Serpenskin ?

joe05 · Post by **joe05** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:51 pm

Guys - someone mentioned a unique/Gold Serpenskin Armor that only can be dropped by Baal in Normal Difficulty.
I can't remember it's name. Think it begins with "W" ?
Anyways, I've been running Baal in Normal from level 42, I'm now at 55

I haven't come across it :-(
I've found lots of other unique/Gold gear; thankfully.
Since this is the only place it can be dropped, am I just running into bad luck ?
It was mentioned by the individual with the 13k Hammderdin - sorry, I forgot who posted it.
He said if you can tank Baal, keep looking for it.
Well, I'm past tanking to nuking

I don't want to quit now, as I've already put all this time into finding it.
Unless, there is that chance it won't be dropped.

Any help/thoughts/info would be appreciated.

moltovir · Post by **moltovir** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 5:00 pm

You probably mean the Skin of the Vipermagi unique serpentskin armour. It's a very good armour for a caster, offering lots of faster cast rate, resists, +1 skills and some magic damage reduction. The information you got is wrong: there isn't any item in the game that can only be dropped by one monster (except the annihilus). Every monster in the game starting from monsters in the later Act 5 Normal areas can drop the Vipermagi, but it's rather rare then. Normal Baal has a pretty good chance of dropping it, and so has NM Mephisto. In Diablo 2 lingo, if an item is 'dropped often' by a boss, that still means a chance of 1 in 3000 or less, so you'll just have to keep searching until you find one

Personally, I've given up searching for specific items, and I'm just happy with what I get. The satisfaction is all the greater when you finally find that perfect item for your character

joe05 · Post by **joe05** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:43 pm

Moltovir - as always; thanks.
I believe Skin of the Vipermagi was mentioned in that post, but another was also mentioned.
I've found 3 Yellow Serpenskin, but no Gold.
Since you forgot more than I'll ever know, I'll just look for the Vipermagi armor

Think I'll give it one more night, then start NM with my Necromancer.
I put this much time in, what's 8-16 more hours

I did notice multiple drops of the same Gold equipment ... the set items are dropped over and over in just one night of running

joe05 · Post by **joe05** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:58 pm

Moltovir - you must be a good luck "charm".
Can I put you in my backpack

Third run tonight = Skin of the Vipermagi

Thanks to everyone ... I'm starting Nightmare
First off: Necro-Summoner
Coincidently, it's Moltovir's build

And I was just getting good at using the hammers.
Started off hammering more walls than Bob Villa