The Halfling
 | The Halfling starts off in Rivervale and spends his formulative hears in the Misty Thicket. What is the best strategy for playing a Halfling? What zones and cities should you take him to and which ones should you avoid? Which factions should you work on improving, and which factions should you be wary of decreasing? What are the best quests in Rivervale for the beginning Halfling? Where are the best shops? How should you role play your Halfling?
Post your strategies on how to best play a Halfling, and read, rate and comment on those posted by others. |
Anonymous
hey im a warrior halfling and im not ancient!
Anonymous
eh.. W E are the hottest by far.. no questions. They win
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If it was possible to be a Halfling Ranger, I would be all over it.
Halflings are warriors and druids. Rangers would work wonders.
Halfling-life is based mostly around home, but adventurers do exist, so a halfling ranger would be an awesome RP'ing critter.
Halflings are warriors and druids. Rangers would work wonders.
Halfling-life is based mostly around home, but adventurers do exist, so a halfling ranger would be an awesome RP'ing critter.
Anonymous
I was just thinking that the other day... pitiful roleplay but they have the perfect ranger stats. same wis as wood elves better agi and dex than wood and half elves and 3 less str than humans but agi is more important anyways.
Anonymous
I was just thinking that the other day... pitiful roleplay but they have the perfect ranger stats. same wis as wod elves better agi and dex than wood and half elves and 3 less str than humans but agi is more important anyways.
Aye, I have always found it strange that halflings are consumate druids, hardy warriors yet are not able to be rangers..go figure.
Anonymous
Can a Halfling Warrior allocate points into Hide and Sneak, and if so who allows us to practice this?
Hafnium
7th Season
Halfling Warrior
Hafnium
7th Season
Halfling Warrior
If your class does not get the skill normally you may not allocate practice in it, in your case it doesnt allow it. these are race attributes..as a little fyi, only rouges can use hide and sneak together, anyone else can use one or the other but if you hide then try to sneak it will lose hiding, not to say its not useful, when your invisible, if your going by a crit that can see you while invis, you can use sneak to get by him, unless it fails.
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So, as a halfling warrior will these sneak and hide skills ever go up?? Or are they static?? My main concern is whether or not I should spend a lot of time practicing them.
Wooter
7th level Halfling Warrior
Cazic Thule
Wooter
7th level Halfling Warrior
Cazic Thule
3 posts
if you are not a rogue but have sneak hide the skill will stay at below average for the rest of your eternal natural life rogues on the other hand can get their skill up after long hard practicing by clicking the button on and off many times
hope it helps
fynnwin 26 dru prexus
hope it helps
fynnwin 26 dru prexus
Anonymous
i was thinking about starting a little stump humper Rogue are they worth it because i really hate misty its just ugly and would get boring after a while and i just thought of this awesome idea what if halflings could be monks better yet what if ogres could be monks
Anonymous
How about an ogrebard? Sounds best as one word ;p ogrebard... ogrebard, a singing dancing slap happy ogre with a nice god, what a great idea!
36 posts
The idea of halfling monks is not very good. We are fast and powerful but our attacks sort of fall short of the mark...However, I do approve of ogres being monks though not for the reasons you might assume. It makes killing them a great deal easier :).
Halflings tend to be very jovial and not necessarily "focused" on anything but fun, so I can't really picture a halfling monk being focused on the continually improving her/his self. I could see however an Ogre being a monk. The only problem with them is they're kkiinnddaa ssllooww lliikkee. Monks tend to be very fast in attacks and avoidance. In my completely biased favorably towards human monks because they kick butt like opinion, an Ogre tend to fit the strong, tank warrior type than the fast evasive monk.
Anonymous
The halfling has to be the best rogue race in the game. Rogues need the high agility as they can't wear steel plate. Although as a halfling you are pretty much stuck between kithicor forest and clan runnyeye. It would be best to hunt in misty thicket, killing large rats to start with. Then move up to black wolves and klaknak drones. On about level 4 you may find some goblin workers which you can kill and you might get some warbeads to trade in for good exp. Do Blixkin Entopops quest at least once. I suggest level 6 or 7 is the best time to go past the wall. At this level you should stay close to the guards unless you are in a good group.
You also might want to work on tailoring by collecting ruined wolf pelts, and make your self some armour. Or just save up money and buy yourself some good leather (the loots pretty good in MT, I had enough for full leather by level 7). Tailoring was very useful to me though, because when you get up to about level 15, you can make metal bits (2 iron ore and 1 flask of water) and then make some studded leather.
Venom sacks are a good thing to collect (from giant wasps and spiders), they're worth about 1pp each.
Behind wall strategy: Level 6-8 giant rats/large bats/orc pawns. Level 9-11 Goblin Warriors/black bears/Roaming Orc Cents. Level 12-14 Young Kodiaks/Giant Spiders/Giant wasps/Orc cents in Orc camp. 15+ Not much in MT for this level, only things to hunt are Orc Legionnaire(rare)/Goblin Alchemist(rare)/Mooto.
Zharbon -Halfling Rogue.
You also might want to work on tailoring by collecting ruined wolf pelts, and make your self some armour. Or just save up money and buy yourself some good leather (the loots pretty good in MT, I had enough for full leather by level 7). Tailoring was very useful to me though, because when you get up to about level 15, you can make metal bits (2 iron ore and 1 flask of water) and then make some studded leather.
Venom sacks are a good thing to collect (from giant wasps and spiders), they're worth about 1pp each.
Behind wall strategy: Level 6-8 giant rats/large bats/orc pawns. Level 9-11 Goblin Warriors/black bears/Roaming Orc Cents. Level 12-14 Young Kodiaks/Giant Spiders/Giant wasps/Orc cents in Orc camp. 15+ Not much in MT for this level, only things to hunt are Orc Legionnaire(rare)/Goblin Alchemist(rare)/Mooto.
Zharbon -Halfling Rogue.
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Misty Thicket is a wonderful newbie zone; good up until about lvl 15 - then you don't really have a choice, you have to leave. Hunting piranhas in Rivervale is also a good strategy at lower lvls especially, since you can give the teeth to Fiddy Bobick for a decent amount of cash and some good faction adjustment.
You should be able to venture beyond the wall in MT about lvl 5, especially with a group; don't wander too far from the guards. I suggest the Runnyeye Warbeads quest with Sheriff Roglio (talk to him about it), and also the Deathfist Slashed Belts given to Deputy Budo in the tower at the wall (on your left if you're leaving Rivervale).
I must say, I've played lots of different chars on EQ, but halfling rogues are undoubtedly my hands-down favorites. I love tanking, and spells are just too confusing... I feel lost if I can't backstab and pickpocket! If you have any questions I'd be more than happy to help if I can; just send a tell! Don't forget to practice backstabbing and pickpocketing... orcs and goblins in MT are prime targets.
You should be able to venture beyond the wall in MT about lvl 5, especially with a group; don't wander too far from the guards. I suggest the Runnyeye Warbeads quest with Sheriff Roglio (talk to him about it), and also the Deathfist Slashed Belts given to Deputy Budo in the tower at the wall (on your left if you're leaving Rivervale).
I must say, I've played lots of different chars on EQ, but halfling rogues are undoubtedly my hands-down favorites. I love tanking, and spells are just too confusing... I feel lost if I can't backstab and pickpocket! If you have any questions I'd be more than happy to help if I can; just send a tell! Don't forget to practice backstabbing and pickpocketing... orcs and goblins in MT are prime targets.
Anonymous
Hail this is Taeo of the Karana server
and i am recruting a new guild called
"The Little People Of Norrath"
if you would wish to be in this guild just
e-mail me with your lvl race and the times you will be on it doesn't matter the lvl you could just be starting out. The guild is only for the loyal little people who are unnapreciated in
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bye
and i am recruting a new guild called
"The Little People Of Norrath"
if you would wish to be in this guild just
e-mail me with your lvl race and the times you will be on it doesn't matter the lvl you could just be starting out. The guild is only for the loyal little people who are unnapreciated in
Eq. send me e-mail at
ghostwriter_16@cheatcc.com
bye
Anonymous
Having experimented with a barbarian, ogre, human and troll warrior, I have finally discovered that halflings are my favorite of all the warrior classes that I have played. By adding a few points to dex, agi, str and sta, you get a hard hitting, but hard to hit, fighting machine. Anyone that judges halflings by there size should come to the Thicket and see whats in OUR neck of the woods.
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Darn toot'n...
Aeriform
Aeriform
Anonymous
i agree that halflings make one of the best-if not the best- warriors of all the races. after i got my mage high enough i started my halfling warrior twink.he has a full suit of crafted,a wavecrasher(9dmg-19dly +9 agi) duel weilded with a winters fury(13dm-23dly +6 str and 25 hps) and i am badass. besides the fact that the mobs have a hell of a time trying to hit me, im highly dexterous and decently strong so i deal out damage with the best of em.
hafling warriors are HIGHLY underestimated i suggest you try one out before going with a different race
hafling warriors are HIGHLY underestimated i suggest you try one out before going with a different race
Anonymous
Anyone have any Halfling Rogue guides? I just made one the other day. (Got sick of my friggin' Druid. lvl 45 is a %%#&&$#!)
