Gheed's Fortune Grand Charm

With it getting harder and harder to gain experience (check out the experience bar - almost there for another level) I needed to find motivation to continue. Usually I see the same stuff dropping over and over again Thul runes, Amn runes, Ort and Tal runes, and then something totally shocking drops like the Gheed's Fortune Grand Charm that dropped for me in Lower Kurast. I love it! 34% extra magic, 151% extra gold and a 12% reduction in vendor prices (not that I've bought anything except potions). I wonder if this means it will be slightly cheaper to resurrect my NPC?

It's a nice find for a Lower Kurast run. I was simply trying to level, but when this charm popped out I freaked. I've had a few 75+ level characters and this is the first time I've had a unique charm drop. I wasn't even sure if they would drop in solo mode because I'd never seen one before in solo. Definitely cool!

11 minutes of normal Mephisto runs

Got 11 minutes to spare? In 10 minutes and 50 seconds Slicer ran normal Mephisto (without teleport) 10 times at /players 8. The key is not to attack everything in sight and go straight to Mephisto. You'll also want to find a good map. What's a good map? A good map is a map where the way point is extremely close to the level 3 (Mephisto's lair) stairs.

Here's what Mephisto dropped on each run:

Run #1: (Unique) Bloodrise Morning Star, (Unique) Gleam Scythe Falcion

Run #2: nothing of interest

Run #3: nothing of interest

Run #4: Tir Rune

Run #5: nothing of interest

Run #6: nothing of interest

Run #7: nothing of interest

Run #8: normal magical jewel (useful for crafting and that's about it)

Run #9: nothing of interest

Run #10: (set item) Arcana's Death Wand

Running Mephisto in normal mode, even at the /players 8 setting, really doesn't turn up a lot of rewards. But it's an easy and fast way to get low level uniques and set items.

Moser's Blessed Circle Round Shield

I didn't mention before because I think somewhere between all the LK runs I ran Diablo in nightmare mode with /players 8 and he dropped this nice shield. Not only is it unique, but it came pre-socketed with 2 sockets.

It's certainly not the best shield out there, it's got +25 to all resistances and 67% blocking, but not much else going for it. 173 Defense really isn't much when you're fighting monsters in Hell mode.

Still... it's cool to find a unique socketed shield like Moser's Blessed Circle.