Okay, another update, and this is probably it until next weekend.
The Den finished clearing out Dragonspire, putting the last of the dragonshards in place. Whenever we get the urge to move on, it's all waiting for us.
But we're not done here, so it was back to Ishad N'ha for training for the remaining rogues. They've all gone up another level now, and between ironmight and kung fu, we'll be able to test out the effectiveness of this kung fu stuff.
First perspective is that it stinks. Average 3-4 damage, versus 7-8 with a sword. Ironmight adds about a point to that total damage. And we don't seem to be getting any additional attachs (weapon speed higher than sword, one would think, with agility near 20). Equipped our second weapons, remembering the trick with the breathers, and we're doing as much secondary damage as primary.
A few interesting events tonight. Approached the gates of Ishad N'ha, only to hear "Uru baada jaba!" Looked around, but no trollies in sight. After dispatching a couple of swamp bugs, we climbed the gates and spied him. One poison bomb took him out, and moments later greediness overcame sanity and we descended to loot his corpse, wondering if we'd be stuck. We figured we could climb back up or Call Home, but option C was presented -- click on the door and enter the twon. Even the back door works...
Went into the Boogre caves, running around to get the swamp mucks and ccreeping spores that hang around up north there. Removed them eventually, and went in to be cursed.
Got cursed, got out, and ran over to Blubarb to get some Boogre Brew. Why? Because we saw someone was beating on a named Boogre, and we didn't want to risk losing the brew. Everyone got some, and we ran the gauntlet, making our way to the idol of Bongu. Everyone got Fortitude tonight... And later on, Blubarb passed on, victim of another senseless barroom mugging.
We left the Idol, defeated the Pit Crawler, and went over to see Grunaxe's ghost. We'd just walked in and defeated the first spirit when suddenly, something slams us from behind. What's that? JUNGLE LILY!!! Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! There aren't supposed to be any around here! Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Well, after a very long battle (and almost all of our healrealm scrolls, and a couple of rebirth scrolls, we were victorious. The lily was dead, we healed up, and then we went looking. They always travel in pairs, don't they? Well, not tonight. This one was solo.
Discovered one other interesting thing as well. Rapid consumption of heal potions leads to few (or no) potions being consumed. Stripes started doling them out after the Lily incident, but after administering 8 or 9 in quick fashion, only two were consumed. Don't know if it's exploitable or not, but it was interesting...
The Den is now sitting at the teleporter plates. It's late, the Red Wings won, and I need some sleep, so we're not going in there... tonight, at least.