a coerced gnome  

36 ranger and 37 monk got a surprise visit from this NPC. Conned blue but it will blast you close to 200. Make sure you guys wear some MR equipment.

I am 35 and spent some time in an awesome group of levels 30-36 and we basically dominated the entire first floor. In clearing out the entire place for about 4-5 hours I saw a Goblin Flamberge (15/40 2hs +5 dex), Iskar Stave ( ?/? 1hb), and Froglok Smasher (12/36 2hb). I didn't see a sap of piety but I expect it drops just as often as any of the others. A few mobs conned green to me but almost all where blue and none where black on this floor. It is soloable at 35 as warrior but can be tricky because mobs tend to wander just about everywhere even at the zone line so it can be hard to find a place to rest and bind wounds. With a good group this place can be safe, fast pulling and a lot of fun.

In response to several posts.

1. A 29+ mage, or 2 24 Mages, CAN AND WILL OWN the entire first floor (aside from temple), with some strategy and good understanding of dungeon crawling/aggro management.

2. The drops on all of these weapons, Tower Guard Blade, Sap of piety, Charred Tulwar, Gob Flamberge... The drops are random, not rare. I have walked out in ONE night of xp grinding solo (with 34 mage) with a bag FULL of these weps.

I leveled from 24-35 in this dungeon and gave away a good 10-12 saps of piety and kept 2 for myself. I will say that the saps and the Tower Guard Blade are dropped a little less frequently than the others.

Bottom line. If you spend 2 or 3 levels on the first floor and dont get any of these drops... Well, I suggest you get yourself a coin and flip it, call it, and if it lands opposite of what you called... Go get yourself a gun and shoot yourself. Because you are the Incarnation of Bad Luck.

Happy Travels.

I came to Dalnir at 24 with a full group. Me(druid), shaman, 2 monks, enchanter and warrior. We camped the entrance which is one of the nicest camping spots in the whole world. A small room right next to the zone, your tank goes down the tunnels and pulls back to the room. Dying almost never occurs unless you pull so much stuff you can't run the 5 feet to the zone. We sat there for eight hours and got totally awesome experience with only 2 deaths. Also the loot is pretty good. Mobs drop usually a couple platinum as well as fine steel weapons and then there are some rare drops as well. We saw 2 Brass Goblin Flamberge and 1 other rare drop. These coerced on the first level are not too tough when pulled as singles, however this is with a good, well rounded group. Also they all have pets, almost 100% of the time.

Far and away of all the coerced these gnomes were the worst due to the pet they had which was some type of elemental. Fortunately being a druid I had dismissed summoned, however the MOB will aggro you immediately as this is a huge amount of direct damage. Have another healer available as you will be in the heat of it for a couple minutes.

A lovely 13/36 1hb weapon. I don't know if any other critters do too, but only seen on this one.

The gnome does not spawn in a specific spot -- I have killed maybe a dozen of them grouped, and yet, no Sap of Piety.

I really want that SAP! A nice stepping stone to the Jade Chok Prod in about another 10 levels.

Does the gnome spawn in a particular spot?

My friend Gotenx, a now 27 but was 26 at the time and I, a 24 camped this thing and he got one on his first ... he gave me his runed falchion since we have the hand-me-down rule in my guild... next 3 s it dropped again... somehow i dont think this to be rare... best of luck to ya....

Atheno Thunderpaw
of the Rathe

Rare Drop is Sap of Piety 1hb 13dam 36delay magical 2.5wt. OH MY!!!