Anonymous
Im rdy for Verant to institute a gambling house, nothing fancy, maybe a wheel of fortune, where ye can bet money and win more or lose it:)
Yeah, makes some sense to me. This way, you can expand your circle of RL acquaintances beyond just the group you participate in for your EQ addiction and the substance abuse group you already have to attend for the addiction brought on by the endless patch frustrations.
With this, you could also start attending a group for treatment of a gambling addiction as well.
/grins
With this, you could also start attending a group for treatment of a gambling addiction as well.
/grins
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acually i have a lil gambling operation in RV:)
its pretty simple acually u have the gambler guess a random num that he/she will role by typing /random 1 100 or 1 10 or whatever the gambler wants but before he she roles u put your money in the trade window then who every wins get the money and if they dont give money u tell guild zone friends that he she is a bad person but mosthe time if yer hafling yer not mean!
fynnwin 26 druid
ps this teknically isnt gambling because its not real!)
its pretty simple acually u have the gambler guess a random num that he/she will role by typing /random 1 100 or 1 10 or whatever the gambler wants but before he she roles u put your money in the trade window then who every wins get the money and if they dont give money u tell guild zone friends that he she is a bad person but mosthe time if yer hafling yer not mean!
fynnwin 26 druid
ps this teknically isnt gambling because its not real!)
11 posts
I've been developing a halfling cleric as a secondary character, and have found the experience somewhat unsatisfying. (My primary characters are a halfling druid and a barb shaman, both of which have afforded me hours and hours of pleasure.) Does anyone have any tips or advice or guidance (serious or satiric--Pusbag, I'm looking in your direction!) for playing the halfling cleric? How soon should he head across the wall in Misty Thicket--can the skeletons and Lesser Mummy provide good exp w/ the lvl 5 Ward Undead spell, or will the roaming bears and wolves aggro so much as to make the experience too dangerous? How soon should he leave MT entirely, and where go from there?
(My two cp: I wonder if the absence of many cleric-specific quests doesn't hurt the halfling cleric, along with the fact that he can't do the Deputy Tagil quest for a long tim [if ever].)
(My two cp: I wonder if the absence of many cleric-specific quests doesn't hurt the halfling cleric, along with the fact that he can't do the Deputy Tagil quest for a long tim [if ever].)
Anonymous
A little advice is it ya want eh? Well, set down and listen to my story. By Bristlebane's teeth, I've had the most fun a halfling cleric can have I expect. I've gone to level 9 after only 2 days and almost all of it soloing. The only unpleasantness at all is when one o' them druids makes it rain and spoils yer line of sight.
So, where was I? Ah yes... what did I do? Here's what I did:
Levels 1 through 4 stay I would advise you t'stay on the near side of the wall and focus yer attention on the critters there. Gradually go from the rats and such up to the wolves, spiders, fire beetles and such.
At 5 go across the wall and turn left. There is a might safe place (if anyplace outside o'Rivervale can be called safe) at the top of the hill where the non-aggressive critters (bats, rats, spiders) like t'roam. Smack anything blue to you. If I might make a suggestion now that I got your rapt attention. Change your view when fighting so you can see if anything not-so friendly does wander by (most likely a shadow wolf, wandering gob/orc or bear/young kodiak).
But you want a little extra insight? He he. I know you would. Here are a few little tips which will speed things up for you a bit: When a critter begins to flee from you during battle they will run toward the wall, so you might want to orient yourself so that you don't have to turn around to chase them. And when they get close to the wall the Deputies have an annoying habit of jumping in and stealing your kill dontcha know. Zap 'em before that can happen is all I have t'say.
Here's another little tip for you. You don't always have ta run to the gate in the wall t'be safe. Look up yonder at the gatehouses along the wall. If you spy a Deputy atop he can jump down and save you if you find yerself in a tight spot. But don't forget the Divine Aura. Dontcha know that Bristlebane helps those who ask.
Anyway, that's the end of my tale. I hope things work out for you.
-Botten
6 Earthen Lane
Rivervale
Saryrn
So, where was I? Ah yes... what did I do? Here's what I did:
Levels 1 through 4 stay I would advise you t'stay on the near side of the wall and focus yer attention on the critters there. Gradually go from the rats and such up to the wolves, spiders, fire beetles and such.
At 5 go across the wall and turn left. There is a might safe place (if anyplace outside o'Rivervale can be called safe) at the top of the hill where the non-aggressive critters (bats, rats, spiders) like t'roam. Smack anything blue to you. If I might make a suggestion now that I got your rapt attention. Change your view when fighting so you can see if anything not-so friendly does wander by (most likely a shadow wolf, wandering gob/orc or bear/young kodiak).
But you want a little extra insight? He he. I know you would. Here are a few little tips which will speed things up for you a bit: When a critter begins to flee from you during battle they will run toward the wall, so you might want to orient yourself so that you don't have to turn around to chase them. And when they get close to the wall the Deputies have an annoying habit of jumping in and stealing your kill dontcha know. Zap 'em before that can happen is all I have t'say.
Here's another little tip for you. You don't always have ta run to the gate in the wall t'be safe. Look up yonder at the gatehouses along the wall. If you spy a Deputy atop he can jump down and save you if you find yerself in a tight spot. But don't forget the Divine Aura. Dontcha know that Bristlebane helps those who ask.
Anyway, that's the end of my tale. I hope things work out for you.
-Botten
6 Earthen Lane
Rivervale
Saryrn
What lvl be ye? the cleric be a slow one to play at first but will explode around 14th or so youll even see an obvious increase in effectiveness and group seeking after 8th when get med. You have to be of the cleric mindset, in that youll have to be willing to sit back and do nothing but heal and buff alot of the time in groups, although not always. This is balanced by the high lvl of group availability, everyone wants at least one cleric in the group.
As to when and where to go, I found that it was effective to follow the same route as me druid in that respect, check out the druid board to find some really good advice as to where and when to go to places.....even some good advice from others than yours truly:P
There are several cleric specific quests, there are not many class specific quests for most of the classes, with a couple exceptions, this allows you to get items that improve stats that you need such as wis weather yer a druid or a cleric for example. look under Quests/by class on this site for any specific quests.
After ye get over the 8th lvl hump ye should enjoy the cleric much more, be happy, chanters have 16 lvlvs before they get breeze to muddle through and druids have 14 till sow so 8 lvls isnt so bad:)
As to when and where to go, I found that it was effective to follow the same route as me druid in that respect, check out the druid board to find some really good advice as to where and when to go to places.....even some good advice from others than yours truly:P
There are several cleric specific quests, there are not many class specific quests for most of the classes, with a couple exceptions, this allows you to get items that improve stats that you need such as wis weather yer a druid or a cleric for example. look under Quests/by class on this site for any specific quests.
After ye get over the 8th lvl hump ye should enjoy the cleric much more, be happy, chanters have 16 lvlvs before they get breeze to muddle through and druids have 14 till sow so 8 lvls isnt so bad:)
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I have played a Halfling Cleric up to Twenty, and I got there with few hitches and problems. (And pretty Quickly)
First I hang out in Misty Thicket until I was level 13. Do the Goblins Beads quest as much for the XP as anything, and kill EVERYTHING. You will almost always be able to find a group, but if you are cautious, you will be just fine soloing. I am not sure when I ventured across the wall, but I know that I did it with a group. A good place to solo on the other side of the wall is the hill just to the left of the gate. Lots of stuff is there, pull with a spell and then go to town with Yaulp. In case of a train or an unexpected bear...Go invincible and run to the wall.
After getting 13, hop the boat over to Unrest. In a good group you will go from 13-17 in a few hours. This also gives you INVALUABLE experience grouping in a hectic and dangerous situation. If you can learn to get your people through Unrest safe every time, You will be a succesful Cleric. Also, in Unrest you can NUKE!
Once you are at 17 or 18 you might wanna hop over to Crushbone and try to get yourself a Screaming Mace, OR You can head back to HH and kill orcs. If the HH groups are full, you should be able to find a group in Karana or the Maze while you wait. Or you can pick off yard trash in Karana. This is how I made it to twenty before taking a break from my Largo Lifelender.
Roleplay Tips: Halflings in general LIKE staying home and sitting by the fire. If it rains, COMPLAIN a LOT! Blame it on a Druid or Ranger in the party and his/her diety. Concern yourself with all the dieties and what they do and COMPLAIN if they are doing something annoying. Swear by Bristlebane! He is your GOD! some of my favorite hotkeys where: "By Bristlebane's fuzzy feet! TRAIN!" (Used frequently in Unrest" or "By the power of Fizzlethorpe I smite thee!" (For a good Anti-Undead spell) others include "Largo whistles a merry little walking tune." on a long Journey. Halfling enjoy sunny days and basking in the sun and going for pleasant little walks. Halfling Clerics get drug all over the place to keep people alive and into good mischief. Get into good mischeif whenever you can. (I play on Tallon Zek-I get into LOTS of mischief)
Sum Up: Halflings Like the sun but only like the rain when indoors. When not in Rivervale, all other towns pale in comparison. The Shire is the ONLY place in Norrath worth Living, everywhere else is nice to visit. Bristlebane is the god of thieves and Mischief. Be mischievious. I am not saying you should Ninja Loot or nothing...but make a emote that says "Largo tugs at Bob's Belt pouch" or something.
