a sand giant  

I love the messages from a level 16 necro and the group of 6 level 11-17's saying they killed a SG. Good luck!

I suspect it would take a group of mid-20's with good groupwork to kill a SG, but a level 16 necro. Splat.

Oh, and they drop up to 50pp or so (and lots of cp and sp :P)

A level 45 monk

Was hunting crocs, caimens and there DW cousins when i saw a Sand Giant's Corpse. Turns out to guys killed it and where just leaving it there. I asked them if i could loot it. They let me loot and i got a FS short sword and Sands of Ro. I asked later what it was for and someone said it was for a GM event. Anymore info would be great.

Talamain, lvl 17 mage
Tholluxe Paells

I'm sorry to say but can you people post some info for cryig out loud like how much hp these got and how much they hit for? To answer the quiestion up there is there a SG in Nro yes there is he hangs out around Derv3 same lvl as ones in oasis I know because i helped a lvl 43 warrior kill him.

I dunno... but my monk can wipe the floor with these at level 44 with relativly low hp loss. However, last time I tried a Hill Giant, it totally kicked my ***. This is just an inference of mine (since its been a while since I fought a hill giant), but does anyone else think Hill Giants are considerably harder than Sand Giants?

All the classes kick ***! That's why I need to play two servers to support all my characters.

yea i want to know how much money this guy drops and if he has alot of hp im thinking of camping these fools..they killed me at teen lvl and know its payback time

Guess what? that guy in the picture actually could be a wood elf druid! Dont any of you all know that druids can wear mithril armor? So for all of you out there that were thinking that that guy in the pic was a ranger, think again! I could've beeen a rogue, a bard, a rangewr, or a druid! Personally i think it is a druid, but I am not sure. You could tewlll because no ranger(except the idiotic ones) or any rogues(except the dunderheaded ones), or any bards(except the empty-brained ones) would use a scimitar. Only a druid Would have a real reason to use a scimitar(looks to me like fs) The armor could seriously be mithril, although mithril armor is rare, although I have seen ranger armor that looks like that, for example ivy etched mixed with some Faydark armor. Druids, by the way, are the masters of the galaxy! Nobody can beat them! And one more thing! Wood elves are the kings of all druids! I agree with many that wood elves make much better druids! Halflings are for lazy bums that want to spend less time leveling.

I've kitted one of these at 29(w/ clarity) It took like 10 min of runing medding, but it can be done. (i have pretty good equipment for my lvl... ES gaunts, Spirit Tomb, Mithbracer, etc. It will be VERY! hard for a druid w/ ok equipment.!

