AB does AC
After months and months of being HOUNDED RELENTLESSLY AND WITHOUT MERCY (*sob*) by my coworker shodan, I finally picked up Asheron's Call. So far, it's been an absolute blast. So without further ado, here are the requisite AC screenshots.
- Picture #1 - This was my first character, Kitab al-Azif. Bonus points await if you know where the name comes from.
- Picture #2 - Another shot of Kitab, looking stylish in front of the Bazaar in Al-Arqas. Sadly, due to some crucial mistakes made during his creation, Kitab retired from active play. But he still hangs around to offer sage advice as the situation calls for it.
- Picture #3 - Jihad al-Fatwa, the brash young upstart who took over the adventuring reins from Kitab.
- Picture #4 - Here's Jihad in his spiffy Dho robe. This is what he wears when running around town so as not to drain the mana from all his l33t gear. Note his bare feet (what a hippie).
- Picture #5 - Walk softly and carry a BIG stick...
- Picture #6 - I gradually acquire ever more l33t armor pieces. But while I become harder to kill, my fashion sense and color coordination take a near-fatal blow.
- Picture #7 - DING! (Or what passes for it in AC.)
- Picture #8 - Are you lookin' at me? Are you lookin' at ME?
- Picture #9 - Interestingly, these ambulatory piles of muck and slime sound resoundingly solid when thumped.
- Picture #10 - A dead water golem. Better than a dead Jihad.
- Picture #11 - These little buggers pack quite a vicious bite.
- Picture #12 - Up close and personal with Packet. (Only RCN employees will get the joke.)
- Picture #13 - Dawn over Hebian To.
- Picture #14 - Might I suggest a breath mint?
- Picture #15 - Jihad SMASH rat!
- Picture #16 - Eerie lunar eclipse over Hebian To.
- Picture #17 - Someone getting creative with spell components.
- Picture #18 - Jihad al-Fatwa says, "You're probably wondering why I've called you all here today..."
- Picture #19 - Dawn over Glenden Wood
- Picture #20 - Up close and personal with a Goldenback Tusker.
- Picture #21 - 20th level! Now I can /petition for a last name! (Oh wait. Wrong game.)
- Picture #22 - Jihad works on his Hovering skill.
- Picture #23 - An impressive number of Ice Golems.
- Picture #24 - Jihad hangs out with Motey the Magma Golem
- Picture #25 - Jihad finds a drudge slumber party and takes a quick nap
- Picture #26 - A rain of blood falls on the remote hamlet of Stonehold
- Picture #27 - Welcoem 2 teh cratar!
- Picture #28 - When alchemists get bored...
- Picture #29 - Jihad buys cooking supplies.
- Picture #30 - Who woulda ever thought a buncha dead Ice Golems would look so pretty?
- Picture #31 - BLUE PACKET!
- Picture #32 - A castle in the northern forests, out in the middle of nowhere. Great hunting spot for melee types in their 20s.
- Picture #33 - Teth in winter.
- Picture #34 - An overhead shot of the South Dires landbridge.
- Picture #35 - A nice perspective shot of the South Dires from the entrance to the landbridge.
- Picture #36 - The mysterious Grievver. This one nearly kicked my butt.
- Picture #37 - Paul, the Tremendous Monouga.
- Picture #38 - Babe, Paul's mighty blue Auroch.
- Picture #39 - The little speck inbetween Paul and Babe is me.
Added 2/3/01
- Picture #40 - BROWN PACKET!
- Picture #41 - This is the inside of the Gharu Master Mage's hut. Do we nomadic desert types know how to spruce up a room or what?
- Picture #42 - Jihad attempts to make an Ursuin Helm, with mixed results.
- Picture #43 - Ever wonder what happens when someone (not me, I hasten to point out) drops 150 torches in the same spot? (Among other things, it drops your framerate down to 4 fps or so.)
Added 2/8/01
- Picture #44 - "Behind my back? Why, whatever do you mean? There's nothing behind my back."
- Picture #45 - Indiana Fatwa meets a very angry statue on his way to the Temple of Doom.
- Picture #46 - "Might I recommend a good orthodontist?"
- Picture #47 - Jihad inadvertently stumbles upon a Faran Robe smuggling operation.
- Picture #48 - Man, is this phallic or what?
- Picture #49 - Our next act on tonight's show will be the Anderson Triplets, singing their wunnerful wunnerful rendition of "Year of the Cat."
Added 2/19/01
- Picture #50 - An interior shot of Leikotha's Crypt. There's a chest (well, really a coffin) here that requires a Sturdy Iron Key to open. I've visited it a few times. My last trip there, I got (among other things) an egg (which I fried) and a piece of blank parchment.
- Picture #51 - DIRE PACKET!
- Picture #52 - Sadly, after winning the Lottery, Bill the Drudge Ravener squandered his fortune on fast women and cheap booze...
- Picture #53 - Guess which one is Jihad?
- Picture #54 - Yet another in the famous "What People Do In AC When They're Bored" Screenshot series...
- Picture #55 - "Hey Mister! Are you tall?"
- Picture #56 - Jihad's Luck Flag(tm) comes through again.
- Picture #57 - Jihad suffers from a case of morning wood.
- Picture #58 - An Obsidan Golem. Mere seconds after this picture was taken, the Golem cast Lifestone Recall Other on me.
- Picture #59 - The chat window says it all...
- Picture #60 - It's a Tusker! In a dress! It's funny!
Added 3/1/01
- Picture #61 - Jihad gets his Peerless Atlan Staff. And there was much rejoicing.
- Picture #62 - Tuttle, Jihad, and Shodan, all with Peerless Atlans.
- Picture #63 - Jihad wonders if maybe he accidentally added Bloodseeker Oil instead of Victual Oil to the Apple Pie he'd just eaten...
- Picture #64 - U R TEH PURPEL BUBBELMNA!
- Picture #65 - Jihad decides to go into business for himself, using a revolutionary new concept known as "delivery".
- Picture #66 - This is the inside of the Planetarium near the Hall of Lost Light. The green thing is supposed to be Auberean, the planet on which Asheron's Call takes place. Frankly, it looks like a floating cabbage to me.
- Picture #67 - Another in the "Things To Do in AC When You're Bored" series, this time with throwing stars.
- Picture #68 - Jihad, wearing an unbuffed robe and staggering from 178% burden, takes on a Lich in the subway.
- Picture #69 - Leopold the Virindi takes off his mask and polishes it on his sleeve.