[Lowako]

Trying to acquire things without friends in an MMO is typically going to be a lot more tedious or difficult than working together with friends or having others help you. Particularly end game items that come from monsters that are designed to be done in a group and raid setting. Getting torpor+child's tear is no different. I would suggest you make some friends - which I've personally found difficult in any online community in the last few years - to help you acquire these items. You can get 3-5 people together and camp something like Emperor in Sebilis for torpor, or guardian wurms, or if you have access to a CoTH mage you can do Tola+Protector in Trak's Lair for a chance at torpor. You can clear down to Trak's Lair as well, but that takes significantly more time and effort.

Unfortunately due to plane of fear golems being hotly contested because they now provide a chance at items other than child's tear (items of both immense value and power) it can be a lot harder to do this. Your best chance to acquire it normally would be to join a guild that kills or contests these golems regularly in hopes of getting a tear on the raid. If for some reason you are morally opposed or unable to raid (or a normal human being, raiding in everquest is mostly unenjoyable in this era. auto attacking a slowed monster to death isn't exactly the pinnacle of engaging raid content.) your only way to acquire the tear will be buying an MQ. Its just another unpleasant side effect of early everquest game design.

If you've managed to assemble a trustworthy crew of nerds, mustering up the funds to acquire an MQ will be much easier. Farming platinum with a duo or trio is far more efficient than doing it alone. And that's if you split the money. Its also far more fun. There are a lot of things in everquest that are mundane, tedious, boring, trivial, or a combination of all four. Having friends to chat with while doing these things makes them tolerable, memorable, and perhaps even enjoyable. If you have some trustworthy e-friends or guildmates that you play with regularly, there is a decent chance they won't mind loaning you some platinum.

If you make genuine friendships with people they typically won't have an issue with passing the big spells like torpor to you or loaning/helping you farm platinum to buy a Child's Tear MQ if raiding isn't a viable option. If you are unable to make friends, join a guild, or at the very least form a group of opportunistic acquaintances its going to make acquiring items that are designed around taking friends, a guild, or a band of opportunistic acquaintances far more difficult than normal.