July 3, 2009
Back into the fray, I suppose.
Well, we finally finished up all our Hamster runs.
It didn’t even end with any sort of exciting moment or anything. The run was one of the smoothest we had. It was all business as usual. Hodgman went down, and our last team member got their Hamster.
And then, suddenly, I could ascend again.
It has been months since I ascended and played KoL in the way that I normally have, the way I have fallen in love with. I have all of these IoTMs I’ve never used, and so many options as to what to work towards and what to do. It was… kind of odd. I found myself extremely nervous about ascending again. Then again, I can get nervous at the drop of a hat, so I suppose that wasn’t too surprising.
I ended up perming Eye of the Stoat, because that’s just got some nice passive bonuses, and I decided to ascend Pastamancer and go for Spirit of Ravioli for the following reasons: 1. I wanted to use my new Bag ‘o Tricks (My pointless review of it forthcoming, after I use it a bit more, of course) and put my Frumious Bandersnatch to good use, and being a spellcaster helps with that. 2. I wanted something quite different than the straightforward “bash this” gameplay of the Seal Clubber I’ve been for awhile. 3. Spirit of Ravioli is really useful and I should already have it. 4. Why the fuck not, I have to pick something.
But yeah, I don’t know. It seems almost awkward to be delving into the Typical Tavern again… but I’m glad I have something to constantly work for once again. I haven’t actually been playing KoL, or many of these games, for awhile now. They’ve just been sitting there. Hopefully getting to ascend again, and getting to try out my many, many new toys since last I ascended, will make me play through this new run with renewed interest. I hope so, anyway!
And if it doesn’t? Well, whatever. I’ll play whenever I feel like it and have fun. That’s the important part.