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[Lagaidh]

Some of the Ancient Cyclops stories made me want to tell mine. I have always been a DWF PAL as any of you knows if you've read my dreck here. I used to say I played the first character I ever created, but I remember I played the 2nd. I had named myself Lugaidh first. Lagaidh is better; same stats thought, base 61 CHA /rolleyes.

My wife started a few toons to try and find a fit. First a shaman, then a druid... AH cleric! This seemed right. Before knowing how to make decent money, I would camp the derv camps in SRO for gems and bronze weapons. I was very comfortable with the zone layout and the close merchant. It's al relatively safe for a 3rd string hybrid (I'd get better).

Anyway, I remember being L40 with not great gear. Kunark was just a week or two old. I was helping power level my wife's L15 or so cleric and then we saw something way tall that was NOT a sand giant.

Is that the AC? *Wipes eyes* I've only ever seen screenshots. Welp. Die or not I'm trying!

I was self buffed and this knockdown drag out fight ensues. Back and forth, root heal, root med, fight a little... My wife (or would be a year later) was in the room yelling and cheering.

I got that thing to about 54% and a Wizard runs up. I thought "Oh no!" On the Rathe server, at that time, Wizards had a horrible reputation for binding near popular camps, popping in when a timer went off. I never did remember his name. He cast a nuke or two while I kept swinging away with whatever 2h weapon it was I had, 18/39 thing (ACG?)

Welp. I kept agro, used my LoH and the AC dropped before me. I right clicked the corpse. It was mine. That wizard said "You are one lucky dwarf" and ported. I never could tell if he was trying to get it, or help. I always liked to think he had been rooting for me.

Not a gripping story, but I was always proud, that as a L40 paladin I had been able to get jboots all for myself. I had missed camping for them (and for rubicite) by a few days of their respective patches and so it was incredibly gratifying to have gotten something that usually only the DPSers got without help.