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: "Technically I'm not a full nun yet. The Temple of Di is very...old-fashioned. Newcomers are considered initiates for a full fifteen years before they take their final vows and become full-fledged nuns or priests. They want to make sure that you really are dedicated, I suppose. I joined them when I was ten, so that would be...thirteen years now?"

What about you? I know your combat training started just recently, but how long have you been a healer?"

: "Aye, might as well come with us. Defender knows, we could all use a wee bit o' relaxation after that battle."

Seeing his master safely back on deck, Skar wheeled down and landed near the wounded woman.

: "Thanks for remembering me, Jack" Keyleth gasped, still out of breath and wounded but no longer in serious danger.

So Bee Armor is still crazy useful against Tier 2 of the Old One's armor. Not *as* useful (maybe if I got a good hardmode summon or two) but having four imps fly around setting everything on fire does a lot to help stem the tide of invaders. I beat Tier 2 once, but failed the second go-round because I forgot to re-summon my Spider Queen sentry, then died and lost my buffs. Gotta take the time to set up a proper arena with regen items and the like.

Can't wait until I have enough medals for a set of Tavernkeeper armor. Having extra sentries can only help.

Keyleth, in armor and not knowing how to swim, made a mad grab for a piece of netting on the side of the nearest ship. Anything to buy a few minutes before her injury sapped her strength and sent her under the waves.

Better do it now. The event progresses to its tougher difficulty level once you enter hard mode, whether you did the first level of challenges or not. As a result, I'm virtually incapable of earning medals because I'm getting swarmed with very tough enemies, and since I can't earn medals I can't get the higher tiers of sentries or the special armor sets the Tavernkeeper provides. I'll probably need to wait until I have post-Plantera gear in order to win any medals at all.

Imps are pretty weak, yeah, but they're the strongest pre-hardmode summons, MAYBE other than the Tavernkeep's sentries.

If you're willing to forgo some defense, try crafting Bee armor from the beeswax you get from Queen Bee. It'll allow you to have three summons out at a time (so, three Imps maybe), which will do a much better job at protecting you from multiple attackers. Using the Bewitching table buff will bump that up to four imps.

Quote from: Sirus on October 14, 2017, 11:24:28 am

YESSSSS

Bratty half-pint Angler has finally given up the Weather Radio. Now I have the Cell Phone!

now to farm the materials for the ankh shield 

Working on it! I think there's maybe three or four materials I still need.

In between farming expeditions, I'm working on my floating base. I'm going for a vaguely flying saucer look, with NPC living quarters on the bottom (widest) level, storage and crafting the next floor up, and personal quarters/gallery on the top. It's also where the Nurse will live, for easy fast healing.  Building the whole damn thing out of smooth granite, because I like how it looks and it's easily farmable.

Because I am a generous player, every NPC gets personalized rooms, matching as closely as possible to their theme (eg, Steampunker gets Steampunk furniture, Angler gets palm furnishings, etc). The eventual goal is to have every NPC (except the Truffle, for obvious reasons) able to walk around and interact with every other NPC, by giving the Tavernkeeper a large "lounge" in the middle of the living quarters.

It's...very much a work in progress.

I'm also planning to build a lava trap to deal with events and invasions. I got hit with a Solar Eclipse earlier today, and those monsters are vicious.