Just my experienc roleplaying Halfling Clerics for 20 levels and a halfling warrior for another 20. (Not in that order)
Largo Lifelender
Tallon Zek
First I hang out in Misty Thicket until I was level 13. Do the Goblins Beads quest as much for the XP as anything, and kill EVERYTHING. You will almost always be able to find a group, but if you are cautious, you will be just fine soloing. I am not sure when I ventured across the wall, but I know that I did it with a group. A good place to solo on the other side of the wall is the hill just to the left of the gate. Lots of stuff is there, pull with a spell and then go to town with Yaulp. In case of a train or an unexpected bear...Go invincible and run to the wall.
After getting 13, hop the boat over to Unrest. In a good group you will go from 13-17 in a few hours. This also gives you INVALUABLE experience grouping in a hectic and dangerous situation. If you can learn to get your people through Unrest safe every time, You will be a succesful Cleric. Also, in Unrest you can NUKE!
Once you are at 17 or 18 you might wanna hop over to Crushbone and try to get yourself a Screaming Mace, OR You can head back to HH and kill orcs. If the HH groups are full, you should be able to find a group in Karana or the Maze while you wait. Or you can pick off yard trash in Karana. This is how I made it to twenty before taking a break from my Largo Lifelender.
Roleplay Tips: Halflings in general LIKE staying home and sitting by the fire. If it rains, COMPLAIN a LOT! Blame it on a Druid or Ranger in the party and his/her diety. Concern yourself with all the dieties and what they do and COMPLAIN if they are doing something annoying. Swear by Bristlebane! He is your GOD! some of my favorite hotkeys where: "By Bristlebane's fuzzy feet! TRAIN!" (Used frequently in Unrest" or "By the power of Fizzlethorpe I smite thee!" (For a good Anti-Undead spell) others include "Largo whistles a merry little walking tune." on a long Journey. Halfling enjoy sunny days and basking in the sun and going for pleasant little walks. Halfling Clerics get drug all over the place to keep people alive and into good mischief. Get into good mischeif whenever you can. (I play on Tallon Zek-I get into LOTS of mischief)
Sum Up: Halflings Like the sun but only like the rain when indoors. When not in Rivervale, all other towns pale in comparison. The Shire is the ONLY place in Norrath worth Living, everywhere else is nice to visit. Bristlebane is the god of thieves and Mischief. Be mischievious. I am not saying you should Ninja Loot or nothing...but make a emote that says "Largo tugs at Bob's Belt pouch" or something.
Just my experienc roleplaying Halfling Clerics for 20 levels and a halfling warrior for another 20. (Not in that order)
Largo Lifelender
Tallon Zek
Anonymous
There are some good posts here, it is disappointing at the least to have to wade through all the jealous bashing to find legitimate sincere people adding posts to better this board. Thank you to those who have made good posts...
Anonymous
Anonymous
Fiddo by far is the best post'er on these boards
Anonymous
You guys are the funniest looking of all the races. Your armor is almost funny looking as you yourself is. I get a kick out watching you guys run everwhere.Oh and bow down to a warrior thats greater than you the TROLLS!!!
aye ye have that right, ye stink is much greater than ours, but if ye didnt have the stink ta be killing things before ye even swung yer sword yed be a pushover:) Now ye want a mighty warrior, me widowwmaker be bout the finest ye can find, course hes an ogre but we cant be all perfect now can we?:) But then who wants ta be a warrior anyways?:) I got bored with him at 45 an he didnt get much better at 50, the druid or chanter be the way to go, if only they had halfling chanters.
Anonymous
I could kill your little **** in a heart beat. With my axe!!!!!! Hey we dont smell as bad as your women do.......
huh?
Anonymous
You heard me.....
hehe oh aye I heard ye.. now to understanding what ye talking about..thats a whole different story mate:)
Anonymous
how hard is it to understand???
Ifn its to duel ye be wanting well ok, im more than willing ta be showing ye the folly of a warrior fighting a druid, tis always a comic thing to watch, methinks tis to much reliance on there arrows what does it, sad for them to find out the arrows dont be interupting hardly at all at the upper half o the lvls with a caster what has his wis or int at 200+:) and fer the few times it does me sow and cheetah spells be keeping me safe:)
/em Fiddo snickers as he sits outside the range o' his arrows and watches the Anonymous trollie curse as his hitpoints plummet, only standing up to re-root him every once in awhile.
/em Fiddo snickers as he sits outside the range o' his arrows and watches the Anonymous trollie curse as his hitpoints plummet, only standing up to re-root him every once in awhile.
Anonymous
you little tree hugger couldnt stop me if you wanted
Anonymous
Pusbag what is a troll like you doing on a halfling message board like this?????? I thought this was a HALFLING page??????
Moffin, Halfling Druid
Moffin, Halfling Druid
Ya gots ta go where da food is. Dats what I always says!
--Pusbag Infection
--Pusbag Infection
Or ye can just trick yer food to comming to ye like us halflings do.
/em Fiddo sits back enjoying his Pusbag in blanket's while lightly laughing on how easy it was to lure him over here so could catch him easily.
:)
/em Fiddo sits back enjoying his Pusbag in blanket's while lightly laughing on how easy it was to lure him over here so could catch him easily.
:)
#Anonymous,
Posted: Mar 08 2001 at 10:11 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) da way i see it is that us trolls need some more room and who better to invade than one of da smallest guys in game so either get my food ready women or pack your bags.
So I see ye a lonly old troll with no women for more reasons than ye is ugly as sin:)
/em Fiddo looks with disgust at the weak Quartoc stew hes making, but thin relizes that he was a stringy one even for a troll.
/em Fiddo looks with disgust at the weak Quartoc stew hes making, but thin relizes that he was a stringy one even for a troll.
#Anonymous,
Posted: Mar 15 2001 at 11:00 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) All halflings are is foot stools for us trolls.
Ye seem to have confused halflings with the furniture mate, but tis to be expected that yer sight be as foggy as yer thinking.
/em Fiddo sighs at the troll yelling "death to halflings" as he flails at the felt covered footstool he placed in the path, and with a sigh of "this is to easy", steps up behind the troll and whacks him with the skikllit and drags the still mummbling unconcious troll to the cook fire.
/em Fiddo sighs at the troll yelling "death to halflings" as he flails at the felt covered footstool he placed in the path, and with a sigh of "this is to easy", steps up behind the troll and whacks him with the skikllit and drags the still mummbling unconcious troll to the cook fire.
Anonymous
Im not mistaken all you are is something to rest my feet upon which would make you a footstool. You sure do have a big mouth for such a runt must be Napolean Syndrome.
ye talk of the short but brilliant leader of millions? who was feared by all in the known land? aye he was a halfling, one o' our less gifted ones at that, good to see ye recognize our greatness
/em Fiddo rests his feet on the new troll hide covered footstool, covered with his recently caught troll's skin, to replace the felt whailed off earlier, and enjoys his tasty troll in a blanket snacks.
/em Fiddo rests his feet on the new troll hide covered footstool, covered with his recently caught troll's skin, to replace the felt whailed off earlier, and enjoys his tasty troll in a blanket snacks.
Anonymous
feared hah! I fear no little halfling that thinks he can kill trolls. I own you!
Hehe look at the little troll turn greenish red, tis the way I like em, get the blood flowing for ye whack em, makes the meat taste better later.
/em Fiddo thinks about getting a new job, this troll killing job is just plain to easy, the only challenge be the Pusbag one and he seems to of left the place.
/em Fiddo tweaks mr. anonymous troll's ear and laughs as he stumbles around swatting at the swarm that Fiddo summoned to plague him.
/em Fiddo thinks about getting a new job, this troll killing job is just plain to easy, the only challenge be the Pusbag one and he seems to of left the place.
/em Fiddo tweaks mr. anonymous troll's ear and laughs as he stumbles around swatting at the swarm that Fiddo summoned to plague him.
Heheh.
Naw, I haven't left the place, it's just I just haven't been at work lately.
As to the matter at hand I believe the time has come for me to assert myself and expose Fiddo's weakness: woodelves. Yes, I said woodelves.
Fiddo is a known druid and has been seen in the company of *gasp* woodelves. Now if you put 1 and 1 together the answer that keeps coming up is 2. In other words, when you see a halfling druid cavorting with those prancing little elves there can be only one explanation: fraternization. You may draw your own conclusion as to what the meaning of all this, but one thing is clear and that "thing" is that Fiddo has been aiding and abetting the enemy.
So, the next time you see lithe elves of any flavor dancing and prancing through the woods followed by a rotund, hairy, bald, and clumsy elf take a moment to do a double take and realize that that is no elf at all, but rather is Fiddo hanging out with his new buds, the elfies.
Disgusting, isn't it?
--Pusbag Infection
/em Pusbag shakes his head sadly in the knowledge of just how far his friend Fiddo has fallen.
Naw, I haven't left the place, it's just I just haven't been at work lately.
As to the matter at hand I believe the time has come for me to assert myself and expose Fiddo's weakness: woodelves. Yes, I said woodelves.
Fiddo is a known druid and has been seen in the company of *gasp* woodelves. Now if you put 1 and 1 together the answer that keeps coming up is 2. In other words, when you see a halfling druid cavorting with those prancing little elves there can be only one explanation: fraternization. You may draw your own conclusion as to what the meaning of all this, but one thing is clear and that "thing" is that Fiddo has been aiding and abetting the enemy.
