June 10, 2010

Another Book Mystery

stargrace June 10, 2010 2Comments

I was finally inspired to log into EQ2 randomly, and as I do every time I log in, I checked the broker for player written books. It’s not unusual after a break for me to find a large selection of books that I do not own, but something was different about this batch.

There are 10 books to this series, each one is called “The Keepers: <player name here>” – it was much to my surprise that I saw that Stargrace was listed as one of the keepers. This is what the book says (of course I bought them all to add to my collection)

Fate has decreed that you possess a tome of great value. You are not the first, the only, nor the last. Your tenure as keeper is temporary.

What you do while keeper has already been written, though it remains hidden from your view.

Reading these words has already determined your fate. For good or for ill, your path has been changed.

You may seek councel in the cards, but you may change nothing.

Tunare will guide you.

THE UNDERFOOT

THE PAST
Two of Coins

What is                What is
Perceived             Revealed
Eight of Tears       Four of Truth

Your                  Your                 Your
Dreams              Identity              Fears
Strength         Five of Tears    Princess of Tears
—————————————————

THE EARTH

THE PRESENT
The High Priest
(reversed)

The Veil               The Mask
Prince of Blades        Nine of Tears

What is
Emotions            Revealed              Logic
King of Blades     Four of Tears        Temperance
(reversed)
—————————————————

THE OVERREALM

THE FUTURE
Theer
(reversed)

What is
Illusion             Revealed           Substance
Three of Coins     Six of Truth      Seven of Tears

What to              What to
Avoid                 Accept
The Queen        Nine of Blades
(reversed)
—————————————————

Now, the formatting is a little messed up when I copied it here, but I thought it was the oddest (and most awesome) thing that I’ve been a part of. What book are they speaking of? I am not actually sure. If anyone knows, please let me know in comments! I’ll be adding these books and the others to my collection, which you can view in the North Freeport Mage tower, under the name of Ellithia on Antonia Bayle. I had contemplated moving her to Halas, but have not yet come to a conclusion on that.

Gaming

Playing the Alt Game (again)

stargrace June 10, 2010 2Comments

I’m pretty good at beating myself up over having alts. I’ve said before that I’ve played WoW off and on since release. My highest character is now level 71, my priest. Instead of working on getting her to 80, I’ve been working on my army of alts. Each of them crafts, and if it were not for the fact that you’re required to have adventure levels in order to raise your crafting, I’d probably not concentrate on them quite so much.

The plus side is that by the time I have one level 80 character, I’ll probably have 4-5 others close. My death knight inched her way to level 62 yesterday, and also managed to get her herbalism into the final stretch, and her alchemy is now capped at 375. I’ll need 65 before I can train for Grand Master, and I’ll need 68 if I want to choose a specialization (which I do).

My shaman is level 54, and yesterday I managed to cap her inscription as well as her jewel crafting. I have quite a stretch before she hits level 65 and can learn grand master, but it’s nice to be there. The hunter is getting close to her current cap, but is only level 50, and hasn’t started on Outland crafting yet. She’s also a skinner, which comes in handy. Unlike the shaman who isn’t a miner nor is she a herbalist, gathering her components can be difficult.

My warlock may only be level 15, but she’s also a crafter, engineering and mining. Long way to go on that one and I don’t bother thinking about it quite yet.

I’ve come to the conclusion that this is just the type of gamer I am. Some people are lucky enough to be able to concentrate on just one character – but me, I haven’t done that since EQ1. It’s not something I should get angry at myself about, after all I do really NEED to make a run for 80? What’s wrong with taking my time as I have been and playing what I feel like playing at the moment. Nothing, really. I’ll get there eventually.

Happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!

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