That's good news, Nightowl, never liked those dirty dwarves anyway. HA! And Lord Corwin, if you're looking for max experience (and are playing evil anyway), then you might as well wipe out the duerger outpost
and the monastary (but I recommend only after doing the eight chambers, easy experience there!). I've never taken up arms against the monks, but there are LOTS of them, and they probably give good experience. It may be a tough battle, but I've come to believe there are no
impossible battles as long as you have tactics and a degree of logic. And the quick load button!
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