Happy Dueling Hour 3 is Live!

Heya all! Uber Wife and I have once again produced a podcast of our own designs. :) Happy Dueling Hour 3 is now up and available for your consumption. You can go check that out by clicking here.

Also note that we are giving away a free Shen Long Dragon pet as a part of that podcast. Be sure to read through the show notes to see how to enter for a chance to win a free dragon buddy of your own. :)

If you've got an hour and a half during your day sometime where you wouldn't mind having us ramble away about gaming in the background, please check it out, and I hope that you enjoy it. We certainly have a lot of fun putting it together. :)

Happy dueling!

Call For Spell of the Week

Time to bring out the wild Shih Tzu of death, Life Wizards!


Let's see what you can do with the Forest Lord spell this week.

Send a screenshot of you casting Forest Lord to thefriendlynecromancer@gmail.com by tomorrow night (13 March 2012), and I'll post your picture on my blog on the morning of 14 March.

Here's a mailto address link to get you started: Click Here.

BRING IT!! :)

Happy Dueling!

Check This Out (Episode 11)

Heya! Well, a lot of cool stuff has been going on, and I wanted to share some of that shtuffz out with you all! (And, really, it's just time for some serious housecleaning in my email inbox.) Therefore and thusly, it is time for anotherrrrrrr. . . CHECK THIS OUT!

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First up are a couple of crazy awesome interviews that other bloggers have done with me! Said what?!?! yup, someone actually thinks I'd make for an interesting interview. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahahahaaaa!

Well, I appreciate these two thinking of me. Seriously. That's awesome.

1- The Life of a Wizard
2- Around the Spiral with Edward Lifegem.

And if you're into hearing more, there's always Spiral Live episode 15 that you can check out. :)

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Speaking of Spiral Live, Blaze Shadowhorn drew a couple pictures of ze Friendly Necromancerz!



Awesome! Classic Friendly Look! I have a mannaquin in my death house that still has that look going on. He's standing there saying, welcome, everyone, to the ultimate death dance party central. ;)


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Seriously, I love this dancer . . . so cool he has a sponsor now. I want a sponsor!



There's gotta be some nerdy company out there that would want my nerd all over their product. ;p (*points* I'm pointing at you cheddar cheese factories! You know you want some Friendly Necromancer cheese!)

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There's a new person on Twitter professing ULTIMATE FAN STATUS of The Friendly Necromancer. Behold Kevin Lionblood!

He sent me over a couple of cool creative things. the first one is a poem he made for me:

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I've also written you a short poem if you don't mind:
The ghouls and spirits start dancing,
The Death wizards start necromancing,
Even the Black Cat stops chasing the mouse,
Cause Friendly Necro is in the house!
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*clicks fingers*

WORD TO THE DEATH POETS SOCIETY! ;)

Next Kev had a parody he did to the tune of Party Rock Anthem:

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Friend Necro's in the house tonight,
You better get rid of all the lights,
And Katzenstein's gonna blow your mind,
We just wanna hear you.. SCREAMING!
Every day I necromance.. \(•.•)/
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HAHA! I'm filing that under creepy awesome.

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I got another message from Rylee Icehaven, who is a cool wizard playing through the game Angus Unicornpants style. SCHECK it out!

greetings again!
well i made it thru shirataki temple, now on to the ancient burial grounds!

it has taken me a while to get so far because i made a side trip to grizzleheim. kinda got stuck on scarl doomhowler so then i made another side trip to wysteria and got stuck on chester droors. but at least while i was in wysteria i got some spiffy new pigswick academy clothes (love the argyle socks!) and a cute golden piggle for a companion.

so now it's back to mooshu. plus i am up to lvl 38, almost to lvl 39.
oh and remember the crowns you so generously donated? i got some kirin packs and i now have a golden kirin to ride around on!

so things are going along. i still have my eyes set on the prize of dragonspyre but it will take forever to get that far.

see ya around the spiral!! i try to stay in unicorn realm just in case i might happen to see you in the bazaar someday. :)

best wishes to you and to angus!

rylee icehaven

That's awesome Rylee! You're catching up to me quick!

So cool to see people take on the Angus challenge. Speaking of that, I have to give mad props to Sierra Starsong who is not only doing the Angus challenge, she's also using the same character for pvp matches.

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Here's an email from Alura Dreamhunter about her site:

Hi Friendly,

I'm Alura Dreamhunter and have a group that helps wizards called The Well-Versed Wizards

I recently went to Wizard101. I wanted to start a fan site and it said to let you know about my site

http://wellversedwizards.blogspot.com/

We started the group on facebook and we post a lot there But i wanted to get the word out about our group

Hope that you can help us out by listing our blog and any tips and tricks you may have about blogging

I'm new to it.

