TOPIC: WYC Sat (Grind@9AM, Run@8PM): FULL

Lets post up our builds. I suspect we will be fine for nightmare dungeon.

Our druid will have RoSP, SRoEC, Lenses of Divine Sight, Gloves of Healing and Ring of Focus (maybe Greater Ring depending on timing and trades). Healing wont be an issue.

Grind? Last year I was in a group of serious veterans with a lot of orange in their builds. Hardcore was down to the wire. Let's see what we have before we commit to that. We don't have to make that decision until we are there anyway.

First of all let's talk about Synergy. I will have three Charms of Avarice (one for me, two to share) and 7 Charms of Good Fortune, so for the dungeon run at least please be sure to leave the necessary slots to borrow those if you don't have them already.

For the Charm of Synergy, I have one for me and four to share (assuming nobody buys some of them between now and WYC). Does anybody else have any?

They made me select difficulty for our dungeon run (Nightmare), but I'm not sure if TrueGrind will be the same. It said that they wanted to be able to judge the interest in the various difficulties and to help group parties (not an issue for us). So we may have to decide in advance.

I did TrueGrind in Hardcore mode at GenCon last year and we did pretty well but ended with a TPK. I was the only one with any orange though (and even then it was just the girdle,bracers, and cloak) My melee weapon was the Scepter of Might and my offhand was the Orb of Might. So quite a bit less powerful than my melee values now.

IMO, for TrueGrind, I'd rather have a TPK on Hardcore than play normal and have it be too easy. In my mind TrueGrind is supposed to be brutal. So I enjoyed my experience. It will also depend on how much I can transmute before TrueGrind (I'm going to be doing it Friday afternoon). Hopefully all of it, but for others maybe not.

I'll bring lots of consumables to share too.

Here is my build (definitely for the dungeon run, most likely for TrueGrind):

• Melee: +16 to-hit, +14 damage, 35AC (for each weapon)
• Ranged: +15 to-hit, +6 damage, 36AC
• Max HP: 42
• Saves: Fort=16, Reflex=22, Will=13

Asher's +5 Viper Strike Fang
Asher's +5 Viper Strike Fang
Io's +4 Ultra Keen Slayer Bow
Archer's Buckler
Twolf's Helm of the Wild
Sniper Spectacles
Earcuff of Orbits
Earcuff of Vitality
Charm Necklace
Pharacus' Greater Cloak of Destiny
Cloak of Shadowskin
Viper Strike Shirt
Mithral Chainmail
TaMor's +4 Mithral Bracers
Mithral Gauntlets
Rolland's Ring of Protection +6
Supreme Ring of Elemental Command
Surtr's Girdle of Fire Giant Strength
Boots of the North Wind
Ioun Stone Topaz Trilliant
Ioun Stone Quicksilver Cube
Ioun Stone Quicksilver Sphere
Ioun Stone Onyx Cube
Ioun Stone Onyx Sphere
Ioun Stone Sapphire Prism
Ioun Stone Amethyst Ovoid
Rod of Seven Parts (Complete)
Druegar's Death Die
Pouch of Tulz
Quiver of Anointment
Lamp of the Efreeti
Lamp of the Marid
Greater Alchemist Pouch
Carter's Tome of Insight
1st Tooth of Cavadar
Charm of Brooching
Charm of Avarice
Questor's Charm of Luck
Charm of Synergy
Wil's Dragonheart
Draco-Lich Claw Charm
Figurine of Power: Owl

I have one Charm of Synergy. My son could use one. If he doesn't get one, he will go with Wils Dragonheart.

I will have a Charm of Good Fortune (or Avarice, depending on timing and trades) and my son will have one as well.

My impression is that WYC grind was a step above GenCon grind last year. But I'll go with the wisdom (or foolishness, as the case may be) of the group.

Harlax wrote: My impression is that WYC grind was a step above GenCon grind last year. But I'll go with the wisdom (or foolishness, as the case may be) of the group.

Probably the latter

Well, I'll see what others want to do, and of course wait until we hear anything official from TD about the grind events.

Harlax wrote: I have one Charm of Synergy. My son could use one. If he doesn't get one, he will go with Wils Dragonheart.

I will have a Charm of Good Fortune (or Avarice, depending on timing and trades) and my son will have one as well.