So, the next time you see lithe elves of any flavor dancing and prancing through the woods followed by a rotund, hairy, bald, and clumsy elf take a moment to do a double take and realize that that is no elf at all, but rather is Fiddo hanging out with his new buds, the elfies.
Disgusting, isn't it?
--Pusbag Infection
/em Pusbag shakes his head sadly in the knowledge of just how far his friend Fiddo has fallen.
Why ye..I never...I mean..ye rascal...ye slanderous...hmmph
okies mate ye've left me no choice, seems theres no depths to what a troll will say to ruin a good halfling's reputation, the truth be ugly but tis true that Ive been seen with the woodelves from time to time, but the reason is of a much uglier strain, seems that Pusbag had diseapeared for awhile, claimed to be away from work, so me needing some fresh floor coverings, I went to track this troll, and what do I find? It is the rascally Pusbag who seems to be running with the wood elves his own self...dont believe me?..well ye can see fer yerself were he invited a woodelf embasseder, a certain Halfelf to dinner to discusse it in the trolls page, well I tell ye, wasnt me running with the woodelves what ye seen but me bent over gagging running away upon seeing Pusbag trying to caper and do the twirls with the woodelves, twasnt the capering what was bad but the lime green tutu what Pusbag was wearing:) Next thing ye know hell be hobnobbing with the high elves, then be no more high elf gumbo:(
okies mate ye've left me no choice, seems theres no depths to what a troll will say to ruin a good halfling's reputation, the truth be ugly but tis true that Ive been seen with the woodelves from time to time, but the reason is of a much uglier strain, seems that Pusbag had diseapeared for awhile, claimed to be away from work, so me needing some fresh floor coverings, I went to track this troll, and what do I find? It is the rascally Pusbag who seems to be running with the wood elves his own self...dont believe me?..well ye can see fer yerself were he invited a woodelf embasseder, a certain Halfelf to dinner to discusse it in the trolls page, well I tell ye, wasnt me running with the woodelves what ye seen but me bent over gagging running away upon seeing Pusbag trying to caper and do the twirls with the woodelves, twasnt the capering what was bad but the lime green tutu what Pusbag was wearing:) Next thing ye know hell be hobnobbing with the high elves, then be no more high elf gumbo:(
/em Pusbag hangs his head in shame.
Ok, ok. It's not what it looks like, alright? Let me explain...
...aw, come on, Fiddo. Elves have feelings too, you know. The pink tutu was just to make them smile. After all, if you were a wood elf you would be depressed too, right?
As for the capering and twirling I need to work up an appetite before I devour all those effeminate cake-boys.
Now the record has been set straight.
--Pusbag Infection
Ok, ok. It's not what it looks like, alright? Let me explain...
...aw, come on, Fiddo. Elves have feelings too, you know. The pink tutu was just to make them smile. After all, if you were a wood elf you would be depressed too, right?
As for the capering and twirling I need to work up an appetite before I devour all those effeminate cake-boys.
Now the record has been set straight.
--Pusbag Infection
Ye wouldnt be having any o' them ears left over would ye? got a new candy covered elf ear recipe what would knock yer socks off.
/em Fiddo shrugs, figuring he'll try anything once, and borrowing one of Pusbags tutu's to try on and comenses capering, dreaming of the plate full of candy coated Elf ears he'll be enjoying if this works.....or the grill full of troll burgers if anyone sees him:P
/em Fiddo shrugs, figuring he'll try anything once, and borrowing one of Pusbags tutu's to try on and comenses capering, dreaming of the plate full of candy coated Elf ears he'll be enjoying if this works.....or the grill full of troll burgers if anyone sees him:P
LOL!!
Synchronized inter-racial ballet! Remember though, it's your turn to throw me around for a while, ok?
You know, once you get past the initial embarrassment of wearing these elf tutus, they feel kinda good...
...help me with my thong, alright? It keeps yanking up my stuff when I do an arabesque.
--Pusbag Infection
Synchronized inter-racial ballet! Remember though, it's your turn to throw me around for a while, ok?
You know, once you get past the initial embarrassment of wearing these elf tutus, they feel kinda good...
...help me with my thong, alright? It keeps yanking up my stuff when I do an arabesque.
--Pusbag Infection
/em Fiddo kringes at the horrible mental picture of a troll with thongs that Pusbag just foisted on him.
/em Fiddo startes staring at the huge ears that are flopping around on Pusbags head and begins to wonder what candy coated troll ears would taste like.
/em Fiddo casts strength of earth on himself and gets ready for the final troll lifting spin.
one wonders what's next, if the Pusbag troll thinks hes going to talk Fiddo into wearing one of those sissy girl barbarian skirts hes got another think comming.
/em Fiddo startes staring at the huge ears that are flopping around on Pusbags head and begins to wonder what candy coated troll ears would taste like.
/em Fiddo casts strength of earth on himself and gets ready for the final troll lifting spin.
one wonders what's next, if the Pusbag troll thinks hes going to talk Fiddo into wearing one of those sissy girl barbarian skirts hes got another think comming.
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/em Treachery sees Pusbag and Fiddo doing ballet
/em Treachery gapes in absolute awe at the spectacle of trolls doing ballet and hanging around with wood elves.
/em Treachery jots down these astonishing events on a notepad
/em Treachery goes to Grobb and delivers the notepad to Troll Shaman Leader Kaglari
/em Treachery gets the share of medium-rare ogre meat as promised for the valuable information, knowing what would be coming for the treacherous trolls...
Three Month Later....
/em Treachery is walking through Innothule Swamp, headed towards Oggok
/em Treachery sees a gigantic building that she had never seen before
/em Treachery walks over to it
/em Treachery reads on the face of the building: "TROLL AKADAMEY FOR PROFESHINAL
BALLEY AND DAUNCING."
/em Treachery climbs over the wall of the building with some rope and makes her way inside and sees a door
/em Treachery hears a piano being played inside the door and a dry coarse troll voice shouting "Flex, 1, 2, 3, and...." suddenly interrupted by sounds of discord from someone slamming the keys in anger. "NO! YU TOES IS NOT POINTED PROPRULY!!! YOU STUPID PIECE OF GREEN MEAT!!!" came the same voice but now enraged and then the sound of steel being drawn from a sheathe. A troll's decapitated head suddenly went flying out of a window near Treachery, bouncing a couple of times on the ground, followed by a troll's body wearing a tutu and in a tight pink dress with cute green slippers and complete with stockings.
/em Treachery sneaks through the door to encounter the most outrageous scene: Trolls wearing tutus and slippers leaping into the air (/ooc Think of the Cingular Commercial with the football players doing ballet) and Pusbag, Fiddo, and a good-mannered frilly !WOOD ELF! directing the students. Pusbag (DRESSED IN A FAERIE COSTUME AND HOLDING A FAKE WAND!) and the wood elf (wearing a very tight green shirt and green tights) in a corner discussing *GASP* politics and *GAPE* Gurknak (a famous troll classical musician that is pretty much the trolls' Bach though none of them ever cared about him and he was exiled and eaten by ogres), and, not to mention, *PROTEST ALOUD* the crisis with the rapidly dropping population of snow bunnies in Velious and how they should save them from extinction. Pusbag HIMSELF made a tearful, heartfelt speech that they should campaign about it and encourage people to save these beloved creatures. Fiddo ( who was the one who had decapitated the troll earlier when he didnt point his toes properly), however, looked like he was prepared to go to war against a country. He had all sorts of weapons attached to him ( 12-inch swords, throwing axes, and hammer, arrows, and a wicked-looking whip). As he instructed the students, he would occasionally whip them or simply take out his 12-inch sword and smite their head off, taking the head and devouring in a couple of mouthfuls. He had a collection of candied troll ears on a table nearby. He seemed like he was giving military orders instead of teaching them.
/em Treachery walked out, astonished beyond words
"A little more than kin, and less than kind" -- Hamlet, I, ii, 65.
(Created by: Treachery Productions Inc.(C) )
/em Treachery gapes in absolute awe at the spectacle of trolls doing ballet and hanging around with wood elves.
/em Treachery jots down these astonishing events on a notepad
/em Treachery goes to Grobb and delivers the notepad to Troll Shaman Leader Kaglari
/em Treachery gets the share of medium-rare ogre meat as promised for the valuable information, knowing what would be coming for the treacherous trolls...
Three Month Later....
/em Treachery is walking through Innothule Swamp, headed towards Oggok
/em Treachery sees a gigantic building that she had never seen before
/em Treachery walks over to it
/em Treachery reads on the face of the building: "TROLL AKADAMEY FOR PROFESHINAL
BALLEY AND DAUNCING."
/em Treachery climbs over the wall of the building with some rope and makes her way inside and sees a door
/em Treachery hears a piano being played inside the door and a dry coarse troll voice shouting "Flex, 1, 2, 3, and...." suddenly interrupted by sounds of discord from someone slamming the keys in anger. "NO! YU TOES IS NOT POINTED PROPRULY!!! YOU STUPID PIECE OF GREEN MEAT!!!" came the same voice but now enraged and then the sound of steel being drawn from a sheathe. A troll's decapitated head suddenly went flying out of a window near Treachery, bouncing a couple of times on the ground, followed by a troll's body wearing a tutu and in a tight pink dress with cute green slippers and complete with stockings.
