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Interrogator Gi`mok drops this, in the room south of the Bridge Keeper.

what mob does this drop from and at what camp please farmed for three days can't find help

Ok, where this wpn comes into play is when you are farming for trades skills supplies. Example is Acrylia or Velium Bricks. Even at 58 I dont like to take on 10 RyGorrs at once without rooting and dotting them all as I hunt down more in CCaverns. I put up my best buff and regen spells along with coat and shield of blades and then try to smack up a small train of 4-7 to follow me to a root area where I can root em in a row and use sleeves to dot em down. Having this wpn allows you to avoid the multiple spell interruptions while trying to cast. Plus you want em rooted so they wont run away and wont just turn from a snare at 20%. You dont want to have to melee em down, you want them to die on your pin cushion. Hitting them for near 40pts per thorn per swipe is much faster way to take down 7-10 of them than trying to get off the aoe quake spell or whatever.

Ok, I had this weapon for a few weeks, and was able to sell it for about 6k more then I bought it. What can I say, buy low sell high, its the name of the game in the Baz. Anyway here is what I enjoyed about the weapon: Nice graphics, if you dont have an epic and your not joining any guilds, just to kiss everyones *** to help you then you want this or a bone handed scimitar so you at least look cool. Granted the extra mana on this helps a little but when your out of mana and the mobs are mostly dead, add the extra dot from an es vambrace to finish it off, why not play ranger and whack at it? If it procs it does a 160 damage root, if that doesnt kill it just sit back and med or do what ever. Of course I only use this thing on Mellee type Mobs. The other way to go is a good 1hb with nice extra mana enhancements 50+. But lets face it our weapons are really only usefull for the stat enhancements anyway not the attack/dmg ratio. I can swing all day on a rooted skell in the grey with 2% health but before he dies I have to step back and chloroblast myself one, two, sometimes three times before he dies(he's dotted too). So at this point and my level(55) its all about the graphics, and enhancements not about whacking away, (only when I want to be cute and make a ranger think I can tank!) Finally any weapon in hand looks better then a lantern! I never heard anyone say "Ohhh how fierce he looks with that shield and lantern!"

Lindiyen 55 Preserver of the Blessed Mother Tunare on the Tribunal

If your not qudding, root em dot em watch em die!

Edited, Mon Jun 9 12:31:18 2003

I think Lakepoka makes some good points. Its generally better above a certain level to med and then cast rather than melee - but there are certain exceptions. When I get into melee these days (52) its either 1) I'm ******** around cause we're overpowering whatever we're fighting, 2) Its an orc pawn or something else not worth casting on or 3) I can't either med or cast

The third happens in several circumstances - when you're out of mana and fighting something that has massive aggro toward medders (like Fay), when the thing AOE blasts so medding is constantly interrupted or when I've taken aggro from something and am begging the tank to pull it off me. In the last case I'm generally casting root but getting interrupted - then having a proc root would be great as I could leave. Heck I might even change it in and out with my epic when I was <100% mana (the extra epic wis and mana don't help much if you're well below full).

as a level 61 druid with the epic, i would have to say this is about the most worthelss piece of **** i've yet to see people oogle over for their druid.. if you want a weapon to hit with.. get a fungi covered staff.. it's 2handed blunt sure but you can right click a 22hp a tick regen on yourself which will negate any pawn from smacking you.. since it's a proc effect that's just added agro you dont want while you're pretending to be a ranger and swinging on a mob that's going to smite you down in 3 or 4 hits. if you do get it's agro..

not everyone can get an epic.. i know they're a pain in the *** to get.. bone handled scimiatar.. is gimp.. whaaa boo hoo.. you want a fun toy to swing.. scimitar of the emerald dawn.. semi common drop from wooshi.. or a falchion of flowing water.. from justice.. or fierce wind from the jagged pine..--- easily obtainable by any reasonably skilled druid whose been in a fight or 2.

/rant off

If you ask me, You can keep this thing. I like my BHS. damage to delay? only time a swing my sword at a mob is when its turned. Last thing I want is some POS rooting the thing and p*ssing it off when I am that close. I'll stick to mine and if I get one of these I'll hope to find a sucker to give me 5k for it. What do you think druids are rangers? I won't mellee if they don't try to heal me.

When does this start to proc? lvl 49?

Lammy for druids, with bonus stats to fit and a great graphic. Too bad I don't have 10k to throw around, even if I ever saw it for sale...

I saw a non-druid wielding a weapon with the same graphic. It's called a darkmetal falchion from plane of hate. think it's paladin/sk only.

As a level 39 druid, my 1hs is about 8-15, and my 1hb is 145... I am currently using a springwood club, 9/25 5 str 5 wis 5 int 1.2 weight. Now, with this weapon. 10/19, 5 wis, 35 mana, and even 5 sv fire and a root proc, this is not only an upgrade to my springwood club, but I can finally get my 1hs up! A great item for almost all druids. Hopefully in a month or two, or more, I will be able to head to chardok or by that time have saved up to buy one. Good luck to everyone getting this great weapon!

That graphic is truly beautiful. When you get near 60, looks can often be a big factor with things. I have one of the velium brawlsticks from DN...not because I do much damage in melee with it, but because I love toting around a black spiked baseball bat.

Now, I do actually melee from time to time. I am maxed at 1hs, and can hit in the 20s. Don't forget that this is one of the high level root spells (49 i think). get a dex buff, and you're meleeing with an item that basically procs for 160dd...and procs aren' based on whether you hit or not, so it will make some of us druids actually able to contribute on those MOBs that don't succumb to fire or cold.

A nice weapom, any way you look at it.


ahh, on a side note, when you root something, it makes it very hard for rogues to backstab, so keep them in mind.