High Lords will host VOD and HOX teaching raids on Saturday, May 24 at 8pm EST

[Vooduspyce]

Our last teaching raid, Shroud, was a lot of fun. CLICK HERE to read about it!

The next raids in our series will be a double feature in the Subterrane with Vision of Destruction and Hound of Xoriat this Saturday, May 24 at 8pm EST.

As with our last event, these raids will be for players newer to the raiding scene or players that are looking to learn raids better. First timers welcome! Dbags not welcome. Please have sound and be willing and able to follow instructions.

The goal is to welcome newer players into the raiding scene, to teach people how raids work, to get players more comfortable with raids, and to enhance the Sarlona community.

If you are new to VOD and HOX, there is no flagging required. You will need to have access to the The Vale of Twilight adventure pack. These raids are located in the subterrane and are confusing to find for many players. We will start from the market and show you how to get to and open the way to each raid.

On the way to HOX, we will take a short scenic detour to explore a secluded area of the Subterrane known as "The Deep Tunnels", where few in the game have ever ventured! There we will swim through a pool of acid to find a council of beholders! Then we will search for the elusive Frost Render of Madness and also look for the rare Xithzul, Son of Xy'zzy!

We will be teaching HOX legit using the "H method". These raids feature some really awesome gear, including Thaarak Wraps, Bracers of the Glacier, Tharnes Goggles, Full Plate of the Defender, and much more!

Usually all spaces are spoken for by the time of the raid, so reserve your spot ahead of time! If you would like to reserve a space in this Saturday's event, please contact me in game on Gingerspyce.

Thanks for all the support and special thanks to DDOCast and DDO Chronicle for mentioning our events, and check out Gamer Geoff's review of one of our recent teaching raids on DDO Gamer HERE! We hope to see you in raids soon!

Love,
Gingerspyce and The High Lords of Malkier

PS. I was recently a guest on DDOCast! You can check out the show HERE in which we talked about the Temple of the Deathwyrm raid!

[Farayon]

I'll join you guys again this Sat if you have a spot. will message you in game later

[Merlin-ator]

I'm in. Any DR breakers I should buy/craft in advance? My ings are all scattered across toons.

[Vooduspyce]

I'm in. Any DR breakers I should buy/craft in advance? My ings are all scattered across toons.

Cool, what toon will you bring? Don't worry about DR breakers ahead of time it won't be necessary. But if you really really want, we'll be fighting a lot of devils, thaarak hounds, renders and beholders

[Munkenmo]

Cool, what toon will you bring? Don't worry about DR breakers ahead of time it won't be necessary. But if you really really want, we'll be fighting a lot of devils, thaarak hounds, renders and beholders

I'm really new, could you please explain to me What a DR breaker is? and what sort I would need to bring for this raid?

[Propane]

I'm really new, could you please explain to me What a DR breaker is? and what sort I would need to bring for this raid?

To break most DR you need either / or both (depending on mob) a material (silver, cold iron, etc) and alignment (typically good).

Metaline of good is the most common- the new thunderforged weapons slotted with good work
Metaline of righteous is another one.

[Munkenmo]

To break most DR you need either / or both (depending on mob) a material (silver, cold iron, etc) and alignment (typically good).

Metaline of good is the most common- the new thunderforged weapons slotted with good work
Metaline of righteous is another one.

So if i'm interpreting the wiki and the information you're giving me correctly

In order to bypass the enemy Damage Reduction my weapons would need the following:

Devils - either Silver or good qualities
Orthons - Good
Tharaak hounds - Lawful
Suulomades - Silver and good properties

[Propane]

So if i'm interpreting the wiki and the information you're giving me correctly

In order to bypass the enemy Damage Reduction my weapons would need the following:

Devils - either Silver or good qualities
Orthons - Good
Tharaak hounds - Lawful
Suulomades - Silver and good properties

Sounds correct

[Vooduspyce]

So if i'm interpreting the wiki and the information you're giving me correctlyIn order to bypass the enemy Damage Reduction my weapons would need the following:Devils - either Silver or good qualitiesOrthons - GoodTharaak hounds - LawfulSuulomades - Silver and good properties

Thanks for posting this, I was being lazy

[Bolo_Grubb]

If you have room I would be happy to go along as I just like these raids. I can bring BoloGrubb (level 22 tank) or Gijo (level 27 rogue). If you don't have room no worries and good luck

[Grimmstail]

Seriously, thanks for running these teaching raids. Everyone is extremely kind and helpful during these raids. I started out several weeks ago with Reaver's Fate and Fall of Truth and except for a couple of misses due to my schedule I haven't missed any. Now that the cycle has started again I hope to pick up the last few that I have not ever run. I would encourage anyone who isn't comfortable joining a PUG on a raid they've never run before to join these teaching raids.

~Skorl

[Vooduspyce]

If you have room I would be happy to go along as I just like these raids. I can bring BoloGrubb (level 22 tank) or Gijo (level 27 rogue). If you don't have room no worries and good luck

Sry didn't see this til after the raids. Thanks for offering to help!

[Vooduspyce]

Great runs! We had 6 people that were new to or still learning VOD and 5 people in HOX that were new or still learning it!

Thanks for coming everyone and thanks again to my guildies for helping out!

The crew poses for a shot after defeating Xy'zzy, Mother Hound of Xoriat!


And a crudely drawn visual aide we used during our explanation of how the "H-method" works in HOX



Next week's teaching raid will be Tower of Despair! So get flagged and I will post details in the Sarlona forum soon!