On Feign Death working with 5-6 mobs hitting and
casting, key word here is "casting". If you feign
while a mob is casting at you, it will always fail.
You have to wait for the mob to cast it's spell, take
the damage, and feign.

--- Dan Johnson <djohns02@...> wrote:

> On a whim, an enchanter and bard I regularly group
> with went to Lavastorm.
> We were all 17th level at the time. We found it
> tough going at first mainly
> because everytime we hit (and we monks do that a
> lot) most of the creatures
> there we were taking damage (darn shields).
>
> We now spend most of our time in Najena and tend to
> group with others our
> level and up to maybe level 22. We have the
> occassional bad situation but
> for the most part we are able to control the first
> third of the area.
>
> Last night was probably the worst. I was escorting
> someone to the zone and
> it seemed like everything came at us. We had 2 ogre
> guards, 4 earth
> elementals, 2 mist elementals, 1 fire elemental,
> probably 6 greater
> skeletons, a magician and her pet and to top it off
> a terror tentacle
> beating on us. We almost got them all. Mental
> Note: Feign Death is less
> likely to work when there are 5-6 mobs
> hitting/casting on you at the same
> time. This situation is pretty rare I have found.
>
> If you can bring along someone to 'cancel magic'
> when there is a shield, or
> root the runners/blast the runners both Lavastorm
> and Najena can be lots of
> fun.
>
> I digressed a bit. Sorry. Point is, we keep on
> coming back to Lavastorm
> and Najena.
>
>
> >From: "Tom De Vries" <tdevries@...>
> >Reply-To: EQ-Monks@onelist.com
> >To: <EQ-Monks@onelist.com>
> >Subject: Re: [EQ-Monks] Re: Some Thoughts (please
> read)
> >Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:30:55 -0500
> >
> >I also am level 17... I was hoping to find
> somewhere new, besides EK, WK,
> >etc.... Is Lavastorm a reasonable place for a level
> 17 to hunt? According
> >to Eq-lozer it is 10 - 20 ... does anyone have any
> suggestions if I am
> >heading that way?
> >
> >Ratziel - Fennin Ro
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Worlord <worlord99@...>
> >To: <EQ-Monks@onelist.com>
> >Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 11:32 AM
> >Subject: [EQ-Monks] Re: Some Thoughts (please read)
> >
> >
> > > From: Worlord <worlord99@...>
> > >
> > > On a starting point I am a level 17 monk of
> Quellious
> > >
> > > On the Blind issue: Everyone complains about
> this...
> > > yet I don't seem to see the problem. Perhaps it
> is
> > > because I learn zones quickly and generally
> always
> > > know where I am. Buy a greater lightstone,
> memorize
> > > the zone you are in, max out sense heading and
> always
> > > know which way to run. Thats the best advice I
> can
> > > give. I have a druid with infravision and it
> doesn't
> > > seem to be much of an improvement (still can't
> see
> > > anything in Misty Thicket)
> > >
> > > Just live with it
> > >
> > >
> > > Second... I am level 17, i've been hunt in oasis
> for 3
> > > levels and I want to go somewhere else. I was
> > > thinking of East Karana. Any recommendations as
> to
> > > where I should hunt and what I should fight
> > >
> > >
> > > Hammeron
> > > 17th Circle
> > > Monk of Quellious
> > > Karana
> > >
> ><< text3.html >>
>

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