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I think the shard went down because I actually had time to play today.  I was all "today, I shall finally return to UO with Cypress!" and the shard was all "that's what YOU think, ha ha!"

I managed to finish up my build I used them for.  I currently have around 24 left over.  10k Atones (1/2 a VS) per.

The Bracelet will not raise it to 125.  It caps at 120.  You have to use special hammers from the BoDs called ASH (Ancient Smithy Hammers) to raise it beyond 120.  The +60 ASH is the best and runs a specific Large BoD (valorite i believe) to get a chance, 125 VS, or it's also on the donation list.

Not sure where to put this, but I wanted to post proof of something i've worked towards for over 2 years, off-and-on...



After a 27 minute fight (A rumbler respawned on me and stunned me... that slowed me down for a while) and 400+ bandages... Skara Brae's Elemental Prince boss downed solo...no drop though so i'll have to kill him some more. What challenge is next?

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My pet is not too thrilled after this fight as you can probably guess.  The stats are blacked out so that others will have to figure it out.  I will say this much though:

Magical Attacks to a degree
Auto-cures poisons
Drains Stamina and Magic each hit
I cannot figure out how to dodge his attacks (and yes, i have 120 parry... and since I have a 2h weapon yes i have 120 bushido... and I have 55% dci... it's in Fel, so you can't use Evasion for his magic based attacks)

Good luck to others!

Mainly the board.  You can use "[c <message>" to talk to the players in-game when we are on.  You can also click "chat" at the top of the client in-game, but I've never seen anyone else in there...

Welcome to Sylvan.

Holler at Tempest and check Rings N' Things if you need help.  I'm not strong with non-jewelry, but i try to keep my store stashed with free jewelry (though i don't look at it so some weeks it's worse than others).

- Tempest

Merry Christmas to each and every one of you.

This comes from my spellbook crafting.

Thoughts behind:
1) At max crafting, there is a 70% success rate and a 20% exceptional rate.
2) Normal crafts don't get bonuses, only exceptional.
Therefore 3)  Only 20% (in theory) have bonuses.

Currently -moveitems moves exceptional crafts as well as normal crafts.

Is it possible to make "marked" items (exceptional items) not get part of non-marked items?  Or possibly make exceptional spellbooks craft with a different id (spellbooks with bonuses are only artifacts or exceptionally crafted from what I've read/noticed).  I know the jewelry had an auto-sort put in (for which I'm extremely grateful).  Is there a way to do this with spellbooks as well to where I only sift through the bonuses instead of every single non-bonus as well moving one at a time into the recycle bin?

"Gen 3" build is finally done.  Revamped, revamped, and revamped.  It is a hybrid of Gen 1 and Gen 2.  In fact, it is identical to Gen 2 in the first 1200.  It hybrids during the extra 300 for when you decide to upgrade the skill cap via VS, Vet Rewards (2 yr), or Donation.

Magery 120
Eval Int 120
Inscription 120
Focus 120
Meditation 120
Healing 120
Anatomy 120
Musicianship 120
Peacemaking/Discord 120
Provocation 120

After the +300 Skill Points:

Focus -55 (bring it down to 65 from 120)
Necromancy 110
Spirit Speak 50
Discord/Peacemaking 120
Chivalry 75

Reasoning - Necromancy 110 allows you 100% Lich Form (failure is always an option, but an annoying one).  Spirit Speak 50 grants you Dark Wisp for mana restoration.  This gives you +13/18 MR making gear considerably easier (Shoes of the elements grants you +3 for 16/18 there, or opens up Ruby Slippers if you've the patience for finding a pair of those [warning, don't ask about them.  That's all I can say]).  The -40 focus gives you room to get Chivalry to 75 (100% divine fury chance) for stamina issues in dire emergencies.  65 instead of 120 focus will only lower you 0.3072 mana/second.  That is noticeable in my books, but only in really, REALLY long fights like the Dark Father.

Last Note (Gen 4):  If you plan not to go out on your own at all, you can drop peacemaking and/or provocation.  Trade those for Focus and Poisoning to get more damage out of your spells and max back out the Mana Regen.

