I have a perfect pic for it (my girlfriend's cat....)

definately not an award i would want.

now I wounder whats the next step to fighting some of the bigger monsters?
I tried my luck on a balron, that didn't go very well. he hits very hard and I wasn't able to withstand enough of his punishment.

basically I'd like to learn how to fight DH solo or with a bard on my side.

I prefer to test things out at times on Sphynx, it hits decent and has a good mana pool. Yea, if you dont watch it you could die, mana can run out, stamina can get low, but it's usually something safe to test out things with. I don't think it's prone to any slayer weapon.

I pitched this to XII that I was going to try to get a ring with one of these two sets.. and this ring will be freakin sweet if I can make it, one problem, need more gems.

turquiose ring with
+5 SSI or 35+ DI
8 STR/INT
HCI/DCI or resist (depending on rest of suit)

that's 4 mods, the uber one would be to go +5 SSI with close to 25 DI and the rest, 5 mods, can be done, and ring be freak worth a fortune. Fit into a suit the tokuno minor helm with +10 SSI, and carry a hally swinging at 1.25, whirlwind spawns. 

I'm eating a bowl of cereal.  Installing some updates on my system. Getting directions to XII's place so I can pick me up a new craftsman tool set. Five finger discounts FTW!!

It was borderline violating site rules... but, i guess i could start talking about...   electric outlets now.. instead of lights and switches

I think, well, I won't say that part. But think about it like this....

You have lightswitches in the house. Right inside your front door, you have one that contols the outside, on that controls your entry way, and one that controls the hall way. Now, the outside one, it's like, well, your persistant variable, can be used by other instances. Now, your hallway light, you also have a switch for it in the living room, so, you can leave your entry way, walk down your hallway, and into the leaving room, and then use a switch there to turn off the light. Now, this is like your standard variables, you can use them in different rooms (subs). Now, your namespace variable, that's like that light in the entry way. Entering the entry way, you turn on the variable, and when you leave the entry way, you must turn it off, well, you don't have to, but should, you're wasting electricity. Namespace variables are like lights for each room of your house, where the switch is only found in that room. Some rooms have multiple entrys, just like subs can be called multiple times, but, there's that switch, pop/clear, that allows you to see the room (use the namespace)

Yeah, bad analogy, but, heck, i already typed it.

12.5 - 14mil  hmmmm, not good prices. Already seen them