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Amber!

July 24, 2012, 6:15 pm
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No, silly! Not Amber Deathsong! I'm on a quest for Amber reagents! If you don't know what that is, it's a high high end crafting component in Wizard101 that (besides causing a fuss) is really only used (as of now) in crafting unique spells and the housing games, at least that's what the wiki is telling me. I've been lucky enough to pull a few of the leet spells from hoard packs, but the rest evade me.

Where does one get Amber? Two sources. One is gardening. The other is a thick transmute receipe involving 5 Merle's Whiskers, 5 Amber Dust, 15 Sunstone, and 10 Golden Pearl . . . to one Amber.

I choose Gardening!

To those ends I've been growing a lot of King Parsely. My buddy Gary at work is doing that too. He made a good point that King Parsely was a good route to go because it's a crown plant that reseeds plentifully. In fact, you can get a couple reseeds from one King Parsely plant over the course of its life.

Here I am standing in front of my elder Parsley Patch this morning.


YAY! I pulled four Amber out of that elder harvest, and from what I understand . . . I'm lucky!

How do you guys get your Amber?
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What's an ice robe that looks like the Jade Oni Vestment?

July 25, 2012, 4:43 am
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Got a plea for help from a reader:
Dear Friendly,

I am sending you this email to see if you and your magical blog powers can help me with something that's killing me.... I have had 3 encounters with a robe that Looks like the "Jade Oni Vestment" but it has ice symbols and is dark blue with hints of dark violet I believe.... everyone I see is stitched and doesn't show its original name and their owners are either afk, or forgot where they got it....I am asking for you to please ask your blog audience to help me.......I have attached photos of what the jade oni vestment looks like:



Sincerely,

Eric C.

Well, my mind immediately went to the crowns shop Whiteblind Attire:


You mention that it has hints of dark violet though, so I don't think that's what you're looking for. I've also looked through Swordroll's post on Central that shows a lot of the old crown's gear, but I don't think any of these are what you're looking for.

So, yes . . . READERS!! :) Anyone have some good suggestions for Eric?

Thanks in advance!

Happy Dueling
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What the SPPUD? Ze Test Realm Cometh!

August 3, 2012, 5:06 am
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Heya readers!

So, personally, my head has been swimming in Pirate101 to the Nth degree. There are just a lot of exciting things happening lately in the back channels, and it's been causing me to forget this blog even exists.

WHOOPS!

I will tell you though the new changes coming to Wizard101 are very exciting and have the whole KingsIsle team snapping their toes in excitement. Changes you say? Oh yeah, be sure to check out these update notes: click! (Professor G made those with love, so I hope you dig 'em.)

And for those of you who are anti-clicking (the largesh group of anti-click-ites), here's a quick summary: The test realm is coming online wee! You're going to see a FIFTH pet talent open up now, and you'll be playing TWO new pet mini-games! Puppet Teaming in PVP is being addressed. There are three new elixirs in the crown shop for the crafting and pet hatching types. The cool class specific looking clothes in the crown shop can now be dyed. There's new housing items you can grab off the ground hidden around The Spiral. And WHAM BAM BOOF, there's just a ton of other little changes that you gotta read about (seriously, anti-click-ites, just click).

I think the best question I've seen raised out of all of this is, what the heck is going to be the new acronym for the ultimate pet talents? It used to be SPUD: Spritely, Spell-Proof, Unicorn, Spell-Defy? Personally I'm thinking it'll be SPPUD! (Spritely, Spell-Proof, Pain-Giver, Unicorn, Spell-Defy). No idea though.

In the meantime while your brain is processing the enormity of SPPUD as a new acronym, why don't you hop on over to Central and rock the vote! Do you like that the Krazy KingsIsle place added a fifth pet talent, or are you crying BUNK!

While you're there, rock the vote on this one too . . . which pet game are you most looking forward to!

Have fun and see you in The Spiral.

Happy Dueling
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oh yeah . . .

August 4, 2012, 6:54 am
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. . . and closed beta for Pirates happened . . . dot dot dot

No time to post . . . MUST PLAY!

happy dueling!

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Hammer Time!

August 6, 2012, 8:15 am
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And that's how we do it in The Spiral:



BOOM!

:)

Happy dueling!
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Old questions revisited for Alex's Sake :)

August 11, 2012, 9:43 am
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Heya all!

Got an email from a reader:

Hey Friendly,
My name on Wizard 101 is Alex LionThief! He's a level 20 necromancer. He's my main character and I want to ask you three things.

