a reanimated hand  

Has anyone ever looted a small stone key off of the hand..I am almost positive I did loot it here

To do this you need the following spells: Snare, Ensnaring roots, Harmony, combust, resist fire, endure cold, and endure magic. Harmony everything from the back door to the hand room to be safe. Then, nuke the hand once and run out over the porch. usually the hand will follow you, but once it ran down the stairs and out the back. when the hand comes into range, or you get force shocked (whichever happens first), snare it and stary kiting it towards the fountains. Easy kill. If anything comes with it, like 1 or 2 drys, root them, then nuke the hand, or you'll get interrupted alot. i've killed the hand several times this way.

Ecofreak Risingwood, Level 34 druid
Erollisi Marr server

If you ask me, the "con" on the hand is rather worthless. I camped the room last week (with one near-level character and 4 others who were 4/5 levels higher) and the hand spawned 3 times in about 4 hours. In each case the hand "conned" blue to me (22-level Paladin) but each time I went to the attack it gave me one of the "forceshock" presents and sent me sprawling across the room. Our party certainly had its way with the "Thing" wannabe (got the ivory bracelet at one point) but I wouldn't put too much stock in its con, given the damage it was handing out to my party.

One of the funniest things I've ever seen, though, was a "train to zone" dragging the hand behind it from the porch and along the left wall on its way to the maze.

BTW: The hand is NOT considered undead for warding and Ghoulbane purposes...fie...

Many regards,

Virtutis Debergerac
Paladin Knower of the 22 Virtue
Servant of Rodcet Nife
Obediance Thru Suffering
Prexus

The hand in unrest also drops a book for the tome of ages quest... a book entitled "End of an Age", again, another history of Norrath book. I'm not sure how commonly the book drops, all I know is that the first time I'd ever seen the hand he dropped it for me, ;)

Jered Caladine
Dark Elf Necromancer of the 22 Circle
Alliance of Darkness
Ec'i

The hand is level 22, a couple (4 5) casts can take down the caster in your group so keep bashing it. Also keep the surrounding rooms clear so there isn't a massacre. BTW this is the best place for exp for a level 24 28. TRAINS rarely come up here. Also, root. Root will save you some time and a couple trains. When the hand pops make sure it can't cast. Don't go up and check the room with invis undead because it doesn't work on the hand and the occaisional werebat.

Me, 24 shammie witha full group(cleric must!) had our way with this room in Unrest. We had no tank so things were a bit rocky, but it was nice. Hand seems to spawn too damn slowly, but there's always a ton of stuff walking in on ya while you med so there's always something to kill. In a little while here both I and the other shammie here got ourselves ghoul carrion and bone barbs for our totemic armor quests.

i camped the hand yesterday ans i have been to unrest before and NEVER herd of it dropping a serp bracer and as for the level IT IS WAY OFF, i am lv 23 and it is ALWAYS blue to me

The hand in Unrest drops the "mixxie's Delicacy's" a cook book...Ipsors enlightenment IV (which is an enchanter spell book i believe) and also the Diablerie II book (also enchanter spells i beleive) as well as the Ivory Bracelet listed above...the hand is a Wizard and casts Force shock frequently...also makes a funky squishy noise when you hit him....

Well, what about the books?
Surely someone knows something about them...eh?

the hand drops a serp and a +75hp ring...the latter being the rare drop

The Hand spawns opposite the corridor of the Arch Magi, towards the Lord spawn. His common drop is Serpentine Bracer, rare is the Adamantite Band. I don't *think* I have ever seen a PH for the hand, so I would *guess* it always spawns.

Antwonx Al`azim
50th Level Wizard
Rallos Zek