Some may have noticed that the jewelry is not updated at the moment.  I've not been on the hunt the last two days.  It's coming.

Instead I've been working on my Mage again.  He's almost done too.  Just missing 1 item, 2 jewelry, and Xen crystals (If you have any Xen, I'm buying!).  I'll be hunting those as soon as he finishes hitting 150 in all his stats (which should be today).  Been working on that due to a third round of dental work being done today.  So I won't be hunting today probably... all depends on how I feel.

Here's the information for the shop now that I've rambled....

Since my post on the mage, I'll be once again crafting spellbooks like mad.  My books are free, but they come with no spells.  I have 120 inscription, and a full MAGE spellbook.  I can craft any scrolls you need to place in them.  I charge only the ingrediants to craft the spell (LRC does not affect inscription).  Spellbook chests will be under the dragon heads by the jewelry.  There are a few there now, but once I start crafting they will be destroyed.  One chest will be for random good sets of stats (in my opinion).  One chest will be for spare Ultimate Slayers (Don't expect many to go in there though).  Spellbooks will begin sometime around next week (maybe earlier).

Love the replies guys.  Glad people are showing an interest.  I like the build with parry/bushido, I may have to try it out with my Swords of Prosperity that are hanging around.  I'd consider maybe changing discord for peacemaking though...  Since you use this build, how do you keep from getting swarmed without it?  I'm curious.

Also, if anyone else has builds, let us know.  Let's bring the Magi back!  Show the world we haven't retreated to our towers and horde away our knowledge of the arcane arts!  We have lives!  We are adventurers!

If you've read my post on what I've worked on, you know why I'm looking for this.  I'm moving from my basic items to my Gen 2 items.  Let me know how much for each if you're interested in selling.  It will take me a few days to get the amount you ask probably (work).  I can pay in Gold or Valorite (ingots or ore).  Easiest to send me a pm here on the forums (or reply) rather than in-game.

Edit: I can also possibly trade items for it, though my stash of items is a little low atm.

- Tempest/Onweer

I spoke with Cy before bringing this to the community.  It was something I started working on a while back, and went through... 5 incarnations before finding working versions.  I read a while back about "pure" magi not being quite so viable any more.  Now that post was old... very old.  So I worked on seeing if it was viable now.  The main complaint was that Magi had to have Druid builds for mana purposes, and then there was a complaint of damage being too low.  With Cy's permission and wayyyy to many tries, here's a few working "pure" Magi builds.  If you'd like to contribute thoughts, I will gladly accept them as I "am" still tweaking more.

First - Skills w/explanation:

"Generation 1" (Uses a tank friend more)
Magery 120
Eval Int 120
Inscription 120
Necromancy 120
Focus 120
Meditation 120
Spirit Speak 60
Healing 120
Anatomy 120
Chivalry 60
Animal Lore 120

With Skill Cap increase of 1500
Poisoning 120
Chivalry + Spirit Speak 120
60 left over points


Explanation - Magery is for your spell success rate (naturally), and Inscription and Eval Int are for your damage.  Necromancy, Spirit Speak, Focus, and Meditation are for Mana Regeneration.  Focus and Meditation need to be 120 for full MR (don't wear non-medable items), Necromancy gives Lich Form which is +13 MR (out of 18 MR cap from items), and Spirit Speak of at least 50 for Wisp familiar (restores mana based on -karma).  Healing and Anatomy are for auto-bandage so you can focus on damage spells instead of healing spells.  Animal Lore 120 is so that you can see what the weakest element is for spell casting on a target.  I don't remember if Chivalry's Divine Fury worked with -Karma (been a while)... IF it doesn't, this is not a problem.  Summon Familiar with 60 spirit speak option for the Dark Wolf to regain stamina every 2 seconds.  It's not as fast as Divine Fury, but magi don't "need" as much stamina to run away.  Invis yourself....

Poisoning is not always that "useful" against some mobs in the game, but it comes in VERY handy against the mobs poisons does work on.  Up it to have your Nox Mage's poison do a good DoT.

