User:Darrellakitchen/Buzz Ard

Lore / Background

 * Nation: Ascalon
 * Birthplace: Fishing Village of Wizard's Folly
 * Age: 53

Buzz Ard is a skilled and proficient Prophecies Ranger Roleplaying Character (RPC) who prefers the Beast Master skill sets over the bow. Although he uses the bow for initiating attacks, he has been known to use an Earth Staff to increase his energy levels which also will be used for initiating attacks as well. He will swap attack weapons without notice. His preferred bow is the Droknar's Flatbow and staff is a gold (Canthan) Insightful Earth Staff of Enchanting (+20).

His only arsenal is his pet Dire Black Widow can be seen following him around. It is not known why he has not yet given his pet a name. When last asked for this reason, his reply was, "It's really not all that important." Taking the Beast Master path, he relies on his pet for 99% of all damage as long as he can maintain the essential skills used by his pet.

Location
Generally you can find Buzz Ard traveling around throughout any of the four campigns (Eye of the North, Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall).

Skills Used

 * Primary Skill set
 * (Elite)


 * During the Eye of the North campaign, depending on which agressive species he encounters will replace Call of Haste with one of the following skills:
 * when confronting Destroyers, or
 * when confronting Charr!


 * Alternate Skill set
 * The following skill set is used when running the Prophecies missions of Dunes of Despair, and will be the only time such a radical shift from his Beast Master paradigm is used:
 * (Elite)
 * (Elite)
 * (Elite)
 * (Elite)
 * (Elite)

Armor
Buzz's prefered armor is the Ranger Sunspear armor, Infused, with the following Runes and Insignias:
 * Radiant Spectacles of Superior Marksmanship (+4), or
 * Radiant Spectacles of Superior Beast Mastery (+4)
 * Frostbound Sunspear Vest of Superior Expertise (+3)
 * Earthbound Sunspear Gloves of Attunement
 * Stormbound Sunspear Leggings of Attunement, and
 * Pyrebound Sunpear Boots of Attunement

He doesn't care much for the Ranger Elite armor and considers it a waste of gold for armor that has the same stats as any of the marx armor sets being offered, and is not much concerned in trying to impress anyone, other than himself in his appearance. His comments regarding this choice was, "The enemy is not going to die from you looking pretty. Looking pretty is for fancy women, not fighters!"

Depending on the profession role played, will choose between either Spectacles of Superior Beast Mastery (Default), or Spectacles of Marksmanship. As mentioned above in Skills Used, there are times he will have to forego bringing his pet along and rely on bow skills.


 * Note: Superior Runes increase respective items attribute +3, but also decrease current health -75 for each Superior Rune applied. A complete armor set can have five separate Superior Runes applied, noting that only one Superior Rune type is applied only once to a whole set.  Superior Marksmanship and Superior Beast Mastery Runes increase their respective attribute to +3, but when applied to their respective Mask, Spectacles, or Head gear will increase that armor piece's attribute to +4.  Spectacles have a generic attribute +1 slot that take on the attribute characteristics of the Rune being applied, i.e., Spectacles w/ Item's attribute +1 (Stacking) as its attribute assumes the attribute of the Rune being applied.  Whereas the Mask has a specific attribute assigned to it, i.e., Sunspear Mask with Beast Mastery +1 (Stacking), or Sunspear Mask w/ Marksmanship +1 (Stacking) as its attribute.

Prefered Heroes
When adventuring alone, Buzz will most always have in his entourage three out of the following heroes:

The Campaign and mission is the depending factor on which three heroes he will choose.
 * Eye of the North
 * All campaign missions and quests, except Destruction's Depths
 * Olias, Livia and Master of Whispers
 * Destruction's Depths mission
 * Olias, Livia and Pyre Fierceshot
 * Prophecies
 * All campaign missions and quests, except Dunes of Despair and Elona Reach
 * Olias, Livia and Master of Whispers
 * Dunes of Despair and Elona Reach missions
 * Jora, Vekk and Ogden Stonhealer
 * Factions
 * Olias, Livia and Master of Whispers
 * Nightfall
 * Olias, Livia and Master of Whispers


 * Note: Olias, Livia and Master of Whispers are a Necromancer Sabway build, designed according to the specifications posted on the PvXWiki page.  This Sabway build is his top choice in hero companionship.  He has tried the Discord version of Sabway builds, which is essentially replacing the their Elite skill with Discord.  Perhaps Discord has its use among its followers, but again not preferred by Buzz Ard.