1. Why do areas cost money on Wizard 101?
2. What's better? A membership for a month or 13,750 crowns?
3. What is the best secondary school for Death?
4. Can you please put this on your website please?!

From, Alex LionThief.
P.S. Your the best of the best in the mid-west!
1. Areas cost money in Wizard101 simply to give you options. Here's a quote from an old page from 2008.

"Online entertainment company KingsIsle Entertainment today launched a new payment option that essentially lets players of the company’s new virtual world, Wizard101 (www.wizard101.com) decide for themselves which game payment plan suits them best, whether it’s via monthly subscription or micropayment. Each of the four imaginative 3D worlds currently in Wizard101 contains zones that are now individually unlockable through micropayment. A considerable amount of game content remains free to play. "

Even though it's out-of-date (LOL @ four imaginative 3d worlds) The information on that page holds true today as well. The idea was you could either subscribe or unlock areas as you go for the lifetime of the game. Fast forward to today, it's still like that, but now you also have the European versions of the game where if you really want a free and open world, you can have that too. (It does come at the price of playing a 12+ hour difference than most of those people and in some cases a language barrier.)

2. I've actually answered this question before (a couple times actually), but it really comes down to what type of player are you? If you're the type of player who will crash your way through a game, beat it, and then never revisit it, go membership. If you're the type of player who works through a game slowly area by area, then go crowns--just try to buy your crowns on sale in a big lump to really get the most value. ;)

There's also a few things that give members a few additional perks:
- Members can hatch twice a day instead of one.
- Members can have 120 slots in your backpack instead of 80.
- Members can pvp for free instead of paying crowns per match.
- Stuff like that

To answer your question directly, however, the $20 cards you can buy have a value of 10,000 crowns or a 2-month subscription. So . . . 13,750 crowns definitely seems like more value than a 1-month subscription in that light.

3. Well, here's some old recommendations. You know, the mastery amulets have really changed the game now.

I was actually asked a similar question by a friend at work recently:
OK, imagine, if you will, a Level 36 Myth / Storm Wizard with Three Training Points.

What should they be used for, and when, for maximum game effectiveness?

(Gear is all True Silver Armor, level 30, and only a Conjurer’s Deck)
Here was my response to him:
Most min/max people traditionally throw off the chains of a “secondary” class and go two of three routes:
  • Ice to Tower Shield
  • Life to Satyr
  • Death to Feint

Besides that, there's a few other cards people like to get:
  • Pick up the Reshuffle (so you can really tweak a short deck and still have a backup plan)
  • Balance to Weakness
  • Max Sun Magic post-Celestia
  • Sprinkle in Vengence, Amplify, and Empowerment from Star Magic.
  • Polymorph Treant from Moon Magic.

The new class necklaces have kind of tweaked that though. If you’re wearing one of those, storm (as you’re doing) or life (because you can’t beat healing). The problem with Storm as a secondary is the lack of AOE skills directly in the line (the GREAT AOE spells like Tempest, Storm Lord, Sirens--although there are treasure cards). Your Humongofrog is where your real power is for killing quickly. Just make sure your sideboard is full of treasure cards that amp that damage (strong, giant, monstrous, gargantuan, colossal) and that you’re stacking blades more than traps. Get a pet that gives a balance blade (like one of the aqua dragons)

. . . something like that. :p

And I'm ABSOLUTELY SURE your mileage may vary (YMMV)--especially if you're a pvp'er. Go ahead and post your recommendations readers! :)

4. Done. :) Thanks for reading.

Happy Dueling!
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House-a-Palooza 2012 Raffle!

August 14, 2012, 8:54 am
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Heya readers! It's House-a-palooza week this week, and that means Friendly has turned the reins over to me, Bailey, to run a contest for him!

I've been looking at how some of the other bloggers run raffles, and it looks like the easiest way to do it is through Rafflecopter. I'm giving it a shot! *crosses fingers this works*

Here's what I've got. I've got 10 (count 'em 10!) Watchtower Hall houses to giveaway this year. Wait a second, isn't that what we gave away last year too?! Oh yeah. Well, it's still a super awesome house that's hard to craft, so I expect there to be a ton of entries. Who doesn't want a free house? Right? Best of Luck!

Just to keep things interesting, I've added a question to go along with the raffle that's going to have you hopping back to Grizzleheim to find out the answer. :) check it out!

