Starting Again. Lord Weapons.

[MasterPooBaa]

Well im starting over.

got a wiz7 imported party, and i was wondering what
weapons my Lord should wield.

Primary weapons starts off as an imported enchanted broadsword,
progressing thru the diamond epee, demonsbane, fang and beyond.

secondary weapons is a bit of a quandry though...
to start ive got the choice of most low grad secondary weapons, the
best one i can import is a stilleto
its quick and good, but its a dagger, so when i eventually swap to
diamond eyes my sword skill is 80+ but my mace+flail skill is rudimentary
at best.
so i was thinking of using a plain hammer. slower, less damage than
the stilleto, but builds on my mace+flail skill.

any other suggestions?

[Gimli]

Bloodlust is a nice early primary weapon for a Lord. Also to have him develop faster you might want to dual mace type weapons, start with something like a stun mace primary, eventually get the mauler. I've had games where I find more than one diamond eyes too, can dual 2 of them.

[biernath_john]

Yes, I have diamond eyes combo too... there are 2 de in this game: first in mt wilderness (fight undead d00ds to get it), second is in Shaman's inventory in Trynton, you have to pp that one.

Diamond Eyes x 2 rulz [img]smile.gif[/img]

[armakh]

It's all a matter of personal taste. I really like some of the swords in the game, especially excalibur, so I made my new party with a lord just so that I could use excalibur and another guy with diamond eyes (and I'm determined to get that stinkin' light sword this time through)

Thing that I don't like about bloodlust for the lord is the fact that he has very little offensive magic, so he has ended up wasting a lot of rounds due to the curse on the bloodlust, though the damage with it is pretty nifty.

I do have a question concerning the dual weapons....100 is supposed to be no penalty with using two weapons, so when I get it maxxed to 125, does that mean that he'll get combat bonuses when using two weapons instead of one? Just thought that I'd check.

[MasterPooBaa]

definately cant be bad... and the lord gets that nice 25 pt bonus in dual weapons [img]smile.gif[/img]

well ill go for the dual maces for a while then... seems like a good way of really boosting stats. maybe find some innocent monster to pummel then heal repeatedly.
though i did notice at the end of my old game that the lord was one of my best hitters
rarely missed, and was quite a tank with +3 plate armour, and a pretty powerful spellcaster to boot.

[ 06-05-2002, 08:01 PM: Message edited by: MasterPooBaa ]

[Gimli]

I believe the +25 bonus is still useful above 100 for the offhand weapon; at 100 there's no penalty for the primary weapon but there still is one on the secondary. Someone had posted a formula for it (penalty for dualing) a while back, I forget the exact numbers but the bonus is worthwhile.

[bling bling]

I finally gave up on the dual weapon deal and equiped my lord with excaliber. Usually does 70 points damage per attack.

BB

[Gimli]

Was thinking about a Lord with Excalibur too - problem seems to be it's initiative penalty, wonder how it compares to a LS which has a huge initiative bonus? Would a LS and shield be better for a Lord? Might get in extra swings with it it seems.

[otter]

My Lord in W7 had Light Sword and Dragon Kite, now you can get Dragon Kite really early, but LS is kinda tough, like X-Cal. Fang's almost impossible to get early. That leaves Bloodlust as the only (relatively)decent early sword. I find a preference for Valks here, Mystic Spear early, Dread Spear not much later...
Speaking of which, does it do any good to have stats that exceed the bar graph? If i combine Valk bonus with Dread bonus, i get more than 125. Am i wasting bonus?

[Gimli]

otter, as far as i know yes, anything over 125 doesn't count. i guess maybe if you got hexed it might come in handy? am thinking of a party where i give RFS as a monk the dread spear to make him kinda valk-esque, with stealth and crits thrown in...