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Old 07-29-2019, 04:05 PM
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What sucks is that the old infected paw was removed before the spoiler sites and mob databases like Illia's Bestiary really got off the ground, so there's not a lot of info.

This post references a named that I haven't heard before anywhere and isn't even on the map. It's hard to be sure what's real and what's not.

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Tallismon Treehugor of the Prexus server on Nov. 13, 1999 at 12:45pm said...
Killing the High Shaman Kurrpock will also force the spawn on the Darkelf. The Darkelf spawns right outside of the room with Kurrpock by the underwater tunnel. BE WARNED HE IS LVL 23 TO 26! and killed me when I was lvl 27. He drops some kind of braclet worth 70pp to the merchants and a Gossimor Robe both are rare drops.
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Old 08-03-2019, 04:07 AM
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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.

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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!

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Old 08-03-2019, 05:26 AM
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There's also a higher level than usual necro that roams the dungeon and I guess is kos to everyone, or at least non-evils.

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Just to see where I fit on the cheater scale relative to the rest of this
list, here's a situation from a week or two ago, which involved a bug
exploit.

We were in Splitpaw when someone released the insta-kill necro (I forget
his name). My entire party died. When we returned to get our corpses,
there was no sign of the necro. Whew. Still, we decided that we had
had enough, and we started heading out. On the way out, we ran across
the necro again! This time, he was stuck in a gate. Now, as far as I
know, the path we were taking was the only way out from the depths where
we had retrieved our corpses. If the mob had been working properly, we
surely would have perished again. As it was, we were able to get out
of his range (and out of the dungeon) before any of us succumbed to his
DoT spells, and being stuck, he could not give chase.

So, I admit it. We cheated. We exploited the fact that this guy was stuck
in a gate to escpe with our skins intact. Perhaps we should have stood
there and waited for him to kill us with DoT spells to avoid taking
advantage of the bug. But as usual with issues like this, my question is,
"Where's the fun in that?"

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Old 08-03-2019, 09:52 AM
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What sucks is that the old infected paw was removed before the spoiler sites and mob databases like Illia's Bestiary really got off the ground, so there's not a lot of info.

This post references a named that I haven't heard before anywhere and isn't even on the map. It's hard to be sure what's real and what's not.



https://web.archive.org/web/20000123...e.php3?tag=paw
Nilbog knows "OF" the darkelf, Im hoping he is going to wow us with some classic content on green [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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1. Fixed, pending update.

-Lord Soptyvr will now be killed by his own kind.
-Added +Stormreaper and +Stormguard faction hits to evil eyes in beholder, eastkarana, and Runnyeye.

2. Does anyone know more about what happened with the Kurrpok event?

from a post on allakhazam :

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Last night, I was leaving Paw, and decided to kill these guys (Judges and Executioner). As I was resting up, preparing to attack them, old Kurrpok Splitpaw (or however you spell it) spawned, and the Executioner killed him. Now, for those of you who don't remember back that far, Kurrpok used to be the head of the Splitpaw Clan of gnolls (the ones that lived here back when the game came out, before the Torn-Ears overran the place, and drove them out). Kurrpok used to spawn in the room that the Ishva now spawn in. He dropped a ruby that was one of the eyes for the Jewelled Skull (a nice caster item). When the Executioner killed him, he died mumbling what he used to, way back when... "my eye, blah blah blah". Now back in the day, when you killed him, a DE Wizard (higher than anything in the zone back then - about 30th level)would spawn and demand the gem. To my knowledge, when Kurrpok died last night, the wizard did not spawn (but I don't have track). I bet if you cleared the area (Judges and Exec), when Kurrpok spawned, you could kill him and get the gem. You get the second "eye" by killing Lynguna (or whatever) in Innothule Swamp (the troll woman that you can give rubies to for one of three items-including the nice earring). I don't know if the skull dropping assassin still spawns in West Karana, but I might just have to go check soon, for old times sake. Just kinda fun to watch the Executioner kill Kurrpok.
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The DE your asking about Zixx something as I recall, use to spawn in response to the death of Kurrpok - he wanted the ruby pendant that Kurrpok dropped back. With the revamp of the dungeon, he no longer spawns.
-Should Kurrpok spawn in the Ishva room and path to executioner?

-Any research about the dark elf or text said?


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Editing in that I did level in this zone as a paladin back in the day before the update and it was fun but hard and scary and we only went about halfway in because it was so hard and scary also sorry if this is starting to sound like a erotic fanfic post.
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Old 08-03-2019, 10:54 AM
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I will dig for Nixx info.

