A necromantic hardcore journey [win NL prizes]

Always a pleasure to read your news I bet on your success of course !

So if shadow accepts: I will add a carrot to your completion of this journey beyond the status, I will give you a Enigma and good anni charm and a torch if you complete this Im watching the thread

Xanhast70 wrote: 2 weeks ago

So if shadow accepts: I will add a carrot to your completion of this journey beyond the status, I will give you a Enigma and good anni charm and a torch if you complete this Im watching the thread

I assume you mean on HCL? Maybe, I'll have to think about it. The idea wasn't to profit off any of this myself lol, but I suppose I could always do a giveaway with those items later if I feel like it...

ShadowHeart wrote: 2 weeks ago

Xanhast70 wrote: 2 weeks ago

So if shadow accepts: I will add a carrot to your completion of this journey beyond the status, I will give you a Enigma and good anni charm and a torch if you complete this Im watching the thread

I assume you mean on HCL? Maybe, I'll have to think about it. The idea wasn't to profit off any of this myself lol, but I suppose I could always do a giveaway with those items later if I feel like it...

If ladder I can still do the anni and Enigma but not a torch if NL all 3

Xanhast70 wrote: 2 weeks ago

If ladder I can still do the anni and Enigma but not a torch if NL all 3

Well, an HC NL prize pool could be nice, so that sounds better than L, I think
mockingbirdreal also offered to add some stuff, might be able to make it a full build.

Had a near-Death experience vs

Infector of Souls. His pack killed my merc and all my minions and almost had me cornered but I managed to escape by town portal (and return by foot, the long way 'round lol).

Almost time for big D!

Lord Diablo, I have bested you.
Merc +

Clay Golem +

Decrepify did the trick. Had to

Revive the merc plenty of times, but it worked out
On to Act 5

You're inspiring me to brush off my Summoner and mirror your journey!

I mothballed him in Act 5 because I've played too many summoners before.

Huh, random

Dol rune in Act 5 normal,

Arreat Plateau

Lanceor wrote: 2 weeks ago

You're inspiring me to brush off my Summoner and mirror your journey!

I mothballed him in Act 5 because I've played too many summoners before.

There really is something about this that makes me wanna do another random playthrough as well... weird

Made it to

Frozen Tundra.

The Ancients' Way up next. But that's for another day

Going fairly smoothly so far, no major hickups.

Currently contemplating whether to make a Spirit or Insight first. Increasing all skill levels across the board with Spirit sounds tempting (plus it adds a lot of mana), but mana recovery is an issue (my necromancer is a

Mana Potion addict), so Insight would help a lot. I can't make either yet (missing both

Amn and

Sol) though...

Io rune - NM countess, 1 in 25

A +2 all skills

Wand is possible to find (or shop), even if without fcr (not too critical for summoner). However having a useful merc with Insight is I think better overall.

Necrarch wrote: 2 weeks ago

A +2 all skills

Wand is possible to find (or shop), even if without fcr (not too critical for summoner). However having a useful merc with Insight is I think better overall.

That's a good point, although the earliest they can be shopped is level 45 (affix level 50, and vendors have ilvl = clvl + 5). That's 15 levels off, I'll be halfway through Nightmare by then. Also, relying Mana Potions is not a major hindrance, it's just super-convenient to have an Insight instead. Well, I'll need that

Amn/

Sol rune before I can do anything, regardless...

Ancients down, next -

Baal

Well, I found an

Amn rune on the way to

Baal, and had a 0s base laying about, so I used my

Larzuk quest and made a Spirit. I didn't have a

Sol yet (nor a base, for Insight), and I didn't want to wait. Spirit it is.

Baal, never doubt my skills.
Got an

Iron Pelt and some junk rares.

And so the Nightmare begins...

All who oppose me... beware!

Lol what is this drop, 2

Partizan at the same time, from the same group of mobs. No sockets on either, but I shall try my luck with the cube as soon as I have a

Sol. Unless I've found a proper 4 socketed one already by then

Been farming Countess for a bit but no

Sol rune yet. Might just move on instead, we'll see tomorrow.