09-18-2003, 01:39 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-21-2003, 11:17 PM by MongoJerry.)
MALDAR: ACT III, KURAST
The surface areas of Kurast were pretty trivial to deal with. They're sparsely populated with wide areas to run around in, and the monsters in them are slow. However, it was kind of funny dealing with hell swarms (itchies). I've always thought their "drains stamina" ability was useless, but when you're playing a character that depends on his running ability, suddenly that "drains stamina" mod can make some encounters more interesting than they otherwise would have been.
I found the Ruined Temple, popped in, and immediately spammed Dim Vision. I got the "Safe Map" and nothing swarmed me immediately (for a full discussion of the "Safe Map" vs the "Death Map," see Grizabella's adventures). It probably wouldn't have mattered which map I got in this case, but it was nice to know that the monster packs would be spread between two medium sized chambers instead of being all bunched up in one big chamber.
![[Image: Maldar3_ruinedtemple.jpg]](http://www.idiom.com/~gmonsen/diablo/Maldar3_ruinedtemple.jpg)
I sprinted to the entrance of the chamber that held the tome, casting Dim Visions every couple of seconds. I cast Dim Vision into the room and went inside. As planned, all of Battlemaid Sarina's minions had been blinded, and Sarina herself came charging up to me. I ran around her and then bone prisoned her and all of her minions. As I was starting to take screenshots, a small group of gargantuans came over from the other chamber, so I Dim Visioned and imprisoned them as well. I snatched the book and tp'd out of there.
I put the 5 stat points from giving the book to Alkor into Vitality. In addition to the charms I've found along the way from chests, that brought Maldar up to an even 1000 life.
![[Image: Maldar3_heart.jpg]](http://www.idiom.com/~gmonsen/diablo/Maldar3_heart.jpg)
I had a pretty easy time of it getting through the Kurast sewers, and after searching about half of the sewers, I finally found the entrance to the second level and entered it. I've always liked this room whenever I'm playing untwinked characters, because with all of its chests, I usually find something useful there whether it's something as simple as decent charms or gems or something better like a good set of armor or a weapon. So, I cast bone walls by the water's edge to keep from getting hit by poison from the Water Watchers and opened all of the chests. Unfortunately, I ended up not getting anything useful after all.
A boss ancient horodrim with his undead flayer pack guarded the gold chest. I Dim Visioned the pack, Bone prisoned everyone in, ran around the little pond, hit the chest, grabbed the gold, took the screenshot, grabbed the heart and tp'd out of there.
So Maldar had collected all of Khalim's body parts that he needed to imbue the flail. It was now time for him to enter Travincal. Can Maldar face down the Council of Zakarum and put an end to the evil that had been corrupting the once-proud city of Kurast?
The surface areas of Kurast were pretty trivial to deal with. They're sparsely populated with wide areas to run around in, and the monsters in them are slow. However, it was kind of funny dealing with hell swarms (itchies). I've always thought their "drains stamina" ability was useless, but when you're playing a character that depends on his running ability, suddenly that "drains stamina" mod can make some encounters more interesting than they otherwise would have been.
I found the Ruined Temple, popped in, and immediately spammed Dim Vision. I got the "Safe Map" and nothing swarmed me immediately (for a full discussion of the "Safe Map" vs the "Death Map," see Grizabella's adventures). It probably wouldn't have mattered which map I got in this case, but it was nice to know that the monster packs would be spread between two medium sized chambers instead of being all bunched up in one big chamber.
I sprinted to the entrance of the chamber that held the tome, casting Dim Visions every couple of seconds. I cast Dim Vision into the room and went inside. As planned, all of Battlemaid Sarina's minions had been blinded, and Sarina herself came charging up to me. I ran around her and then bone prisoned her and all of her minions. As I was starting to take screenshots, a small group of gargantuans came over from the other chamber, so I Dim Visioned and imprisoned them as well. I snatched the book and tp'd out of there.
I put the 5 stat points from giving the book to Alkor into Vitality. In addition to the charms I've found along the way from chests, that brought Maldar up to an even 1000 life.
I had a pretty easy time of it getting through the Kurast sewers, and after searching about half of the sewers, I finally found the entrance to the second level and entered it. I've always liked this room whenever I'm playing untwinked characters, because with all of its chests, I usually find something useful there whether it's something as simple as decent charms or gems or something better like a good set of armor or a weapon. So, I cast bone walls by the water's edge to keep from getting hit by poison from the Water Watchers and opened all of the chests. Unfortunately, I ended up not getting anything useful after all.
A boss ancient horodrim with his undead flayer pack guarded the gold chest. I Dim Visioned the pack, Bone prisoned everyone in, ran around the little pond, hit the chest, grabbed the gold, took the screenshot, grabbed the heart and tp'd out of there.
So Maldar had collected all of Khalim's body parts that he needed to imbue the flail. It was now time for him to enter Travincal. Can Maldar face down the Council of Zakarum and put an end to the evil that had been corrupting the once-proud city of Kurast?