I'm thinking my choice for the forthcoming Mayor of Stormreach election has narrowed to a race between Lord Gerald Goodblade or Scraps, as Harbormaster Zin seems to have only his personal wealth in mind. I'm sure that at least ten of that twenty gold goes into Zin's pockets... I mean, look at Killmarten's armor. Yeah, it's a little nicer than you might see any of the NCOs or enlisted wearing, but you expect that of an officer. At twenty gold a head, you'd expect his armor to be that much nicer than everyone else's...
Anyway, my poor 28-point Cleric build doesn't have twenty gold to frivilously throw Killmarten's way, so I decided to suck it up and take him down to the Waterworks.
As usual, Guard Tember's cousin, Arlos, was "missing" again.
Y'know, Zin has a hell of a racket going here! It wouldn't surprise me if Zin is the one really responsible for the Kobold infestation in the sewer system. I mean, they're worse than rabbits, so all he had to do was get them started, and then he had himself a pre-made threat to quash and found himself would-be heros to take care of the dirty work *for* him.
I don't think he realized what how poorly this would reflect upon his reputation amongst the populace.
Still, Medyq decided that it was time to address the problem that had been fabricated for him.
And, I should note that when he started, he was still a meager Level 2 Cleric. Yet, he still managed to *solo* the first two chapters of the Waterworks.
Perhaps that isn't such a surprise to some of you, but it was for me. Medyq is my first character to ever solo the first two chapters of the Waterworks *at* level. The fact that I did it with a Cleric mystifies me.
Sure, it was a bit precarious a few times, but he did it. Of course, it helped that I had a solid understanding of the quest, but still...
Y'know... I had a *lot* of fun picking my way through the two quests. It required a great deal of discipline and aggro management to keep from killing my poor little Level 2 Cleric. And, even without any Rogue skills, I still managed to make good use of Rogue-like tactics to pick mobs apart. Managed to earn the Conquest bonus in both quests, too!
The funny part was that Medyq was *just* shy of earning Level 3 when he exited the quest. One spider and two Kobolds later, as he made his way out of the Waterworks, and back to Harbormaster Zin's house, the advancement animation played! Needless to say, I was pretty excited.
Now that he's Level 3, I need to start working more seriously on his Favor. That account *still* doesn't have the ability to roll-up Drow characters yet, and it seems a Drow Cleric holds the key to opening 1750 Favor for that account. Maybe I'm wrong, I dunno. After all, I earned 1750 on my primary account with Trinarius, and have yet to earn it with any of my other characters, but the second account would seem to need a more in-demand character to make it happen quickly.
I guess we'll just have to see what happens...
Keep it fun!
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