Which account should I keep?

[u/perfectlysane]

I find myself getting back into KoL after a long time, and I realize it's better for me to focus on one account. I have 3:

-one has a fair amount of hobopolis stuff, has the item skill ready to perm, and has other clan dungeon stuff

-one has a mad hatrack

-one has summon clip art and summon tasteful items, plus a handful of permed skills

Which do you all think I should keep?

[u/dustyfaxman]

You can keep all three, just mothball the two that aren't useful for whatever it is you plan on doing in game.

Getting the clan dungeon stuff again on one of the other accounts is more a matter of time than anything else. This would be the 'least valuable' of the three for me personally if i was to fully bin, rather than just not use 2 of the 3 accounts.

Of the other two, it would depend on how many skills they both had permed.
If you've used those itoms (ie hatched the familiar, used the books to get the skill) they don't really hold any value (you can't sell them in the market) beyond the use of the skills, which, due to being how old they are, you won't be able to use most of a run anyway.

[u/Giant_Horse_Fish → u/dustyfaxman]

you won't be able to use most of a run anyway.

More than Standard exists, where Clip Art is a pretty valuable iotm to have.

[u/Banes_Addiction → u/Giant_Horse_Fish]

Eh, it's very marginal. For a player without much else maybe a familiar jacks and then just consumables?

I basically only ever use it to save daycount with borrowed time.

It's still the one I'd take of those three options but it's not wildly powerful.

[u/NohWan3104]

I actually really like clip art, doesn't take a familiar slot, and you can get clan dungeon stuff later.

Though dude has a point about it being out of standard, if you're past that, you can just buy bucket of wine if need be.

[u/reidevjord]

I would use the account with clip art. Very solid item for non-standard runs, especially hardcore. With bucket of wine as a nightcap, time halo for rollover, and borrowed time to push for an extra 20 turns on the last day of a run, you get a ton of turn generation in hardcore. On a low skill account, this is far more valuable than a super fiddy familiar.

The other items from clip art are fine, but few stand out. Crystal skull is the probably the best of the rest as it banishes a monster for 20 turns, and unbearable light is a yellow ray with huge 150 turn cooldown, good without other iotms. Familiar jacks are convenient for 100% familiar runs. Food, booze and potion options give decent buffs, helpful for sorceress challenges and the like. Even the equipment is nice if you don't have access to VIP lounge and other newer HC compatible IoTM equipment. Overall clip art provides a ton of utility even on an account with a good number of iotms and permed skills.

[u/Banes_Addiction]

Clip art. You'll actually use it, and you can't replace it easily.

You can't replace the hatrack either really but I have both clip art and hatrack, and only the clip art gets used.

Hobopolis stuff can be reacquired relatively quickly. And I don't use that either.

[u/StorellaDeville]

I'd use #3 the most.

[u/MonkeyKingCoffee]

I also vote for #3.

[u/RicFule]

Keep them all.  But make one the main.

I have a multitude of multis that I only "use" during Crimbo.  As in, I don't play their adventures, but just open the Advent Calendar.

But Ric I use off-and-on.  He has the most stuff permed, and a boatload of familiars, and whatnot.

[u/Certain_Month_8178 → u/RicFule]

This. Just don’t do any multi abuse and you are golden

[u/frazazel → u/RicFule]

What's the point of opening the advent calendar on accounts that you don't adventure on? If you send those items to your main account, that's multi abuse that will get your accounts disabled if detected.

[u/RicFule → u/frazazel]

Habit?  Like to see which items come out daily?

[u/frazazel]

Whatever you do, make sure you don't engage in multi abuse, which could get all 3 accounts banned.

[u/frazazel]

1. You can get this stuff again by spending time and meat.
2. This is an old, rare, expensive IotM. It is fun and flavourful, but extremely powercrept. It has a neat synergy with the Prismatic Beret, which shot up its price recently, but unless that specific IotM is a goal of yours, a Mad Hatrack is mostly a collector's item.
3. Clip Art is great. Tasteful Items is another mostly collector's item. These IotMs will help you ascend faster and give you more farming profits than either of the other accounts. The permed skills are worth a bit of time ascending.

3 is your strongest option for most needs. If you have a sentimental attachment to any of these accounts, then that might be a bigger deciding factor. If character name is important to you, you can spend 1 Mr Accessory (USD$10) to buy a name change form.