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2
Dec

Saying Goodbye to the Headless Horseman

   Posted by: WoWGrrl    in Adventures In Azeroth

Saying Goodbye to the Headless Horseman

I found a screenshot I had taken during the Hallow’s End festivities that were going on, and for a moment I wondered what exactly I was trying to screenshot as my Rogue flew through Razor Hill.

Until I saw it… the little Headless Horseman way back in the background, over my shoulder.

Running Through Scarlet Monestary

Scarlet Monestary Graveyard, where Headless Horseman spawned

I also grabbed up a picture while some friends and I went through the Scarlet Monestary Graveyard, bringing my undead to where the Headless Horseman’s pumpkin had been, where the level 70s were getting the quest to summon the HH from the mound of dirt behind the pumpkin.

She mourned the defeat of the Headless Horseman and awaits his return next year (where maybe she will be big enough to help defeat him!)

Seeya next year, HH!

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Once an hour during Hallow’s End, each of your characters can talk to an Innkeeper and do a “trick or treat” option that appears along with the normal Innkeeper options of buying goods or setting this Inn as your home.

When the Trick or Treat function is selected, something random happens to your player - either you’re awarded a Treat Bag that has something special inside, or you’re buffed with a “costume” buff and your appearance is changed for an hour of play time.

So far, the cosumes I’ve seen have included:

Skeleton Costume - like that from Noggenfogger Elixir, lasts for 60 minutes, is a shapeshifter form that one cannot mount up while in. Has a /dance related to it and no battle restrictions, so you can play and cast normally.

Ghost Costume - turns you humanoid and faded, like the ghosts in Eastern Plaguelands for Pamela’s Doll quests. Has a /dance related to it and is a form that you can fight in without problem - I haven’t tested the mount capabilities yet.

Trick! - turns you into a small creature of some sort (red imp, grey borer, black cat) for 30 seconds, but you are not able to attack or /dance or mount or catch the wyvern or do anything other than run around and try to gather attention before you morph back to yourself.

Bat Costume - cute little bat that lasts for 60 minutes - instead of running around, you soar and fly around - at ground level, as if you were walking or unable to hover more than 2 feet off the ground. Unfortunately there’s no /dance, and you can’t mount nor ride the wyvern or cast any spells in this form.

Wisp Costume - remember when it was rumored that the Wisp would be a new class type for Burning Crusade? Remember how we scratched our heads and wondered what our equipment would look like on our Wisp toon? Well, turns out that was just a big joke, but the Wisp lives on in this 60 minute costume. It doesn’t allow for any special /dance, nor can you mount up or take the wyvern or cast any spells while in this form.

Pirate Costume - there seem to be a few different “looks” to the 60 minute Pirate costume - different hair colors, clothing colors and the likes, but they all are human and have the same dance and they all mount up just fine (and ride the wyvern, too) and you can cast and do battle with them no problem.

Has anyone seen any (from the Innkeeper) I’ve missed?

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It’s these types of events that having a full family of toons to play is great for. Once an hour I can hop around between all of my different toons and Trick or Treat from the Innkeepers and after a few hours I have a pretty decent idea of all of the rewards that come from that process.

Here’s the types I’ve gotten so far - all are only applicable to people you’re in a party with (or on yourself) and each wand is soulbound and comes with 5 charges:

Hallowed Wand - Leper Gnome
Hallowed Wand - Pirate
Hallowed Wand - Ninja
Hallowed Wand - Bat
Hallowed Wand - Random


About the Hour Timer Restricting Trick or Treating

There’s a timer on the “Trick or Treat” option with the Innkeeper that prevents you from seeing the Trick or Treat option more than once every 60 minutes.

I’m happy to say that while your toon is logged out, the hour timer to prevent you from Trick or Treating again within that timeframe DOES count down so you do not need to be playing your character to use up the timer. Logging in once an hour would be perfectly fine.

About the Hour Timer on Costumes

Unlike the timer for Trick or Treating, this one doesn’t run out while you’re logged out. So, if you get a costume and you want to save it for as long as possible, log out quickly after you get the costume and next time you log in, you’ll have nearly a full hour of costume (or, until you die, which removes the costume as well).

Innkeeper Costume Overrides Wand Costume

Since I had an opportunity to test it, I can relay the information that if you are already in Leper Gnome format from the Hallowed Wand when you talk to the Innkeeper, if he applies a costume or a “Trick”, it will fade out Leper Gnome and take on the new format without any complaint.

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