Baladain

RS Name: Baladain Country of Origin and Residence: USA

Hmm... skill averages, I'm Red. But favorite skill set? Brown. Mining and Woodcutting are still my two favorite skills to just sit and relax and do. But when I'm playing to improve my character, it seems I spend more time whacking monsters into oblivion than anything else.

Started off at the end of May: Total levels 1360 Total XP: 9.7M Highest skill: Mining - 75 Lowest skill: Hunter/Construction - 43 Skills 70 or above - 7 Now here almost mid-September I've got: Total levels: 1459 (almost 100 levels gained!) Total XP: 13.1M (gain of 3.4M) Highest skill: Mining/Strength/Defense - 76 Lowest skill: Hunter - 48 Skills 70 or above - 7 (no change) I was also shooting for a quest cape, but fell 6 quests short. Got to 238 QP out of a possible 247. Not too bad for a summer.

Mastered is not Maxed. I wouldn't count a skill cape as being something to do "in" that skill. It's a reward for making it to 99. Not an ability. Regardless, I've got 2 skills that fit the list - Strength and Attack. All the others are sadly lacking in mastery right now.

25 points out of 99. Gee - I feel like a NOOB. [X] Became a Member Quests [ ] Barrows Gloves [X] Ancient Spells Unlocked [ ] Lunar Spells unlocked [ ] Been inside the Death Altar before [X] 100+ Tears in Tears of Guthix [ ] All Quests Completed Champion Challenges [ ] Obtained a Champion Challenge Scroll [imp] [ ] Obtained a Champion Challenge Scroll [Goblins] [ ] Obtained a Champion Challenge Scroll [skeletons] [ ] Obtained a Champion Challenge Scroll [Zombies] [ ] Obtained a Champion Challenge Scroll [Giants] [ ] Obtained a Champion Challenge Scroll [Hobgoblins] [ ] Obtained a Champion Challenge Scroll [Ghouls] [ ] Obtained a Champion Challenge Scroll [Earth Warriors] [ ] Obtained a Champion Challenge Scroll [Jogres] [ ] Obtained a Champion Challenge Scroll [Demons] [ ] Defeated The Champion of Champions Mini-Games [ ] Pharoahs Sceptre from Pyramid Plunder [ ] Guthan Spear from Barrows Minigame [ ] Phasmatys Flag from Trouble Brewing [ ] Fight Caves Completed [ ] 4000 Chompy kills [ ] Finished the Rogues Den Maze [ ] Any Void Knight Piece of Clothing/Guthix Mace [ ] Gold Castle Wars Armor Piece [ ] Robin Hood Hat from Treasure Trails [ ] Manta Ray from Trawler [ ] Sea Turtle from Trawler [ ] Maximum Mage training Arena Points [Orangish Hat] [X] Completed Stronghold of Security [ ] Won a game of Fight Pits with 20+ people [X] Bones to Peaches Unlocked [ ] Completed Mage Arena with at least one god spell Guilds [X] Mining Guild Access [X] Legends Guild Access [ ] Fishing Guild Access [X] Champions Guild Access [X] Warriors Guild Access [X] Heroes Guild Access [X] Rangers Guild Access [ ] Magic Guild Access [X] Cooking Guild Access [X] crafting Guild Access [X] Prayer Guild Access [ ] Rune Defender [ ] Perfect Score in Rangers Guild Minigame Monster Drops [ ] Dragon Chain from Kalphite Queen/Dust Devils [ ] D2H from Chaos Elemental [ ] Dragon Axe from Dagganoth Kings [ ] Warrior ring from Dagganoth Rex [ ] Beserker Ring from Dagganoth Rex [ ] Mud staff from Dagganoth Prime [ ] Seers Ring from Dagganoth Prime [ ] Seercull from Dagganoth Supreme [ ] Archers Ring from Dagganoth Supreme [ ] Dragon Shield Left Half Drop [ ] Abyssal Whip Drop from Abyssal Demons [ ] Dragon Legs/Skirt from Metal Dragons Games Room [ ] 1500+ Rating in Runelink [ ] 1500+ Rating in Draughts [ ] 1500+ Rating in Runeversi [ ] 1500+ Rating in Runesquares Player-Owned Houses [ ] Sat on a demonic throne [ ] Got trapped in a Greater Magic Cage [ ] Used a Scrying Pool [ ] Mounted Fish from fishing [ ] Mounted Head from any monster Moderators [X] Seen a Jagex Mod [ ] Became A Player Moderator [ ] Been muted by a player mod Random Events [X] Full Mime [X] Full Camo [X] Full Zombie [X] Full Lederhosen [X] Spirit Seed [X] Any Bird Egg Skill Related [X] Top 10k in every skill [ ] 100+ Combat [ ] 126 Combat [ ] 200m xp in a skill [ ] 99 in one skill Seasonal Items, Retired or not [ ] Own/Owned a Party Hat [ ] Own a Scythe [ ] Own a Rubber Chicken [ ] Own a Yo-yo Miscellanious [X] Unlocked Dragonstone Chest in Taverly [X] 180k Crystal Bows [ ] Burned a Fiyr Shade [ ] Obtained a Wiley/Lazy Cat [ ] Finished the Lava Maze [ ] White Knight Master [1600 kills] [X] Obtained Skull Sceptre [ ] Own a pair of bunny ears [] Every Monkey Greegree [ ] 2.1B cash [ ] Own all three completed prayer books [ ] All Musics Unlocked [ ] All Emotes Unlocked

I've done a good number of quests, but haven't got to the Mourning's End quests yet - so they may yet be in the running. Recipe for Disaster is undoubtedly the LONGEST quest there is, but the nice way the subquests are broken up makes it easy to do a few, forget it for awhile, and then do more later. I'm OK with that. The Great Brain Robbery was tough - getting everything to line up, wearing the fish bowl on my head through most of the quest, and fighting the final foe without any prayer assist was just FRUSTRATING, so it would make my top 5 pretty easily. Underground Pass/Regicide was probably the most challenging skill-wise. Find a place to jump. Jump. FALL. Take damage. Walk ALL THE WAY AROUND - go BACK to where you were. Jump. FALL. (you get the idea). Now THAT was a REAL PAIN. I was SOOOO glad when I was done so that I didn't have to go back through that LONG ROAD again. Monkey Madness was fun - putting together the M'Amulet and Monkey Talisman took me awhile, but I enjoyed the challenge. One Small Favor was annoying - you just had to laugh when the next guy in the line asked for ANOTHER favor - but I really wanted the key ring, so it was worth the wait.

My name goes back to my Dungeons and Dragons days many years ago. I was a huge Tolkien fan, and in the back of some of his works, there was a Dwarven-English translation section. Taking bits and pieces out of the translation, I crafted a name that I thought sounded fairly cool. Baladain loosely translates (in Tolkien Dwarf speak) to Man of Power. And thus, the name Baladain was born. He was my primary character in the DnD world, and is my main in RS.