeskillers I’m looking to level up. By the end of things I should have all 9 on each server. A little odd, I know but hey I love crafting especially when I can multi task at the same time. I spent some time with the chronomagic ability, mentored myself down to 30 and headed to Fallen Gate to try to kill a few named I hadn’t gained achievements from yet. Outside of Fallen Gate the dragon Ladon was up, he seems to be up fairly frequently, so if you haven’t killed him for aa, don’t forget. He’s level 22 and used to be epic but has since been reduced to heroic.

It was a quiet day, but I still had a blast. Guild mates trickled in and out throughout and I had a really polite tell from a reader of the site (I’m sorry I’ve forgotten how to spell your name, but I remember you sending me the tell) which was sweet. I also managed to drag my templar along to Maidens for her first mythical update. Now she’s waiting on a Korsha raid. Vaults was before Maidens, Ultann is trying to level his dirge up. I believe he hit 72 yesterday, which isn’t too bad.

It’s Monday! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend and I look forward to seeing what adventures I can get into this week! Happy gaming, and I will see you in Norrath!

Sunday Player Book of the Day

(( Another book I have gathered in my Norrathian Museum, to visit the museum head to Antonia Bayle, North Freeport Magical Housing under the name of Ellithia – if you’d like to donate a book to the museum please don’t hesitate to contact me in game via mail! ))

The Teensiests Tongas by Nikatell

Dedicated To: Daenee
The Smartest Little Tonga in The Claymore

Once upons a times, there wasses a Ratonga girl. She was really smarts and learned maths befores she’s could evens walks and how toos read befores she’s could tells Cheddar and Brie cheeses aparts. Howevers, she hads one smalls problems that made things a littles hards. She wasses the teensiest ‘tongas evers.

Yous knows she liked winnings Hide and goes seeks or was really great abouts findings coins that fells belows the tables, but it alsoes meant that the biggers kids wouldn’t let her plays balls with thems. Soes this teensy girls had toos watches them play sports and cheer for her favorites.

One days, a big means wolfs came toos town. He had big teeths that looked biggers than forks, and had fur soes dark Luclin had troubles finding hims at midnights.

This wolfs wasses a bullies and wanted nothing mores than toos eats little ratongas in a soups. Soes when he heard of the childrenses ball games, he’s came ups with a plans.

Using wolfish magics, he createds a stones that would pulls all toys, especiallys balls toos its, hopings toos get the ‘Tongas closers soes he’s could catches thems.

Soes, he snuck ontoos the fields and hid in bushes that he’s carried with hims as his bests disguises. He then waits and waits  and waits and even snores a littles, until he’s hears the childrens coming bys.

Once agains, the Teensy Tonga wasn’t allowed toos plays, soes she sat closes toos the bushes unseen by the wolfs who didn’t sees hers yets.

The rests of the Ratongas played among themselves when the wolfs used his magics stones. The ball went flyings like Woooshes, and swirled in the airs like a ballerinas, before finally fallings in front of the wolfs bush.
Thinkings it part of the games, the children raced toos the bush to see who could get it firsts. All of them touched its at the same times and argued about who was firsts.

“I’s heres.”

“Noes I’s ams”

“Nuh unhs”

“Yun huhs”

All the while, the teensy tonga giggled at how silly they were, when she heard rustling in the bushes. She peered her little head past the leaves and saw the wolfs clawed feet and started to squeek. But it was too late, the wolf jumped out with a sack and captured all the Tongas except for Teensy.

“Hahahaha, I’ve got you now Ratongas, and you’ll all be my dinners.”
“Ohs noes,” the children cried as the wolf sprinted back to his cave three hills overs.

Now, the Teensy Ratonga was all alone and she sat there a minute and brought her tiny hands to her eyes to cry.

“*sniffs* They’s all gones and I’s alones. Now I’s nevers get toos plays with thems.”

She sobbed and sobbed and sobbed until shees could sob no mores, and it wasses when she felt betters that an idea came to mind. She balled her small paws into fists and punched the airs at the wolfs cave.

“Noes, yus not goings toos eat thems yus mean old wolfs. I’s on the jobs.”

And soes the Teensy ‘Tonga ran to the cave, as fasts as her little legs would allow.

When she arrived at the wolf’s cave she gulped seeing how big and scary it wasses. The cave looked like a Giant’s face in the biggest yawn evers, and a chilly wind brushed Teensy’s fur. but her friends were inside and she wouldn’t be afraid. She crept inside.

At the end of the long cold cave was a little rooms, lit up by candles that rested on a million shelves of stone. Teensy climbed upon a rock and looked forward and saw the sack where the children were and the wolf was wearing a silly hat and stirring a big pot of soups.

“Yum yum yum, ratties in the soup”, sung the wolf.

“Noes noes noes, we’s not good for yous”, cried the chldren.

Teensy snuck across the room as she got an idea. She clambered up to the higher shelf and whispered in the wolf’s ear pretending to be a ghost.

“Bad ol’ wolfs, yus noes eats the childrens or yous be haunteds by the phantom ticklers!”

The wolf’s ears flicked and he turned his head, but Teenys ducked behind a candle too fast. He shrugged and turned back to the soup. She crept to his other ear and started to whisper.

“Bad ol’ Wolfs, yus noes eats the childrens or yous be haunteds by the phantom ticklers!”

The wolf’s ears flicked and he turned his head, but again Teensy was too fast. He stirred the soup, but his singing stopped and he looked this way and that worried about the ghostly voice.