Preferred Henchmen

 * Prophecies
 * Cynn [Mage Henchman] or Orion [Mage Henchman],
 * Devona [Fighter Henchman] or Stefan [Fighter Henchman]
 * Mhenlo [Healer Henchman] or Alesia [Healer Henchman]
 * Lina [Protector Henchman]
 * Eye of the North
 * Cynn [Fire Henchman]
 * Talon Silverwing [Guardian Henchman]
 * Mhenlo [Healer Henchman]
 * Lina [Protection Henchman]
 * Nightfall
 * Cynn [Fire Henchman]
 * Devona [Fighter Henchman]
 * Mhenlo [Healer Henchman]
 * Kihm [Healer Henchman]
 * Factions
 * Cynn [Mage Henchman]
 * Devona [Fighter Henchman] and/or Talon Silverwing [Fighter Henchman]
 * Sister Tai [Healer Henchman]
 * Professor Gai [Spirit Henchman] or Chiyo [Spirit Henchman]

In any of the campaigns, the availability of which Henchman is the determining factor for which ones to choose to venture with. Mostly he will have, if available for selection, one Fire Elemental, one Fighter/Protector Warrior, and two Healer Monks. At times will select two Fighter/Protector Warrior and two Healer Monks. Also, if there are no Fire Elementals available, and only one Healer Monk available, will employ Vekk as Hero (replacing Master of Whispers), one Spirit Henchman, and select the other Henchmen accordingly to have a Figher/Protector Warrior and Healer Monk at all times.

From the looks of it, he will always want one Fire Elemental, one Warrior, and one to two Healer(s) (Monk and/or Ritualist). If he invites any normal RPC to team with him, he will replace one of the Henchman according to the profession of the RPC. And if no corresponding profession can be matched, will replace one of the Monk Henchman, but no more than that.

Being that Buzz Ard is mostly a solo player/runner, carrying Heroes and Henchman (HH), it is rare he will choose more than one RPC to join him. However, there are instances he will have to forego his preference to solo/HH and join a full RPC team whereever required, such as the mission "A Time for Heroes" (EotN), "Hell's Precipice" (Prophecies), ... etc. These being the last campaign mission of the representing Campaign, or missions that must have more than one RPC participating, such as "The Dragon's Lair" (Prophecies), any of the co-operative missions of Factions, ... etc.

Quest Running
There are several quests/missions that Buzz Ard run to help other RPC's complete. Does not ask for any kind of gratuity of any kind, but will also not turn down anything given. His philosophy/motto is "If you give, you give. If you don't, then you don't.  Doesn't matter!"

Quests/Missions:
 * Dunes of Despair (Prophecies Campaign)
 * 1-2 RPC(s)
 * - Participation not required, other than starting the mission when Bonus is complete!
 * - Participation not required, but also not discouraged.
 * - Uses Necromancer skill Necrotic Traversal to do Bonus.
 * Requires a restart (/resign and start again) if no Scarab spawn or cannot aggro the Boss near the South Bridge, as Necrotic Traversal requires a corpse to jump across the moat surrounding the outpost.
 * Curse of the Nornbear (Eye of the North Campaign)
 * 1-4 RPC(s).
 * - Participation not required with one RPC, but also not discouraged.
 * - Participation required with more than one RPC.
 * G.O.L.E.M. (Eye of the North Campaign)
 * 1-2 RPC(s).
 * - Participation not required with one RPC, but also not discouraged.
 * - Participation required with more than one RPC.
 * Destruction's Depths (Eye of the North Campaign)
 * 1 RPC Only! Participation required.

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