Thank You , Have a Great Day and Happy Questing

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Question here from Cole Moontamer:

Hey Friendly,
I play, or at least I used to play Wizard101. About the time of Celestia coming out, I experienced some suspected hacking on my account (actually my brother) and a computer switch (to a Mac laptop) which really got me out of the game. Now, I'm interested again, at least in getting a Windows. So, what would you say to convince me to play the game again?
Sincerely,
Cole Moontamer (or the person that used to be him)

I'm not sure if I could say anything to bring you back to the game. That's totally up to you. I can tell you that you've missed 20 levels of content and haven't had a chance to experience any of the new Astral Magic spells. What you're missing out on is the first two parts of the new Morganthe story, Wintertusk, and a fun side world called Wysteria for your lower level characters. What you'll never be able to recreate is the experience of being in Celestia and Zafaria when they were alive and bustling with activity where every battle circle in every realm was full. :) Those were good times.

If you do head back into the game, let me know what you think of all that new content!

Peace.

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Got a quick note from Rachel Spiritwalker:

http://rachelspiritwalker.weebly.com/

please mention my new fan site! it would mean a lot! :)

There you go! :)

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This one comes from Kaito:

Hey Friendly! I'm Kaito from the Wizard101 Commons staff at www.thewizard101commons.com and we would like you to join our sites, be a part of the staff and hold some really fun contests for March Madness month! Many of our members LOVE The Friendly Necromancer and a lot of other Wizard101 bloggers and we would like to surprise them with you joining our site! Our site has a chatbox where you can chat with your fans and our members about your blog. You will also get to hold fun contests and more! If you are thinking about doing this, join www.thewizard101commons.com and reply back to this email with your Commons account and we will give you an official rank and tell you more about this!

Thanks a lot Friendly!!

Thanks for the invite! I'm so busy lately that I don't think I could swing a staff position, but I will definitely check out your site. :)

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Here's one from Emmett G. aka Kane Deathwalker:

Hello Friendly,
I am writing you today in hopes I can get my fansite " Beyond the Spiral" listed among your page. I have been playing Wizard101 ever sence they openned their doors in 2008 and I love every minute of it. Now a days I just help people on the facebook page with questions as well as in the game itself while I decorate, search and hatch pets as well as farm and harvest along with other things, but mostly I just enjoy helping others out in their quest to defend Wizard City against Malistaire, Morganthe and whomever else that decides to corrupt the spiral.
Please take a look at the site and tell me what your thoughts are, suggestions or anything else that may be helpful.

~ Beyond The Spiral ~

Thank you for your time in advance and will be looking foward from hearing from you in the future.

Glad I could get your site listed over in my links, Kane!

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This one comes from Brian Frostcloud:

"Helloo! I am a real fan of your website and I wanted some tips on how to look good and still have good stats. Here is a pic of my character now.


He looks good eh? Anyways do you have any tips? (BTW level 36 or 37) Thanks!

-Brian Frostcloud.

PS: Could we meet someday?"

Sorry I haven't posted about this, Brian! Looks great! I bet your character is completely different looking now. (Seriously, it's been a month or so.)

Yup, the best place to catch me is at the Ravenwood Radio after parties, so be sure to tune in to that podcast! Those after parties are a good time.

peace.

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And that's probably enough for now. hehe. Thanks everyone for all the awesome energy. Keep up the good work, and have fun with what you're doing.

Happy Dueling!

Spell of the Week--Earthquake

Behold the terrible and awesome power of . . .

EARTHQUAKE

It's the last spell available from Cyrus Drake's spell training window and is only available to be permanently trained by those who have traveled all the way through the Myth line of spells to obtain its awesomeness. Oh yeah, and if you're a fan of the Magma Pea plant, expect to get TONS of Earthquake treasure cards as a reward. I'm always selling these things at the bazaar now! An Earthquake treasure card used to be quite hard to come by actually. Now? Not so much.

Earthquake damages all enemies on the battlefield with ok damage. 310 per hit is respectable. A colossol version with a base damage of 535 is even better! But, the damage isn't really the main reason an Earthquake is used (You know, since a 4-pip Humongofrog can actually outdamage an Earthquake spell)

No no no! Earthquake is known far and wide in the Wizard101 world as the ultimate shield and blade breaker around! For the cost of six pips you unleash it upon your foes to do a little damage and a lot of housecleaning. Oh those pvp players can get so messy looking with all their stacked up shields and blades, can't they? Well, it's nothing a bunch of rocks punching them through the ground can't solve! BOOM!

