A "Good Samaritan" StoryFollow

I'm not sure why I'm posting this- it has no real point except that I feel like sharing it, perhaps from a sense of self-satisfaction, or perhaps because I like saying "Hey, look at me! I like doing nice things!"

Anyway, last night I was farming that last bit of reputation in Silithus, when I saw a Gnome mage summon a Templar nearby. Something went rather badly for the Gnome, and I could see that he was losing health faster than the mob. My pet just finished off the Geolord I had pulled, so I ran over to the Gnome and bandaged him while I sicced my pet on the mob. Unfortunately, the bandaging was interrupted (I assume by an AoE the Templar did), and the Gnome died. The Templar was at a quarter of its health, and I fired away at it. It died without too much effort, thanks to the Gnome's earlier effort, and I ran up and looted it. I got an Abyssal Crest and four cores of elements.

This was great- I already had two crests, and one more meant that I could turn them in for 50 rep! However, after thinking about it, I ran back to the mage, who had resurrected, and opened a trade window. I passed on the crest and cores to the mage, who did a /bow and about three /thanks. I just whispered him, "You did most of the work- I didn't want to see you do all that for naught".

Ironically, he would later save me when I'd unwittingly managed to aggro five Twilight Cultists, although I think that might have been either a glitch or a deliberate act by someone else, as the four adds had been nowhere in sight when I pulled the original cultist, nor were they around for the first several seconds of the battle. They seemed to sprint towards me from the other side of the camp.

Anyway, being a nice guy sometimes pays off.

That was nice of you, I know 9 out of 10 people would never do that.

Im glad to say that if it was me, I would hand over the items too. But thats because i personally dont care if i have to stand around for 2 more hours to get the items i need. So long as people dont bother me.

The best part is this guy helped you out later on, so i guess your kindness didnt go unrewarded. :)

I play in an rp-pvp server but I don't like griefing others. I don't attack lower levels ever. I don't attack Horde of same level unless they attack me or my friends, if I want to pvp, I prefer battlegrounds or we arrange some world pvp events.

To cut it short, instead of ganking I usually MC-PW: Fortitude Hordies, usually lower levels while I grind for CC rep in Silithus because I know that extra 700 hp helps a lot.

This happened when I was in Eastern Plaguelands though. I landed in Light's Hope and was on my way to Stratholme for some orbs. While riding, I saw a level 58 shaman at around 10% hp without mana facing a ghoul at 60% health, I dismounted to help him but he died, I got flagged so I had to kill the mob.

Then I looted the mob and told the story in guild chat, linking the loot later on... Elemental Mage Staff.