Guises and Manastones and puppet strings... Oh, my!

[Videri]

Originally Posted by brokenpromise [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why do people care so much for guise/manastone

Originally Posted by sacman08 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Manastone lets any caster exchange HP for Mana. Not sure about Guise..I thought it was All/All wearable

I believe only Bards and Rogues can actually equip it, but all can use it from inventory.

But I'm not sure your response answers their questions...not the way they meant it. They know what the items do. It's the "why" that matters.

Why does anyone want to be a Dark Elf?
• Self-shrink, including outdoors, with unlimited charges (so you don't have to chug shaman potions all the time)
• Night vision - Dark Elf form gives Ultravision, best vision in the game
• Faction - allows you to more easily access evil cities on classes/races that otherwise wouldn't be able to.
• Uniqueness - since Dark Elves can't be druids, rangers, paladins, monks, or shamans, having a guise on one of those classes creates a very unusual look.
And lastly:
• Status - some people want it because other people want it.

Manastone requires less explanation, but let me give one anyway. A manastone provides additional mana on any class...but on certain classes/races, it can provide tons of mana. Cleric comes to mind: manastone to 10%, then Complete Heal yourself. Any Iksar or Troll with mana would make good use of it. Maybe shamans I guess; maybe it's easier/lazier than Cannibalizing. And as for wizards, if you click the wizard epic and get the free 800-hp rune, you can click the manastone without losing HP for a while as it will first eat away at the rune. Then once your rune breaks, you can click your wizard epic again for another free rune...so for wizards with epic and manastone, it's free mana. Manastone is clickable in Vanilla zones only.

Did I miss anything?