Some relevant discussion from the old eqbards list:

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Thursday, December 23, 1999 3:10:13 AM

I have been in Paws ever since it opened up (Hi Fflewduer. Ya I remember ya
in there [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] and I like it. I learned the place back when it was the old Paws
and just had to pick up on the new spawn points. I'd have to say that they
added about 50% more spawns in the place. I think this made things a bit
worse than the old Paws in terms of trains. I've seen whole parties of high
level players wiped out in certain areas. An Enchanter or a super good
puller is pretty much required unless you use the massive groups trick.
The old spawn spots used to be Lenrel/Grisok in the back, Ghanex Drah in
the maze, Ren'Rex/Phido up the steps, and Kurrpok/Zixx Nenix thru the water
passage. The first three have been moved out to South Karana so that monks
can still obtain the orange headband. Kurrpok is still inside of Paws. Let's
just say that he is being tried for his 'crimes'...
The new things to go after are close to the same places. As you mentioned,
there is The Ishva Mal, the 'Supreme Ruler' of the gnolls. Rosch Val L'Vlor
has an item befitting of its type. Tesch Val Deval'Nmak also has an item
befitting of its type. I have never gone after Tesch Val Kadvem or Nisch Val
Torask Mashk so I don't know if/what they have on them. My guess is that
they also have fitting items.
The jail cells don't have any secret levers. If you get stuck you either
have to call fiends to help or wait for someone to come and do the Soulfire
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And I always hated that shaman room too. It's even worse now. The
Executioner isn't partial to healing an injured gnoll running by. It'll just
light you up instead. =80

Good Journey

Sineras Silverlyre, The Divine Alliance (Cazic-Thule)


-----Original Message-----
From: James Schuldes [mailto:jgs@...]
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 2:48 PM
To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
Subject: RE: [eqbards] 1st Impression of Paw


From: James Schuldes <jgs@...>

First of all your observation on the linkage between the mobs is correct.
It has always been that way. And that has made it one of the more
challenging places to fite. Trains - ya Paw has always had trains when more
people used to play there. So you made it to the double doors? Wooo hoo!
Those doors are the land mark I used to use for knowing I was about to
safely zone. Relative to the rest of the place - that is about _maybe_ 5
percent of the dungeon (from zone to double doors.) Maybe 10 percent of the
physical length of the place. And there are lower levels.

Past those double doors is a room with some guards and an overhead ramp that
can have mobs too. Past that room is the first bridge. You would have to
clear 4 or more mobs to cross it. Hehe, but you don't have to cross it - you
can jump off of it! Now days - try not to land in the water cause there are
agro snakes in the water now - blue to me at 37/38. More gnolls below.
More rooms with gnolls. And then there is the old shaman's rooms. This is a
spot where the old Paw named shaman's would spawn. You had to fite your way
in here for a Runed Totem Staff or a Skull of J'hnTrvlta. Not sure what the
drop is here these days but there is a steep flight of stairs going up into
a set of rooms - you charge up and bust open the doors and fite both rooms
at once. We had a party of 11 in 2 groups - a 50, 2 44/45, a 40, and some
misc 30's. Woo Hoo this one's a Necro - ouchie! So now you can camp here
but later you gotta fite your way out - or evac now that you got higher
level spells and powers.

Or if you don't jump, you can go further in and fite some more guards and
such. Soon you come to a series of doors. One of the will lead you to the
prison section and this is where you went for various quests. It has levers
to open jail doors and you had to go into a cell for a quest and the doors
would close behind you. And if you tried it solo - you were trapped!!!
Yikes NO WAY OUT!!! Or is there a secret lever??? Hehe - do you remember the
panic of being trapped in a cell at level 9?

The other doors lead to various other sections of rooms with commanders and
nobles (in the old days - not sure what is in here now.) And one route lead
you to the second bridge. This one was populated by 3 groups of gnolls.
The center group was 6 shamans. When you attacked the others the shamans
would heal and buff the others. Don't you just hate that when you beat a
mob to half hp and all of a sudden his hp is back to n++?

Past this place was another section that was a maze of walls that once you
found you way to the back was on of the big dungeon bosses G'hanex Drah -
bad necro gnoll. Wonder if the new bosses are staged here. He was guarded
by zombies that would agro on you through closed doors and agro the whole
room. He had a re-incarnate that would spawn somewhere and you had to be
fast to catch him.

In the other section, there was a certain named sha that if you killed him
would spawn a named DE Necro who would roam the whole dungeon agro on
everyone. Later he was changed to a DE Wizzie.
I keep looking out on the
plains for the named one that spawns him. Wonder if they moved that AI
outside or if the inside mobs have a really nasty surprise in-store for
visitors?

Paw was never good for casual pick up groups. You need 2 partys working
together to handle the place. Or be high level such that they don't agro on
you even though you are fighting their buddys 3 feet away. Runnyeye has the
same level linked agro behavior. Paw when you are co-level with the mobs
(or even when they are blue to you) is a hard place. Fight you way in and
either fight your way out - or get gated. Mobs that are linked and work
together to fight you. hard yes - but good hard IMHO.

For me there is more to explore there.

