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On May 20, 1:41 pm, EvilBill <quake2li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> SWEETSPEARGIRL'S LAST GLORY
>
> Chapter 1: Hymn to the Spearazon in the Hall of Double Rogues
>
> Cast of Characters:
> - SweetSpearGirl, the Once-Again-Reset-to-Start Amazon
> - Euyfura, Rogue on Guard Duty
> - Kashya, Rogue el Frustrato
>
> TAKE HEED AND BEAR WITNESS TO THE TRUTHS THAT LIE HEREIN, FOR THEY ARE
> THE LAST LEGACY OF THE HORADRIM...
>
> SweetSpearGirl was - quite frankly - bored. She woke up, spent the day
> in the Lut Gholein environs, went to bed, woke up... it was all too
> monotonous. While Euyfura didn't say as much, SweetSpearGirl could tell
> the Rogue shared her feelings. So when one morning they woke, not in
> their pleasant desert-city apartment, but under a slow rainfall on the
> green grass of the Rogue camp, their gear piled next to the stash, it
> was - if anything - a welcome change.
>
> Despite the fact that the world had reset itself AGAIN - and straight
> away Kashya wanted Euyfura on guard duty until Blood Raven was slain.
>
> So SweetSpearGirl - finding that the only gear of hers she could still
> use was a 14% lightning resist charm and a few phat purples - obtained a
> TP scrool ("I need TP for my port-hole!") and a sheaf of javelins, and
> headed out the gate into the wild.
>
> By dint of much throwing of javelins, dispatching zombies, quill rats
> and the usual contingent of annoying little goblins, she finally
> obtained enough gold for a blue spear of Charsi's (5% lightning resist,
> +3 to max damage) and returned to the fray, dispatching more goblins,
> having plugged a point into Jab on reaching level 2.
>
> An experience shrine later, she let herself down into the Den of Evil.
>
> Shamens ahoy! Fire-lobbing goblin leaders bellowed and cast spells;
> their minions swarmed around. SweetSpearGirl lamented her lack of decent
> gear (she was currently wearing a plain Leather Armour, cracked boots
> and a plain Sash) and the rate at which even a level 1 Jab depleted her
> mana; she levelled to 4 in the Den and was able to plug points into
> Inner Sight and Critical Strike, but of course neither of these really
> helped with her mana problem. She did however acquire a Superior Short
> Bow with three sockets, which she knew would make a nice starting weapon
> for Euyfura, should any gems show up.
>
> By the time she reached Corpsefire and his mob, she was completely out
> of mana: having no mana potions, nor room for any in her belt slots or
> backpack! She was secretly glad that the contents of her stash had not
> survived the transition back; there would have been no room for them!
> Although she did sorely miss the large amount of gold she had once
> possessed, her Horadric Cube *had* survived, nestled safely in her
> backpack alongside a number of not-yet-usable charms and a phat purple
> or two. She had already checked its contents - hers and Euyfura's old
> helmets, now 60 or so levels from being usable, plus a pair of Large Charms.
>
> She finished off Corpsefire completely without mana. She had to lure him
> away from the rest of his buddies as a Shaman was throwing fireballs at
> her which were sorely depleting her life (her fire resist at this point
> being zero). SweetSpearGirl was happy at levelling to 5 on Corpsefire's
> death; her life and mana reserves replenished, she set about his band of
> badly-behaved bully boys (try saying that ten times fast!) and the
> troublesome Shaman. Corpsefire had dropped a Triumphant Wand of the
> Apprentice which by comparison with SweetSpearGirl's currently very
> meagre gold reserves sold for a quite shocking amount; he also dropped a
> chipped ruby which she plugged into the first of the three empty sockets
> on the bow she was saving for her Rogue.
>
> Onward and, well, onward. Near a pack of goblins, her Cracked Boots
> broke, but that was no great loss and she pressed on, finding a Mana
> Shrine right when she needed it most and laying out another pack of
> goblins backed up by Gargantuan Beasts. One of the goblins dropped
> another Chipped Ruby which she added to the bow; she was hoping for a
> Sapphire to fill the last socket but realistically of course she'd have
> to add whatever showed up.
>
> And then the Den was clear. Light shone in as SweetSpearGirl made her
> way out, using her spear as a staff to help herself up out of the cavern.
> "I'm getting old," she muttered to herself. "A couple of years ago I
> could have run up out of there."
>
> Evening had fallen in the Rogue camp as she had Charsi repair her gear;
> she sold off the broken boots and watched as the talented smith polished
> the spear's haft and undented the point. SweetSpearGirl lay down to
> sleep till the morning, hoping that tomorrow she could deal with Blood
> Raven and get her Rogue away from guard duty for a little adventuring
> together.
>
> TO BE CONTINUED...
>
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WB!

Great beginning story. Hurry up and get a rogue. I love the girl-on-
girl banter between them!

EB

EB wrote:
> 
> WB!
> 
> Great beginning story. Hurry up and get a rogue. I love the girl-on-
> girl banter between them!
> 
> EB

*grins* The Rogue will be back soon enough, don't worry ;) Part 1 was 
just a teaser really.
Note however this tale is called 'SweetSpearGirl's Last Glory' - there 
won't be another SSG after this one, I'll be moving on to other 
characters <g>

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On Tue, 20 May 2008 08:41:36 -0400, EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com>
wrote:

>SWEETSPEARGIRL'S LAST GLORY
>
>Chapter 1: Hymn to the Spearazon in the Hall of Double Rogues
>
>Cast of Characters:
>- SweetSpearGirl, the Once-Again-Reset-to-Start Amazon
>- Euyfura, Rogue on Guard Duty
>- Kashya, Rogue el Frustrato
>
>TAKE HEED AND BEAR WITNESS TO THE TRUTHS THAT LIE HEREIN, FOR THEY ARE 
>THE LAST LEGACY OF THE HORADRIM...
>
>SweetSpearGirl was - quite frankly - bored. She woke up, spent the day 
>in the Lut Gholein environs, went to bed, woke up... it was all too 
>monotonous. While Euyfura didn't say as much, SweetSpearGirl could tell 
>the Rogue shared her feelings. So when one morning they woke, not in 
>their pleasant desert-city apartment, but under a slow rainfall on the 
>green grass of the Rogue camp, their gear piled next to the stash, it 
>was - if anything - a welcome change.

<snippety-do-dah, snippety-aye>

>Evening had fallen in the Rogue camp as she had Charsi repair her gear; 
>she sold off the broken boots and watched as the talented smith polished 
>the spear's haft and undented the point. SweetSpearGirl lay down to 
>sleep till the morning, hoping that tomorrow she could deal with Blood 
>Raven and get her Rogue away from guard duty for a little adventuring 
>together.
>
>TO BE CONTINUED...

SBPP! :-) I must have missed the reason for the restart, but I can
certainly understand it, I enjoy the beginning levels more than the
end myself, much more of a sense of accomplishment. I'm looking
forward to the next tale with baited breath ;-)

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
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Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
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