The Socktopus Memorial Stone Soup LP Thread: Now Playing Arcane Centaur

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Oh, look! Stabotaur makes a cameo appearance in this act as in his role as "Monster I really don't want to deal with (especially if it still has curare (do they keep that I can't remember))". Time to run!

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Ah, the sewer! An excellent spot to gather some phat lutes and hope Purgy doesn't spawn.

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Assuming I don't get my dumb as swarmed to death.

Spoiler: I don't

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Hey, remember that thing I said about hoping Purgy doesn't spawn?

Ha. Ha ha.

Now, Purgy is unique among uniques in that he's actually less threatening than the generic monster he's based on. In Purgy's case, though, that generic is a troll. Which is a bitch and a half, even in shitty Purgy-form. Good armor, big attacks, and high regeneration mean it'll be hard to whittle him down from a distance and lethal to take him on directly.

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Pretty much every arrow I fired either missed or did no damage... By the time he reached me, it became clear I was going to have to do something else.

Normally I hate wands of draining or the spells they emulate, since every time you hit the target they become worth less experience. Still, they hit hard, and that's what I needed. I blow through probably half the wand's maximum charges, but take down Purgy.

My reward for clearing the sewers?

Twenty or so +0 arrows and a handful of gold.

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Back in the dungeon proper, I eventually wander into Eustachio. Back in the day he was a joke, but now he can actually summon worth a damn. Skipping this!

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Come on, game, don't be like that.

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Having missed more of the level than I'd like to dodging Stabotaur and Eustachio, it's time to move on.