/em Treachery sneaks through the door to encounter the most outrageous scene: Trolls wearing tutus and slippers leaping into the air (/ooc Think of the Cingular Commercial with the football players doing ballet) and Pusbag, Fiddo, and a good-mannered frilly !WOOD ELF! directing the students. Pusbag (DRESSED IN A FAERIE COSTUME AND HOLDING A FAKE WAND!) and the wood elf (wearing a very tight green shirt and green tights) in a corner discussing *GASP* politics and *GAPE* Gurknak (a famous troll classical musician that is pretty much the trolls' Bach though none of them ever cared about him and he was exiled and eaten by ogres), and, not to mention, *PROTEST ALOUD* the crisis with the rapidly dropping population of snow bunnies in Velious and how they should save them from extinction. Pusbag HIMSELF made a tearful, heartfelt speech that they should campaign about it and encourage people to save these beloved creatures. Fiddo ( who was the one who had decapitated the troll earlier when he didnt point his toes properly), however, looked like he was prepared to go to war against a country. He had all sorts of weapons attached to him ( 12-inch swords, throwing axes, and hammer, arrows, and a wicked-looking whip). As he instructed the students, he would occasionally whip them or simply take out his 12-inch sword and smite their head off, taking the head and devouring in a couple of mouthfuls. He had a collection of candied troll ears on a table nearby. He seemed like he was giving military orders instead of teaching them.
/em Treachery walked out, astonished beyond words
"A little more than kin, and less than kind" -- Hamlet, I, ii, 65.
(Created by: Treachery Productions Inc.(C) )
Anonymous
im a hlf dru,why cant we hide&sneak at the same time like a rog?we can hide & we can sneak,why not?
Anonymous
Because that's a Rogue thang. They are the only ones (that I'm aware of) who can do both. It's commonly referred to as Rogue invisibility. Use your camoflage spell, it does close to the same thing. Rogues Rule!!
Feekkenu
Feekkenu
Anonymous
OK, heres the great thing about halfling warriors! They ARE SMALL! Dwarfs make maybe the best small warriors but, I twinked a halfling warrior on Drinal. I am a lvl 56mage. Well the warrior is lvl 37 now and hits for around 44max with his lamantation and 47with his CSS. I made his base stats 100str, 90sta, 100agi, and whatever base dex he had. Now with the stuff I twinked him with hes got 163str, 122sta, 112agi, 137dex(only stats that really matter). 879ac isn't too bad is it? Well maybe a few of you think since I'm twinked it doesn't count. BUT HALFLINGS RULE!!!
Ok just a question, having never played a warrior up to any lvl worth mentioning Im not sure, but seems at 37 he should be hitting for more than 44 or 47 maxx shouldnt he? not sure so is just a question, not being snide.
Anonymous
Auactly, i believe he is hitting for 44 and 47 with one hand slashing....Thats not bad if you think about it, then compare that with duel wield, so add 44+47 for one round, then if they pull off a double attack (44+47)x2 not to mention any critical/crippling blows.....its not bad, course, im just a druid, what do i know?
Zigs
Zigs
Anonymous
ok your an id@@@ not all of us can twink! GO TO HELK
Anonymous
touch of haflin an a lot of jakal **** put n bowl an walla halflin soup
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What! You can't make hafling soup without jumjum you idiot.
Anonymous
THAT LAST POST WAS STUPID!!!!
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Which will help the most over all for a warrior? 125 agil or 105 str? Is it not good to split like 95 str/ 110 agil? I heard there was a bonus or something at the 100/125 marks and that is why it is good to put all the points into one stat?
Thanks
Thanks
Anonymous
well why dont you go 100str,100agi and (i believe 90 dex they have at start)
then you get your 100 mark for str and agi...
then you get your 100 mark for str and agi...
Anonymous
This is from my experience as a 10 halfling rogue, power leveling another halfling rogue to level 7 in 3 hours. For the first 2 levels, he'd kill to 50%, and I'd finish it off. This took about 30 minutes to get to level 3 (the level where rogues stop being completely helpless.)
Then we'd do the Gunrich quest. Just go to Gunrich, a named Goblin and say "Dark rivers flow east". Gunrich will give you a box to give to Reuppy (sp) in the Fool's Gold. Gunrich is usually by the undead monument on the other side of the wall. The box is LORE ITEM only so you can only get one, but since the box is not NO DROP, we'd both get one, and I could give mine to him. If you don't have good faction with rogues, you won't be able to do this quest. You will ruin faction with Merchants of the Vale, but by using sneak to get indifferent, it won't matter how bad your faction gets. You should get level 6 in about 2 hours by doing this quest.
At level 6 we could group so we could exp for killin' stuff. We each got 8 backpacks, and killed every goblin warrior we saw collecting rusties, cloth armor (for money and armor pieces), and most importantly, Runnyeye Warbeads. After 30 minutes of this, we went to town, disbanded (very important) and he turned in about 40 beads. Ding! Level 7. The beads will still give great exp until about level 10, where you get backstab, when the rogue really becomes a rogue, but he had to log so I guess we'll continue another day.
Have fun!
Then we'd do the Gunrich quest. Just go to Gunrich, a named Goblin and say "Dark rivers flow east". Gunrich will give you a box to give to Reuppy (sp) in the Fool's Gold. Gunrich is usually by the undead monument on the other side of the wall. The box is LORE ITEM only so you can only get one, but since the box is not NO DROP, we'd both get one, and I could give mine to him. If you don't have good faction with rogues, you won't be able to do this quest. You will ruin faction with Merchants of the Vale, but by using sneak to get indifferent, it won't matter how bad your faction gets. You should get level 6 in about 2 hours by doing this quest.
At level 6 we could group so we could exp for killin' stuff. We each got 8 backpacks, and killed every goblin warrior we saw collecting rusties, cloth armor (for money and armor pieces), and most importantly, Runnyeye Warbeads. After 30 minutes of this, we went to town, disbanded (very important) and he turned in about 40 beads. Ding! Level 7. The beads will still give great exp until about level 10, where you get backstab, when the rogue really becomes a rogue, but he had to log so I guess we'll continue another day.
Have fun!
Anonymous
A thread on the Druid strategy page includes a post in which someone claims that roughly 70% of all EQ players are druids, and roughly 40% of those are Halflings.
I've played a few different halflings on Vazaelle (since I got EQ at Christmas), and--based solely on limited personal experience--I'd have to agree, at least to the extent that I've met many more druids in Rivervale and Misty Thicket than halflings of any other class.
So, my question: of the remaining 3 classes, which are the most and least popular among halfling players, and why?
(My login name is Wyldling. The server won't recognize my password today; I apologize for the anon. post.)
I've played a few different halflings on Vazaelle (since I got EQ at Christmas), and--based solely on limited personal experience--I'd have to agree, at least to the extent that I've met many more druids in Rivervale and Misty Thicket than halflings of any other class.
So, my question: of the remaining 3 classes, which are the most and least popular among halfling players, and why?
(My login name is Wyldling. The server won't recognize my password today; I apologize for the anon. post.)
I think the least popular Halfling class is the Cleric. You never see any of those around...
--Pusbag Infection
/em Pusbag whistles a little tune and keeps right on walking.
--Pusbag Infection
/em Pusbag whistles a little tune and keeps right on walking.
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<<I think the least popular Halfling class is the Cleric. You never see any of those around...
--Pusbag Infection
/em Pusbag whistles a little tune and keeps right on walking.>>
Something about the emote suggests irony or sarcasm--which, in and of itself, is fine. But I'm wondering if the first statement isn't truer than not. On Vazaelle, I usually /who after I log on, and rarely find more than 2 or 3 clerics (if any--last night, there were none at first; within an hour, there were 3, though one was a visiting High Elf).
Agree or disagree? And, if it's true, why is it the case? Do more players pick druid than cleric b/c of the perception that the former is easier to solo?
--Pusbag Infection
/em Pusbag whistles a little tune and keeps right on walking.>>
Something about the emote suggests irony or sarcasm--which, in and of itself, is fine. But I'm wondering if the first statement isn't truer than not. On Vazaelle, I usually /who after I log on, and rarely find more than 2 or 3 clerics (if any--last night, there were none at first; within an hour, there were 3, though one was a visiting High Elf).
Agree or disagree? And, if it's true, why is it the case? Do more players pick druid than cleric b/c of the perception that the former is easier to solo?
Heheh.
My apologies. Yes, I was being a smarty-pants.
A halfling IS given the choice to be a cleric, but most choose to be a druid it seems. Generally, the reasons why there are certain race/class combinations and not others in EQ is based on traditional Tolkien lore and playability. The game and the stories have not given any race a twin capabilty to heal (ie. wisdom and intelligence based magical medical skills). The two schools of magic are supposedly diametric and opposing although in the game they complement each other when joined in a group.
In any of the J.R.R. Tolkien books (Lord of the Rings is one of the trilogy he wrote that you might be familiar with) each race was quite secretive of the school of magic they commanded and were reluctant to share or even show others an example of their powers.
