No Adept base class

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:31 am

The thing that worries me then, is:
a) Healing.
b) Poison.
c) Divine Vision.

I'd like Fighter & Mage as baseclasses. What are my options to deal with these problems?

Thanks in advance!

swcarter · Post by **swcarter** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:00 am

A. Potions. But really, by the time I reached level 20, enemies stopped doing much in the way of damage to me, and I stopped needing healing potions. The game isn't even close to being balanced with the new blue and green items.

B. Potions. Or the crystal of life. Cure Poison potions cost less that $100, and it's not like there's much else to spend money on.

C. Scouting. I've been playing with a Scouting skill of 5, and that's been fine.

SWC

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:37 am

Scouting Rank 5 is sufficient for most needs? Also to locate chests & whatnot on the worldmap?

Do Nether/Rune Magic offer anything worthwhile?

Claudius · Post by **Claudius** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 9:59 am

Nether gives you giant summons which in the original game were pretty sturdy. Celestial gives you divine intervention, which in my opinion is the most powerful spell in the game at least the vanilla.

Nether gives black blade of bhaal, the king of the damage blade spells.

Poison cloud is good from nether. Damage ward fire is good against demons.

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:13 am

As you might have guessed from the title, I'll probably end up with no Divine Magic. (If Valkyrie somehow unlocks it, all the better.)
Are there no heal-like spells in Nether & Rune?
"Damage Blade spells", do you mean spells that buff your weapon?

swcarter · Post by **swcarter** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:09 pm

GawainBS wrote:Scouting Rank 5 is sufficient for most needs? Also to locate chests & whatnot on the worldmap?

I'm guessing Scouting 5 gives you a radius of 25 feet or so, which isn't going to detect too many chests outside, but it's fine for everything inside. But generally speaking, it's the inside chests that are the good chests. You could also get the Ruby Ring from Davenmor's castle, and then equip it when you need it.

SWC

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:16 pm

That ring is a "fixed" drop? I suppose it invokes the Vision spell? How quickly does it regenerate?

swcarter · Post by **swcarter** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:41 am

You can always find the ring in a locked upstairs cabinet in Davenmor Castle when you end the lockdown.

SWC

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:25 am

Thanks. I think I'm going to restart my character then.

Claudius · Post by **Claudius** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:53 am

GawainBS, I am curious why you are taking fighter when valkyrie (afaik) already has armor and weapon skills?

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:10 pm

Because my current character is an Adept/Mage// Valkyrie/Monk. I don't want an exact copy.