The Countess has a infamous reputation that predates Andariel's corruption of the Sisterhood of the Sightless Eye, so her depiction in-game as a Dark Stalker was merely a placeholder rather than being part of Andariel's forces.We received an email from a custmer. However, Akara has hinted that some of her Rogues explored the Forgotten Tower but never returned, so it may be presumed that the Countess may have counted some Sisters of the Sightless Eye among her numerous victims. The quest is not explicitly connected to the other events in Act I. It is likely the idea for the Countess was inspired by the real historical figure, Elizabeth Báthory, often known as "Lady Dracula." Though some historians dispute the claim, she reputedly bathed in virgin blood, in the belief that it would grant extended life. The Countess' fortune was believed to be divided among the clergy, although some say that more remains unfound, still buried alongside the rotting skulls that bear mute witness to the inhumanity of the human creature.Īccording to legend, the Countess committed a great many gruesome and heinous acts in her castle, including bathing in the blood of a hundred virgins, before being buried alive. Rising over the buried dungeons in that god-forsaken wilderness, a solitary tower, like some monument to Evil, is all that remains. And her castle in which so many cruel deeds took place fell rapidly into ruin.
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And so it came to pass that the Countess, who once bathed in the rejuvenating blood of a hundred virgins, was buried alive. See the Rune Hunting page for some more details about Countess rune drops and other good places to find Runes. Since she's more likely to roll to drop additional items when more players are in the game, even though her drop is hardcapped at two magical items, this cuts down on her odds of dropping a rune.) (Even though she'll never drop more than two items, her rune drops come from special treasure class sequences that are accessed if the game doesn't think she should drop other items. Her Treasure Classes are uniquely modified, and as a result the odds of her dropping multiple runes are actually increased when there is only one player in the game. This TC has a 3/5045 chance for Mal and a 2/5045 chance for Ist.
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If she drops a rune from her special TC then she drops a rune from "Runes 12" TC. Her odds to drop one from her special rune drop tables are far better. Her odds of dropping a high level rune from her normal drop tables are as astronomical as they are for every other monster in the game.
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She also has special rune drop calculations for her bonus rune drops these do not allow her to drop such high level runes Io on Nightmare and Ist on Hell. Why are two runes listed as her top drop? She has normal item drops like any other monster these can go up to the highest runes listed Ko on Nightmare and Lo on Hell.