Ryleen Bladespur  

Pirates of the Pine -5
Residents of Jaggedpine 2

summary:

killing her lowers your faction with the Pirates of the Pine, but the Residents of the Jaggedpine faction goes up.

i got 6pp 9gp from her corpse (weapon and bracer excluded).

she gave me almost a blue bubble of exp at 35.

and here's the story.
in my first attempt i thought i was twinked enough to melee her. i was VERY WRONG! so i bailed out and logged (for a shower. laugh at me if you wish, but i needed that at the time LOL). she dual-wielded/double-attacked me for a total of 400 points of damage IN SECONDS, ignorant of my armor class of 723. i didn't give her a chance to backstab me, but it seemed she could have kicked my pathetic **** without any stab in the back if i didn't run for my life.
hours later i logged back on and memorized my bellow song, giving it another shot. i did my favorite backward kiting all the way, playing accelerando, amplification, and bellow in turn. it took me about 20 minutes to kill her (maybe more. i didn't time the fight so it was just my wild guess).
she was quite a runner i had to say, but she only caught up with me twice, thanks to the walrus-skinned drum i had. however i believed any lv35 bard could outrun her with his/her non-magical hand drum equipped. anyway, she made the most out of her catching-up and pierced me for another 400 points. but what can you sak for? judging from all those bumping into the trees and getting stuck and missed notes, i thought my stupid **** deserved to get hurt.
if you hate the pirates of the pine, go ahead and show her how strong you are. otherwise seek exp elsewhere. it was fun and exciting, but i wouldn't do it again. because it was also risky and time-consuming.

conclusion:
backward kiting (with amplified bellow) is regarded as some wimpy soloing strategy to most of my fellow bards. but if you still wanna give it a try, southern karana can be the best zone for it in the world of norrath. excluding that nasty necro gnoll roaming in the northern parts of SK, no mob will be able to touch you after you activate your accelerando. not to mention the fact that it is a very open area.

thanks for the good time Ryleen ^___^


Lyreley the Selfish
lv35 guerilla songwriter of Qeynos

Edited, Sun May 18 07:46:19 2003

Her base damage is 71.But she as a rogue also backstabs.71 would be 1 point short of base 30 mob.She does hit with a good bit of alacrity however.I found out she was immune to move changes with my 35 druid.I was in Greater wolf form and made it to Lake Rathe zone in time to put a damage shield on myself.A few secs later she came running up and resisted the first fury of the air and a second one as well.I zoned out down about 600 hps.I'm guessing she runs at sow speed since I outdistanced her in GWF.Gonna camp druid near her and smack her with a more apt Class/level character.She scowled at me btw...

Edited, Mon Mar 31 05:05:13 2003

So with my foolish level 39 druid, I trak this girl who cons Blue. So I go check her out and she is dubious to me. Hmmm, figure I will snare, root, dot and kick her butt. Wrong... Ryleen kicks butt, talk about an under-con. Someone posted she resists snare/root, she is immune to snare and root. She seems to have borrowed shoes from the shadowmen too, as she moves at the speed of sound. I think she was faster than spirit of cheetah. While most hits were in 50's, one wack was for 192. Broog in Rathe doesnt hit as hard and fast as this chick. I was lucky to get gate off with one bub of health left. Never got a spell off, after initial snare failure, except for the gate. Anyway, she is just west of the chicken coupe, right on the edge of the zone, against the mountains.
If you want her, bring a tank that can dance.

This is the thirrd bladespur I've seen, This one in SK, One in EK near the bandit camp, and One in Toxx. I didn't get to kill the toxx one (Spires were about to go off) but I killed the other two. Both dropped a pair of FS weaps and a druid item. I believe the item from the EK Bladespur was nodrop. Anyway, a good way to pick up an extra 10pp or so on your way through the karanas if their up, seem to be quite a bit.

Has approx 1250 HP.
Resist, Snare & Root
Drops FS Weapons a Druid Bracer no major stats just AC....... Oh Hits Hard I'm lvl 53, did approx 400 to 500 Dmg