Sylly Songsynger
<Spirit of the Moon>
Bard of the 39th song
somewhere on Innoruuk

p.s. I need at least 2 good groups - wanna come?

p.s.s. there is a route that when you are fighting your way out or running
out that takes you to that top ramp in the room with the double doors. You
can just hop down click the doors, hot key train to zone and you are on your
way <eg>

-----Original Message-----
From:Tom Henschel [mailto:tomhenschel@...]
Sent:Wednesday, December 22, 1999 2:13 PM
To:eqbards@onelist.com
Subject:[eqbards] 1st Impression of Paw

From: "Tom Henschel" <tomhenschel@...>

Greetings!
Spent a whole night in the new Paw, and thought I would
share my experiences
with everyone. I was only in the old Paw twice, so I had a
sketchy idea of
it (not like some folks who know it inside out). The first
thing i noticed,
was that the layout of the dungeon is awkward for more than
two groups to
use in the first section. The first section is what I
consider to be up to
the double doors. There are 2 places to setup a base, one
being much safer
as it is off the main tunnel to the zone. The gnolls are
linked was the
second thing I noticed. Attack a certain one and you may
get 3. Even if
the other 2 were out of sight. There is a low level caster
in the 1st
portion that casts fear and charm( I tore up a tank with
anthem locked on
and 2 fast weapons).


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Old 08-03-2019, 11:09 AM
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Seeing as how no one has ever seen old Splitpaw on Blue, and Blue is Green's Beta, I'm guessing Splitpaw on Green will be exactly like it is now, or maybe like it was in Blue's early days, if there was any kind of different version back then (I didn't play in P99's early days).

But I really wouldn't expect the devs to pull what's (essentially) an entirely new zone out of their ass, completely untested, and stick it on Green.

On the optimistic side though .... maybe if the devs get bored once Green is out, and they see all this great research, it could inspire them to create an early Paw, throw it on Blue for a bit for testing, and then maybe it might someday make it into Green 2.0? Never say never.
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Old 08-03-2019, 11:51 AM
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Whhops the link is actually:

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Old 08-03-2019, 01:37 PM
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The totem the shaman are said to drop is this one:

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Old 08-03-2019, 04:43 PM
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Default Stuff I've found out about Zixx Nenix

He seems to have been on Ring of Scale faction:

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** Religion: Except for Zixx Nenixx (who used to spawn inside Paw before it was changed), I haven't seen ANY Npc's on Antonica/Odus/Faydwyr. who belong to Ring of Scale (Veeshan Religion). The gypsy fortune teller in Qeynos says that there's someone in the city, but I haven't seen anyone. Would be nice to have a couple dragon cultists floating around SOMEWHERE =) Likewise, on the trade skill scene, need an imbue setup for Veeshan worshippers (this may be in the works for next trade patch though).
https://web.archive.org/web/20010306.../052807-4.html

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I am curious on the Zixx issue, though. Which gnoll is it that
causes him to spawn? I always saw him (followed shortly by me either
zoning or dying) after killing many, many giant snakes quickly (I
ran into a 50th lvl shaman in there once and he hit me with _all_ the
buffs. At lvl 7 I had 450 hp, and Chloroplast, and an agility of 160.
I was a god. Until Zixx....), and I had a theory that that was what
caused him to spawn (since he's affiliated with the Ring of Scale).
I'm curious as to what he's connected to, since I've never heard much
about him.
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....Y/cu8GAlEU9ScJ

Undercon and rarely drops a sapphire:

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As for Zixx Nenix, he's only level 24 or so, but suffers (rather, gains from) DVinnitis. Meaning, he hits in the 60s-80s, and packs some rough spells. Good profit for killing him, though. Sometimes drops a sapphire, worth 80 plat to a merchant.
https://web.archive.org/web/20000118...de=35&id=12462

He was originally a Necro but was turned into a Wizard by late July 1999:

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Submited by: Thentar On: 7/27/1999 11:49:14 AM

Actually any high shaman may carry the Rune Totem Staff. I am 22nd level and hunt there to get Snake Skine and RTS for friends all the time. I've got the RTS most often off High Shaman in the Noble room that spawn Zixx after killing kurr...somthing SplitPaw (think the lord of splitpaw) Zixx is a Darkelf but not a necro. I survived his spawn by feign deathing. He hit me with spell like frost ....not DoT's like a Necro would and he has no pet. But he is about 23-25 level. I still get exp from some of them in Paw too....so Its not all for loot.
Thentar 22nd Chamber Monk

Submited by: Fealith On: 7/28/1999 1:54:13 AM

Indeed, Zixx Nenix is no longer more a Necro.

The first time i met him, he was a Necro (his pet tried to kill me).

Few days agao, after the slaying of Kurrpok, Zixx Resp and i tried to kill him. Zixx is now a Wizard. A powerfull wizard (like all named NPC).
https://web.archive.org/web/20030616...&pg=1&sortby=1

I also found the bilgehunter image which was already posted.

Nothing on the bard list about him that wasn't covered above. Info is very sparse! I will keep digging as I find time.

Edit: more

Giving him the ruby should result in some faction hits and some xp:

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However, the second time, we pulled Kurrpok out of the area so Zixx spawned
behind us (not a smart spawn point. He does no follow Kurrpok.) We gave
the ruby to the necro the 2nd time and took serious factions hits. Gained a
bit of exp. but rec'd nothing else in return.
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Old 09-23-2019, 02:01 PM
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I found what I believe are accurate faction hits for Zixx Nenix (and many other mobs) on this old guild site:

http://web.archive.org/web/200207211...l_factions.asp


Zixx Nenix (old Paw DE) (?)

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