Hambone54 Registered User lvl1
Posts: 2
(11/15/03 2:11 pm) Reply
Finished GM vial last night...
I was scared it took me 12 times for my enchanter to do this eyeglass but i got it on the first try with my rogue...unfortunately i have 2 extra Artisan's seals....
Re: KEI
Here's another quest that raises Circle of Unseen Hands..
From Druid's Grove:
Find Vegalys Keldrane near the north gate. He will be at the top of the guard barracks overlooking the north gate. Tell him 'I am truly serious' and he will give you instructions to kill Robbie Shilster in North Karana and bring back his helm.
Teleport to the North Karana druid ring. Guard Shilster will be near the treeline north of the wooden bridge to East Karana. When you find him, do not kill him. Rather, hand in 5 gp.
Each time you hand him 5 gp, you'll receive some Blackburrow Stout, some experience, and the following faction adjustments:
Factions Raised:
Corrupt Qeynos Guards
Kane Bayle
Circle of Unseen Hands
Bloodsabers
Factions Lowered:
Guards of Qeynos
This is an excellent method of raising the Bloodsaber faction, without lowering a lot of good factions.
Guards of Qeynos faction is easily recovered by killing gnolls in Blackburrow.
This could be done at level 1, but is much easier to do at level 19 with the Ring of Karana spell
Keans Registered User
Posts: 693
(11/25/03 12:07 pm) Reply
Re: KEI
This sure isn't going to make some of you happy, but I (lvl 55, 220 + 5%) just suceeded on my first try. No buffs at all, unless c3 counts. Take it for what it's worth, but here's my story...
I sat in PoK all day trying to max my skill before I tried. I started the day with 185 skill and got it up to 223 eventually. I kept getting c3 for the Int buff and was wearing my alt casters int gear for better chances at skill increases. One thing I noticed (and I'm not saying this is a rule or law or anything, just what I saw) was that on after each skill increase I NEVER failed. That's 35 times in a row I never failed after skill increase, twice I even got back to back increases.
So after making spirit of sloth ALL day long, I was tired and couldn't do it anymore. At this point I had a success rate of about 75-85% on the spirit of sloth so I was actually making money on sell back, so I ran to the bazaar and dropped the 5k to get a seal then went back to training my skill. I decided when I hit 220, I was going to go for it on the very next attempt no matter what. So I got 220, put the seal & vial in, crossed my fingers, closed my eyes, and clicked combine.
Opened them up and sure enough sucess. Final cost = nothing imo. What I spent on components & made back on selling, and the cost of the seal was offset by my new tink bag. Lucky? Eh, probably, but I didn't need any useless dex buffs or an AA skill point to earn mine.
skewerzjoo Registered User
Posts: 221
(12/9/03 1:40 pm) Reply
Re: KEI
level 57...235 skill...no geerlok, no pm1, wis<100 , dex 210...first try...finally, luck has shined upon me...=)
I was totally bumming when I failed the first two times. I guess I got lucky on my 3rd (from reading the above failures...feel for you guys/gals). Then again I was flat broke but I thanked Bristlebane left & right for the success.
Re: Grandmaster Assasins Vial - IMPOSSIBLE!
Finally got mine a couple days ago on the third try. 250 Skill + Geerlok.
Already have the poisons made up for the GMAS... Can't wait to try out the stackable poisons. (Once I can find some people to go to Fear with...)
Re: Grandmaster Assasins Vial - IMPOSSIBLE!
might be flammed but...
Got it in first shot, 203 skill, +3% tool modifier, but poison mastery 3, made the seal in the same day was just a pain for the spiroc components and skyash bile, but was kinda easy, as i allready had the eyerazzia.
Re: Grandmaster Assasins Vial - IMPOSSIBLE!
Poison mastery 3 is pretty huge, that would have helped
Edited by: Hobro Reload at: 1/13/04 8:52 pm
Morticiana Registered User
Posts: 15
(1/14/04 3:39 am) Reply
Re: Grandmaster Assasins Vial - IMPOSSIBLE!
Failed twice on 240 + 5%, after that I was broke so collected the gems and let a guildy combine.
Tried with the combine and with 250 + 5% and it worked
I put the vial in my collapsed mortar and pestal and promptly deleted the collapsed to make room for my burrow cask I had given to someone else to hold.
Petitioned and waited for over 4 hours till 03:30, no reaction though. I got so pissed off that I stripped my dust gathering warrior from his cb bp and invis bp, sold it and tried again.
After 2 fails I managed to succeed.
Damn thing has cost me about 33k
Off to Fear now to get me an Eyerazzia.
juvondy Registered User lvl2
Posts: 4
(1/14/04 5:41 pm) Reply
Re: Grandmaster Assasins Vial - IMPOSSIBLE!
Wow that sux. I must have hit the Lotto. I made mine 1st try with skill 225 and no modifiers.
Re: KEI
1st try here then went on and did the GM assasins seal.
250 skill and geerlok all I used
kmcgrath Registered User
Posts: 12
(2/7/04 2:46 am) Reply
Re: KEI
Tried and failed on Brewer's Trophy, so I was a tad nervous when the time came to hit combine on the GMAV. I couldn't look, had to get my wife to read the screen for me.
Re: KEI
3 tries for GM Seal for my rogue.
3 tries for GM Eyepiece for my enchanter.
2 tries for GM Brewer's Corker for my drunken cleric.
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a bloodguard defender
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a sarnak knight
187 points of damage with a Slime Coated Harpoon.
an Ice Giant
150 points of damage with a Slime Coated Harpoon.
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