Respecialization  

I can confirm that as of April 2010 the quest still works fine, but all you need is the Ruby. He asks for [fifty gold], but it's a con. He's acting like you "forgot" that memory along with your skill specializations.

However, if you want to give him 50 gold (or 5 plat works too), you can. It still raises Temple faction and lowers Shadowed Men faction. Actually, you can do this part endlessly if for some reason you want lots of Temple faction and are willing to pay for it.

DIRECTIONS: Since it's easy to get lost in this confusing little place, especially since all the corridors and rooms are so small, here is an easy way to get to Ostorm.

1. After zoning in and passing through the large double doors, turn right and head through the first small door.
2. Follow the hallway around to a second door, turning right immediately after passing through the second door to pass through a third door.
3. Behind this door is a staircase to the left that leads up. Follow it up through the door, and turn left immediately to see another door next to it (to the west).
4. This door leads to another staircase leading up. Turn left at the top of the stairs and follow the hallway all the way to the end (east, then north). This takes you to another door, and Ostorm is in the room it opens into.

Edited, Apr 29th 2010 1:19am by Arcturys

Quest works for 75+ level too now!

All my specialization skills got reset to 49 when I tried the quest today :)

didnt work until i zoned, all reset to 49

how to reset secondary forte

yes this does work resetting secondary forte, since it resets *all* specialization skills to 49. You have to zone after you get the message about your skills being reset to 49 (it appears as a spell casting message)

1)do the quest and reset all your specilization skills to 49

2)now decide which specializaion you want as your MAIN specialization, you have
to raise that to at least 101 first. (it can be rasied to 250 eventually, that is the max for the main specilization at lvl 75).

3) once you have your main specilization skill to at least 101, you can begin working on the secondary specializaion. the next specilizaion skill to reach 76 will be your secondary specialization.

Correct me if i'm wrong plz

This is untrue. My cleric just hit 51 in alteration and all other "specialize" have now falled back to 50.

After you have this quest done and your skills are at level 49, can you simply initiate the dialogue again and redo the quest for additional faction?

Maybe the Shadowed Men faction isn't such a good idea, though. I'm an Enchanter, after all, and I certainly don't want to create the Chanter pet, only to have it attack me!

(Yes, I'm aware my own Shadowed Man pet won't attack me! It's a joke!)

[Sat Aug 19 22:55:35 2006] Ostorm ..hear me? Ah, you seem to be coming out of your stupor. I think you have been exposed to the crystal long enough. By the time you leave the temple, your memories shoulld have faded. Do you have the [fifty gold] coins that you owe me?
[Sat Aug 19 22:55:35 2006] Your faction standing with Temple Of Sol Ro got better.
[Sat Aug 19 22:55:35 2006] Your faction standing with Shadowed Men got worse.
[Sat Aug 19 22:55:35 2006] Your specialize skills have all been set to 49.
[Sat Aug 19 22:55:35 2006] You gain experience!!
-- handed in 50 gold --
[Sat Aug 19 22:55:49 2006] Ostorm says 'Thank you.'
[Sat Aug 19 22:55:49 2006] Your faction standing with Temple Of Sol Ro got better.
[Sat Aug 19 22:55:49 2006] Your faction standing with Shadowed Men got worse.

You say, 'what fifty gold'

Ostorm says 'You do not remember? You promised me fifty gold coins for allowing you to be exposed to the sacred crystal of Kintaz.
Gave OStorm 50 gold

Ostorm says 'Thank you.'

Your faction standing with Temple Of Sol Ro got better.
Your faction standing with Shadowed Men got worse.


It seems he just gives faction and maybe some exp.

Ostrom can be found in the east upper hallway in temple of sol ro at /loc 430, -78, 35.
To get to him go thru the door behind the throne, and follow the corridor to the right.

Ostorm regards you indifferently -- You could probably win this fight.

You say, 'Hail, Ostorm'
Ostorm says 'I am Ostorm of the Temple of Solusek Ro, guardian of the sacred crystal of Kintaz. Be wary and keep your distance, lest the proximity of the crystal [steal] your [memories].'

You say, 'steal my memories?'
Ostorm says 'It is the nature of the crystal of Kintaz to steal the memories of those around it. Only I am safe, and then only because of the strong wardings placed on me by Solusek Ro himself. Are you interested in [losing] any [memories]?'

You say, 'losing my memories?'
Ostorm says 'Recently, I have been experimenting with the crystal, and have found that those exposed to ruby light filtered through it tend to lose the memories of their most specialized arcane skills. Are you sure you want to [lose advanced memory] of specialization?'

You say, 'lose advanced memory?'
Ostorm says 'Be warned that once exposed to the crystal, I can not reverse the effects. If you desire exposure, fetch me a ruby.'

