Normal Gear Dungeon Run

[JimTheDM]

Greetings citizens of Excelsior! My name is Jamkul and I lead the Ghost Walker Guild. My guild mates and I are looking at doing a normal gear dungeon run over this weekend. As of right now there is no set date or time but I am thinking of running it several times over this long weekend. What I an looking for is to see if there is an interest in an event like this, so if you may be interested please post here and we will proceed forward.

Now What is a Normal Gear dungeon run you may be asking. Well we traverse several dungeons using only weapons and armor purchased from NPC vendors. No other gear is allowed. Macros are acceptable as we would all like to live to see another day. No jewelry unless it has been purchased from NPC's also. To upgrade your equipment you can use items that you have looted off the bodies of what you kill. So as you find a piece that looks good you can swap and wear it. Old school UO here folks.

If you have any questions, leave a post here and I will respond as soon as I am able. All are welcome for this event! So come and lets tear up some dungeons!

Jamkul

[Rhodry]

Sounds interesting.
Would player crafted gear be acceptable, as in non-runic GM made weapons and armour?

[JimTheDM]

No we are trying to get the old UO feeling so to begin with it must be NPC purchased to give everyone a fair shot.

[JimTheDM]

Wow I am surprised that no one is interested in this.

[Cygnus]

This sounds extremely interesting however I cannot commit to anything at anytime. If I can, I will be there. Question...would it go against the intent of this exercise to pick a few chests in a dungeon and use what is found in them? Also, can I assume that magery and spellcaster keys are permitted or no?

[JimTheDM]

I would like to start out with just the NPC stuff and collect better gear as we go as that is part of the fun. As far as mage keys that are fine as are bandaids, other resourse keys, spell books. We also try not to use pets so it just you against the wild. Hopefully we will be running it when you can participate.

[Xcess]

I am totally interested in it lol it sounds like loads of fun. especially if ya can each dedicate a toon to just that....so that it would be like a progressive system of gains? ya know what im saying? like if ya do it one weekend and then you carry what you earned into the next weekend? that would be pimpsauce. im a truck driver though , so my available times are ever changing and i get easily distracted by writting scripts to do stuff with assistuo so i completly forgot about it today i usually do have off every other weekend so if a schedule starts to form i will definatly dedicate myself to a few

[JimTheDM]

I am totally interested in it lol it sounds like loads of fun. especially if ya can each dedicate a toon to just that....so that it would be like a progressive system of gains? ya know what im saying? like if ya do it one weekend and then you carry what you earned into the next weekend? that would be pimpsauce. im a truck driver though , so my available times are ever changing and i get easily distracted by writting scripts to do stuff with assistuo so i completly forgot about it today i usually do have off every other weekend so if a schedule starts to form i will definatly dedicate myself to a few

We have not done one today, due to RL issues. I will try to run one tomorrow and Monday so PM me in game (Jamkul) and see if we can get this going.

[JimTheDM]

Ok due to Real Life issues we will not be able to run this event this weekend. But we would still like to run this next weekend
9/8/13 at 1pm EST and this may be an ongoing style event depending on interest. (Thanks for the idea Xcess )

So here are the ground rules for this dungeon run:

1) Armor and weapons must be purchased from a NPC Vendor. No player made, Leveled or looted to start with. Leave ALL your usual gear in the bank this includes rings, earrings, relayers etc. We'll use the honesty policy on this.

2) No pets, except normal mounts (llama, horse). Etheral mounts are acceptable.

3) Macros are fine but no auto attackers. Lets give everyone a fair shot.

4) Upon finding a better weapon/armor during the hunt, feel free to gear up including looted jewelry.

5) All are welcome to attend! Lets do it Old school UO!

If this becomes an ongoing event I will allow those that have participated before use what they have collected previously.

If you have any questions, go ahead and place them here.

Jamkul

[Xcess]

Im definitely gonna try and make it. if not i will for sure be there at the one the following weekend if it happens. by auto attackers im assuming you mean auto fighters? like do everything type deal? and not a macro of say
getenemy 'gray' 'closest'
attack 'enemy'

[JimTheDM]

Xcess

I'm glad to see that your interested in this event. It is a fun time. I wish more were interested but we will have fun none the less. Looking forward to it next weekend.

[Xcess]

I was thinking of ways to get ppl there while driving today. maybe we could think of what would be in a 'starter kit' and then have like a caster starter kit, a melee starter kit, a archer starter kit, ect? that might entice some of the newer players to show up....at least for the free cookies or even those that dont wanna go through the hastle of figuring out what is acceptable to bring. i know you have a list of kinda a general do's and dont's started but perhaps even if they arent interested in it, they may just show up out of boredom specially if there is a easy to get 'put this on' bag. thoughts please.

[JimTheDM]

Just a reminder that this is going on this Sunday at 1pm EST.

[korndogg]

im totally down for this, i think its awesome. especially since thats the way im used to. i just got back into the game about a month ago and absolutely love it, but im super undergeared. only earned one arti, and Columbus hooked me up yesterday with some sick gear, so im pumped on trying that out. i love the format this shard runs, but would be fun to run Deceit with normal gear and upgrade when you can. ill try and get my brother in if hes off and available (littlehoss). he was an awesome pk mage back then so hes proficient in the old ways, and could be a great mage for us (in fact when we first set out hot keys we put explosions and e bolts on - they got removed quite quick). ill prob run swords, parry, bandaids style. will be nice to get terrified at the sight of a lich lord again (i know i used Deceit as an example, but im down for any)

i love it and will put it in my calendar

Randy Marsh

[JimTheDM]

I am glad to hear that there are others interested also. I will add to this post with where to meet and other info for the event.

Jamkul