HOMM4: Million-GP Auction

[ThunderTitan]

That's just because you'll never visit a desert in your life... sad really.

[asandir]

crusaders mace 400

[Gaidal Cain]

sword of swiftness 9000

[Kalah]

500 for the mace.

[wimfrits]

Sword of swiftness 9500

[Gaidal Cain]

10000 for the sword of swiftness.

[wimfrits]

11000 for the swifty sword

[Gaidal Cain]

11 111 for the SoS.

[wimfrits]

SoS 11400

[gravyluvr]

Due to auctioneer error (and the fact that my main spreadsheet is on the home computer so I can't really update the cashflow here) the Sandwalker Sandals have been held open until next update.

Since my last update was fairly recent I am not selling the Lot #10 items currently in final call. The next update will be made at any point over the weekend. Anything w/o a bid in Lot #10 that is red goes blue (sold) - anything libra (italic) goes red (beg) - anything Right (plain) goes Libra (italic). Lot #11 will start closing after Lot#9 is closed and Post#1 and the cashflow are updated.

The final bonus will begin with the opening of Lot #12 From that point on there will be only the cash on hand (anyone on the fence of joining should start buying stuff now!). Also Lot#15-17 (the final 29*) will be on sale concurrently. The final table. Make sure you save some cash!

Everyone involved in the Auction has a current "credit" of 45,000 gold pieces (each) except the auctioneer

And... Kalah=7500, DaemianLucifer=13816, a55a55in=16480, wimfrits=17401, Echo_=20740, Orfinn=21400, Fyl=22150, Pepak=22190, Vlad976=22300, Gaidal Cain=24400, ThunderTitan=26190, Banedon=29500, Sir William S Titan=31536, Tao Jones=43560, Pitsu=47300, and I_Dun_Hat3_CT=48500(Through Lot #8!)

New Terms...
Bids begin and go in minimal increments of 25 (Treasure and Item), 50 (Minor), 100 (Major), and 200 (Relic). Please offer or raise more than the minimum.

Lot #9 is tired and wants to go home!

Ninth Lot (item, type, placement, description, bidder, current bid)
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Sandwalker Sandals, Minor, Feet, Gives an army the ability to ignore Sand terrain movement penalties, ThunderTitan, 575
Wand of Curses, Minor, Right Hand, Casts the Curse spell. The wand begins each combat with 2 spell points and regenerates 2 spell points per round, DaemianLucifer, 1550
Ring of Strength, Treasure, Ring, Increases the hero's Melee and Ranged Defense by 5, Vlad976, 5000
Spider's Silk Arrows, Treasure, Miscellaneous, Casts Bind on enemy targets struck by a ranged attack, pepak, 12000
Tome of Death, Major, Left Hand, Contains all Death Magic spells. The hero must have the corresponding Death Magic skills to cast the spells, Echo_, 6666
Bow of the Elf King, Relic, Ranged, Increases the hero's Ranged Attack by 5. All friendly ranged creatures gain +1 shot per ranged attack. stefan.urlus, 26750
Flaming Sword, Major, Right Hand, Increases the hero's Melee Attack and Melee Defense 3. In addition, the hero does 30 hit points of Fire Damage plus 3 per level of the hero, Pitsu, 7500
Soul Stealer, Major, Right Hand, Increases the hero's Melee Attack and Melee Defense by 4. For every 2 hit points of damage done, the hero gains 1 hit point, a55a55in, 15000
Shield of Chaos, Major, Left Hand, Gives all friendly creatures Order Ward and +30% to their Melee and Ranged Defense. It also gives the hero +3 Melee and Ranged Defense, ThunderTitan, 4050
Mantle of Spell Turning, Major, Shoulders, The hero gains 70% magic resistance, Pitsu, 8000

Lot #10 is Closing Around #9

Tenth Lot (item, type, placement, description, bidder, current bid)
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Snowshoes, Minor, Feet, Gives an army the ability to ignore Snow terrain movement penalties, Kalah, 150
Wand of Fire, Minor, Right Hand, Casts the Fire Bolt spell. The wand begins each combat with 4 spell points and regenerates 2 spell points per round, wimfrits, 3100
Mage's Robe, Minor, Shoulders, The mana cost of all spells cast by the wearer is reduced by 1 point, Vlad976, 3000
Tome of Life, Major, Left Hand, Contains all Life Magic spells. The hero must have the corresponding Life Magic skills to cast the spells, Vlad976, 5000
Viewing Crystal, Treasure, Miscellaneous, Gives a hero a +2 scouting radius when equipped, Sir William S Titan, 5000
Tynan's Dagger of Despair, Major, Right Hand, Targets struck with this weapon receive maximum negative morale as the Death Spell, Sorrow, Kalah, 4500
Ring of Regeneration, Major, Ring, Restores 20 hit points plus 2 per level of the hero (rounded down) per round of combat, Pitsu, 12000
Sword of Swiftness, Major, Right Hand, Increases the hero's Melee Attack and Melee Defense by 6. The hero also gains an extra melee attack, wimfrits, 11400
Shield of Order, Major, Left Hand, Gives all friendly creatures Chaos Ward and +30% to their Melee and Ranged Defense. It also gives the hero +3 Melee and Ranged Defense, DaemianLucifer, 4100
Adamantine Shield, Relic, Left Hand, Gives all friendly targets +50% to their Melee and Ranged Defense. It also gives the hero +3 Melee and Ranged Defense, stefan.urlus, 8000