Hand him a Ruby

Ostorm ..hear me? Ah, you seem to be coming out of your stupor. I think you have been exposed to the crystal long enough. By the time you leave the temple, your memories shoulld have faded. Do you have the [fifty gold] coins that you owe me?
Your faction standing with Temple Of Sol Ro got better.
Your faction standing with Shadowed Men got worse.
Your specialize skills have all been set to 49.
You gain experience!!

Edited, Tue Jun 7 09:31:03 2005

Does anyone know if there is a similar quest to reset your primary melee skill for melee classes? For example, if you wanted to reset your 2HB and make it 1HB? Please post where I can find this info if so, would be really helpful. I assume there has got to be a way, that would only make sense.

Thanks.

Does this also work for resetting Secondary Forte? Or is there a similar quest that will do that?

It took me about 400plat(to the guy in S.Ro) and killing about 400 of the Shadowen Men..(boring) They scowled at me and now they are indf. let's hope this works.I helped a few Cleric's out in this zone so im assuming thats what messed me up to begin with, but thats the way the game goes =)

For all you Druids out there.I had no problem doing this quest on my Halfling Druid.As long as your faction is ok you will have no problem too.



Karpathion 65 Druid
Tarew Marr

Just did the quest. Did all the banter in Common and handed Ostorm a ruby only. He reset my skills. I purchased the ruby for 131pp from Kirem Deepfacet in PoK. He is inside the building in the center of the city between the library and the north wall. He is on the second storey in the northeast room.

I con apprehensive as a DE. I thought that maybe if I just hand him a ruby and 50gp, he'll do it anyway. I was wrong. He says "I will do nothing to aid beings like you!" and eats the ruby and money.

Careful!

I had to fix my faction. I did this quest about 20 times: Cost about 60pp, took about 30 minutes:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=305

Gave him a ruby and recieved the message:
All your specializations have been reset to 49

Confirmed: You do NOT need to give any money; just the Ruby

Edited, Sat Jun 14 00:34:50 2003

An added note, I had to zone to see the changes in the specializations.

Anyone have an idea how to increase faction with Temple of Sol Ro? I can't do the quest because of it =/

Pos 435, Neg 77, Top floor.

How can 58 people post, without one of you putting the Loc in?

I doubt many wizzies will do this. Evocation being the foundation of our nukes, it's well over 50 before most others reach 50. Abjuration and Alteration will follow not too far behind though, since this is where our Shields, Roots and Gates reside.

Conjuration is a wizzies nightmare. To get it up, you need to do thousands upon thousands of Halo of Light and Eye of Zomm spells... the only Conjuration spells until Lesser Familiar. And in SolA and Paw you want that flapping red obstruction up!

I have hit 50 in 3 of my specializations 2 time now after doing the quest 2 time....each time after having them set back to 49, I sit for hours doing alteration spells on newbies (alteration is the specialization I want) till it hits 50 and the rest still stay at 49...then in normal group game play, they all hit 50, and alteration hasn't gone up to 51. What am I doing wrong..those rubies arent cheap!

[:disappointed:]

I'm a level 61 chanter that specialized in alteration and conjuration at level 30. Both of my specializations are stuck at 50. Any clue why they're stuck at 50? Maybe a bug? Guess I'll try resetting to 49 and just cast a ton of alterations spells.....

would this be an easy way to specialize train once in each go give him the ruby and cash and gate to your guild train twice in the one u want and your now specialized in what u want slightly expensive but easy way. would this work or not. my cleric is geting close to specialize level and i dont like casting the same spell over and over again so i mite try it if noone knows

I just did this with my 56 Druid. He's become my solo character for when my guilds not doin anything so I figured I'd change his specialization from evocation to conjuration. I believe that any class that can specialize can do this quest.

Finding Ostrom is pretty easy. Just go to the right after going up the ramp in the initial room. He's in the room just past the bridge. I gave him a ruby and I got xp and faction and he told me that my head would clear after I left the Temple. He also asked if I had the 50 gold that I owed him. I checked my specialization and it was still on evocation. I gave him the 50 gold and got no xp but when I checked my skills specialization had been reset to 49. I gated, went to a druid trainer and spent 2 points on specialization conjuration to lock it in. heh now all I gotta do is make the climb back to 200.

Specialization in a class does NOT reduce casting times. What it will do for you is make spells of that class cost slightly less mana to cast and will give a slightly better chance to NOT fizzle.

Edited, Sun Aug 25 19:10:42 2002

Can you do this quest more than once?

Good Day, I am a 36 wizard and I am thinking about doing this quest, I am confused about it changing my accual Evo/ABJ/ALT/Div/Conj/etc skill not just the specilaztion, does it go down to 49 along with my specilations?