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Asherah's Torch of Guidance  
 

No Trade Placeable
Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY
Charges: Unlimited
This item is placeable in yards, guild yards, houses and guild halls.
Effect: Gate (Any Slot, Casting Time: Instant)
WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL
Class: ALL
Race: ALL
Slot 1, Type 7 (General: Group)

Item Lore:Guide Item
Item Type:Misc
Light:Torch
Stackable:No
Lucy Entry By:Srophkor
Item Updated By:SwiftyMUSE
Source:Live
IC Last Updated:2020-06-12 14:31:40
Page Updated:Sun Jul 28th, 2013

*This item is a GM item.


Rarity: No Longer Dropped
Level to Attain: 1

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Pointless but hey
# Oct 26 2004 at 5:39 AM Rating: Decent
I know saying this is pointless now, but its a triggered effect now with an instant cast time
well..
# Aug 07 2004 at 1:13 PM Rating: Decent
There really is no discussion about how cool this would be to have, or how to make it heheh.
Cause its only available for GMs and guides :)
Saw on a guide
# Aug 05 2004 at 7:42 AM Rating: Decent
4 posts
Saw this on a guide tonight.
How it works
# Jul 11 2003 at 8:33 PM Rating: Default
What I have noticed on accident at times is, whey you equip say, the steins we all have in our charisma gear, melee combat takes on the same damage/delay of your fists it seems. Therefore, Monks and Beastlords would obviously have the advantage with this, but everyone else could just hand to hand stuff until they proc outta there. Just my speculations, I have not proven this, but try meleeing in your charisma gear, and you'll notice it's a lot like hand to hand.

My 2cent
ok
# May 17 2003 at 10:17 PM Rating: Decent
I dont think you people relized this but this wep has no dmg/dly so will be a bit hard to swing during combat to proc it wouldnt you think? flame if you want but i am curious if the pic got doctored and its fake lol and not gm item cuz they dont attack their stuff is clicky stuff
#REDACTED, Posted: Jun 25 2004 at 3:58 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) lol@kanedo
Easier to get (Worker's Sledgemallet)
# Mar 31 2003 at 5:18 PM Rating: Default
Being a Beastlord, I hate being in a zone and not wanting to, or not being able to exit. This hammer solves that problem. Only drawback is you have to be level 50 for it to proc but when it does is instantaneous.

Click on the below link for the info:

https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=473

Edited, Wed Sep 10 01:37:09 2003
RE: Easier to get (Worker's Sledgemallet)
# Jun 20 2004 at 11:42 PM Rating: Default
SUICIDAL Sir... its nice and all but for one its suicidal for those not liked in Overthere isnt it? And its Attack Delay is 50 thats terrible how long does it take to get it to port you and where DOES it port you within Overthere? Also can you Duel someone and have htis work??
RE: Easier to get (Worker's Sledgemallet)
# Aug 27 2006 at 8:03 PM Rating: Decent
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1,273 posts
And also weapon delay has zero effect on a weapon's proc rate. A weapon with a delay of 1 will proc just as often as one with a delay of 100. However one thing to note is that individual weapons may have proc modifiers on them (hidden) which increase or decrease the rate of that proc.
RE: Easier to get (Worker's Sledgemallet)
# Aug 20 2004 at 7:42 AM Rating: Decent
yes, you can duel and it will proc. also, you now appear on top of the ship next to a npc who is indifferent....suicidal...I think not...
#REDACTED, Posted: Jan 14 2003 at 8:59 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) this is cool but have you seen the ranger tolans breastplate? ive seen most the other right click gear. but Tolans beats them all (exept the conjure corpse line of robes)procs ring of fay. ports the 45+ ranger to Gfay, that is uber.
RE: Tolans right click breastplate
# Mar 06 2003 at 1:28 PM Rating: Decent
You sure it's GFay? Most sites have it listed as porting to LFay.
RE: Tolans right click breastplate
# Jul 05 2004 at 8:47 AM Rating: Decent
The Tolan's Darkwood Breastplate does indeed port to Lesser Faydark. My ranger had one, it was amazing. I now make do with the Vial of Velium Vapors. A very inexpensive alternative. Also 20 seconds faster than the Tolan's BP.

Edited, Mon Jul 5 09:48:21 2004
Asherah
# Jan 12 2003 at 12:30 PM Rating: Decent
Asherah is the Hebrew Goddess, known under a variety of names. 'The Lady of the Sea', 'The Mother of Gods', 'Goddess of Healing', etc., but was wiped out from Judeo-Christian religion because of male-dominated worship. No, this isn't to incite a flame war over religion, it's just information.

Here's an Asherah website if anyone would like to read. http://northernway.org/hgoddess.html

Edited, Sun Jan 12 12:04:18 2003
RE: Asherah
# Jan 13 2003 at 3:46 PM Rating: Default
Ain't it just too bad that religion is governed by men? Times might be changing, but ever so slowly & the written past will remain the same for centuries to come.