As for why there are not more clerics playing the game, when EQ first was out clerics were a dime a dozen, but after nerfs and the growth of characters to post-L50, it was shown that clerics are weak and serve no purpose other than to heal the group. As obvious as that sounds, it makes playing a cleric a one dimensional character which become quite onerous quickly especially when you try playing a shaman or monk or druid. Then there is the issue of soloing vs grouping. Druids are quite capable of playing the game off by themselves, but a cleric has virtually no combat skills leaving him at the mercy of the monsters or joining a group. Meanwhile, if a druid decides to join with others he can pull, heal, fight, and eventually evacuate people from bad situations gone worse to a safe haven somewhere else.
So, I hope to have made up for my flippant remark by my apology and rather lengthy explanation, and I wish you well in the game. Have fun.
--Pusbag Infection
PS: If any of you reading this have not read any of Tolkien's work, I heartily recommend doing so in that he is a tremendous storyteller (all of the alternate universe stories are based on his writings including Ultima, EQ, D&D, and even Pokemon among others) and a motion picture is soon to be released which will probably massacre the whole trilogy. J.R.R. will be spinning in his grave...
PSS: For all of you halflings, Tolkien's main character is a halfling/hobbit whose name is Bilbo and is a rogue of sorts who prefers farming, but is coerced into stealing to save Middle Earth. So it should be a matter of pride for you that you have chosen the race of the pioneer who started it all, oh, so many years ago.
My apologies. Yes, I was being a smarty-pants.
A halfling IS given the choice to be a cleric, but most choose to be a druid it seems. Generally, the reasons why there are certain race/class combinations and not others in EQ is based on traditional Tolkien lore and playability. The game and the stories have not given any race a twin capabilty to heal (ie. wisdom and intelligence based magical medical skills). The two schools of magic are supposedly diametric and opposing although in the game they complement each other when joined in a group.
In any of the J.R.R. Tolkien books (Lord of the Rings is one of the trilogy he wrote that you might be familiar with) each race was quite secretive of the school of magic they commanded and were reluctant to share or even show others an example of their powers.
As for why there are not more clerics playing the game, when EQ first was out clerics were a dime a dozen, but after nerfs and the growth of characters to post-L50, it was shown that clerics are weak and serve no purpose other than to heal the group. As obvious as that sounds, it makes playing a cleric a one dimensional character which become quite onerous quickly especially when you try playing a shaman or monk or druid. Then there is the issue of soloing vs grouping. Druids are quite capable of playing the game off by themselves, but a cleric has virtually no combat skills leaving him at the mercy of the monsters or joining a group. Meanwhile, if a druid decides to join with others he can pull, heal, fight, and eventually evacuate people from bad situations gone worse to a safe haven somewhere else.
So, I hope to have made up for my flippant remark by my apology and rather lengthy explanation, and I wish you well in the game. Have fun.
--Pusbag Infection
PS: If any of you reading this have not read any of Tolkien's work, I heartily recommend doing so in that he is a tremendous storyteller (all of the alternate universe stories are based on his writings including Ultima, EQ, D&D, and even Pokemon among others) and a motion picture is soon to be released which will probably massacre the whole trilogy. J.R.R. will be spinning in his grave...
PSS: For all of you halflings, Tolkien's main character is a halfling/hobbit whose name is Bilbo and is a rogue of sorts who prefers farming, but is coerced into stealing to save Middle Earth. So it should be a matter of pride for you that you have chosen the race of the pioneer who started it all, oh, so many years ago.
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From Pusbag:
<<A halfling is not given the choice to be a cleric, only a druid. >>
Here's what's throwing me off--halflings _can_ be clerics. My first halfling character was a cleric--they all serve the Trickster God--and the cleric guild in Rivervale sells some fine armor and 1HB weapons.
To be fair, I've only met a handful of clerics, and none above lvl 12. Of course, I'm still stuck in Misty Thicket, and the higher-lvl halfling clerics are probably long since gone....
<<A halfling is not given the choice to be a cleric, only a druid. >>
Here's what's throwing me off--halflings _can_ be clerics. My first halfling character was a cleric--they all serve the Trickster God--and the cleric guild in Rivervale sells some fine armor and 1HB weapons.
To be fair, I've only met a handful of clerics, and none above lvl 12. Of course, I'm still stuck in Misty Thicket, and the higher-lvl halfling clerics are probably long since gone....
You are absolutely correct! I am wrong about Halfling clerics and I should have done my homework instead of opening my mouth and eliminating any doubt that I am a numbskull. I will edit my post above and correct my mistake.
Thanks for showing me the error of my ways!
--Pusbag Infection
Thanks for showing me the error of my ways!
--Pusbag Infection
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<<Thanks for showing me the error of my ways!>>
None of this, now--too many of us have made too much (good) use of too many of your posts for you to start 'pologizin' for such minor things.
All hail Pusbag, who's "excellent" rating has been well-earned!
None of this, now--too many of us have made too much (good) use of too many of your posts for you to start 'pologizin' for such minor things.
All hail Pusbag, who's "excellent" rating has been well-earned!
Ahh Pusbag seems ye have a fan, poor poor misguided fool,
/em Fiddo pats the poor insane Wyldling distracting him as the halflings in the white coats holding the straight jacket silently approach Wylding from behind.
Dont worry , nothing a little cranium case surgery wont fix.
/em Fiddo wonders what spell Pusbag cast on Wyldling to get him so confused.
/em Fiddo pats the poor insane Wyldling distracting him as the halflings in the white coats holding the straight jacket silently approach Wylding from behind.
Dont worry , nothing a little cranium case surgery wont fix.
/em Fiddo wonders what spell Pusbag cast on Wyldling to get him so confused.
Lithium, baby, lithium!
That'll take the edge off that psychosis. If that doesn't work electroshock therapy did wonders for me...
--Pusbag Infection
That'll take the edge off that psychosis. If that doesn't work electroshock therapy did wonders for me...
--Pusbag Infection
ye aint telling me those careless lightning spells I been using on ye have been helping ya?
/em Fiddo is confounded that his attempts to capture the notorius Pusbag by using his careless lightning may be curing him of his mental unbalance, and thus rendering him into something other than his lovably psycotic Half-Elf eating self, and immediatly forgets the spell, memming Immolate instead, hey gets him and cooks him all at once right?:)
/em Fiddo is confounded that his attempts to capture the notorius Pusbag by using his careless lightning may be curing him of his mental unbalance, and thus rendering him into something other than his lovably psycotic Half-Elf eating self, and immediatly forgets the spell, memming Immolate instead, hey gets him and cooks him all at once right?:)
LOL!
Yeah, those bolts of lightning have been a real Godsend for me. I used to have paranoid delusional fantasies that people were out to get me and tear my "Guru" status from my title. Now I know it's simply true as evidenced by my demotion to "Sage".
*sigh*
I suppose not everybody appreciates our sense of humor, Fiddo.
You know, I was thinking about Halfling classes that are rarely seen around Norrath and I realized lion tamers are one of those professions you never see a Halfling doing, but I must have seen eight or nine Halflings practicing their trapeze artist or man-shot-out-of-a-cannon impression while hanging around a Sand Giant in SRO. Why do you suppose that is?
--Pusbag Infection
/em Pusbag waves as he watches another Halfling fly on by.
Yeah, those bolts of lightning have been a real Godsend for me. I used to have paranoid delusional fantasies that people were out to get me and tear my "Guru" status from my title. Now I know it's simply true as evidenced by my demotion to "Sage".
*sigh*
I suppose not everybody appreciates our sense of humor, Fiddo.
You know, I was thinking about Halfling classes that are rarely seen around Norrath and I realized lion tamers are one of those professions you never see a Halfling doing, but I must have seen eight or nine Halflings practicing their trapeze artist or man-shot-out-of-a-cannon impression while hanging around a Sand Giant in SRO. Why do you suppose that is?
--Pusbag Infection
/em Pusbag waves as he watches another Halfling fly on by.
Tis the young what did it, ye know how these latest craze things be, to many lion tamers so tis boring, th eyoung ones all wanna be troll handlers, we keep telling them tis to hard to handle a troll as they forget everything ye taught them in 5 min but they insist , so we showed them the crit what is just a little smarter than trolls to train on, the sand giant, and theyve been at it ever sense. Ahh well tis better than being toe-jam inspectors like the trolls I seen in Frontier Mountains, least thats what I think they were doing, cant figure why they wuz just standing there getting stomped on by the giants otherwise, do seem like a short career to me though :P
/em Fiddo sneaks up behind Pusbag while hes watching the latest batch of young halflings fly overhead and knocks him unconsious with a massive gust of wind, then drags him towards the big cauldron hes got bubbling while whistling a catchy little tune.
/em Fiddo sneaks up behind Pusbag while hes watching the latest batch of young halflings fly overhead and knocks him unconsious with a massive gust of wind, then drags him towards the big cauldron hes got bubbling while whistling a catchy little tune.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh!
My yearly bath!
These lice were getting a bit itchy. Thanks, Fiddo!
--Pusbag Infection
/em Pusbag luxuriates in his halfling hottub and asks Fiddo to stoke the fire up a bit.
My yearly bath!
These lice were getting a bit itchy. Thanks, Fiddo!
--Pusbag Infection
/em Pusbag luxuriates in his halfling hottub and asks Fiddo to stoke the fire up a bit.
