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re: Death Robe Dave

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In the early years of UO, all shards were PvE and PvP. Outside of the cities, anyone could be a target of attack by PKs (player killers) and they ran rampant, especially in the dungeons. If you died, your belongings stayed on your corpse until you could be resurrected by a healer or at a shrine and find your way back to recover what you could. If you were killed by a PK, you could expect to find little of use on your corpse. Upon resurrection, you were clad in a plain white smock, commonly called a "death robe".

In the cities, thieves practiced their skill on players, especially near banks, and when caught, were instantly killed by the town guards. Most novice thieves, then, never bothered to wear or carry anything of value and walked around in their death robes. Seeing such a person approaching you while in town was an invitation to quickly move away.

Near our home at Pegasus Bay we were continually set upon by a gang of PKs, lead by one Biohazard. They usually practiced guerrilla tactics, attacking when only a few Saints were about, killing, looting, and quickly disappearing.

Teraptus (see his story below) conceived a clever plan. Under great secrecy and on a need-to-know basis, he created a toon he named "Death Robe Dave". DRD became a thief and common criminal and was often seen in Yew and near our home at Pegasus Bay. Eventually, he gained the trust of Biohazard and his crew and was given a copy of the key to their house where they stored all of their stolen loot.

Early one morning, DRD, accompanied by a strike team of several Saints, entered that house by means of the key he possessed and utterly looted it. They took armor, weapons, gold, reagents, and anything else of value, then destroyed all of the furniture and left the house completely barren, save for a single book in the center of the floor hinting that they had been robbed by another PK guild that lived nearby.

I don't remember having any trouble with Biohazard after that.
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