Got my first pvp death AND someone role played with me!

[gotrocks]

So I'm at lvl 12 right now, I have I think 2 pieces of nice gear some nice people came and gave me in Steamfont, and I'm just barely scraping by with buying my spells (I don't think I'll have enough for my lvl 16 spells, lol!), and having lots of fun nuking mobs.
So I'm in steamfont, killing stuff near the lfay zone line, when I get a message in /shout...
"What level are you?"

"lowbie" was my reply, "you?" No answer from him. I was immediately worried he was hunting for little ones like myself, poor defenseless gnomes with little pvp experience and shit gear (wearing mostly cloth >_<).

Shortly afterwards, a young dwarf warrior entered the zone. He was level 13 (so was the gnome mage that was in the zone, as I soon found out), and as he zoned in from Lfay he spotted me and stopped, as did I. I was a little injured, but what scared me most was having no mana to combat this fierce opponent. We froze and stared at each other for a minute, and then i started slowly backing away, hoping not to provoke him. Finally he sent me a message, "Greetings, gnomish brother. I wish to travel safely through your gnomish homeland, may I be granted safe passage?" I grinned IRL. I love these kinds of roleplay interactions, and this was the first one I'd seen on P99.

"Aye, master dwarf, you'll have no trouble from me nor from my brethren. I am not sure about that one though." Referencing the other player in the zone, "I've had no contact with him since I arrived here"

"I'll be wary of him, then. Thank you, cousin of brell." I have to admit, I was having fun with this dwarf. Global OOC scrolled by for quite some time, before I received another tell.

"Help cousin! I'm under attack! Near the minotaurs, I was attacked from behind!" I had to help my fellow short one, and I rushed off to go help him. He continued to send me tells, each one more desperate than the last. The little menace was a mage, and his earth pet was keeping my cousin rooted. I tried my best to get there as quickly as I could, with only half mana, and when i arrived on the scene it was grim indeed. My dwarf aquaintence was near death, the earth pet having torn him apart

"He's behind me! on the mountain!" His hp was extremely low, and the mage was at full health. And when I finally spotted the mage.... He was a gnome! I almost wasn't able to fire upon my own kind... but my new friend was in trouble, and he needed me. I fired off a couple nukes, and they landed flush... unfortunately at this point, I was only level 10, and my spells barely chipped away at his hp (he was clearly buffed). My dwarf friend went down, hard, and I was unable to get away from the little mage's pet... he finished me with a nuke.

Our corpse recovery was simple, as the gnome mage had dropped out. We met up again, shook each others hands, and went our separate was, promising to watch each others backs while we leveled.

Even though I died, it was an awesome experience! I'm hoping to have many more, and maybe even a few kills, in the future.

What was your first PvP experience? Was it good? Did you win, or did some super twinked alt come wipe you the fuck out? Share below so we can hear about losing YOUR virginity!

And, if you liked this story, please let me know and I'll share others in the future. I'll also add some additional flair and make it more like a story (I'm a writer irl) so its more fun/interesting to read. Lastly, if you liked this story a LOT feel free to donate a few pp to my little gnome so a starving writer/wiz can buy his spells! I'm still missing my level 12 aoe nukes!

[Faerie]

xD

Welcome to the server! :P

I love reading stories like this, and you're pretty good at it. Wish I could remember my first pvp encounter, but it was back when pvp was enabled at level 1 and there is a good chance it was in gfay.

[Nune]

Most of my PvP on Red99 involved chasing Holocaust around, then getting on the forums and reading posts from them calling people faggots because they ran from PvP

[Fentanyl]

I'm gnome wiz myself, I will hook you up with some PP g*****, send tell to Ohmefentanyl.

