For any hair-straightening method you use that requires using heat to straighten your hair, it's important to condition it a few days beforehand. Heating dry hair will cause it to get brittle and may even make it break. Use a good deep conditioner on your hair about 2-3 days before you want to straighten it.  Olive oil or coconut oil-based deep conditioners are great for your hair. Consider using these chemical-free options. You can also use a high-quality silicone-based conditioner a few days before you straighten your hair. Don't shampoo it, just wet your hair when you're ready to straighten it, and blot it with a towel until it's damp but not dripping wet. You're going to blow your hair dry piece by piece. Start with one section and use a round brush to brush it straight, starting at the roots and brushing all the way to the tips. Make sure it's tangle-free. Smooth it all over your hair, from roots to tips, to protect each strand from the damaging heat of the hair dryer. This will also help your hair stay straight for a longer period of time. Take your brush and position it at the roots of the section of hair you're blowing out. Turn on your hair dryer and position it right next to the brush, at the roots of the hair section. Move the brush and the blow dryer down the hair section to the tips, slowly drying and straightening the hair at the same time.  Don't move down the shaft of hair too quickly; you want to do it slowly, so the hair has time to dry. Use either the warm or hot setting on your hair dryer for best effect. Repeat the process, section by section, until your entire head of hair is dry and straight.

Summary: Condition your hair. Get your hair wet. Brush out the first section. Apply a heat protectant. Dry the first section. Continue brushing and drying sections of hair.


You will need a 12” or longer metal ruler, a pencil, paper, and a craft knife. The process will be easier if you also have a cutting mat: these are widely available at hobby and fabric stores, have straight lines printed on them, and protect working surfaces so that you don’t end up scoring lines in your dining room table. “Sticky tack,” a removable putty-type adhesive, can help anchor the ruler.  X-ACTO knives are very commonly used by crafters, and are easily found in most craft stores and many superstores. If you don’t have one or don’t want to buy one, a box cutter will also work (as long as it’s sharp). If you use a box cutter, straight razor blade, or other extremely sharp object, use extreme caution! Craft knives such as X-ACTO knives have safety handles that can help keep you from cutting yourself. Never allow children to use sharp knives without adult supervision. If you have a cutting mat, place the paper there. Make sure your work surface doesn’t have any bumps or bubbles, as this will affect your cutting.

Summary: Gather your materials. Place the paper on a flat surface.


Theatrical biographies are always written in the third person, even though you are usually the one writing it.  Introduce yourself using your full name, then utilize pronouns when referring to yourself throughout.  For instance, instead of writing, “I am a student at Brighton College,” write, “Jane is a student at Brighton College.”  Use “he” or “she” in following sentences.  The following example marks third person language with an underline, "John Smith is a graduate student in playwriting at XYZ University. He has acted in..." Theatre biographies are always brief.  If you see opportunities to reduce excess information or simplify language, do so.  Being too long-winded is common and usually requires you to edit down your bio.  Get it right the first time by keeping everything concise and to the point.  If you’re in a lead role or expected to produce a longer bio, keep your paragraphs roughly three sentences long.  Use active voice to keep content clear. For example, "She was encouraged by her family to pursue acting" would be stronger as "Her family encouraged her to pursue acting." Avoid informal prose, inside jokes, and snark.  For instance, do not write, “Wow, this is gonna be a great show, LOL!!!”  Instead, use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation.  It is acceptable to throw a joke into your bio, but keep it brief and avoid inside jokes. You don’t want to come across as unprofessional to readers or audience members. Some members of the audience may be connected to the theatrical community. A professionally written bio will give these people a favorable impression of you. Once you’ve written your bio, turn it over to a trusted friend or colleague with a sharp eye for grammar, punctuation, and spelling.  Double check the names of plays, theatres, organizations, and roles you’ve referenced in your bio. If this is your first time writing a bio, ask the director, producer, stage manager, or a more experienced actor to look over yours. These people will be more knowledgeable about theatrical bio writing.

Summary: Write in the third person. Keep it short. Employ professional language. Edit your bio.


This will boost your survivability and allow you to last longer and tank more damage. Get three if you can afford to. This build relies heavily on your damage output, as such, rubies will be a good asset. A little bit more extra damage can't hurt since you already have the resistance from the Immortal King set, assuming you got that set. These can be a bit pricey. If you can't afford it, get a +% to health instead. Any of these would be beneficial to the Barbarian. These are the two main armor stats that you should be focused on. The weapons must have sockets for Emeralds for additional critical damage; it should also have either +Attack Speed or +Critical Damage.
Summary: Get the Immortal King set. Socket Good Rubies into your chest piece. Get +Critical Damage and +Attack Speed on your gloves and bracers. Get either a +Critical Chance or a +Critical Damage on your amulet. Get rings that have +Critical Chance, +Critical Damage, or +Attack Speed. Get items with either Vitality or Strength. Get an on-hand and off-hand weapons.