Remember, if you're 13 or under, get your parents to help you. You need their permission! All information gathered from the raffle will be deleted after the contest.

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Best of luck everyone! We'll leave the raffle up for one week and announce the winners on the morning of 21 August.

As Friendly would say . . . Happy Dueling!
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Angus -- Ding 47

September 4, 2012, 5:06 am
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Angus dinged 47 this morning!


Yeah, I've been playing him again. :) Angus is currently hanging out in the Cruicible in Dragonspyre . . . still no clothes on . . . still holding a starter wand and starter deck . . . still throwing out hits like this:


Back in March I was playing Angus a lot and he got put on the shelf while I started my new job and played through Avalon. Now that we're in between projects (tons has happened btw . . . Purreau's Plentiful Pet Provisions Pack, Mega Pets, new PVP arenas, etc . . . jus' sayin'), and I have a little bit of time. I think I'll be playing just a touch more of Angus. (Although, GuildWars 2 is really wanting to suck away all my time like a Vampire bat spell on a mander in Krokotopia--thanks, I just came up with that one.)

Oh Dragonspyre . . . your towers are grueling--even though they were gimped a bit a couple years ago; here in 2012, Angus likes that they were gimped a bit. ;)

I still have a few nasty fights ahead of me in the Labyrinth that I'm not looking forward to, and that will definitely be the next newsworthy blog post you'll hear from me about Angus.

Wish me luck!

I'm gonna need it.

Happy dueling!
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TFN Jaguar Mount Giveaway!

September 7, 2012, 5:01 am
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Hey again gang,

It's Bailey Skystaff, and KingsIsle has been kind enough to pass along some codes for a shiny new Jaguar mount! Did you get a chance to see these on the test realm? They're awesome!


It's like I'm riding a BMW with Jaguar interior ... only it's Jaguar exterior!

Wanna know something about Jaguars? Jaguars have a strong enough jaw they can bite through a human's skull. (Um, Amber told us that. She's a master of useless factoid knowledge.)

All you have to do is enter the Rafflecopter entry below (which includes tweeting a special message to get you entered into the contest) by Monday and we'll pick the winners on Tuesday!

a Rafflecopter giveaway


Thanks everyone!

Happy dueling!
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Angus vs. The Labyrinth -- Ding 48

September 9, 2012, 5:51 am
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It's true! Angus bested The Labyrinth! He also dinged 48 out of the whole business as well.Woot! Stormlord here I come!

Was it easy? HECKHOUND NO! The Labyrinth alone for a regular character is a tedious experience. Any dungeon that warns you it's going to be a two-hour experience at the get-go is basically telling you to clear your schedule--this is going to be a while. Well solo on a no clothing storm wizard was . . . extremely long and, yes, painful. I think it took me a total of 3-4 hours to complete. I was sitting on the ground playing on a laptop for the entire time, and I was ready to be done by the end. MORE than ready to be done. Here's a quick breakout of how the instance played out:

I wasn't having too much difficulty at first. The Silver Sentinel went down easy, and I crossed the lava with no difficulty.

The next duel with Zora seemed likewise just as easy, which is strange. I figured her balance minion would give me more issues with shields, weakness, and traps, but my Storm minion played exactly as I wanted it to and life was easy.


Then came Andor Bristleback . . . let me tell you, he was truly a jerk to Angus. Look at him, thinking he's all super suave and stormy!


He didn't take it easy on me, and it took me four tries until I could finally overcome him. I totally felt like Ash getting rejected and made fun of by a Pokemon Connoisseusse (Burgundy is so sassy). Painful.

Since Andor is storm and he's paired with a myth minion, it's an insanely difficult fight for Angus due to the shields and damage output. He was relentless as well with his damage. What finally saved the day was a fortify treasure card played at exactly the right time after a lucky streak of pips helped me take out Andor's sidekick before he could play a storm shield. Fortify helped me withstand the relentless onslaught of storm spells from Andor until my storm minion buddy could grab agro. In essence, it was almost the fight that stopped Angus in his tracks.


BUT THE SHOW MUST GO ON!

Devora was a pushover (as always).


The Property master . . . made me fight him twice. A storm boss paired with a balance minion. yeesh.


The Gallium Paladin . . . made me fight him twice in two long battles. He plays defensively (like Angus) and is also paired with a myth minion, so the shields made for a battle that by the end had Angus earning 240ish experience points just for casting so many cards. LOL.


