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Smylingsam · 07-29-2002, 02:38 AM

hi All,

I'm a Level 28 "War Mage" (my own class) Brenton. I was born under the sign of the Mage. I started the game with ~140 mana points. I now have 198 manpoints and a 99 int. score. My destruction skill is 75 and my other spell skils are about 60. I find that I can cast allot of the lower order spells but since the casting cost of higher spell (say a 40 point fireball for 40 spell points) still remains outof reach for serious use. As an example, it takes almost half of my mana to summon an antoch (81 points for a frost antonach) and a bit more than one tenth of my mana (about 22 points) for a gurteed 20 point elemental effect.

I'm baffled -- how do I get more manna so a single fight does not reuire several standard potions of mana (50 points in 5 seconds) to recover from?

Let me know!!

P.S. It's become a problem now that a quest has set me against 4 bone lords at one time to get a bauble some entity needs :> My Antronach or Bone waler does little good without backup ;>

[ 07-29-2002, 03:06 AM: Message edited by: Smylingsam ]

07-29-2002, 02:38 AM	#1
Smylingsam Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: February 11, 2002 Location: Bethesda, MD, USA Posts: 4	hi All, I'm a Level 28 "War Mage" (my own class) Brenton. I was born under the sign of the Mage. I started the game with ~140 mana points. I now have 198 manpoints and a 99 int. score. My destruction skill is 75 and my other spell skils are about 60. I find that I can cast allot of the lower order spells but since the casting cost of higher spell (say a 40 point fireball for 40 spell points) still remains outof reach for serious use. As an example, it takes almost half of my mana to summon an antoch (81 points for a frost antonach) and a bit more than one tenth of my mana (about 22 points) for a gurteed 20 point elemental effect. I'm baffled -- how do I get more manna so a single fight does not reuire several standard potions of mana (50 points in 5 seconds) to recover from? Let me know!! P.S. It's become a problem now that a quest has set me against 4 bone lords at one time to get a bauble some entity needs :> My Antronach or Bone waler does little good without backup ;> [ 07-29-2002, 03:06 AM: Message edited by: Smylingsam ]