Buyer's Choice - Duskruin August 2023

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Title: Buyer's Choice - Duskruin August 2023

Author: TownCrier

Date Published: 2023-08-19

The TownCrier put the call out for your favorite buys from the Duskruin August 2023 Shops at Bloodriven Village and here are your shopping guide choices for the Best of the Fest.

ITEM	RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ADVENTURERS	SHOP
Survivalist's Kit	Hold your herbs in near-weightlessness. The Survivalist's Kit holds only solid herbs off-the-shelf, but the liquid storage unlock is cheap (which adds basically a second set of storage for each herb). Starts with being able to hold 50 herbs, and 25 slots at a time up to 150. Add a liquid extractor to make liquid doses out of your solid herbs (requires liquid storage, of course). All for the low price of about 15 thousand bloodscrip! If you train in First Aid and/or Survival, look into the slightly expensive Potency unlock, and you can eat/drink your survivalist-kit herbs faster!	The Herbal Huntsman
Fighting Fan	If you use, or are considering using, katars, and want to do it in style, Traiva wants you to know that THIS IS THE ITEM FOR YOU! The messaging is delightfully flavorful, the flares on parry are great, and the special attacks are awesome combat aids. Luxelle added, "Or never use them for fighting, use them simply for the exquisite verbs."	Sparrow's Dance
Thaumaturge Tome	It seems there's been more than a little chatter about the newly available Thaumaturge Tomes. One party pointed out, "For 25,000 bloodscrip and a steady diet of junk scrolls, a magic book will follow you around killing things." While another added, "For another 25,000, it can hit five targets." Not to mention the customizable fluff and the ability to send messages!	Paranormal Pages
Shimmer Trinket	Shimmer trinkets have been around for years, but Leafiara insists they remain one of the best fluff necessities of all time, not to be taken for granted. You can either fiddle with tucking, untucking, armoires, and stashing items in lockers for the rest of your life or just buy a shimmer trinket and get your outfits set for months and years on end!	Spellbound
Multi-Setting Teleport Rings	Being able to zip around between towns (especially from WL/IM/SH to Zul-West, take carts to Zul-East then ring to TI/TV/etc.) will never ever be overrated... love it so much! Get your 5-settings (urglaes band) for 100k BS or a whopping 12 settings (venion band) for 250k BS!	High End Scrip Shop/shop list August 2023
A Tiny Catnip-Stuffed Potato Illusion Prop	If you're at all of a feline fanatic like I am, this potato is your new best friend. Not only do you get a clowder of kittens to follow you around, but they will interact with you while you're casting spells! So. Frigging. CUTE! From Cylnthia, a self-professed Feline Fanatic. There may be other Illusion Props for sale at Be Warez, too.	Be Warez
Hand-held Pylon	PEWPEWPEW! Load these puppies up with some elemental essences, whip it out (or wear it, at higher unlocks!), and shoot those baddies down with air, fire, water, and earth! Pew Pew Pew!	Essencetials
Lesser Moods Last Call	The tiny polychromatic ring holds the Lesser Moods Script for your gear and is high quality fluff that can be put on most things. You can turn them off and on when needed. Nubbyns reminds you that won't be available in the HESS after this run of the event!	High End Scrip Shop/shop list August 2023
Crafter's Tomes	Are you struggling with your enchanting, ensorcelling, sanctifying, or other such professional service? These tomes (and head-worn monocles) might just help you! Off the shelf, they enhance one of your primary service-using stats... at higher tiers, they enhance more stats and skills. All you need to do is purchase a tome or monocle (beware if you need to have both hands free for your service, you won't be able to hold the tomes!), buy up to three extra tiers worth, and then infuse some of your service-juice! The enhacives DO pay attention to the enhancive cap, but they DON'T run out of charges, nor do they enhance your stats/skills for non-service related things. These make for a wonderful entry to the enhancive game, for those who may not play it and have services to offer!	Tome Raiders
Custom flare messaging	Brand new flare messaging is kicking butt and making quite the impression at Fatal Afflares. There's brand new ones, and some that will not be offered again. Get your Custom Flares for Weapons, Armor, and Shields.	Fatal Afflares
a faenor nugget	For enhancive enthusiasts, the HESS' faenor nugget allows you to turn helms or greaves into jewelry. This is a niche but potentially invaluable service! Timely after premium subscribers just got new inventory slots too, so give another look to reconfiguring your setup.	High End Scrip Shop/shop list August 2023
Junk Bomb	Maevie has been collecting chipped bricks, doorknobs, and table legs to build something. Now she can store them weightlessly and build junk bombs! The large silver gizmo is the best toy ever!	Volatile Storage
