Looking for Gear to improve Casting

[Mixylplix]

There are lots of Effects on various items that speed up your casting or reduce mana.

Honestly I am in need of something, anything, to make my casting faster. At 50 my life taps are so slow to cast that I cannot get many in while grouping and end up not doing my share.

Need advise.

Thanks,
Mixy

[Vavra]

look at this link for Spell Haste III (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=2341) items..

[Mixylplix]

Thanks for the list. Beyond the Tailored item or the Veksar mob this looks like a freaking tough road to hoe. Most mobs are 60+. Even the lich in Veksar is 56.

I have never been to veksar. Might have to go, but will not want to do it alone for sure. :unsure:

[Blacklotis]

Mixylplix:

Buy a "Ceramic Skull" it will help you tremendously!. It will allow you to cast your dots much faster. Like 30% faster if I recall correctly.

I have one and would not be without it. :D :D

They cost around 3k-3.5k. Well worth it in my opinion.

Blacklotis

[Aelariu]

I do not know but I love this item and it is the result of a simple easy quest.

LORE ITEM MAGIC ITEM NO DROP
Weight: 0.1 Size: SMALL
Slot: FINGERS
AC: +3 HP: +30 Mana: +20
Classes: All Classes
Races: All Races
Slot 1: Type 7
Required: Yes

Last updated: Thu Oct 9 16:32:32 2003

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Focus Effect: Mana Preservation II



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Rarity: Common

Level to Attain: 30

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[Comments ]
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This item is the result of a quest.

Holly Longtail's Replacement Parts

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Found in:
Plane of Knowledge


For anybody out there with about 30pp to spare, this quest is super-duper easy to do, *especially* since you need Planes of Power to do the quest anyway, giving you access to the portals in the Plane of Knowledge.

Anyone with the skills to adjust, or otherwise circumvent minor faction issues, will be able to do this quest in under an hour, for the most part. The reason is that all four of the required items are tradeable, and are also sold to merchants on a regular basis, so you can just run around and buy them. This generally only applies if the server (and certain zones) have been up for a while. Of course, you can always just go to the appropriate zones and acquire the items from their respective owners...

Tiny Rockhopper Eye: These drop on newbie rockhoppers in the pit around Shar Vahl. Take the book to Shar Vahl (drops you in Shadeweaver's Thicket), run into Shar Vahl, and look for the nearest merchant you can find. That will probably be the one that newbies sell all their junk loot to, and he will probably have at least one eye for sale for around 7 silver.

Undead Froglok Tongue: Take the book to Grobb (drops you in the middle of Innothule Swamp) and run almost directly north to get to South Ro; for the return trip, you might want to get the /location of the book in Innothule, because most of the swamp looks the same and without landmarks to guide you it may prove troublesome to find again. I've always gone to the dark elf merchants in South Ro (halflings are sneaky fellows, you know), but if you can't use those merchants, you can *probably* find them for sale at the erudite merchant in the corner of South Ro near Ortalius or the innkeeper in the Oasis of Marr (you're not the only person that can't use the dark elf merchants in South Ro, so go to the next nearest place to sell). Price is around 6-7 gold.

Cockatrice Beak: Firiona Vie or the outpost in the Overthere are probably the best places to look for these on merchants, or maybe even the iksar merchant in the Overthere near the zone to Warslik's Wood. These cost around 20pp on merchants though, so you may just want to get one from a bird or another player. Both locations have their own portals from New Tanaan, so they're pretty easy to get to.

High Quality Cougar Skin: These drop on the snow cougars in Iceclad Ocean, and *maybe* the cougars in Eastern Wastes, but I always go to the gnome pirate camp in Iceclad and look on the three merchants there, since they usually have every part and piece imagineable that drops on the cougars. I think they cost around 1-5 platinum, but I can't remember for sure. The HQ skins aren't nearly as common as the LQ skins, so you may need to kill cougars for a while, or ask other players in the area. The last time I did this quest, there weren't any HQ skins on the merchants, so I used Upheaval to kill about 12 cougars on the island all at once, and none of them dropped a HQ skin. When they all respawned, I did it again, and got 2 HQ skins from the pile of cougars. Luck comes in kinda handy on this one. Without other forms of magical transportation, this one will probably take the most time, since it's the furthest away from a Book of Knowledge; the closest books are West Freeport (a pretty long wait for the Icebreaker boat in Iceclad) and the Great Divide (directly north of the Luclin spires, next to a row of large boulders along the northern edge of the zone).

After a relatively short time of running around searching, you can go back to the museum in New Tanaan and get your collector's box, combine the animal parts inside, and hand them to Holly Longtail, the Vah Shir beastlord in the back of the room. She will give you this nifty little ring, and you will be happy to save thousands upon thousands of mana for the rest of your character's life! This ring really isn't bad for pure meleers either; 2ac 30hp is great for the small amount of work you have to put into this quest, and should suffice until you can obtain a better ring.

I have a +4 Int Aug in my ring and love it at lvl 46 I did the quest at lvl 14 and have never looked back.

[Cthulha]

Thank you Aelariu for the quest suggestion!! I did it last night and it was quite easy. It cost a bit more than 50pp, because on my server, the cheapest HQCS in the bazaar was 45pp, and the cockatrice beak was 20pp. I did attempt to recklessly go to Iceclad on foot by myself to buy the HQCS, but almost got killed by a walrus in EW so I aborted the mission and fled back to the PoK. I went ahead and paid the 45pp in the bazaar. The other two ingredients were less than 1 plat each. But I still think it was worth it, I love the ring! Do you know of any other quest items that necros could benefit from? I'm level 28 now.

Thanks!!!

[staticxoRcist_69]

ceramic skulls going for 100 pp on tunare, must have for my necro :P

[Anck]

I had never heard of a Ceramic Skull of Decay (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/item.html?id=29035) so I looked it up. May have to pick one of these puppies up.

Thanks

Click for Stats for Ceramic Skull of Decay (http://lucy.allakhazam.com/item.html?id=29035) on LUCY

[Nerium]

Cthulha,
You asked about any other quest helpful for a necromancer. I did the Fine Cut, Diamond Inlaid Mask quest found in PoK. Here is a link for the item: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=16394

you will need a vial of sarnak blood which can be bought off an NPC merchant or get one yourself from most any Sarnak found on Kunark.

here is a link for the quest itself (called The Magic Pool): http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=2203

I did this quest as soon as I had Gather Shadows. The mask has Spell Haste II on it and it sure makes a difference when casting.

Also, if you know someone who can forage there is a waist item called Fine Antique Corset which also has spell haste II and some nice saves: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=16364

Good luck and may you spread your message of Hate far and wide!
Nerium of Neriak
Necromancer and hater of halflings, wood elves, and high elves