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Lox · 07-31-2002, 01:10 PM

Ok, first off, your strength is red because of some sort of drain effect. You either have a disease or were hit by a spell or attack that drained your strength. You need to cast a restore stregth spell or drink a similar potion. I think, (I'm not sure, but I think) a *fortify* strength potion or spell will do the same. The fortify will boost you above your max value and when it wears off, you should drop back down to your max level.

2nd Question:
You can boost strength (and your other attributes, int, will, end, per, etc) when you level. When you level you can increase 3 attributes. You may get a multiplier to this increase depending on which skills you have improved since your last level. If you increase a lot of stregth based skills, you will get a high multiplier to strength, and if you don't increase any intelligence based skill you will not get a multiplier to intelligence. When you gain a level and sleep, when you awake you get 3 "points" to increase your attributes. If you have a x5 mult for strength and you spend one of these points to increase stregth, your strength will increase by 5
You can also boost strength with the aforementioned Fortify stregth potions and spells.

I'm not familiar with the pilgrim but heres some basic advice/rules. You gain a level when you increase your major/minor skills a total of 10 levels (e.g. one skill increased 10 times, 5 skills increased 2 each etc.) So if you practice your major and minor skills you will gain levels quickly. Also these skill advance faster than misc skills. That said, do what you enjoy. If you want to run around collecting plants and making potions, practice Alchemy, Athletics (to run quickly) and Speechcraft (so you can sell your potions for more) and raise your Intelligence and Personality. If you want to go kill monsters with your sword, practice your sword skill and raise your Agility (to hit more often and get hit less often) and Strength (to do more damage and get knocked down less).

Hope this helps. There are more informed posts on this topic (including the exact formula for how the multiplier mentioned above is calculated) somewhere on the board. Look for topics like "Leveling."

07-31-2002, 01:10 PM	#2
Lox Manshoon Join Date: July 15, 2002 Location: Los Angeles Age: 50 Posts: 213	Ok, first off, your strength is red because of some sort of drain effect. You either have a disease or were hit by a spell or attack that drained your strength. You need to cast a restore stregth spell or drink a similar potion. I think, (I'm not sure, but I think) a fortify strength potion or spell will do the same. The fortify will boost you above your max value and when it wears off, you should drop back down to your max level. 2nd Question: You can boost strength (and your other attributes, int, will, end, per, etc) when you level. When you level you can increase 3 attributes. You may get a multiplier to this increase depending on which skills you have improved since your last level. If you increase a lot of stregth based skills, you will get a high multiplier to strength, and if you don't increase any intelligence based skill you will not get a multiplier to intelligence. When you gain a level and sleep, when you awake you get 3 "points" to increase your attributes. If you have a x5 mult for strength and you spend one of these points to increase stregth, your strength will increase by 5 You can also boost strength with the aforementioned Fortify stregth potions and spells. I'm not familiar with the pilgrim but heres some basic advice/rules. You gain a level when you increase your major/minor skills a total of 10 levels (e.g. one skill increased 10 times, 5 skills increased 2 each etc.) So if you practice your major and minor skills you will gain levels quickly. Also these skill advance faster than misc skills. That said, do what you enjoy. If you want to run around collecting plants and making potions, practice Alchemy, Athletics (to run quickly) and Speechcraft (so you can sell your potions for more) and raise your Intelligence and Personality. If you want to go kill monsters with your sword, practice your sword skill and raise your Agility (to hit more often and get hit less often) and Strength (to do more damage and get knocked down less). Hope this helps. There are more informed posts on this topic (including the exact formula for how the multiplier mentioned above is calculated) somewhere on the board. Look for topics like "Leveling." __________________ [img]\"http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/AngAvs/avatar6517_2.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /><br />A Thinking Monkey told me.