I asked the readers of the Friendly Necromancer to show me their stuff when it comes to the Earthquake spell, and here's what they came up with:

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Justin Shadowblade (aka Deathywiz):


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Elizabeth Goldenthistle:


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Kyle Firesword:


Also, Kyle says an Earthquake is his favorite treat! hehe. :)


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Alexander Dragontamer:


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Wizard101 Life:


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Joshua Lionbane:


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Courtney Silverflame:


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Purrpaws:


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Julia Dragonsword:


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Jason Thundershield:


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Terri Nightshield:


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Seth Hunter:


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Thanks everyone for your screenshots!

Happy Dueling

New Packs, New Spells.... All Awesomeness

Awesome news coming from Kingsisle today. Looks like a new pack is hitting the spiral called the Ninja Lore pack.


On initial look this pack could be a game changer since you have a chance to learn a new "reward" spell.
Here is the info on the new spells:
• These are reward spells, they do not cost you a training point.

• They will go into your spellbook just as if you’d learned the spell from a trainer.

• They do not disappear when you sell your spells back for Training Points at Mr Lincoln

• They will obey the rules of a normal spell, meaning you can blade, trap, enchant etc.

• They will obey the rules of pips and powerpips. If you are a Myth Wizard and receive a Myth spell it will use your pips and powerpips accordingly.

• If you are a Balance Wizard and receive a Myth spell, it will use your pips & powerpips accordingly. If you are wearing a Myth Mastery Amulet, it will use your pips & power pips accordingly.

• You cannot delete or sell these spells.

• Once you have received a spell, it will not appear as a reward option again.

Also there is a chance to win a new Shenlong Dragon Pet that's the star of the pack!


Hooray for mini-Wyverns!!!!

Happy Dueling

Call For Spell of the Week

SHAKIN' LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE!


Let's see what you can do with an Earthquake spell this week.

Send a screenshot of you casting Earthquake to thefriendlynecromancer@gmail.com by tomorrow night (6 March 2012), and I'll post your picture on my blog on the morning of 7 March.

Here's a mailto address link to get you started: Click Here.

Let's see that ground crumblin' underneath your feet. :)

Happy Dueling!

Spell of the Week--Wraith

*Tombstones pop out of the ground*
*A skeletal figure draped in black emerges from the ground*
*A blue strand of life draining magic pulls out from the target's body*
*The wraith takes its share and passes the remainder to the necromancer as a gift of restoration*

Wraith

Today's spell of the week is one that's very near and dear to the heart of Wizard101 Necromancers. It's one that I remember looking at from being just a lowly low level necromancer and being excited to hit level 42 so I could train it and put it into my spellbook.

Wraith is a single target spell that drains a base of 500 damage and returns half of the total drained back to the caster. After adding blades and traps and buffs, a necromancer can heal back up to full health and destroy his target all in one spell. I would say that wraith is a class defining spell for Necromancers, not only in looks, but in the essence of its life draining nature. When I think of Necromancers, I instantly think of two spells: Scarecrow and Wraith . . . and dark pixies. ;p

Because of its life draining nature, you used to not be able to add tough and strong cards to this attack. It's part of what made the Sun School less valuable to Necromancers back when Celestia was released. Eventually KingsIsle saw this was not working as intended and allowed both strengthening treasure cards and the sun school spells to be applied to Wraith and all the other life draining spells in the Necromancer spell line. Now we can bump that base damage from 500 all the way up to 683 with a Colossal buff applied. That may not seem like much, but when you're talking base damage in a game that's all about multiplying damage through blades and traps, that's highly important.

I asked the readers of the Friendly Necromancer to shoot me a picture of them casting the Wraith spell, and (again) they did not disappoint! I have fifteen of them to show you. Check 'em out!

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Terri Nightshield:


(actually using the Lord Nightshade card, not a wraith card, but that's alright . . . close enough. [The lack of tombstones gives it away])

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Alexander Dragontamer:


(Again, this is the Lord Nightshade card . . . no worries)

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Rachel Windtalon:


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Autumn LotusSong:


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Shocker1217:


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Eric:


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Mitchell Battleflame:


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Blake Dragonblade (aka Cheats and Crackers):


LOL! That pun was painful and awesome at the same time. ;)

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Seth Hunter:


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Ben:


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Joshua Lionbane:


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Kyle Firesword:


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Jason Thundershield:


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Courtney Silverflame:


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Julia Dragonsword:


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Thanks everyone!! Those were great!

Happy Dueling