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On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:29:52 -0400, EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com>
wrote:

>"Well this is pretty lousy, and no two ways about it," Amarice griped as
>she continued her hard slog through the True Tomb of Tal Rasha. The tomb
>was massive and it seemed like around every corner there was a new pack
>of fire-flinging Ghoul Lords and lightning-spewing Steel Scarabs.
>
>"You ain't kidding," her merc, Paige, shot back. "Our gear sucks, our
>resists are hopeless, and these beasties hit way too hard."
>
>"I wish we had better bows," Amarice said. "A two-socket Stag Bow and a
>blue Composite Bow? Useless, all but. Only good thing is the two perfect
>skulls. Shame I can't find a rare short war bow with two sockets, eh?"
>
>"Find one for both of us," the Rogue said. "That'd be nice."
>
>"No kidding," Amarice said.
>
>They turned a corner and ran SMACK into a boss pack of Apparitions
>backed up by Gorebellies and more Ghoul Lords. Thankfully as they backed
>up, shooting and thinning out the crowd, Amarice spotted the tell-tale
>glow of the Circle of Seven Symbols and its receptacle.
>
>"That must be where the Horadric Staff fits," she guessed. "Let's see
>what it leads to, eh?"
>
>"Are you sure about this?" Paige said. "You know what happened last time
>you opened a big door and said 'Let's see what it leads to.'"
>
>"Yeah, it led to Andariel!" Amarice said. "Don't worry, just stay beside
>me and we'll puncture whatever awaits us."
>
>As it turned out, it was Duriel that awaited them, and he was a big 
>bugger with lots of hit points and a nasty freezing aura. Fortunately by 
>dint of potion-gulping (Amarice had quite a few Greater Healing Potions 
>by now) he went down, and on they went to Kurast after conversing with 
>the Archangel Tyrael and various townsfolk.
>
>"Blah," Amarice muttered; the rain and humidity were not to her liking 
>and what the weather did to her bowstrings was just criminal. 
>Nevertheless, she and Paige geared up and headed out.
>
>Packs of little jungly tribesmen were a pain in the butt, hunting for 
>squishy bits of dead guys that went SQUELCH into Amarice's Horadric Cube 
>was icky, but by dint of a lot of fighting and questing they slowly 
>levelled up and Amarice was able to don her new amulet (+12 resist all 
>and 3% life steal) at level 25.
>
>At which point, she was also entering the Durance of Hate and descending 
>to find Mephisto.
>
>Various badly-behaved beasties barred her and Paige's way and some came 
>close to killing them both: the Undead Stygian Doll boss exploded 
>nastily and after that came Bremm Sparkfist backed up by a pack of Blood 
>Lords, but they persevered and finally only Mephisto remained.
>
>"YOU'RE TOO LATE!" he howled, laughing, as he attacked: Amarice had to 
>gulp a lot of potions fighting him, but both her and Paige survived the 
>battle and soon he was down, leaving the two of them to rake over the 
>useless items he'd dropped.
>
>The dark, ominous portal awaited, and they emerged into the Pandemonium 
>Fortress.
>
>The story of which, will be told tomorrow!

D*mn, it's been so long, I've forgotten the appropriate reply: Spot -
SBPP - More, please ;-)

ald
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