Lot #11 is open!

Eleventh Lot (item, type, placement, description, bidder, current bid)
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Surefooted Boots, Minor, Feet, Gives an army the ability to ignore Rough terrain movement penalties.
Wand of Fireballs, Minor, Right Hand, Casts the Fireball spell. The wand begins each combat with 8 spell points and regenerates 2 spell points per round, Vlad976, 1000
Elven Chain Mail, Treasure, Torso, Increases the hero's Melee and Ranged Defense by 10, Vlad976, 1000
Fizbin of Misfortune, Major, Neck, Casts Misfortune on all enemy targets as long as a hero has it equipped, Banedon, 4500
Tome of Nature, Major, Left Hand, Contains all Nature Magic spells. The hero must have the corresponding Nature Magic skills to cast the spells, Vlad976, 2300
Angel's Blade, Minor, Right Hand, Increases the hero's Melee Attack and Melee Defense by 3. All friendly targets do +50% damage against Death creatures, ThunderTitan, 50
Equestrian's Gloves, Minor, Ring, Provides +25% movement on land, Sir William S Titan, 5555
Crusader's Mace, Minor, Right Hand, All friendly targets do +30% melee and ranged damage, Kalah, 500
Steadfast Shield, Minor, Left Hand, Gives all friendly targets +30% to their Melee and Ranged Defense. It also gives the hero +3 Melee and Ranged Defense, Orfinn, 150
Horned Bow, Relic, Ranged, Increases the hero's Ranged Attack by 50, Sir William S Titan, 10000

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[asandir]

Bow of the Elf King, Relic, Ranged, Increases the hero's Ranged Attack by 5. All friendly ranged creatures gain +1 shot per ranged attack. stefan.urlus, 26750

YAY!!!!!!

It's mine, it's MINE!!!!

IMO - one of the very best artifacts


oh and crusaders mace 550

[Banedon]

That's where, I think, many of us disagree. The Bow of the Elf King is a tremendous artifact that certainly adds a whole lot to your army, but I don't think it's worth 26750 gold pieces, or anywhere close. Ranged creatures can be blocked or simply neutralized by obstructing the Line Of Sight. Much better to bid for items like the Crusader's Mace

600 for the Crusader's Mace.

[asandir]

ah banedon .... you think too much about line of sight, i think too much about extra shots, and at the end of the day, my armies do more damage then they did before

plus in addition to my Crusader's Mace (650) it all adds up

[[T]osHiro]

Ranged creatures can be blocked or simply neutralized by obstructing the Line Of Sight

Or a simple Forgetfulness Spell..

BTW, 5000 for the Dagger of Despair

[ThunderTitan]

Ranged creatures can be blocked or simply neutralized by obstructing the Line Of Sight.

You still have to use a meat shield to block LoS, so neutralized is the wrong word. Forgetfulness does neutralize them is you don't dispel it.

[Banedon]

You still have to use a meat shield to block LoS, so neutralized is the wrong word. Forgetfulness does neutralize them is you don't dispel it.

Not really. If your Titans have no targets other than a stack of summoned Leprechauns, I'd call them "neutralized".

[gravyluvr]

Yeah... But with the BOTEK they would take out the blockers with their first shot and kill the hero with the second!

PS: Get back on topic

All items sell or escalate tomorrow!

[Banedon]

We are on topic See your first post.

Yeah... But with the BOTEK they would take out the blockers with their first shot and kill the hero with the second!

Really? I thought taking out the blockers would end the Titans' move?

[gravyluvr]

Bang. Bang. Bang. Sold! Post #1 has been updated.

Newcomers and onlookers! Join in on the fun. Anyone can bid. Come get your stuff! We have many beautiful items for sale right now!

New Rule! Anyone who purchases an item in the second six lots (7-12) will receive an additional 5000 gold pieces for the final five lots!