The Dean . . . made me fight him twice. I shouldn't have had as many problems with this fight as I did, but he has a surprisingly high damage output for a death boss, and at 8k hit points, it's a long fight. I can attest that his natural attack is pretty painful, and especially for a character sporting 1100 health.


It was worth it though because he dropped a Boss Banshee for me WOOT!


That'll go nicely in the shared bank!

I was so exhausted by the whole experience that I'm going to have to probably recruit uber wife's help to get back in to the instance to get the chest for Ashley's follow-on quest. I usually have someone sit in the instance and hold it open so I can finish grabbing that obsidian chest in the Dean's cell, but Angus takes too long to get things done, and I was done for the day. I'll make it happen :)

So this seems crazy, but Malistaire truly is just a couple zones away now! Will that finally be the instance Angus can't overcome? I don't know . . . Angus always seems to have a treasure card up his sleeve that makes the difference. :)

Happy dueling!
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Angus Says Ding 49 -- Welcome to the Wall

September 17, 2012, 4:30 am
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Welcome to the Wall . . .


This weekend I spent a lot of time on Angus. In fact, I dinged 49th and sailed through The Crystal Grove, The Secure House, and The Forum without hardly any problems. Chronius and Valeska gave me a little bit of trouble, but nothing else really provided this angry-looking no-clothes storm wizzy much of a challenge.

I gotta say though, standing in front of Malistaire's Lair felt pretty epic yesterday.

Opening the back dungeon door was difficult. These days you're up against two back to back 3 vs. 1 fights with tower shield-casting and weakness-casting ice wizard draconians. There's really no time limit like there used to be, now you just have to win both battles. I was defeated several times until a successful insane bolt treasure card at the very beginning of each fight made it a 2 vs. 1 encounter instead of a 3 vs. 1 encounter.

The door opened and there I was staring right at Malistaire.

The 4 vs. 1 evil spirit fight was next, and I was defeated many times there as well until a perfectly timed fortitude card coupled with a minion that quickly taunted the heat off me, and tripled with a lucky streak of power pips that allowed me to cast a bladed tempest took care of the four evil spirits.


Then there I was, and Malistaire was casting dark pixies at me like the mad man he is.


Actually if that's all he did that would be wonderful, but his dps is evil. I had hopes that if I took out one of Malistaire's minions that it wouldn't reappear as had been the case with Big Ben.


Nope. If you take out one of Malistaire's minions and are defeated, they just reappear next time you zone in.

Finally after bashing my head against Malistaire a number of times, I simply ran out of time . . . it was time for me to log off Wizard101 and join my Sunday Night Static group for our weekly Diablo 3 game.

Angus was soundly defeated by Malistaire.

This time.

If I've learned anything from Angus, it is this . . . determination, patience, dumb luck, and creative strategy are the keys to winning when the odds are stacked against you every time.

Eventually I think I could either get two insane bolts to fire off back to back to make the final Malistaire fight be a 2 vs. 1 affair instead of the 4 vs. 1 slaughter that it is solo. Or perhaps I could have Angus take up gardening and get some death ninja pig polymorph cards for the fight in the hopes that the death spell resistance on the death ninja pig polymorph is astounding. Those probably have a level restriction, so I'd have to go back through the game and finish all my side quests to pad my level, which would also help in surviving the fight (every 50 hitpoints counts). /shrug **EDIT: Apparently that Death Ninja Pig idea won't work due to the polymorph having no death resists . . . dang, thanks readers! **EDIT** Perhaps I could cast a vengance aura and somehow score a lucky critical on a tempest to wash away the three minions. There's lots I could still try.

For now . . . I defintely can't say the words "Dragonspyre your clothes don't matter none." I do believe If I was wearing a full set of awesome gear and had a deeper deck with a wand that gave me an extra power pip to start, I could take Malistaire solo as a level 49 storm wizard. Even though these fights are designed to be a group affair . . . I think I could solo him with that advantage . . . even just adding one more wizard to my party would do the trick . . . but that isn't what I'm trying to do here. I'm trying to see how far I can solo through the game with a Storm Wizard with no clothes on, a starter deck, a starter wand, no pet, and no nothin' but his treasure cards and strategy--so far that's level 49 and right up to Malistaire.