Dont be lieing to tha nice folks mate, ye dont take the baths once a year even:P
/em Fiddo gladly stokes the fire a bit, as he summons a group of passing trolls to witness the Pusbag commiting one of the few troll'ly sins...TAKING A BATH...then laughs uncontrolably as Pusbag trys to hide from the derision and gasps of horror from his troll mates.
/em Fiddo gladly stokes the fire a bit, as he summons a group of passing trolls to witness the Pusbag commiting one of the few troll'ly sins...TAKING A BATH...then laughs uncontrolably as Pusbag trys to hide from the derision and gasps of horror from his troll mates.
/em Pusbag slips down into the water in shame so only the tip of his nose is sticking out.
/em Pusbag belatedly realizes he can cast "Enduring Breath" on himself and begins making teeny tiny finger movements to cast the spell.
/em Pusbag hurryidly pulls down his long raggedy ears after he remembers they stick up higher than any other part of his beautiful green body.
/em Pusbag hopes against hope those other trolls didn't recognize him.
/em Pusbag belatedly realizes he can cast "Enduring Breath" on himself and begins making teeny tiny finger movements to cast the spell.
/em Pusbag hurryidly pulls down his long raggedy ears after he remembers they stick up higher than any other part of his beautiful green body.
/em Pusbag hopes against hope those other trolls didn't recognize him.
/em Fiddo looks agast and with a growing sense of anger as a sand giant comes up and, commenting on someone leaving a nice cup of troll tea simmering for him, grabs the cauldron and with one swift gulp swallows its contents, troll and all.
/em Fiddo lets out a mighty roar yelling "thats my troll ye have eaten, go find yer own dinner tis mine and yer not to have him" and summons a huge gust of wind and punches the giant in the belly with it, causing him to choke up Pusbag and send him flying through the air, bouncing off a few palm tree's and finally landing in the ocean.
/em Fiddo lets out a mighty roar yelling "thats my troll ye have eaten, go find yer own dinner tis mine and yer not to have him" and summons a huge gust of wind and punches the giant in the belly with it, causing him to choke up Pusbag and send him flying through the air, bouncing off a few palm tree's and finally landing in the ocean.
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<<Ahh Pusbag seems ye have a fan, poor poor misguided fool,
/em Fiddo pats the poor insane Wyldling distracting him as the halflings in the white coats holding the straight jacket silently approach Wylding from behind.
Dont worry , nothing a little cranium case surgery wont fix.
/em Fiddo wonders what spell Pusbag cast on Wyldling to get him so confused.>>
Come to think of it, I have been feeling a little . . . woozy . . .
/em Wyldling rises from the keyboard, only to stumble headfirst into the pot of bubbling, steaming (though unidentified) liquid that some kind, green soul left for him to sip...
/em Fiddo pats the poor insane Wyldling distracting him as the halflings in the white coats holding the straight jacket silently approach Wylding from behind.
Dont worry , nothing a little cranium case surgery wont fix.
/em Fiddo wonders what spell Pusbag cast on Wyldling to get him so confused.>>
Come to think of it, I have been feeling a little . . . woozy . . .
/em Wyldling rises from the keyboard, only to stumble headfirst into the pot of bubbling, steaming (though unidentified) liquid that some kind, green soul left for him to sip...
What we need to do is start petitioning for a new class for halflings. My personal vote is for rangers.
(This response is an addendum to my answer above)
Halflings will probably never get to be rangers in that that is a career (class) that is traditionally an elven one, but learned to a lesser degree by humans.
Halflings are supposed to be comfortable in small closed spaces, they prefer the dark, farming, and cooking, which is their main form of enjoyment. They enjoy looking for herbs to cook with (hence their tendency towards the druid class although in reality this is quite a contradiction since druids are a RL human phenomenon). They live under hills and in the roots of large trees, so they like to dig, but not for mining purposes like dwarves.
I just thought I'd relay that bit of info as I'm a fan of Tolkien.
--Pusbag Infection, who mistakenly thought Fiddo was for cooking, not someone who enjoyed cooking. My mistake.
Halflings will probably never get to be rangers in that that is a career (class) that is traditionally an elven one, but learned to a lesser degree by humans.
Halflings are supposed to be comfortable in small closed spaces, they prefer the dark, farming, and cooking, which is their main form of enjoyment. They enjoy looking for herbs to cook with (hence their tendency towards the druid class although in reality this is quite a contradiction since druids are a RL human phenomenon). They live under hills and in the roots of large trees, so they like to dig, but not for mining purposes like dwarves.
I just thought I'd relay that bit of info as I'm a fan of Tolkien.
--Pusbag Infection, who mistakenly thought Fiddo was for cooking, not someone who enjoyed cooking. My mistake.
Ide like to see chanters as halflings, just think, the people around you wouldnt know weather to pester you for a sow or clarity......naa youd just hear...I know your busy fighting that rather large mob and have a party to support, and I didnt invite you into my group when you were LFG'ing for 30 min, because druids are not that good at healing but could you please drop everything and give me a sow or clarity right away.....plz......:)hehe
Anonymous
I would assume that druids are the most popular because they can do a little of everything. Plus, any class that can solo will get used for that reason alone.
Anonymous
Yesterday I did "/who all halfling warrior"
the results came out with _4_ people !!!
There was a level 40 and I personally met a female
halfling level 52 something in East Commons. She looked great in the crafted armor.
Trolls and ogres have more STA so what ? What do you think 500 HP difference does it make when you are level 55 fighting huge mobs that hit you for 100-500 anyway, and the Cleric's spell healing thousands of HP 's ??
Warrior base stats:
Halfling AGI 100 DEX 90
Ogre AGI 75 DEX 70
AGI has a _slight_ AC effect, but then every AC
point counts at high levels, and DEX means more often procs , and crits. You will also cap your skills faster than the 'fat' races with a lil better INT, which means a more efficient warrior.
Now, take a level 50 Ogre and Halfling Warriors. With the same equipment, even if the Ogre spent ALL his bonus pts in AGI and DEX, the Halfling will always have _45_ more pts in those two stats since the base stats are higher (+25 AGI +25 DEX).
At high level this means that while you may have less HP you will be hit slightly less often, proc more (high DEX), and Crit more ! Thus dealing more damage with a bit of luck, offsetting the cost of mana that you might _supposedly_ need if you didnt get lucky at your AGI rolls for defense.
So what's the problem here ?
!!! S T E R E O T Y P E S !!!
I have an original warrior that not many ppl see around, a charming female halfling warrior who did a crit for 83 DMG at level 12 with a stupid 2handed sword. And I'll duel any ogre or troll of same level nude with same weapon ANY time !
I AM NOT SAYING HALFLINGS ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN OGRES SO PLEASE SPARE ME THE USELESS REPLIES.
I am just saying Halfling Warriors can be good high level warriors and people are just stupidly following the stereotypes.
Thanks for listening.
PS: I am currently level 15, I stopped my Bard at 30, finally realising I have so much fun with plain hack n slash. I will post here whenever I find out my Halfling Warrior isn;t quite up to the task, but methinks that won't happen in a while.
the results came out with _4_ people !!!
There was a level 40 and I personally met a female
halfling level 52 something in East Commons. She looked great in the crafted armor.
Trolls and ogres have more STA so what ? What do you think 500 HP difference does it make when you are level 55 fighting huge mobs that hit you for 100-500 anyway, and the Cleric's spell healing thousands of HP 's ??
Warrior base stats:
Halfling AGI 100 DEX 90
Ogre AGI 75 DEX 70
AGI has a _slight_ AC effect, but then every AC
point counts at high levels, and DEX means more often procs , and crits. You will also cap your skills faster than the 'fat' races with a lil better INT, which means a more efficient warrior.
Now, take a level 50 Ogre and Halfling Warriors. With the same equipment, even if the Ogre spent ALL his bonus pts in AGI and DEX, the Halfling will always have _45_ more pts in those two stats since the base stats are higher (+25 AGI +25 DEX).
At high level this means that while you may have less HP you will be hit slightly less often, proc more (high DEX), and Crit more ! Thus dealing more damage with a bit of luck, offsetting the cost of mana that you might _supposedly_ need if you didnt get lucky at your AGI rolls for defense.
So what's the problem here ?
!!! S T E R E O T Y P E S !!!
I have an original warrior that not many ppl see around, a charming female halfling warrior who did a crit for 83 DMG at level 12 with a stupid 2handed sword. And I'll duel any ogre or troll of same level nude with same weapon ANY time !
I AM NOT SAYING HALFLINGS ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN OGRES SO PLEASE SPARE ME THE USELESS REPLIES.
I am just saying Halfling Warriors can be good high level warriors and people are just stupidly following the stereotypes.
Thanks for listening.
PS: I am currently level 15, I stopped my Bard at 30, finally realising I have so much fun with plain hack n slash. I will post here whenever I find out my Halfling Warrior isn;t quite up to the task, but methinks that won't happen in a while.
Anonymous
Yesterday I did "/who all halfling warrior"
the results came out with _4_ people !!!
There was a level 40 and I personally met a female
halfling level 52 something in East Commons. She looked great in the crafted armor.
Trolls and ogres have more STA so what ? What do you think 500 HP difference does it make when you are level 55 fighting huge mobs that hit you for 100-500 anyway, and the Cleric's spell healing thousands of HP 's ??
