EverQuest: Plight of the Undead

Just for verisimilitude's sake, I ran through the "Plight of the Undead" Befallen quest in actual EverQuest to get tips and pointers and you know what, I think my version of the quest is going to be better. The original quest really, really wants you to jump into the well and then work your way … Read more

EQ: Why I stopped playing EverQuest

I had this concept of going through my EQ characters that had corresponding characters in EQ2, tracing their experiences through the two games. First up: Dera, my halfling cleric. Everything was going along smoothly until I actually logged in to EverQuest to get a better screen shot. Soon I found myself in an AE group … Read more

EQ2: How to spawn the Ancient Cyclops

First step in spawning the Ancient Cyclops in EverQuest 2 is to go back in time about thirteen years and log in to the original EverQuest. Journeyman’s Boots, one of the most highly prized items in the game, would give characters a decent instant speed boost in a game where most characters could not get … Read more

D&D4e: Valda Onyxheart

The sky above the lost city of Thunderholme was gray and crumbling. Massive chunks of granite had been ripped from the sky and thrown to smash the carved homes and markets below by illithid magics and the violence of the stone giants. Rotted carrion worm carapaces blocked the obsidian paths along which ore was brought … Read more