I've gotten my skill up to 120 at the entrance to East Commons from Northern
Ro just as my other brothers have described. Climb up as far as you can,
face outward, and hit autorun. Depending on where you are on the cliff side,
you should get 4 "falls" that don't incur any damage but do kick in Safe
Fall. You'll get increases in a hurry using this method. Prior to this, I
was using the Temple of Marr in North Freeport... What a tedious chore that
was!

And yes, keep those bandages on hand -- they will save your life. The only
problem with Mage-summoned bandages is that they poof when you log out and
sometimes it's a pain trying to get back to a town with a bank. My bind
wound skill is up to 111 and I can heal almost 30 hitpoints with one
bandage. I always recommend keeping all your "non-combat" skills maxxed out.
Swimming, sense heading, safe fall (sneak to 113 <g>), Feign Death. I make a
point of trying to max these out as soon as I attain a higher rank.

Where to go at 22? Lake Rathetear might be a good spot for you to solo.
There's an island with a huge ramp. On the ramp are three Aviak Guards. Go
up the ramp, target a bird, engage and run down the ramp. All three birds
will come after you. Back up to the mountainside and let them get as close
to you as you dare and feign death. They immediately go non-agro on you so
you can stand back up right away. They stand there looking confused for a
minute and then they start the trip back up the ramp to their spawn points.
If all goes well, the separate enough so you can pick one off easily and
engage him. Great experience at that level and sometimes you get bronze
weapons and gold pieces. If you can get a small group together or a partner
(one who can heal, hopefully <g>), try out "Gargoyle" Island in the Ocean of
Tears. Good experience and if you're lucky enough to get Gargoyle Eyes --
great loot too.

Hope this helps.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Bleich <dolph@...>
To: EQ-Monks@onelist.com <EQ-Monks@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [EQ-Monks] Safe Fall Tip

>From: "Jeff Bleich" <dolph@...>
>
>Wow thanks for the tips , I heard another good place is Dagnors Cauldren.
>Bandages are very expensive if no mages are on and very heavy but thier a
>must.
>Any one have any sugesstions on where to hunt for 20th? im killing Gorge
>hounds now going to get 22 proabbly, but where do i go from thier unrest i
>heard? or guk?
>Proabbly no warrior types that have ton of ac but any help would be great.
>
>Bismatal 20th Monk of CT
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ezhar Montenegro <Ezhar@...>
>To: <EQ-Monks@onelist.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 12:36 PM
>Subject: [EQ-Monks] Safe Fall Tip
>
>
>> From: "Ezhar Montenegro" <Ezhar@...>
>>
>> >I meant to say a spot that you'd normally take damage from, if you

didn't

>> >have safe fall. :)
>> >
>>
>> Depending on where you are Young Brother, the steep mountain walls

outside

>of Freeport are good Safe Fall training spots (any steep wall could suffice
>though). I saw this tip posted on a monk board.
>>
>> Outside of FP, either in East Commons or North Ro, the mountains to the
>side of the inner zones are great places to train that skill up. You do

not

>need to take damage, just as long as you make that skipping sound as you
>descend.
>>
>> Find an almost sheer wall, back up all the way to the top then run down.
>Every time you trip, you will up your chances for a skill increase. Back

>to the top, then repeat. I did this a few nights ago at the FP/NRo wall

and

>managed to get 45 skill increases in about 30 minutes...(now 112)
>>
>> Use caution and make sure you do not jump off the top of the cliff (some
>have flat spots at the top that you can launch from), I only did this to
>train my Bind Wound, taking 275 DMG 2 times to lower my HPs (608 total).

>you have less HPs, you could be doomed.
>>
>> You may even get some odd stares from passers-by like I did; 'What's that
>Monk doing?'
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Safe training to you Brothers and Sisters.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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