Warrior base stats:
Halfling AGI 100 DEX 90
Ogre AGI 75 DEX 70
AGI has a _slight_ AC effect, but then every AC
point counts at high levels, and DEX means more often procs , and crits. You will also cap your skills faster than the 'fat' races with a lil better INT, which means a more efficient warrior.
Now, take a level 50 Ogre and Halfling Warriors. With the same equipment, even if the Ogre spent ALL his bonus pts in AGI and DEX, the Halfling will always have _45_ more pts in those two stats since the base stats are higher (+25 AGI +25 DEX).
At high level this means that while you may have less HP you will be hit slightly less often, proc more (high DEX), and Crit more ! Thus dealing more damage with a bit of luck, offsetting the cost of mana that you might _supposedly_ need if you didnt get lucky at your AGI rolls for defense.
So what's the problem here ?
!!! S T E R E O T Y P E S !!!
I have an original warrior that not many ppl see around, a charming female halfling warrior who did a crit for 83 DMG at level 12 with a stupid 2handed sword. And I'll duel any ogre or troll of same level nude with same weapon ANY time !
I AM NOT SAYING HALFLINGS ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN OGRES SO PLEASE SPARE ME THE USELESS REPLIES.
I am just saying Halfling Warriors can be good high level warriors and people are just stupidly following the stereotypes.
Thanks for listening.
PS: I am currently level 15, I stopped my Bard at 30, finally realising I have so much fun with plain hack n slash. I will post here whenever I find out my Halfling Warrior isn;t quite up to the task, but methinks that won't happen in a while.
the results came out with _4_ people !!!
There was a level 40 and I personally met a female
halfling level 52 something in East Commons. She looked great in the crafted armor.
Trolls and ogres have more STA so what ? What do you think 500 HP difference does it make when you are level 55 fighting huge mobs that hit you for 100-500 anyway, and the Cleric's spell healing thousands of HP 's ??
Warrior base stats:
Halfling AGI 100 DEX 90
Ogre AGI 75 DEX 70
AGI has a _slight_ AC effect, but then every AC
point counts at high levels, and DEX means more often procs , and crits. You will also cap your skills faster than the 'fat' races with a lil better INT, which means a more efficient warrior.
Now, take a level 50 Ogre and Halfling Warriors. With the same equipment, even if the Ogre spent ALL his bonus pts in AGI and DEX, the Halfling will always have _45_ more pts in those two stats since the base stats are higher (+25 AGI +25 DEX).
At high level this means that while you may have less HP you will be hit slightly less often, proc more (high DEX), and Crit more ! Thus dealing more damage with a bit of luck, offsetting the cost of mana that you might _supposedly_ need if you didnt get lucky at your AGI rolls for defense.
So what's the problem here ?
!!! S T E R E O T Y P E S !!!
I have an original warrior that not many ppl see around, a charming female halfling warrior who did a crit for 83 DMG at level 12 with a stupid 2handed sword. And I'll duel any ogre or troll of same level nude with same weapon ANY time !
I AM NOT SAYING HALFLINGS ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN OGRES SO PLEASE SPARE ME THE USELESS REPLIES.
I am just saying Halfling Warriors can be good high level warriors and people are just stupidly following the stereotypes.
Thanks for listening.
PS: I am currently level 15, I stopped my Bard at 30, finally realising I have so much fun with plain hack n slash. I will post here whenever I find out my Halfling Warrior isn;t quite up to the task, but methinks that won't happen in a while.
Heheh, in my stomach, that's where...
Seriously, other than the experience issue, Ogres cannot be stunned from the front which is quite valuable to a warrior, and Trolls have their regeneration. While that is not a tremendous advantage getting those 2 extra health points per tick at the low levels allow for a slightly longer fight and less downtime when resting.
It is kind of a tradeoff as I see it, much like making a human wizard. Sure, it can be done, but there are much better races to make one with. Given equal levels, weapons, armor, etc etc an Ogre will kill a Halfling every time other than the random statistical anomaly which can, and does, appear.
However, your statement that stereotypes channel people into choosing certain "types" is absolutely true. I make a point of creating everyone of my characters in a manner which bucks the norm for the game which I am playing. For instance, I made an Oriental female monk (even though I knew it would subject me to endless A/S/L questions by teenage boys) and a male Erudite cleric just because it supposedly wasn't the "right" way to do things.
Just be who you wish to be!
--Pusbag Infection
Seriously, other than the experience issue, Ogres cannot be stunned from the front which is quite valuable to a warrior, and Trolls have their regeneration. While that is not a tremendous advantage getting those 2 extra health points per tick at the low levels allow for a slightly longer fight and less downtime when resting.
It is kind of a tradeoff as I see it, much like making a human wizard. Sure, it can be done, but there are much better races to make one with. Given equal levels, weapons, armor, etc etc an Ogre will kill a Halfling every time other than the random statistical anomaly which can, and does, appear.
However, your statement that stereotypes channel people into choosing certain "types" is absolutely true. I make a point of creating everyone of my characters in a manner which bucks the norm for the game which I am playing. For instance, I made an Oriental female monk (even though I knew it would subject me to endless A/S/L questions by teenage boys) and a male Erudite cleric just because it supposedly wasn't the "right" way to do things.
Just be who you wish to be!
--Pusbag Infection
Anonymous
Hey all IM a halfling warrior and i have to say it has been most enjoyable time. When I started out I put most of my points in strength and stamina because a halfling starts off wil pretty good other stats. Its kewl being the only halfling warrior in a zone at a time and we have good faction with everyone(almost damn Iksar) so you dont need to really worry about getting run out of town. If you decide to start a halfling warrior once you reach lvl 7 or so start killing goblins in a small group with people 2 lvls or so above you and then do the warbeads quest which gives you money and faction. (this is how i got all my money to buy my armor)
well happy hunting
well happy hunting
Hmm, well not sure but think the troll has higher base int than warrior halfling, as to halfling warriors, they are great, not to mention they get faster exp, but what they dont have is the massive str of ogres and trolls, which counts for how much you can carry as well as how many times and how fast you swing your weapon, as well as max damage after cap is lifted, which translates into total damage.
As to them having 500 more hpts, when mobs are hitting for 100-500 pts, thats 1 to 4 more hits that they can take more than halflings, and ive had enough experiance with living barely by a few hpts or dieing just before i killed the crit.
As to learning the various skills, most of the skills warriors needed were changed from int to going off str as well, such as offense, so that warriors could learn their trade better, this means that ogres with higher str actually have the advantage at learning offensive skills over halflings.
As to following the stereotypes, I would choose an ogre for a warrior solely because his stats are best set up for it, or I would choose a halfling because of faster exp/lvling or because they are rarer, plus I just like halflings:)
As to them having 500 more hpts, when mobs are hitting for 100-500 pts, thats 1 to 4 more hits that they can take more than halflings, and ive had enough experiance with living barely by a few hpts or dieing just before i killed the crit.
As to learning the various skills, most of the skills warriors needed were changed from int to going off str as well, such as offense, so that warriors could learn their trade better, this means that ogres with higher str actually have the advantage at learning offensive skills over halflings.
As to following the stereotypes, I would choose an ogre for a warrior solely because his stats are best set up for it, or I would choose a halfling because of faster exp/lvling or because they are rarer, plus I just like halflings:)
Anonymous
how do you find out your faction status?
I checked the command section.
I checked the command section.
Hmmm, as far as I know the only way is to con the pc you want to know, to see what he cons to you, if theres a way to get it another way like a list I also would be interested to know:)
Anonymous
hello all haflings...i just got the game and i seem to like the druid, im not even level one yet, i dont want to get to far ahead before gettting some help. If any one has some info they can tell me about where to fight first, how to level, things to work on, things like that i would really appriciate it , thanks
A great place for advice is the link under strategy/class/druids, there are many there who are veteran druids that post advice and answer questions.
Also register on this site under the login link so will post your name, often when see people on that posted will help them
Also register on this site under the login link so will post your name, often when see people on that posted will help them
Either that or go to the Troll/Shaman section and REALLY learn the good stuff.
:D
--Pusbag Infection
:D
--Pusbag Infection
the message bout the hotel reminds me of awhile ago I was driving and saw a license plate that said LJV350 and I swear the first thing that poped into my mind was Lock Jaw Vest for 350pp? are they crazy? I mean I know the exhaust fumes are high but man am I addicted or what?:)
Fiddo,
That is seriously scary. :)
I hope you aren't married or anything, because there are MANY other things that need your attention, namely your wife.
I must confess, however, that I am a vidiot, and when EQ first came out I was hooked for months-- much to the chagrin of my immediate family. They have seen the pattern before: hours spent learning the ropes, then days spent leveling up to the exclusion of EVERYTHING (food, beer, excercise, sex-- I told you I was addicted, didn't I?).
This lasted until I discovered Deus Ex. Now my EQ time is much more managable...
...heheh.
--Pusbag
That is seriously scary. :)
I hope you aren't married or anything, because there are MANY other things that need your attention, namely your wife.
I must confess, however, that I am a vidiot, and when EQ first came out I was hooked for months-- much to the chagrin of my immediate family. They have seen the pattern before: hours spent learning the ropes, then days spent leveling up to the exclusion of EVERYTHING (food, beer, excercise, sex-- I told you I was addicted, didn't I?).
This lasted until I discovered Deus Ex. Now my EQ time is much more managable...
...heheh.
--Pusbag
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