Happy Dueling!
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nvm . . . Dragonspyre, Yer Gearz Don't Matta None

September 23, 2012, 5:46 am
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Last weekend I had a pretty humiliating string of defeats against Malistaire with Angus. This weekend? *wipes hands clean* Here's your video proof:



This was Angus's winning deck against Malistaire:


Doesn't seem like much, does it? It's not. It made for a long drawn out hour and 20 minute long fight. (Much different than playing Kyle, my son's storm wizzie, in a full group where the whole thing wraps up in a few rounds LOL)

Here was the basic strategy I had to pull off to win against Malistaire with Angus:

1- The first thing that needed to happen was a lucky two strikes of Insane Bolt treasure cards to take care of two of Malistaire's minions. Why not three Friendly? Hey, it's hard enough getting two lucky strikes of Insane Bolt out in a row as it is! I probably could have pushed my luck and swapped out one of the minion cards for an Insane Bolt card, but knowing the way the Damage flies out of Malistaire, I kind of figured I'd need an extra minion card. And at 2,000 gold a piece, Insane Bolt cards could have made me run into a monetary wall pretty fast.

2- The next thing that NEEDED to happen was to get my storm minion up and taunting, then do my best to dance a line between protecting the minion and taking out Malistaire's final minion. As you can see from the video it was a difficult dance, and though I took out Malistaire's buddy, he also took out mine. Good thing I had a back up minion card, eh? SMARTZ!!1!

3- Treasure card of Darkwind was definitely the most economical way to get a boost to my damage for the entire fight. What you don't see from this video is . . . the failed attempt against Malistaire that happened right before where I made a lame decision to use Supercharge instead of Darkwind and a regular Stormblade and RAN OUT OF MANA! I definitely had to play more economically than say someone sporting 400 mana. Yup.

4- Shield, shield, shield, and shield some more. I cannot say how important it was to cast every single shield in my deck before Reshuffle. The easiest way to play these was to cast all of the 80% Death Shields on myself and all of the 70% death shields from Life School's Legend Shield card on my minion.

5- One more fizzle and a bad roll on the damage output of Triton, and I would have been toast. It was incredibly close and intense, and I liked that. :) It made the victory all the finer. I think Uber Wife was pretty done with me as I screamed at the top of my lungs a few times, NO I FIZZLED! or TAUNT ALREADY! or GET ME SOME CHICKEN! Ok, I never yelled get me some chicken.

So, there you have it. The big long drawn out story of Angus that started out in December of 2010 has finally (sort of) come to a conclusion. Quoting that original post, "He hopes to see you in Celestia . . . with nothing but the robe on his back, hopefully, soloing the majority of the way--no outside help from other characters or anything." For me that's mission accomplished, he's in Celestia.


I HIGHLY doubt Angus will survive too long in Celestia . . . the whole world is one giant gear check with crit gear and enemies beginning fights with a slew of power pips . . . and not to mention the cheating bosses, but HEY, how about those cheating bosses? Although I really was just aiming to beat Dragonspyre, my plan has always been to test out the limits of Moon Magic and Star Magic here since MOST of the Polymorphs have built in statistics like Crit Block and resistance and the Auras are helpful, but I guess time will tell!

Happy Dueling!
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Halloween Contest #1 - Trick or Treating with Team Friendly!

October 3, 2012, 5:41 am
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Uber Wife, Friendly, Diaperzilla, Amber, and Kyle went trick or treating together. They each wore a different costume (Malistaire, a Pirate, Morganthe, a Stormzilla, and a Raven). At the end of the day, each of them counted the number of pieces of candy they collected. They each collected a different amount of candy (63, 77, 83, 54, and 84 pieces).




Using the hints below, figure out the costume worn by each member of Team Friendly and the amount of candy each person collected.

1. Uber Wife was not a Raven.
2. The girls' (Uber Wife and Amber) costumes included a Raven and Morganthe.
3. Friendly and Diaperzilla collected a total of 161 pieces of candy.
4. Malistaire collected 77 pieces of candy.
5. A Raven collected 83 pieces of candy.
6. Friendly and Kyle collected a total of 140 pieces of candy.
7. The Stormzilla collected the most pieces of candy.

Fill out the blanks below and send us an email (if you’re 13 or under, get help from an adult) with the answers to thefriendlynecromancer@gmail.com to be entered to win one of our exclusive Halloween party packs from KingsIsle!

Uber Wife was ___________ and collected _______ pieces of candy.
Friendly was ___________ and collected _______ pieces of candy.
Diaperzilla was ___________ and collected _______ pieces of candy.
Amber was ___________ and collected _______ pieces of candy.
Kyle was ___________ and collected _______ pieces of candy.