The final bonus will begin with the opening of Lot #12 From that point on there will be only the cash on hand (anyone on the fence of joining should start buying stuff now!). Also Lot#15-17 (the final 29*) will be on sale concurrently. The final table. Make sure you save some cash!

Please check your cashflow carefully! These have been updated!

I have updated the cashflow on this post. Some of you have less money because of a previous misscalculation (oops!). Oonly those who bought items in Lot 1-6 get the first 5K bonus.

Everyone involved in the Auction has a current "credit" of 45,000 gold pieces (each) except the auctioneer

And... a55a55in=1480, Kalah=7500, Pepak=10190, DaemianLucifer=12266, Echo_=14074, Vlad976=17300, wimfrits=17401, stefan.urlus=18250, Orfinn=21400, ThunderTitan=21565, Fyl=22150, Gaidal Cain=24400, Banedon=29500, Sir William S Titan=31536, Pitsu=31800, I_Dun_Hat3_CT=43500 and Tao Jones=43560 (Through Lot #9!)

Bids begin and go in minimal increments of 25 (Treasure and Item), 50 (Minor), 100 (Major), and 200 (Relic). Please offer or raise more than the minimum.

Lot #9 is Closed! See Post#1 for the winning bids

Lot #10 is Closing Now

Tenth Lot (item, type, placement, description, bidder, current bid)
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Snowshoes, Minor, Feet, Gives an army the ability to ignore Snow terrain movement penalties, Kalah, 150
Wand of Fire, Minor, Right Hand, Casts the Fire Bolt spell. The wand begins each combat with 4 spell points and regenerates 2 spell points per round, wimfrits, 3100
Mage's Robe, Minor, Shoulders, The mana cost of all spells cast by the wearer is reduced by 1 point, Vlad976, 3000
Tome of Life, Major, Left Hand, Contains all Life Magic spells. The hero must have the corresponding Life Magic skills to cast the spells, Vlad976, 5000
Viewing Crystal, Treasure, Miscellaneous, Gives a hero a +2 scouting radius when equipped, Sir William S Titan, 5000
Tynan's Dagger of Despair, Major, Right Hand, Targets struck with this weapon receive maximum negative morale as the Death Spell, Sorrow, a55a55in, 5000
Ring of Regeneration, Major, Ring, Restores 20 hit points plus 2 per level of the hero (rounded down) per round of combat, Pitsu, 12000
Sword of Swiftness, Major, Right Hand, Increases the hero's Melee Attack and Melee Defense by 6. The hero also gains an extra melee attack, wimfrits, 11400
Shield of Order, Major, Left Hand, Gives all friendly creatures Chaos Ward and +30% to their Melee and Ranged Defense. It also gives the hero +3 Melee and Ranged Defense, DaemianLucifer, 4100
Adamantine Shield, Relic, Left Hand, Gives all friendly targets +50% to their Melee and Ranged Defense. It also gives the hero +3 Melee and Ranged Defense, stefan.urlus, 8000

Lot #11 is open!

Eleventh Lot (item, type, placement, description, bidder, current bid)
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Surefooted Boots, Minor, Feet, Gives an army the ability to ignore Rough terrain movement penalties.
Wand of Fireballs, Minor, Right Hand, Casts the Fireball spell. The wand begins each combat with 8 spell points and regenerates 2 spell points per round, Vlad976, 1000
Elven Chain Mail, Treasure, Torso, Increases the hero's Melee and Ranged Defense by 10, Vlad976, 1000
Fizbin of Misfortune, Major, Neck, Casts Misfortune on all enemy targets as long as a hero has it equipped, Banedon, 4500
Tome of Nature, Major, Left Hand, Contains all Nature Magic spells. The hero must have the corresponding Nature Magic skills to cast the spells, Vlad976, 2300
Angel's Blade, Minor, Right Hand, Increases the hero's Melee Attack and Melee Defense by 3. All friendly targets do +50% damage against Death creatures, ThunderTitan, 50
Equestrian's Gloves, Minor, Ring, Provides +25% movement on land, Sir William S Titan, 5555
Crusader's Mace, Minor, Right Hand, All friendly targets do +30% melee and ranged damage, stefan.urlus, 650
Steadfast Shield, Minor, Left Hand, Gives all friendly targets +30% to their Melee and Ranged Defense. It also gives the hero +3 Melee and Ranged Defense, Orfinn, 150
Horned Bow, Relic, Ranged, Increases the hero's Ranged Attack by 50, Sir William S Titan, 10000

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[Kalah]

I'd like to raise the bid on the Nature tome to 2500, please - and I'll open for the Surefooted Boots. They're nice for a wet night out on the town.