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Wereboar · 05-08-2003, 12:18 PM

I second Lunaticlords suggestion. If you don't have the remove curse spell, use a scroll.

Bloodlust has two advantages: First, it beserks, doing double damage. But the fighter can berserk with any weapon (if you command him to berserk instead of attack). The drawback of berserk mode is taht you hit less often, but a fighter usually has high fighting skills, so this doesn't matter much.

Second, Bloodlust has an additional swing at each attack. At the moment, you probably have 2 attacks/round for 1 swing each, and get 1 extra swing for each attack. A side effect of this is that it raises the fighting skill much faster, since you make more attacks.

Combined, this weapon would make your samurai 3-4 times as deadly, while your fighter would do only half the current damage. In addition, it would help raising the sword skill of the samurai, which will never use another type of weapon (the fighter will probaly use a mace as secondary weapon later).

To the other characters: Monks get very powerful with hands and feet, but this needs time. You can't just get them better equippement to improve them. But at the end, monks are #3 in raw damage (fighter first, rogue second).

In the end, the fighter will probably be first in number of kills, before the mage. But thanks to their critical hits, monks and samurai will do less raw damage, but score a high number of kills too.

Bard is a very nice addition - first sleep, now shrill sound and insanity, soon haste (which will aid all fighters types) and heal all, late some high-level damage spells. Doesn't do the killes himself, but can help the others a lot.

In the long run, it might seem that your priest is the least useful character. You may consider changing him to a lord or valcury at some point. But once you start facing bitter wings, you'll be glad to have the restoration spell.

05-08-2003, 12:18 PM	#3
Wereboar Baaz Draconian Join Date: June 6, 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 795	I second Lunaticlords suggestion. If you don't have the remove curse spell, use a scroll. Bloodlust has two advantages: First, it beserks, doing double damage. But the fighter can berserk with any weapon (if you command him to berserk instead of attack). The drawback of berserk mode is taht you hit less often, but a fighter usually has high fighting skills, so this doesn't matter much. Second, Bloodlust has an additional swing at each attack. At the moment, you probably have 2 attacks/round for 1 swing each, and get 1 extra swing for each attack. A side effect of this is that it raises the fighting skill much faster, since you make more attacks. Combined, this weapon would make your samurai 3-4 times as deadly, while your fighter would do only half the current damage. In addition, it would help raising the sword skill of the samurai, which will never use another type of weapon (the fighter will probaly use a mace as secondary weapon later). To the other characters: Monks get very powerful with hands and feet, but this needs time. You can't just get them better equippement to improve them. But at the end, monks are #3 in raw damage (fighter first, rogue second). In the end, the fighter will probably be first in number of kills, before the mage. But thanks to their critical hits, monks and samurai will do less raw damage, but score a high number of kills too. Bard is a very nice addition - first sleep, now shrill sound and insanity, soon haste (which will aid all fighters types) and heal all, late some high-level damage spells. Doesn't do the killes himself, but can help the others a lot. In the long run, it might seem that your priest is the least useful character. You may consider changing him to a lord or valcury at some point. But once you start facing bitter wings, you'll be glad to have the restoration spell.