[nabsev]

Good read

[Pudge]

yes storytime is always appreciated.

i remember when i first rolled feeling very nervous about attacking anybody. one day in oasis between killing gators i spotted a little gnome in purple running from a croc, it was clearly going to kill him as he starting running all slow-like. so i as i watched him helplessly running toward me, I thought to myself "im a ROGUE damnit, i should be killing people!" and in this moment of passion, i stabbed the little gnome in the back. his body crumpled and the gator walked away, and i looted the corpse. 14 platinum! omg this guy was walking around with 14 platinum?

then i got some tells, not hate tells but asking why i had killed him. he sounded so sad that i felt bad for him. i lied and told him i had killed him to save him from the exp loss. when he got back, he asked for his plat and i reluctantly returned it. after the exchange, we decided to group together to kill some of those nasty crocs. and from then on we were best friends in EQ, leveling and making chars together for basically years. he told me later that that 14 plat was all the money he owned, none in the bank. and that if i had just killed him and taken it he probably would have quit soon after. he had no friends in EQ, unlike me who played with my brothers. and i guess 14 plat was a lot to lose back in the day, when that was his life savings

[Faerie]

yes storytime is always appreciated.

i remember when i first rolled feeling very nervous about attacking anybody. one day in oasis between killing gators i spotted a little gnome in purple running from a croc, it was clearly going to kill him as he starting running all slow-like. so i as i watched him helplessly running toward me, I thought to myself "im a ROGUE damnit, i should be killing people!" and in this moment of passion, i stabbed the little gnome in the back. his body crumpled and the gator walked away, and i looted the corpse. 14 platinum! omg this guy was walking around with 14 platinum?

then i got some tells, not hate tells but asking why i had killed him. he sounded so sad that i felt bad for him. i lied and told him i had killed him to save him from the exp loss. when he got back, he asked for his plat and i reluctantly returned it. after the exchange, we decided to group together to kill some of those nasty crocs. and from then on we were best friends in EQ, leveling and making chars together for basically years. he told me later that that 14 plat was all the money he owned, none in the bank. and that if i had just killed him and taken it he probably would have quit soon after. he had no friends in EQ, unlike me who played with my brothers. and i guess 14 plat was a lot to lose back in the day, when that was his life savings

Heartwarming story of pvp and friendship :)

<3 Pudge

[Samoht]

What was your first PvP experience?

there was a level 30 something grief camping my level 5 dwarf rogue *inside kaladim* on the beta red server.

i haven't logged in since.

[runlvlzero]

Great reads =)

Dimmak, the Knight of Shadow stood over the corpse of a fallen paladin in the West Commonlands. Clutching the slain enemies leather jerkin like the prize of a holy quest. He had a tarnished two handed sword and patchwork armor made by his own hand from hunting in Nektulous. It made all the difference in that fight though. The paladins of Freeport did not approve of his evil and clever ways.

[Tomato King6]

these forums used to be a great place for stories, storyboard posts and roleplay reads

now they are mostly a mad fast its kinda sad.

[TreegreatesT]

Great read. That was me on the mage! (Irenicus)
Also relatively new to the server. I think I did have a sow for the fight but other then that I was unbuffed.
I'm running around in full cloth!

It was kind of an epic moment for me as I am new to eqpvp and I figured I should practice. I think it took me over 15 min to wear down the dwarf warrior who I later learned had high level cleric buffs. Had you arrived a minute earlier you may have defeated me sirs!

See you in the battlefield

[gotrocks]

Great read. That was me on the mage! (Irenicus)
Also relatively new to the server. I think I did have a sow for the fight but other then that I was unbuffed.
I'm running around in full cloth!

It was kind of an epic moment for me as I am new to eqpvp and I figured I should practice. I think it took me over 15 min to wear down the dwarf warrior who I later learned had high level cleric buffs. Had you arrived a minute earlier you may have defeated me sirs!

See you in the battlefield

Irenicus, that was it! I wanted to remember so bad because i remember liking your name (played bg2 way more than i should have). Awesome to hear the other side of this little encounter! You wrecked us both good sir, well played :)