Animalistic Spirit Gear	Wonkus suggests the Penguin Stabbers are the best! "Katars that shoot ghost penguins are the best thing ever!" He's not the only Animalistic Spirit fan in Elanthia.	Untamed Spirit
20x/day Arcane Decoy pin	Obelin offers this sobering reminder, "Spellbound's already been updated and this may be your last chance for who-knows-how-long! The shiny gold coin pin has twenty charges of Arcane Decoy, which frequently proves invaluable in capped hunting grounds. You ever get dispelled and lose something important? Relying on heroism to keep you alive in the Hinterwilds? Strength because you're addicted to encumbrance potions? Never again!"	Spellbound
An Ingot of Zelnorn	Leafiara expected a 250k to 500k bloodscrip price tag for zelnorn transmutation, so seeing it at 100k bloodscrip is surreal! This is a top tier endgame material at a (relatively) low price--no flaring or percentage chances to worry about, just an AS boost that's always on. If you'd give up the flare slot and some DS for that much AS, then buy it now or save for it in February, after which it's not guaranteed to ever return.	High End Scrip Shop/shop list August 2023
Hand-held Pylon	Once again, Obelin insists on his perennial endorsement for the hand-held pylons, "I'll stop nominating them when they stop being awesome. Zing! Ka-pow!" Turn your extra elemental essences into violent magic, fully unlock to make it arm-worn, even customize the colored lights!	Essencetials
Lesser Moods Last Chance	Get lesser moods while they're still here, because they won't be next time! For just 2500 bloodscrip, you can have fancy ambient messages to match the flares and other abilities of your gear. You can even toggle them on and off--be flashy when you want and reserved when you don't! Look for the a tiny polychromatic ring at the HESS, Leafiara advises.	High End Scrip Shop/shop list August 2023
Morphing Armor Add and Add Side	One moment it is armor while you are fighting for your life against a deadly opponent. The next moment, you walk into town in the height of fashion with Morphing Armor. Tickle it to toggle to/from armor/street clothes. Choose from different garments, each one customizable. This is the last time to ADD it to your armor or pick up an extra side in the HESS. Note: It is on the Premium Unlock list to get it further unlocked. Note #2: This script is compatible with Fusion Armor.	High End Scrip Shop/shop list August 2023
Transmutation, specifically Vethinye / Starsong	Fale thinks the transmutes really help players preserve their itemization goals without having to tackle a full reboot. Imagine, Starsong can now be your main weapon!	High End Scrip Shop/shop list August 2023
a faenor nugget	"Do you have amazing armor accessory enhancive items out there collecting dust that could be turned into great jewelry enhancives!?" Nalver asks. There's a Nugget in the HESS for that! Transmute enhancive armor accessory to a newly created piece of jewelry for only 25k bloodscrip.	High End Scrip Shop/shop list August 2023
Custom flare messaging	Fatal Afflares' refreshed inventory some new fantastical flare messaging! I'm amused by the Superman eye beams and petrified biscuits, but the one I'll be buying the most of is the cyclonic tempests!	Fatal Afflares
Magic Marker	If you're a new playershop owner (or hoping to be one soon!) who's interested in selling magic items, Leafiara suggests that you check out the gravers and burins in Make Your Mark! Just catch Tivvy's merchant who can customize the engraving and you'll be able to brand your items with a signature mark all your own.	Make Your Mark
an ingot of Vethinye	At 450k bloodscrip, starsong transmutations aren't for everyone, but if they're in your budget and you frequently fire off a large volume of attacks via Two Weapon Combat with AoE or assault techniques and low RT weapon bases, ranged weapons with Volley, berserking, or other means, Leafiara thinks you should find a lot to like here!	High End Scrip Shop/shop list August 2023
Alchemy Jar Container	If you stockpile anything regularly in alchemy jars (gems, reagents, herbs), Traiva considers these a MUST HAVE - all you have to do is dump the jars and loose items into your cloak/rucksack, give it a rub, and watch it all fly into place! The PEER function to be able to see just how many you have of each item, instead of having to look into each jar, is amazingly handy.	Alchemical Attraction
a torn resistance stub	This Duskruin allows five HESS services on an item before surcharges, so you can buy a slew of resistance certs for your armor (or shield) to improve your survivability! Leafiara recommends choosing damage types that ranger trinkets don't handle, but that are still common and deadly, such as crush or puncture.	High End Scrip Shop/shop list August 2023
Junk Bomb	The new Junk bomb Gizmo is a spectacular idea for using up all the junk fodder that creatures drop, such as table legs and rusty doorknobs. Leifa literally ran to the new shop volatile Storage to pick one up. What a novel idea and a fun way to blow stuff up!	Volatile Storage