Phat Loot Phriday: Abercrombie's Gloves

Miranda poked at the fire with a long stick. She kept an eye on the Gilnean the entire time.
"Don't worry," he said. "I promise not to grab it in my teeth and go running away with it."
"I wasn't worried about that," Miranda replied. "That's not how fetch works."
Lolegolas ignored the druid's faint growl as he flipped a map around in his hands. "Getting to Undercity will be easy enough," the blood elf said. "Do we actually have a solid reason to chase Abercrombie that far? He could be anywhere. Mage, and all that."
Throgg grunted. "Feels right, at least."
"At any rate," Lolegolas said. "The real question is how we find him once we get there. Tirisfal is a big place, and we don't exactly have a human-finding compass on hand."
"I have that covered," Miranda said. The young woman reached into her brown sack and pulled a pair of rugged cloth gloves into the air. "Behold, ye mortals: Abercrombie's Gloves."
"How that help?" Throgg asked in his characteristic patois.
"I figured the druid could follow the scent." Miranda tossed the gloves to the Gilnean.
"Really?" the druid asked incredulously. "We're back to dog jokes? All this time, I've been playing the straight man to the comedy duo, and we're back to dog jokes."
"I take the laughs where I can get them," the girl said with a shrug.
The Gilnean flipped the gloves over in his hands. "That's OK," he said. "I actually wore these for ages back when I thought I'd grow up to be a moonkin. They provide a lot of bonus intelligence, especially for where I was as a caster at the time."
"At least it was a reward," Miranda muttered. "Damn druids rolling on cloth."
Lolegolas and Throgg were both blinking at the pair incredulously.
"We're an ensemble now," Miranda insisted. "Get used to sharing the spotlight with the other people."
Abercrombie's Gloves
Type Cloth hands
Armor 39
Intellect 5
Item level 22
How to get it You earn them by completing a Juice Delivery. Miranda didn't do that, so the mystery continues!
How to get rid of it These gloves sell for 3 silver and 60 copper. Don't spend it all in one place.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bril Jan 6th 2012 1:10PM
"At any rate," Lolegolas said. "The real question is how we find him once we get there. Tirisfal is a big place, and we don't exactly have a human-finding compass on hand."
If only there was a hunter in the party who could Track Humanoids... :)
Jabadabadana Jan 6th 2012 1:33PM
Or a feral druid? Oh, wait...
Pyromelter Jan 6th 2012 2:01PM
Abercrombie, as an abomination, would be classified as undead. Only paladins have that skill, although I believe there is a potion or flask that does that too.
Ullaana Jan 6th 2012 2:15PM
I thought hunters could Track Undead?
Aranyszin Jan 6th 2012 2:48PM
Abercrombie is not an abomination; he is a necromancer and, until other information surfaces to establish otherwise (see, i.e., First Mate Fitzsimmons's quest update in the Wetlands), presumably still among the living.
The abomination was Stitches, Abercrombie's creation.
Kuro Jan 6th 2012 3:00PM
> Only paladins have that skill...
had.
Ghostcrawler ripped that skill away from us Paladin spellbooks long, long ago when he took away the best spell evar... DI.
Pyromelter Jan 6th 2012 6:16PM
I have confirmed that that post I wrote up there was the most fail thing I've ever written in my entire life, and completely deserving of that downranking. Three factual fails in two sentences, definite personal record right there.
Next time I'll remember to keep my mouth shut regarding classes that I don't play, and NPC's I've never run across.
WoWie Zowie Jan 6th 2012 2:39PM
what makes these gloves "phat loot" exactly? are they good for twinking at 19 or something?
Alexa Jan 6th 2012 2:47PM
I think you're missing the point. ;)
jasonfelliott Jan 6th 2012 5:31PM
I have to agree with the OP.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this continuing adventure and have enjoyed these characters for a couple years now. But back in the day, PLP was a showcase of Phat Loot.
While this weekly adventure tops any of the old columns, the name and original theme of the column has been outshined by the fun story.
Perhaps it's time to retire the Phat Loot Phriday title and rename this column to reflect the content: Awesome Story Time.
Mitawa Jan 7th 2012 9:34AM
And yet if they didn't have to include a piece of loot each time then some of the creativity would be sucked out of the story. It looks like a challenge the way it is.
And besides, a lot of times they do things like the goblin medic item that have really neat effects and would be fun to have a 85 just to play with. I still see value in it being a loot column.
Eirik Jan 8th 2012 3:17AM
And so, dear friends, Miranda proceeds to climb on top of the ruins of the Fourth Wall (broken by pop references in a previous episode) and grasp the meta-game narrative by the goolies.
Expect a very irate Narrator fairly soon.