On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Neal Kanodia wrote:

> I recently had an opporunity to aquire a staff of writhing in exchange
> for a crude stein.

GREAT deal!

> As I'm level 12, the staff won't be proc'ing for quite some time.

L29 (perhaps L28 - I don't think I swung my staff ONCE from L24 - L30, and
then it was only to kill a wandering skeleton when I didn't feel like
getting a pet).

> Also, there are lots of new weapons out there, many with stat
> enchancing effects. I also have a dragoon dirk.

Writhing has a nice dmg/delay even if it doesn't proc. I kept mine in an
evil eye bag for 12 levels or so, and only took it out on the rare
occasion I was meleeing. -9 CHA sucks for dominate undead, screaming
terror, and fear, but otherwise isn't a big deal.

Dragoon dirk can go in range weapon slot, but be careful not to throw it
(or get charmed, I've heard tales of thrown weapons being used that way).

> sell the dragoon dirk, as the staff is slightly better; what's its
> current value (I'm on Innoruuk)? guessing-- 50pp?

Don't know innoruuk prices, you could get 50 in minutes, 75 with patience
and 125 if you got very very lucky on quellious.

> sell the staff, as I can (probably) get more money for it; what's its
> current value? guessing--200pp?

People are realizing that it's not that good a staff, and the temple of
sol ro quests are giving L25+ people much better choices, so price has
dropped a lot. Somewhere 100-200 is about right.

> second, what's the best way to get another stein? I've heard people
> hunting bouncers often give them away; what zone are they in?
> Ferrott? Oggok?

Feerott, outside or inside oggok. Used to be they were left to rot or
sold to ogre vendors (10pp or so to buy them back), but I don't know if
the recent guard buff/nerf has changed this.
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Mark Rafn dagon@... <http://www.dagon.net/>