Whenever I get around to play this game again, I'll play a solo thief character. Tech/magic neutral.

my character is almost identical to yours, nightwing... i had a mage which had great skills in (don`t remember what it was called..) weapon making and smith`ing...( damn i suck in english...hehe..)

but the thing is that too get around easy you should learn teleportation. when i got that spell i went from LvL 29 to 50 by the next day..

why?
because i used the spell to get over the mountain, and there was a lot of monsters and excellent weapons that i got to LvL 50 too fast. after that i quit playing cause it`s no fun when you have reached the final level.

( and i still don`t know how to pass the mountain without it.. think there is a passage to the north of the black mountain mines.. but haven`t checked it out..)

have someone ever finished this game ?

cause i got tired when i was LvL 50 at the time i found out that the gnome from the blimp crash really was a dwarf... (well almost...)
but think i shall try to finish it now=)

What a drag, I was running a new guy pure tech because I couldn't figure out the trowing quest. My new guy was level 17 and I went to try the forced attack on the torch with the balanced thrower and it worked. I accidently saved over my tech guy however so I am starting all over again.

There are two passes through the mountains one south and one north. If you want I can give you the coordinates. I can't remember who tells you about the pass however.

I am going to load the level cap fix so I can go beyound 50. I am only able to max two tech skills by the time I'm 50 and I would like a third.
The game is so vast that you can get to 50 without even following the main quest.

You guys sure play differently than I do, then. I completed the game several times and I think I only got to level 45 tops...

yup.. so we can`t find all the places by just go there... thats probably why i haven`t found the mountain pass then...

There are five passes through the mountains, although I personally have never found the fifth pass. I won't tell them to ya here, it would be a spoiler.
Oh and Nightwing, I trust you found the mods by yourself. If not, pay a visit to Terra Arcanum. And the level 127 patch, it brins out the level requirements to the data folder, so you can modify them. If you ever want to reach anything above level 85 and not kill your social life because of it, it is needed to modify the tables. And the magic mod brings out all the magic, character creation, special, item and tech statistics to the data folder as well. Go crazy on modding those babies. Currently, I'm busying myself with trying to make shock a 5 energy 5/1 maintainable skill. I don't think it's possible, but I still try. I'll make it happen, even if my Shock Aura has more than 40 lines of code(the original has 5)!
P.S. to force attack, hold alt. And a friendly advice I got reminded of just yesterday: do not summon a familiar before you talk to the ... errm... well, she who talks in a voice that resounds from your speakers most interestingly. [img]tongue.gif[/img] You'll understand with time.

Cool thanks Bones. I downloaded the mod for levels.

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