In one week, we will raffle off winners from all the correct entries received, and all email will be deleted after the contest.

Best of luck!

Happy Dueling!
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Winners of Halloween Contest #1

October 10, 2012, 4:27 am
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Congratulations to the following readers of The Friendly Necromancer:
- Aaron StarHeart
- WolfNightcaller
- Alex StormRider
- Amber Firesword
- macewindu2
- Arlen Sanddust
- Tasha Sparkleheart
- spongegregsquarepants8
- Talon Thunderblade
- simplyagamer
- Jordan Seadreamer
- darthever
- Blaze Shadowhorn
- Alex NightFlame
- Neela Lifegiver
- Tabitha Darksword
- Megalus Doomslayer
- frisbeekiddo
- hannahG
- DantonaS
- itryforlife
- Cody SunDreamer
- rupeterson2000
- mstveyes
- Leesha Moonsust

They all won a Spider Pack from KingsIsle!

This ooky spooky ooky pack comes with the following items:
1 Spider Altar
1 Spider Porringer
1 Spider Table
1 Spider Egg Sac
1 Spider Chalice
1 Spider Vase
1 Spider Vessel
1 Webbed Haunted Imperial Shrine
1 Webbed Haunted Monk Shrine
1 Webbed Haunted Samoorai Shrine

Hope that helps with your Halloween decorating around your house! :)

Happy Dueling!

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Halloween Contest #2--Costume-a-palooza!

October 14, 2012, 3:18 pm
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Continuing with the Halloween fun, we have another contest to run. yay!

Here's what ya' gotta do. So there are three ways you can put on a cool costume in Wizard101: Polymorphs, Transformations, or use your imagination with a cool outfit or costume in game. Take a screenshot of yourself using one of these three methods to put on your Wizard101 Costume with a Halloween greeting to the readers of the Friendly Necromancer. We'll raffle all entries we receive and post the winners' greetings on the blog for all to enjoy!

Here's an example from the Friendlies to all of you!



It's that easy. Please send your entries to thefriendlynecromancer@gmail.com by Midnight US Central time on Thursday, October 18th 2012. We'll post the winners on Friday, Ocotober 19th. Entries in this contest have a chance to win a Graveyard Pack with cool Graveyard-themed housing items.

All entries will be deleted after the contest. If you're 13 or under, please get your parents to help you with your entry.

Can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Happy dueling!
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Winners of Halloween Contest #2!

October 20, 2012, 10:56 am
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Thanks everyone for entering! Here are the winners!

Ashely Wildstone:

Lord Darkwing

Lucas Dragonrider

Mackenzie Stormcaster

Rachel Windtalon

Roslyn Silvertalon

Seth Hunter

Stephanie

Tatiana Winterheart

Thanks everyone for your wonderful entries! Check your email for prizes!

Happy Halloween Dueling!

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Test Realm is UP! Azteca Here we COME!

October 24, 2012, 5:27 pm
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Time to get those test realm game launchers running!


That's right, Azteca was announced today to be KingsIsle's next big addition to Wizard101. Massively and MMORPG.com both had great articles today. You should read those ASAP! (You know . . . while you're downloading the test realm.)

HAHA! I remember when I first heard the word "Azteca" a few months ago, and I had to bite my lip the moment I heard about it. I wasn't even near a computer, and I was tying my fingers in knots. Finally I can at least type the word "Azteca." Whew. That's a load off my shoulders.

After you're done reading the Massively and MMORPG.com articles about Azteca, you should definitely head over to the Update Notes and check out all the changes incoming to the game. Just to give you a quick rundown of the highlights, here you go:
- Level 90.
- Two more training points.
- Rank 10 damage spells.
- New Astral spells.
- New combat tutorials from everyone's favorite Valencian.
- Transcendent crafting levels.
- And a few other needed changes.
Well, looks like my test realm game launcher is ready to go! I'll see you in Azteca!

Happy Dueling!
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Halloween Raffle Explosion of Awesomeness!

October 26, 2012, 4:11 am
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Heya all,

We've run out of time for contests, but we'd love to raffle off these prizes (courtesy of KingsIsle Entertainment) to the readers of the Friendly Necromancer:

- 10 Death Houses (+ and additional castle elixir)
- 20 Decorating Packs full of Halloween stand-ups and pumpkins
- 20 5,000 Crown gifts

Wow, that's a lot of prizes! Best of luck, friends!

