Act 3: Got Vigor?
I would like to point out, Act three is why paladins have vigor. (Who really wants to run through this whole act slowly?)
Good luck was the biggest surprise for Act Three. I walked out of town, crossing no more than one wooden bridge, and killed a pack of champion fetish's who were kind enough to drop me a jade figurine. I went through the process and got my 20 badly needed life. I continued up and found the spider forest waypoint, decided to clear the arachnid lair as well. I'm glad I did! I found two rares, ring mail and a belt. Both had faster hit recovery, one with life, the other with replenish life and both with some resists. I quickly replaced my crappy gear and put them on. I eventually found the spider cavern and made short work of everything there.
I was unfortunate for the next several stages of the act. First of all, the Flayer Jungle was indeed beyond the Great Marsh. I did get both of the waypoints, the gidbin, and another Khalim piece. As per usual, the ring Ormus didn't need, no one in their right mind would need either. I continued onward through the three Kurast sections, getting the Tome of Lam Esen for five stat points, which I accidentally put in the wrong stat, oh well, it will balance later. Then the biggest pain of the whole act, the Kurast Sewers. After doing TWO full laps I noticed a small nudge I had missed, which sure enough is where the entrance to floor two was. To make up for it though, one of the shocking bats was kind enough to drop Civerbs Shield, more than a match for what I was using. I got the next Khalim part and raced my way to the Travincal.
The high council proved to be no real problem, except for Flame Finger who nearly inflicted a mortal blow with his fire enchanted death. I smashed the Compelling Orb with Khalim's will and entered the durance of hate.
The miniature high council led by Bremm "I lost the sparks in my fist" Sparkfist fell faster than the meph-lackey's in the Travincal. Mephisto himself turned out to be the Lord of Not-Being-Very-Nice, rather than the Lord of Hatred. As a last cruel act, on his death he dropped me nothing useful, even for selling. Hazade, now level 22, and myself, now 24, saddled up and went through the red portal, into the Pandemonium Fortress.
end stats
Level 24
str - 60
dex - 70
vit - 60
ene - 15
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