What a ride it was. Ups, and downs, but a lot of fun.
Thank you for all who interacted with me, and to those who ringran with me. There's been a lot across the months, so I will not start naming people one by one. I appreciate you all.
I generally play only humans, so Huckleberry was a foray to something I don't do. My idea was to create the best crossbow(half)man, since people diss on the weapon so much. I got a lot of sneers in the start about how the build is nothing but a meme that won't work, but it ended up doing fine, albeit much of it is thanks to the loot I received over his lifetime.
As a character, I aimed to play a young, careless, reckless halfling with little thought to the consequences of his actions, lacking an ability to make wise decisions. He started out that way, but toward the end grew a bit more gloomy over the constant losses he endured as friends kept dying left and right.
Some little things on top of my mind, other than being swallowed by 64:
- Gambling away at the Feast before understanding the rules, because the first item presented happened to be a crossbow. He received it, losing his necklace and becoming old. For a long time, he stubbornly claimed he had won, when in heart he knew he didn't. Regaining his youth became the focus for his ringrunning, chasing after rumored ways to cure his affliction, be it Mistlevale Cider, Ring 1, or participating in the Draft Tournament for clues.
- Before ringrunning he was involved in the attempt to restore the Old Harbor with the Fairway Crew, as well as being an active member of the Reformed Beggar's Guild.
- Continuing on the subject, 99 spins on the Wheel of Fire. I wanted to make the hundredth a spectacle, but I ended up delaying it constantly: it never happened. Probably still the record for most spins!
- Survival from multiple events, perhaps most notably YMD's Necropolis, which ended up being very character-defining. He wished to save those who were left behind by defeating Pallid Prince, and in specific Elene - whose death he felt responsible for, yet who had saved them from the prison that was Pallid Palace.
- Became the champion of the Spinning Groat arena; with a crossbow at that.
- Efforts to help the Steadings, in the form of aiding Nadine to cook a 1000 meals, participating in the looting and pillaging of Endless Feast, and defending it from the Ghyl and other foes on multiple occasions.
- He had the biggest crush on Angela Haust, keeping mementos of her until his own demise.
- He fought the goblin menace alongside the other halflings, during the second big rush of hins during his lifetime. Good times.
- While often accused of being a friendlyman, he never shied away from speaking his mind to Retainers nor turning them down. I guess since it didn't usually quite erupt into PvP, people still like to throw that word around.
- A halfling no stranger to regicide, he fought The King of the Keysnatchers, and an undead called the Underking.
Unbuffed at the end. Surprisingly good saves:
The sheet does not show size bonus and PBS, so 19/14 most of the time.
I did not take screenshots of his peak condition, but here are the better ones:
I know people are more interested in loot than build or screenshots, so let's start with those before screenshots from along the journey, in the order of acquisition.
Crossbow, received from the short Feast. Thanks, abala!
A ring of made of apparent kobold feces, received from an event ran by BOM and Calculor:
My Christmas gift, from Vlaid. One of the things that truly made Huck pop:
Now, perhaps the most interesting piece ... a set of child-sized finery, somewhat resembling that of Sunpurse garb. Only a couple voiced the familiarity, nobody pushed it.
from YMD's Pallid event.
His helmet, courtesy of Equinox! Earned from an event he ran with BOM.
A little change came forward after fighting the Underking. Thanks Skaghunter:
That's all the loot, I think.
And then some screenshots from across the journey. I did not take as many as I should have; something I always forget. There's still about eighty, so for now, I will post Imgur album, and might edit the more significant ones in with titles later.
https://imgur.com/a/iozXjwbThanks all! I will take a bit of a break, most likely, but will be back.
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