GOOD LUCK

Alright, don't listen to what anyone says about the SG's - they aren't that terribly difficult, so long as you know what you're doing. First - DO NOT TRY TO NUKE THEM TO DEATH. As a caster, though better at meleeing that intelligence casters, you CAN NOT run out of mana. If you do, one of three things will happen. 1) They will eventually break the 5,000 year-long ensnare, run you down, and kill you, because the damn things stun every two to three hits; 2) You will end up having another SG, spectre, or Cazel(yeah, that would be great) aggro to you, because you had to kite the damn thing around so much; 3) you'll have to zone out, and make a total waste of the situation. The best place to hunt SG's, in my experience, is Oasis. There is a little less competition there than Souther Ro, because you don't have people trying to KS you to pass the time on the AC spawn. Being, though, that there are always a few higher level PC's camping specs, or waiting on a raft, you can always ask for a little help, if you just need that one extra nuke to save you from kiting for an extra five to ten minutes, struggling to get that little bit of mana up, and most people don't mind helping, because everyone loves dropping at least one nuke on the big boys. =) The best bet is to start with an Ensnare, obviously, due to the raw speed at which these big fellas run. Try to be as far away as your casting will allow for this, as they may resist as many as five or six times, in the worst case. Eventually, however, they will take the Ensnare. Most times, I get it on the first or second try(Between level 34 and 35). After that, drop a Drones of Doom on them, and Root. At this point, just sit down to meditate. There is a large advantage at 35, as you can see how close they are at all times. If you're still 34, just get up and move back, once they break root, and either meditate, or try to root again. Reapply DoD as needed, and don't get frustrated if they resist the root a couple of times. If they give you trouble, go ahead and nuke a couple of times, to calm them down a bit. This helps the root take, when their life is a little lower. All the while, med whenever you can, especially when rooted. The best places to kite are along orc highway(in wolf form, you con dubious, so they don't aggro - plus no undead, really, which aggro even when you're standing), down the beach(warn the newbies to clear out a path, though I'm certain that they will need no urging), and just kite him around until he stops moving, with the snare. Sounds a lot more complicated than it actually is, and doesn't take all that long, unless they resist too much. Occasionally, you WILL have a DoD resisted. Just try to make up for it in meditation time. You can get a fairly big lead on these guys, and not have them turn and head away. Just remember to make sure they stay Ensnared(reapply if you've been kiting for too long, BEFORE the first one breaks), keep the Drones of Doom on them at all times, and nuke to lower resistance to roots, and toss in a little extra damage. Just remember to be patient. I ended up making about 1k in a day of kiting these guys, so it's well worth the time and effort. I also managed to cruise through 34 in a day or so. Use any downtime, when there are none spawning, to take down the far easier spectres. There are, inevitably, going to be singles roaming around, or adds on other groups' pulls that you can easily pick off, and which is always much appreciated. For actual spectre groups - get a 40+ necromancer partner. We pulled one, and got five, and, with much care(me at 34, mind you) managed to drop all five before we were done. It took her pet dying, running out of mana after every spell, for a while, snares on all of them(just wish that I could have had them close together, so that I could have used my Lightning Strike AoE DD spell), and a great deal of patience. The spectres are quite nasty in a large group, so pull as carefully as possible. Always assume that you'll get all of them, rather than just one or two. Their normal loot is crap, but if you get one of the regular scythes, they will sell to vendors for 10+pp. They are not long-distance spell casters, and only lifetap and fear up close, so kiting keep you pretty well safe from them. This is how I shot through 34, and I'm guessing that just about any druid could do the same, with any level of skill. Be reminded that you should have no less than 170 Wisdom to attempt this. That should have you losing 2 bubs of mana(if you maxed out the wisdom in creation of your halfling or wood elf druid, though everyone knows that halflings suck, and are only there for the people who don't want to take the extra time to level a wood elf) every time that you go from naked to fully equipped. You need to have yourself at least that high to safely kite this big guys - they aren't a joke, even if I try to make it sound easy. They have a ton of life, hence the Root-Dotting. You need to keep them rooted if you want to make full use of your new 65-points-per-tick swarm. 650 damage in a minute is a nice thing, and three of these with full roots will basically bring them to their knees, and you can finish with a few nukes, or melee, if you haven't been spending as much time meditating as you have running around. I hope this helps some of you up-and-coming druids out. One more thing - watch for the AC, in Southern Ro. He conned blue to me at 34, and will be even easier now, at 35. I plan to nab a pair of J-Boots and sell them. They do me no good, as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather spend the mana for the noticeably faster SoW or Greater Wolf Form. Or I could always keep them for indoor use, provided they can be used indoors. Trying to snag Rowyl's Boots of Nature from Thurgadin, so that I don't ever have to worry about SoW again(Rowyl's Boots effect is PERMA-SoW.... Check them out in the equipment search....) Good travels to all, and good hunting.......

Last night was fightin with my friend we are 37 and 38 we killed one but it took like 20 minutes cause of the hps but when ypu loot youll be happpy we each got 50 plat no kidding we were jumpin for jo bragging and trying to kill more the loot is great and when 37 if you solow it its about half bub of exp good luck this hobby is fun

Ok now y did this thing that con'd blue to me resist ALL VoS i threw on it???. i lost 2 bubbles of mana b4 i figured ***** it. and was kill stealed anyway. now y would VoS be resisted so much?

Rakle Darkcast <Unspoke Prophecy>
lvl 34 Necromancer
Quellios

So what is the rule for con. How many levels above and below. Seems to be very inconsistent.

Well I was soloing these guys, currently at lvl 39 but being a Necro and all i guess it was a bit easier. I usually pull with Dooming Darkness which last quite a bit longer than Engulfing Darkness then I send augmented pet skelli once pet attaches I fear untill it sticks. After all this I cast Scourge and VoS and Spirit tap as necessary. Not bad for Necro to solo if you do it right. Although it was my first time there may be a more mana effecient way to do this. sorry for some of the spelling. 8) Anyways he drops around 30pp at times and sometimes has a weapon which usually sell for 10-15pp as well. Good Luck Fellow Necros.

Drynnor DarkHeart
DarkElf Necromancer 39
Ascendants of Miragul
Vallon Zek