[Merkin]

Screwloose: Finished? *sob* no *sob*, not even close. I'm a charter member of Beginagain anonymous. My tally so far, 12 (I think) partys created, 5 abandoned in the monastary. Of the 7 that made it to Arnika road, 3 more got abandoned on the road. So 4 made it to Arnika, 1 more got abandoned there. 3 parties are stuck in Trynton right now, with my new "halfling assasin" party almost to Arnika. I've never even *sob* been to the swamps yet!

Virgil: The trick on Samurai seems to be to ignore strength and vitality completely, put all attribute points into dex, speed, and sense. All of my skill points go into sword, dual, and critical, ignoring close combat completely. He's got a bow available, but I don't put any points into it either. Usually he's a powder/bomb thrower from a distance. He doesn't hit for much damage, but he's hitting a lot now, and as I said previously, starting to get insta-kills already (now level 7) Late last night I took down a Hogar in the second round of melee. Sweet!