Maddening ScalarsClasses that can use: AllArtifact XP: ToA Dungeons Gloves It appears that healers/hybrids who wear armor (cleric, druid, shammy, healer) will get the TANK version of Maddening Scalars with the tank stats such as melee speed, they cannot recieve a version of the Maddening Scalars with appropriate stats. Convo with CSR seemed to indicate that this will probably remain so. Cleric, Druid, Shammy, and Healer should be moved to 'partial use' at best. Really the item is near useless for these classes. Jan 9 Comments on Solo, Grouped, or Battlegrouped: This has been done with 2 people.
linked absorption buff and damage shield: Blocks a portion of melee damage dealt to target and damages the attacker instead, and the absorption buff. Value: 40% Target: Self Duration: 10 sec Casting time: instant Spell has a chance of casting when this armor is hit by an enemy. offensive proc: Wolf Morph Target: Self Duration: 10:0 min Casting time: instant Sub-spell: This spell is cast when the item is used. The level ten spells for Aten's Shield and the Snakecharmer weapons and the level five spell for the Maddening Scalars are now a linked absorption buff and damage shield. (1.69 patch, Apr 14 2004) Credits: Bokal, Goran DaKiing, Ornette, Vadoc, Greyfish Proud, Arlana Smadrerdig, Vvash, Aubrianna Chaotic, Mongalore TheMerciless, Nissemh, Runodon Tank Version, Offensive Proc: Frothing Wound: Inflicts damage to the target repeatedly over a given time period. Also inflicts a disease on the target. DpT:20 Target: Targetted Range: 350 Duration: 1 minute Frequency: 6 seconds Casting time: Instant Damage: Body Tank Version: I've seen the ablative go off now maybe twice so at least it's working. It has the old red cylindrical graphic to it. It's so short in duration that I've not seen it hit more than once after activation. It did ~75 damage to a yellow con mob. As a side note though all that is currently working (I think) is the Wolf Morph. I repeatedly tried beating on someone and someone beating on me for the full duration of the morph. No effect has proc'd yet. What I don't get is would it just be a random proc chance on all attacks while in morph since it's offensive? Obviously I can't hit someone with my gaunts. I appealed it as a bug Dec 14 - Greyfish Proud Caster Version: oh, i FINALLY got to see the level 5 proc today for the first time. it makes a red cylinder around you and says your eyes are filled with rage or something. i then had my NORMAL ablative proc the next hit and they stack! got hit for 64 damage of which 32 was absorbed by ablative, so i got this message: your magical shield absorbs 32 damage. you reflect 12 damage. you are hit for 20 damage. very rare for gloves to get hit AND proc, but was very cool none the less! Dec 23 - Holydot Leveling the Artifact:Strategy:We found the artifact named Maddening Scalars which drops off of a very big named snake. Doable with 1fg and took us about 5min to kill. The name of the mob is Ylyssen. He dropped 3 RoG belts and a spirit which appears after he dies gives the artifact to whoever attacked him first. Nov 22- Jeryvn Big bad snake dude popped for us at 7400, 43000 in Typhon's Reach. I have only seen it once (when we killed it) since TOA was released. It is probably the rarest spawn I have ever seen in TOA so far. We did it with minstrel + salamander pet, buffbot, necro, and a merc. Was pretty straightforward from what I remember. Snake throws random fire DD nukes around, but that's it. Dec 4 - Ornette This is a easy one, just charm a salamander with a Minstrel, buff it and let it kill the snake. Mar 25 2004 - Krusi Tips:a broadcast went out..."A sound of a tormented soul can be heard from all around." and there she was. fought her, an atlantean woman appears and gives you the gloves. Dec 13 - Demonikeen The secret to the spawning of the Scalars mob: This is according to the new strategy guide, and it's very devious-Ok, there are those snakes, the uraeus, that spawn when somone dies, as well as some being around as regular mobs in Typhon's. Well, supposedly whenever one spawns, there is a very small chance for it to spawn as an invisible non-aggroing uraeus. When 9 invisible snakes spawn, they will move to the Scalars artifact loc and form the artifact mob. There is supposedly a 200 snake limit to the zone, so if there are 200 present, and less than 9 invisible ones, the mob will NOT spawn until some are killed, etc. Dec 29 - Ulfhednar Slybiter just for info can be done with 2 anim and a bb in about 20 sec ...just place servants.buff them and max shroom then get within range. drops super fast. Sep 23 2004 - Zonr Just did killed the snake tonight with just me (level 50 VW) soloing it with a 50 druid bot for buffs & font of power, and a 50 bard for heals and endurance. Took about 15 minutes but was pretty easy. Apr 23 2004 do NOT use heat dmg on him, it heals him Dec 12 - Columbos Drops:Dropped 3 ROG Shields and the Gaunts. Dec 12- Greyfish Proud He dropped 2 RoG belts Cloak of Ambuscade (screen shot is in German) dex 21 hits 48 stealth 3 energy 6% spirit 6% 10 charges of af 75 shield Apr 14 2004 - screen shot from Matthias Scroll pieces: Mad TalesScreen shot of what the story reads when all three scrolls are combined. Jan 9 - Fidaba_MLFPiece 1 of 3 taur guardian, taur sphaktes, taur koloios
taur altheus, taur phulax
taur telete, taur purphoros, taur magos
Feuding Shaitans, Fauding, vologourgon, Feurding hepbastiens and the Feuding <snake people>. Jun 10 2004 - Herjulf Hornbrytare THe Scalars reads, "I, Carnaxa, am quite the sly one, if i do say so myself! No one will ever suspect that a champion such as I would do such things as steal great treasures. And no one will ever miss those two foolswho tought they could stop me from obtaining those treasures. I would have killed them faster if the gloves I want were done. The gold i obtain from the sale of those treasures will provide me with the means to obtain the gloves before too long!" The Scalars reads, "Ah, i cannot believe the gloves are done! They are so very beautiful - crafted by the finest smith in the land using the best materials the treasures I stole could buy, and enchanted by the King's very own enchantress! And yet I cannot stand to slip even one finger into them bu i cannot bear to have the off for they are so beautiful. Every time I do, I am overcome with this feeling that i have done soemthing wrong...that someone angry and hateful is watching me, whispering to me. I have reluctantly let others try the gloves on, and they claim to feel nothing of of the sort. I think they are lying to me, I think everyone is lying to me." The Scalars reads, "I know the others can hear the voices and feel that awful feeling when they put the gloves on. They just will not admit it! How can they not heal the voices of the two fools I killed talking to them as they talk to me? One voice tells me how he misses his brother, the finest smith in the land while the other prattles on and on about his beloved enchantress-wife. They also tell me how they got their loved ones to curse me through my gloves...they will not stop talking! All i hear is their voices, over and over...its driving me mad!" Jun 11 2004 - Tigekala Last modified: Friday, 24-Sep-2004 07:58:26 EDT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
