Ivory Claw Necklace  

 

This necklace is great for several reasons:

(1) The stats aren't uber by any means, but extra hp and magic resistance are often quite handy, and sometimes ac doesn't really matter anyway (getting nuked by a wizard, etc).

(2) Several posts here have mentioned the Harmony line of spells, and with good reason. The whole point to using harmony is to have better control over what you pull and what you *don't* pull. Having extra distance between you and your targets gives you that much more time to do things during the pull, or adjust for surprises that happen during the pull.

(3) Tangling Weeds has also been mentioned here. This level 9 spell is very powerful in more than the obvious ways. With a low mana cost, and a 0.5 second cast time, it can be quite useful for pulling. Before anyone starts flaming about pulling with snares, let me clarify and say that I do *NOT* recommend pulling with Snare or Ensnare, unless you specifically intend to do so for some reason; Tangling Weeds doesn't last more than a few seconds and it doesn't slow down a target *that* much. However, it does a few very useful things. For one, snare spells will break Spirit of Wolf, so right off the bat you've not only debuffed the target's run speed, but you've also stripped them of their run speed *buff*. I've used the level 4 necromancer spell Clinging Darkness for this very reason. Also, Tangling Weeds doesn't really slow a target down very much, but it will slow them down enough to keep them off of your heels while you run back to your group or solo area, so for those places where you're indoors and don't have Spirit of Wolf available, this tactic can circumvent the cheating NPCs that *can* use SoW indoors.

(4) While some people may not like having much distance between them and a target when using archery, some other people do, and with the long range bows and arrows in the game now, this handy focus item will help your spell range catch up a bit. As far as root-and-shoot goes, refer to number (1) above.

I bought one of these for my ranger while he was in his 40s, specifically for the extended range focus on it, and for some rangers in their lower levels, it might actually be an improvement over their full-time neck item. I recommend having one of these, just for the focus effect. It can't really hurt to carry it around all the time, but someday you'll certainly be glad you have it on you.

Edited, Mon Jan 27 00:54:09 2003

picked up in Fennin ro bazaar for 50pp b4 a quick naggy raid, since i had no resist gear on me. +10 to magic was alright for the price.


Naggy spit my corpse out in under 3 minutes, lol



Edited, Sat Jan 25 19:09:21 2003

these go as little as 300 plat now on brell serellis in the bazaar... maybe high price would be 1k... but usually there are enough here to make it always have a couple of lower prices

Love this thing, bought for 8k and didn't regret one bit.

All posts below this are completely non-informational crap.

Drops of "a tar'dak hunter"

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Yah, might not be great for stats vs the other neck pieces out there, and to be true, focus effect may not be the most useful thing for a ranger at times. But, i noticed that it has 10 to magic resist. Hmmm. That kinda makes this a bit more useful. I know i saw it and then started whining "why o why can't my warrior use this?!!?" Heh. Ahh well, i figure there is someting useable like this to add to my very small pool of resist gear for warriors floating around out there. Meanwhile, rangers enjoy it! I know me, i prefer to have someone who can snare and pull specific mobs outdoors, like i prefer a monk for indoor work, so I figure the extra 10 to magic resist might let you get back to me alive so i can beat on it a while.

Kathugga Wyntersheart, 51 warrior, Darkstorm Dragons, Druzzil Ro