So here's how you enter . . . back in 2008, I asked a question to my much smaller audience and received no answers. Go see the post for yourself.

So here's the question again: Which is spookier, me with my Baby Abbey Krokomummy Pet or the ghoul stand-up, Mr. Slim Shady?



HERE! Use this Rafflecopter to enter. :)

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Prizes will be emailed out on Halloween, 31 October 2012!

Thanks and Happy Dueling
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Catching up since Celestia? What'd Cole miss?

November 5, 2012, 3:44 am
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Got a question from a name I haven't heard in a while:
Hi Friendly,
Back in the day, I used to play Wizard101 a lot. Believe it or not, but I played since before the million player mark was hit. I was in the community, listening to Ravenwood Radio...And then minecraft ate my life.

Yesterday, I finally got Wizard101 to work on my new computer (a Mac, which doesn't normally play the game without some super-technical wizardry). So, I'm wondering what has changed? The last update I played was Celestia...
Anyways, thanks for your help!

-Cole Moontamer-

Wow! Cole Moontamer! Long time no see! I remember your Four Questions you sent a while back. :)

I hear you about Minecraft. It's amazingly fun and addictive. Great game. My kids and I play it together every once in a while . . . lately though they've been on a retro gaming kick and have been asking me to break out my Sega to play Sonic and Sonic 2. My son is hilarious, he's like, I've never seen Chuggaaconroy do a Let's Play on Sonic! If he did, that would be AMAZING!


Very cool that you've got an itch to play some Wizard101! As far as what you've missed since Celestia? Ummmm . . . let's see . . . without putting a ton of thought into it, the main two worlds you've missed would be Zafaria and Avalon. You're behind 20 levels, giddyup! (. . . and when I say giddyup, I mean HURRY because Azteca is going to be here soon and then you'll be 30 levels behind LOL!)

I'm not sure exactly when you cut out, but there have been around three side worlds that also came out:

1- Remember Selena Gomez in Wizard101? They took Crab Alley and added a new zone called Deep Warrens, and they made it kind of a playable side world (you can get a cool outfit by completing it . . . great little side world.)

2- Wintertusk. This was definitely a fun side world that kind of closed out the Grizzleheim story and tied in a lot of lore. The end fight is still one of the most fun in the game.

3- Wysteria. I totally dug finding out all about the rival Pigswick academy and unraveling that little side story. Fun times. For high level players, they added the Tower of the Helephant and it's not to be missed just for fun factor. One of my best memories would have been taking on Chester and his friends with Angus.

And then of course, there's always some little miscellaneous stuff:

- Housing games was a blast, and, uh, you've missed a lot of new lore packs. Just open up the crown shop window and you're caught up there LOL! ;)

- You've also missed out on two new pet games and Mega levels with pets! If you haven't been to the Pet Pavilion in a while, go forth and check out the new games!

- And of course, Pirate101 and me being hired by KingsIsle. WHEW! Come say hi in Pirate101!

Other than that . . . I don't know . . . I'm sure I've missed some stuff. Readers, if I've left out some important details, leave them in the comments below! :)

Thanks for the question and good to see you back!

Happy dueling
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Woo! Check-a this out! It's Azteca!

November 13, 2012, 3:47 am
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There I am . . . running in my new weirdness over to talk to Cyrus Drake! HAHA! I'm all decked out and ready to hit the dueling circles with a crazy eyecarumba pet and the new Keeper's Lore Pack outfit and staff. If I'm hitting Azteca, I'm going with style. I'm so tired of wearing my Waterworks gear, stitched or not. I don't even care if the stats on the new gear don't have *exactly* what I need. I'm going in pure crazy!

Besides, that outfit looks really color coordinated with my flying carpet mount, no? yes!


Style points.

And with that short trip to Marleybone and a visit to Edward Halley's house to play bug exterminator . . .


. . . I'm in Azteca on the live realm! WOO HOO!


Caroline wanted to do a little bit of Azteca together (random strangers ftw), but I gotta be honest. My heart right now is over in Mooshu in Pirate101. I'm not quite done going through Pirate101 with my first character, so that's really where my focus is right now. Don't worry though, I'll be sure to report my Azteca journey here and see what insights I can provide where I can.

I just wanted to make sure you knew Azteca was live and that I will definitely be talking about it here on TFN!

Thanks all!

Happy dueling!
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