Permanent pre-Searing character

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A Permanent Pre-Searing character (or "perma-pre" for short) is a dedicated character created with the purpose of staying in Pre-Searing Ascalon (the tutorial area of the Prophecies campaign) permanently, or at least to climb in level as high as possible, preferably level 20.

Nowadays such a character will typically go for the Legendary Defender of Ascalon title, but there have been some few of these characters known long before the introduction of that title, for nostalgia reasons, to enjoy the special flair and beauty of Ascalon or simply to do something exceptional.

Usually the main reason for people to stay in pre-searing permanently or at least longer than normal was to farm for dye as the drop rate for dye in Pre-Searing is the same, if not higher, than elsewhere and the monsters are the easiest to kill.

Perma-pre characters have a few different reasons for staying there. They include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Collecting Dyes
• Enjoying the idyllic scenery and reliving old times
• Farming for money
• Farming Hunter's Ale
• Farming items for gifts from Nicholas Sandford
• Getting the Legendary Defender of Ascalon title
• Guild recruiting
• Helping friends and guild mates
• Trying to gain enough titles for the "Koabd" title

[edit] Restrictions

Perma pre-searing character have to deal with the restrictions and limitations of the tutorial area, most importantly:

• No access to storage, so it's impossible to transfer items from Post-Searing characters.
• No access to armor crafters, only simple low-level armor from collectors.
• No access to skill trainers, only a very limited set of skills.
• No access to attribute quests, so the Attribute Points can't be maxed.
• Cannot ascend, so secondary profession is fixed once chosen.
• There are no PvP locations in pre-searing, except for the Academy, which would send you to post-searing.

[edit] Notes

• Many long-time perma-pres are known for an exceptional collection of dye, often including black or white dye on their own armor.
• Many long-time perma-pres have accumulated remarkable wealth, as there are no major gold sinks in Pre-Searing, and few things to spend money on.
• Pretty much the only way to save your inventory space is by creating another character. When that character's inventory is full then you can bring it over to post-searing and open the storage. You can delete this character and create another to repeat this process as many times as you want.
• For a long time, bags were not available in Pre-Searing, so inventory space was very limited. In the February 14th, 2007, game update, Charr Bags were introduced to the game. Small equipment packs were added in the April 23, 2009 game update.
• Runes are attainable by salvaging runes with Charr Salvage Kits.