My name is Sheets. I am a returning player to the game after a long time of inactivity. In seek of new challenges and adventures, I will be starting what's called a snowflake ironman account. For those unfamiliar with the term, give it a google search.
This is not my first time attempting challenges like this. To see how my previous challenge (Prayer bonus only UIM) went, visit topic 55350
The concept this time around is one I haven't seen done before. Those who have done a Nuzlocke runthrough of a Pokémon game before, will find these rules sounding familiar.
THE RULES
Spoiler
1. One life only. We play until we die or achieve everything there is to achieve in our playthrough
2. We are locked into only being able to use the first unique obtained from every collection log section. E.g. When we go to Cerberus and get a pegasian crystal as our first unique drop, the Cerberus collection log section will be sealed off from that moment onwards. Any other uniques obtained from that log will not be available to us.
3. To make this account more enjoyable to play and follow through this progress log, some alterations have been made to the collection log. Filler items such as Zulrah scales and Keymaster teleports have been removed.
4. There will be a dupes clause in place. E.g. a whip drop from Abyssal Sire will not count as the item for that section, IF it has already been obtained in the slayer section.
5. In case of a double drop, where multiple collection log slots are filled with one drop, I will be allowed to choose which drop I'd like to keep.
THE COLLECTION LOG
Spoiler
Log #0 The theory of it all
Spoiler
Though this concept might sound quite straightforward and luck-based, there's actually a decent bit of planning and theorycrafting that goes into this. I take pride in my ability to do so and it is something I wish to showcase in this playthrough. Therefore I will be explaining you my thought process behind the decisions made.
Usually in Runescape, especially on any private server, you want to prioritise offense over defense. This makes having good weapons quite a bit more important than good armour. That being said I'd like to introduce our first big goal: 'the big three'. These are the whip, the trident and the blowpipe. Three strong and reasonably achievable items for each of the combat styles with the ability to carry us through the midgame and even deep into the endgame of the account. The blowpipe will be a tricky one since our chances of getting it will be quite low and there aren't too many good alternatives for ranged. The other two however, are a lot more realistic.
Log #1 Getting the basics right
Spoiler
Both the whip and the trident are locked behind a relatively high slayer level, so that's where we'll start. Under level 45 slayer, task skipping is free of charge. We skip until we get a rock crabs task to start off our grind. As with almost any account I create, I start off using magic. We defensively cast our way to 35 magic, at which point we can cast fire bolt, and head off to the edgeville dungeon. There we kill 172 disciples of Iban to achieve our Iban's staff! After some melee training on more rock crab tasks, we have the attack level to wear it. Fun fact: the iban's staff has a melee attack that is almost comparable to a rune scimitar, making it a formidable starter weapon.
This staff gives us the power we need to start some of the quests. These will give us proselyte, ancient staff, god books, helm of neitiznot, dragon scimitar and a pair of barrows gloves.
Now that we've built a solid foundation for the account, it was time to profit from our relatively low combat level and try our hand at a few lower level collection log sections! We head to the revenant cave with our buttcheecks clenched and an amulet of glory at the ready. Luckily no troubles there! Our first collection log section is now closed off and over with.
We decided to use this momentum to keep the ball rolling and have a go at barrows for our second collection log section. This one being a bit more exciting since it holds great potential for our account.
Not the best, but also not the worst... At 11kc we land a Torag's helmet. Great for tanking in the future!
As a fan of pokemon nuzlockes this sounds pretty interesting, good luck hope to see how this turns out
Dear fellow gamers,
My name is Sheets. I am a returning player to the game after a long time of inactivity. In seek of new challenges and adventures, I will be starting what's called a snowflake ironman account. For those unfamiliar with the term, give it a google search.
This is not my first time attempting challenges like this. To see how my previous challenge (Prayer bonus only UIM) went, visit topic 55350
The concept this time around is one I haven't seen done before. Those who have done a Nuzlocke runthrough of a Pokémon game before, will find these rules sounding familiar.
THE RULES
Spoiler
1. One life only. We play until we die or achieve everything there is to achieve in our playthrough
2. We are locked into only being able to use the first unique obtained from every collection log section. E.g. When we go to Cerberus and get a pegasian crystal as our first unique drop, the Cerberus collection log section will be sealed off from that moment onwards. Any other uniques obtained from that log will not be available to us.
3. To make this account more enjoyable to play and follow through this progress log, some alterations have been made to the collection log. Filler items such as Zulrah scales and Keymaster teleports have been removed.
4. There will be a dupes clause in place. E.g. a whip drop from Abyssal Sire will not count as the item for that section, IF it has already been obtained in the slayer section.
5. In case of a double drop, where multiple collection log slots are filled with one drop, I will be allowed to choose which drop I'd like to keep.
Just looked at your previous ones (a lot of links broke on that thread unfortunately), but this looks interesting as well. Hopefully there will be a post soon Best of luck!
Best of luck!