Renmazuo Skoaldiak {Tallon Zek} Smiley: king
Another Bertoxx SK
RE: Asherah
# Jan 14 2003 at 3:56 AM Rating: Default
Erm. While I can sympathise with the author of that website, I'd take it with a grain of salt. As you note, there is obviously a political agenda at play. Yes, the feminine is sacred. Of course!

Yes, sex and the reproductive process are the supreme example of human 'creative power'. Of course!

But that's still no reason for shoddy scholarship :D

On topic: in this case, Asherah is the name of a former Guide for SOE, now deceased.

Edited, Tue Jan 14 03:31:53 2003
Gate Effect
# Jan 12 2003 at 9:27 AM Rating: Default
I think everyone misunderstands this Gate effect.

Bards have a Gate song with this same effect. All it does is hop your group around the zone. It does not gate you to a different zone. It moves you a few feet randomly in the direction that the bard is facing, meaning it can land you in water or off the edge of a cliff, if you happen to be positioned near the edge.

I found the Gate song useful in one occassion in my whole bardic life. When my shaman husband somehow wedged his bear self behind the statue in the Kaesora library, and no amount of shrink or grow would get him out, the Gate song did. That is the ONLY time I've ever used the song. I'm not a PvP'er but I've also heard that it's good to suprise your opponent in that situation as well but not very practical.

Edited, Sun Jan 12 09:00:22 2003
RE: Gate Effect
# Jan 12 2003 at 1:56 PM Rating: Default
Actually you are wrong. Lucy has this item listed under the spell gate which brings you to your bind point. Also the spell data listed up top says "1: Gate".

Lucy: http://lucy.fnord.net/spell.html?id=36&source=Live
umm
# Jan 12 2003 at 5:52 AM Rating: Default
maybe if you a warrior/rog or something and lost use this to gate? i think it's a good thingie.. i don't mind havein it..
really look's like it for gm's
i like it
# Jan 11 2003 at 11:00 PM Rating: Default
whats the big deal here, its a good item if its not just for GM's ...

your group needs to retreat ... your MT holds the mob off well the others run (say you have no evacer) then switches to this and gates out to safety when it procs.
DUH!
# Jan 11 2003 at 9:18 AM Rating: Default
Umm...it's not a proc. It's a right click. Duh!
RE: DUH!
# Jan 11 2003 at 11:30 PM Rating: Good
then kindly explain why it says Gate (Combat)?
Asherah the Torch Bearer
# Jan 10 2003 at 10:29 PM Rating: Good
This probably is an item from Sunset Home (aka CShome) the Training grounds and headquarters for the Guides. There is an NPC roaming the grounds there called Asherah the Torch Bearer. If I was told right Asherah was a Guide in the early days of EQ, but unfortunately she died. In order to remember her they created an NPC (Barbarian Female in green platemail) to roam the halls of Sunset Home and greet visitors there.


Edited, Fri Jan 10 22:07:25 2003
WTF???
# Jan 10 2003 at 10:26 PM Rating: Default
Who in their right mind would wanna gate during combat... The only reason you'd want to is if you were getting your butt kicked... However by the time you pulled this out and "hope" it proc's one would think it's a lil too late... That's just the thoughts from a lvl 50 Druid.. Of course I don't have all the answers.
RE: WTF???
# Jan 11 2003 at 3:48 PM Rating: Default
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This is a strange item, the effect says (combat) so it's a proc, but it doesn't have any damage delay stats on it so you can't use it as a weapon.

As for the OT gate hammer, I've used it during TPW 3 times and had it get me out alive twice. If everyone else is dead and the mobs are coming after you next, you switch it in (quickly!) and just hope LOL. As skatt said it's also useful when the raid doesn't have enough druids to get the melee's out - Avatar + /duel works wonders.

Gate would be better than the OT hammer, because now I've torched my VS faction arriving weak and hurting in OT only to get hit by that annoying skeleton is not real fun :)
RE: WTF???
# Jan 10 2003 at 10:36 PM Rating: Default
It's like usin' the hammer that Gates you to The Overthere... you'd only use it to get a free gate somewhere instead of spendin' time searchin' for a ride from a Druid/Wiz. It'd also be good for a raid if a melee needed to get out an' there didn't happen to be a Wiz to TL them out, jus' equip, run up an' attack the mob then poof! Yer back at yer bind spot. O'course you could use it on low level mobs too, jus' equip an' run around killin' them until it proc'd.


~Skatt
Drunken Ranger o' the Asylum
There is no quest
# Jan 10 2003 at 8:58 PM Rating: Excellent
It's not a quest item. Like all the other "of Guidance" items this is Guide/GM equipment and not available to players.
Quest?
# Jan 10 2003 at 6:01 PM Rating: Default
Anyone have any information on where this quest begins?
#REDACTED, Posted: Jan 10 2003 at 6:38 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) obviously someone has information on this quest, there is a screenshot of the torch.
Proc
# Jan 10 2003 at 5:59 PM Rating: Default
22 posts
This is an awesome item for melees (obviously) but I am curious - why does a combat proc have no damage or delay on it? Do you click it while in combat, or does it suddenly go while your swinging? Be kind of interesting to see how this item plays out.
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