My impression is that WYC grind was a step above GenCon grind last year. But I'll go with the wisdom (or foolishness, as the case may be) of the group.

The caliber of the DM's running the WYC event last year was tops!

Raven played the blink dogs expertly.

My build: Dwarf Fighter 5th Level

Defender Helm
Lenses of Accuracy
Earcuff of Orbits
Earcuff of Vitality
Stu Pendous Pendant
Defender Platemail
Bracers of Fire
Gloves of Weapon Finesse
+3 Slayer Sword
Defender Shield
+2 Keen Longbow
Archers Buckler
Greater Cloak of Destiny
+2 Cloak of Resistance
Ring of Heroism (yeah, pulled one out of the box in 13)
Ring of Frost (Riches if I don't get the CoA made)
Girdle of Frost Giant Strength
Silverweave Shirt
Boots of the North Wind
Charm of Brooching
Charm of Synergy
Charm of Avarice (or Good Fortune if CoA not made)
IS Beryl Prism
IS Amethyst Ovid
IS Topaz Sphere (don't want to end up like those chipmunks)
IS Iridescent Sphere
IS Ruby Prism
IS Faceted Amber
IS Quicksilver Cube
Lamp of the Efreeti
Lamp of the Marid
Figurine of Power Scarab
Greater Alchemist Pouch
First Tooth of Cavader
Venom Runestone

cdsmith wrote:

Harlax wrote: I have one Charm of Synergy. My son could use one. If he doesn't get one, he will go with Wils Dragonheart.

I will have a Charm of Good Fortune (or Avarice, depending on timing and trades) and my son will have one as well.

My impression is that WYC grind was a step above GenCon grind last year. But I'll go with the wisdom (or foolishness, as the case may be) of the group.

The caliber of the DM's running the WYC event last year was tops!

Raven played the blink dogs expertly.

And Eric was downright evil. In a good way, I mean. Don't kill me please...

The design was outstanding. Particularly the three phase aspect of the Dragon battle.

I have 5 synergy charms so we are cool

That's great, an extra 10HP for each of us will really help, especially on TrueGrind

Harlax wrote:

cdsmith wrote: Raven played the blink dogs expertly.

And Eric was downright evil. In a good way, I mean. Don't kill me please...

Thanks for the shout-out(s) cdsmith & Harlax!

Incognito & I are looking forward to providing another grueling (and entertaining!) Grind for WYC.

I haven't heard anything about declaring your difficulty level prior to signing up for Grind. AFAIK it'll be run the same way as last year - we'll have stats for all our levels, and we don't need to know which level you're playing on until we mark it on the Party Card.

Aenllan Build 5th level Druid

Dragonscale Helmet
Lenses of Divine Sight
Earcuff of Vitality
Earcuff of the Wind
Amulet of Wonder (assuming it is something worthwhile, otherwise Charm Necklace)
Dragonscale Armor
+1 Bracers of Defense
Gloves of Healing
+2 Scepter of Might
Dragonscale Shield
+2 Cloak of Resistance
Supreme Ring of Elemental Command
Ring of Focus
Girdle of Might
Shirt of Shielding
Boots of Might
Charm of Avarice (thanks for the loan, Kirk)
Charm of Enlightenment
Charm of Synergy (if available, otherwise Wils Dragonheart)
(if Charm necklace equipped add Dracolich Claw, Wils Dragonheart and a charm to be named later)
IS Beryl Prism
IS Iridescent Spindle
IS Ruby Prism
IS Faceted Amber
IS Topaz Sphere
Figurine of Power Scarab
Rod of Seven Parts (complete)
Lamp of the Marid
Lamp of the Efreeti
Greater Alchemist Pouch
First Tooth of Cavader

Raven wrote:

Harlax wrote:

cdsmith wrote: Raven played the blink dogs expertly.

And Eric was downright evil. In a good way, I mean. Don't kill me please...

Thanks for the shout-out(s) cdsmith & Harlax!

Incognito & I are looking forward to providing another grueling (and entertaining!) Grind for WYC.

I haven't heard anything about declaring your difficulty level prior to signing up for Grind. AFAIK it'll be run the same way as last year - we'll have stats for all our levels, and we don't need to know which level you're playing on until we mark it on the Party Card.

Good grief, we are giving the DMs a scouting report by posting our builds. Now we are in for it.