IMO, that is not cheese. And using Wands is very useful.
Anyways, for pre-battle buffs, always use Blur/Mirror Image/Stoneskin. As soon as you get a Thief HLA, don the Robe of Vena. Dual-wielding even normal KAtanas can help. Here are some tips for solo'ing:
Order of quests:
Slave Compound (+2 Reputation possible)
Circus Quest (+1 Reputation possible)
Fallen Paladin (+1 Reputation possible)
Illithium quest (+1 Reputation possible)
Save Trademeet (+1 Reputation possible)
Help Tiris (+1 Reputation possible)
Do the Alibakkar quest (+1 Reputation possible)
That will give you a grand total of +8 Reputation points. With it, and the Ring of Human Influence + Friends, you can buy a whole bunch of things. Plus, pretty much all of them are fairly easy, except for potentially the Rakashasa in Trademeet. Try out MMM and Offensive Spin and Haste in that situtation.
[ 04-22-2003, 06:56 PM: Message edited by: Assassin ]