[Dolalin]

While crawling around for Lord Grimrot I was also able to search the eqbards email list archives for Splitpaw information, which may be of use for Green 99, since I doubt there's much info on pre-revamp Paw.

Friday, May 21, 1999 5:48:06 AM

My friends . . . many of you are asking for great places to hunt, and so I

woulod like to make a single recommendatin that I KNOW will work. Starting

at Level 12, go to Paw. You won't regret it.



I got enough loot AND experience there (at the same time) to stay there

from Level 13 to until I got Level 19. And on Fenin Ro there is NEVER

anyone there (2 people at 8:00 in the evening one night, amazing).



Before I describe the place let me just say that I finished my banded set

at Level 14, and finished my bronze platemail set at Level 18. I bought my

first combine longsword at Level 15, and my second at Level 17. I still

have 200 plat left over.



And this was all solo . . .



Buy about 4 backpacks, you'll need them.



Paw is the home of the Splitpaw Gnolls. You can find it by heading

directly south when you cross into S Karana from the Bridge from N Karana.

You will in time see hills and some rock spires that look like a Paw. There

is a cave which leads to the zone entrance.



At the entrance you will find Gnolls. Probably Level 8-10 or so. Most will

ignore you.



Eventually you will meet guards . . . which you can easily solo, and for

good exp. They are level 10-12 maybe. They may have cloth armor. Keep it.

They may have rusty weapons. Get used to destroying them, not worth their

weight.



You will also find Shamans. These are pretty weak, also about level 10-12.

They carry much better loot. Keep gems, they are lightweight and valuable.

The wooden totems sell for a plat a piece. The only weapon you should keep

is the occasional cracked staff, which also sell for 1 plat.



Eventually, you will be able to take nobles. They are Level 13-15. They

carry cloth, gems, but also Snakeskin Armor, which sells for about 7 plat

for each piece to other players.



After that, you will find there are two big rooms which are often camped

and which you should camp if you can. One room has three nobles, one

Captain (Level 16) and High Shaman Lenrel (Level 16 or 17). Lenrel carries

a Runed Totem Staff sometimes. Those sell for about 30 plat to other

players. The other room has two nobles, three commanders (Level 15 or 16),

and High Shaman Ren'Rex. Rex also drops a staff from time to time. Captains

and commanders drop snakeskin often.



Use your lull song ALL the time. There is a place with 4 shamans and 2

guards that I basically lived for two levels. I would lull up to 4 of em

and take the other two one at a time. Worked great.



The real kicker? Gnolls hate water. They won't swim after you to try to

kill you. And almost everywhere is close enough to water to get there

before you die. So trouble does not mean death.



There are some other secret places, and other things you will figure out

(some monk quests as well). But this should be good enough.



Oh, and get used to being encumbered. Yes you can carry about 50 over your

weight limit and still win every fight again things that con blue.



Good luck!

-Musil

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