"Generation 2" (More solo, more damage, less ease of regen)

Magery 120
Eval Int 120
Inscription 120
Focus 120
Meditation 120
Healing 120
Anatomy 120
Musicianship 120
Peacemaking/Discord 120
Provocation 120

Skill Cap increase
Discord/Peacemaking 120
Chivalry 60
120 Free points

Explanation - This is more for players who are willing to learn what spells to use by trial+error.  It also requires a bit harder items to find (more on that later).  Swapping out Necromancy/Spirit speak lowers our regen from Lich Form and from losing Dark Wisp summoning.  On the other hand, it gives us +karma for Divine Fury.  Instead of keeping a focus into non-stop damage, we use our barding ability to peace mobs to keep from getting over-run and provoking them onto one another (until the last one... peace...).  It is optional for those who have a friend to help to take Discord instead and get Peace later.  Discord + Curse = nice damage increase.  Slower due to lower MR at first though.

Now into Equipment:

This is where it gets "messy".  You can take the "Generation 1" template and skip the hard part, or take the "Generation 2" template and need an extra stat on EVERY piece of armor.  The nice thing, very little of it has to be "hunted".

Helm, Gorget, Armor, Arms, Hands, Legs: All craftable.  There are 2 requirements to look for, 3 if you take "Generation 2".
1) Lower Regent Cost (total of 100%, 16-17% per item to split evenly)
2) Lower Mana Cost (total of 40%, 6-7% per item to split evenly)
3) (as if that wasn't tough enough to find) MR 2.  Not MR 1, MR 2 (grants 12 MR total out of 18 cap)
Feet: Shoes of the Elements (MR3 total to 15/18)
Cloak: Golden Squirrel Cloak (there are others, but this will make jewelry/sockets easier on you)
Earring, Bracelet, Ring: Int, Dex, FCR, FC, then SDI leftovers.  Dex needs to get between 15 and 20 total.
Weapons: SpellBook (see note) and Shield (crafted/dropped with Spell Channeling and no -FC, or Shield of Invulnerability from Paragon drop)

Explanation - you want AS MUCH MR as possible without using the Spellbook.  MR 15 is almost an extra Mana point every second (considering Focus, Meditation, and 150 Int only give ya 2/second... it's a 50% increase).  As in OSI, Int grants more MR... and it increases damage for spells (OSI is some spells, Cy has posted here it gives a boost to almost all spells).  Stack Dex in your armor to 180 (You have 150 base max, 10 from cloak leaving 20 needed.  The more from your jewelry, the less you socket here).  Once you have 180 Dex for bandages, stack Int.  In your jewelry and Shield, stack SDI.  All-In-All you should reach at least 300 Int using ancient sapphires, this will boost your Mana and your SDI.  You need 2 FC to counter the -2 FC from the spell "protection" (extra FC does not raise it back up).  6 FCR will reduce time between casting to 0.  You don't "have" to have it at 6, but that's a very nice thing to have.  You may use "Helm of Insight" if you are willing to spend either a Mage Armor deed (recommended) or a Mage Armor gem.

SpellBook note - Int 7-8, SDI, and an ultimate slayer.  You can replace SDI with MR if you really, REALLY need to... but I do NOT recommend or condone it at all.  Tome of Lost Knowledge (Major Tokuno arti) is better than crafted as it gets an extra 2 or 3% SDI than max crafted and it has 8 Int, you will just need to ultimate slayer them using Human Souls.

Understand these have been tested and known to work.  It took a lot of trial and error to find these combinations.  There are skill points available for personalization, and they are templates.  Pick and choose which parts you want, but know that these combinations are tested and work.  They just take practice.

- Tempest/Onweer/Ramorea

Rings and Things is reopening!  I have been gone for a while... the joys of teaching.  I'm not 100% back (no 500+ jewelry pieces a day), but I will be adding jewelry in every couple of days once again.  Floor 3 is back under construction and will be getting updated periodically, so bear with it as it changes.

Vendor contracts are still dirt cheap on floor 2 if you want to rent a room to sell stuff.

I blame Mana!

Serenity managed to find an extra.  Thanks Serenity!  ^_^  Can be closed when admin ready.