03-01-2003, 12:58 PM
*stands up in time to receive a watermelon to the jaw*
*straightens out his jaw*
Anyway, lousy name aside, my current suicide-based paladin(name of BackOff on Asia2) is set up with maximum Thorns, and alternating points in Smite/Holy Shield. I never actually got around to making up a back story for him, but I guess you could say his arm of the order of Zakarum decided long ago that weapons were for heathens. However, they ARE allowed to "reprimand" the heathen scum with a "gentle" shoving of the shield(think riot police with Smite! :P) I've debated whether to allow him Blessed Hammer, but at present, he only ever uses Blessed Hammer(pre-req for HolyShield) against OKs and the Act II undead. Main Armour Constraints:
Any weight of armour is allowed, PROVIDED it does one of the following(in descending order of preferrence):
X% chance to cast Y when struck
Does X damage to attacker
Replenish life+X
Currently, he is level 30-ish and still using the scepter he received long ago from Drognan(yes, PLAIN Magical Scepter of Regrowth, +3 Thorns, +1 Smite, +8 replenish life) Pretty much the rest of his equipment(armour, rings, ammy, shield) contain 12% chance to cast Level 4 Charged Bolt. His main problem now though, is trying to get enough resists. Duriel was not exactly a cakewalk, and neither were most of the other bosses. Interestingly enough, he never died to anything with Cursed or Extra Strong in the name(probably cos they were always dizzy :P ).
All in all, this build is not exactly the "best" for beginners. If you want easy, go buy one of those duped Burizas and Multi/Guided your way to heaven. I'm thinking of either throwing points into Sanctuary(versus undead, it still keeps in theme with his "don't touch me!" attitude), or Salvation(to help with the resists, small resist charms are by and large hard to acquire) Is anyone interested in proving to me how "easy" this sub-type is? Let me know. I am available on all realms under the same username as above. You may contact me through this forum's messaging service to arrange a time and place. :P
By the way, this build CAN PK(just, not quite like normal people) :P
*straightens out his jaw*
Anyway, lousy name aside, my current suicide-based paladin(name of BackOff on Asia2) is set up with maximum Thorns, and alternating points in Smite/Holy Shield. I never actually got around to making up a back story for him, but I guess you could say his arm of the order of Zakarum decided long ago that weapons were for heathens. However, they ARE allowed to "reprimand" the heathen scum with a "gentle" shoving of the shield(think riot police with Smite! :P) I've debated whether to allow him Blessed Hammer, but at present, he only ever uses Blessed Hammer(pre-req for HolyShield) against OKs and the Act II undead. Main Armour Constraints:
Any weight of armour is allowed, PROVIDED it does one of the following(in descending order of preferrence):
X% chance to cast Y when struck
Does X damage to attacker
Replenish life+X
Currently, he is level 30-ish and still using the scepter he received long ago from Drognan(yes, PLAIN Magical Scepter of Regrowth, +3 Thorns, +1 Smite, +8 replenish life) Pretty much the rest of his equipment(armour, rings, ammy, shield) contain 12% chance to cast Level 4 Charged Bolt. His main problem now though, is trying to get enough resists. Duriel was not exactly a cakewalk, and neither were most of the other bosses. Interestingly enough, he never died to anything with Cursed or Extra Strong in the name(probably cos they were always dizzy :P ).
All in all, this build is not exactly the "best" for beginners. If you want easy, go buy one of those duped Burizas and Multi/Guided your way to heaven. I'm thinking of either throwing points into Sanctuary(versus undead, it still keeps in theme with his "don't touch me!" attitude), or Salvation(to help with the resists, small resist charms are by and large hard to acquire) Is anyone interested in proving to me how "easy" this sub-type is? Let me know. I am available on all realms under the same username as above. You may contact me through this forum's messaging service to arrange a time and place. :P
By the way, this build CAN PK(just, not quite like normal people) :P