Now, Teensy noticed something on the shelf that almost made her giggle at her idea. She wandered to an old dry dishcloth and put it over her and walked back to the wall. She ran forward and leaped onto the wolf’s hat smooshing it down, and gave a scary howl that sounded like.

BLLLALARRRRGHEERRRRRRRSSSS

The Wolf looked up and saw the cloth as Teenys continued her little trick.

“Yous very bads, naughty wolfs. Leave nows or I’s tickles yous forevers!”

With that, Teenys reached her tiny claws down to scritch and tickle behind the wolf’s ears who howled and growled in laughter.

“No! *ahahaha* Please stop *Heee heee hee* I’m sorry. *HOOWL* Sorry ghost, please don’t ahahha”

The wolf ran around and around the room, stubbing his toe on the pot, which made him hop and bump his hand against the shelf, which made him fall, just after Teensy leapt off onto the lower shelves. The wolf clambered up and yelled out…

“You can have the kids, I’m sticking to Carrots. YAAHHHHHH,” and out he ran to the door.

Teensy climbed dwon the shelves and up the bag that held her friends and untied the bag. The children crawled out and hugged Teensy all together.

“Thanks yous, thanks yous! Yus saved usses.”

Teensy knew the way home and lead the children all home in time for dinner. But what happened to Teensy after that?

She became known as the Lady knight of the hill, and the children only played games that she could join in on. They all lived happily, because they knew that if the mean wolf ever came back that Teensy would save the day.

The
End

The Little Guild That Could

From left to right – Calreth (Erudite Wizard), Ibeogur (Ogre Berserker), Ellithia (Wood Elf Mystic), Hamal (Sarnak Assassin)

We did it. Last night the guild of Torrent Knights managed to ding level 50 and unlock the tier 2 guild halls. These halls cost 250p and are quite a bit larger then the T1 hall we had been staying in temporarily. I had drempt about purchasing one for quite some time, and it was always one of those ‘we’ll get one some day’ goals I had in game. Thanks to some massive writ grinding last night by Calreth, Wpus, and myself we managed to make that goal a reality.

Needless to say I spent most of yesterday (0nce the writ grinding was done) unpacking our old hall into the new place, setting up bedrooms in the basement, putting together the crafting area. Purchasing two new amenity (we went with the spires to the Overrealm and the portal to member housing) and just generally running around in the new space having a fantastic time. It was exciting.

Our trophy room now holds 7 guild hall trophies and we’re looking to expand on that. For a guild of less then 10 people, we do surprisingly well. I have heard multiple times on channels (especially on Oasis) that there is no room for small guilds, that there are too many people who choose that rout and that they should be merged into larger guilds. I do not think any of that holds true. Smaller guilds have just as much value as larger guilds, and when they work towards a common goal pretty much anything can be accomplished. I love the friends I’ve made in TK, we talk on a first name basis and we’re pretty close. We have alliances for raids (well those who want to raid at least) and we get just as much done in our small guild as anyone does in a large guild, maybe even more.

I couldn’t be prouder.

Veksar: The Sunken Theater

Last night was one of the first nights in a while that I managed to play my ranger Willamina again. She’s been sitting at 80 for a short while now, I haven’t made any progress at all on her epic because I’ve been busy playing over on Antiona Bayle. When the opportunity came up to head to a quick Veksar: The Sunken Theater instance run, I decided why not. I had not been there before, and the achievement experience was pretty good for me. Not to mention I managed to snag myself another shard or two, and complete a few quests within the zone.

We also had some pretty good luck with drops, the famous ghost dragon dropped a fabled neck piece that went to the brigand (there was no range crit on it, or I would have rolled) and we also got the legendary healer charm to drop, which I have been trying to get to drop for my mystic with little to no luck. All in all, a good run.

Torrent Knights was sitting at 85% through level 48, so I decided to head over there and try to do a few writs before bed, I managed to inch us over to 90% before my eyes threatened to close, and I imagine we’ll get it some time today, as well as begin the trek to 50. Not bad for such a small guild.

It’s Friday! I hope everyone has an amazing day, and happy gaming no matter where you find yourself. I’ll see you in Norrath!

Haunted mansions, guilds, and claymore – oh my!

I finished off the haunted mansion in Loping Plains twice – which allowed me to finally pick up the vampire Lore and Legend book that’s behind the painting at the top of the stairs. The best part of doing these quests is that one of the rewards is a 10 charge recipe for vampiric mirrors, which I use constantly in my houses and the Norrathian Museum I still have in the works. I also completed the haunted house in North Qeynos, which appears to be a one-time only type of quest this year. I was pretty sure in previous years this was repeatable, maybe I’m mistaken.

The most interesting part of yesterday is that Torrent Knights has found itself another guild member. While I never intended to actually lead a proper guild, I am happy that we’re getting a few new members. It always comes with a word of warning, as I am not exactly the same in game as I am on this web site and I always make sure everyone is aware of my nomadic gaming life style, and anything that comes with that. So far it seems to be working out fairly well. I don’t run the guild as a typical guild, it’s exceptionally casual and laid back. Those who don’t feel like they fit in are welcome to stay until they find themselves another home; thankfully it’s never come to that.

The remainder of my time in game was spent working on my claymore quest chain which is still a significant upgrade to my mystic due to the amount that it increases wards by. I’m looking forward to adventuring through Barren Sky today and trying to push the quest further. So far I am on quest 13, I believe there are 29 or so to the series. At least I managed to get the Sanctum of the Scaleborn portion complete, that was always the most difficult part when I was working on it before.

I hope everyone has a fantastic Thursday no matter where you find yourself. Happy gaming!