Drunken fixskills... bad idea?

[radamanthys]

So, I recently got back from a break off of GS. AD was just about to come out when I left. I'm almost 30, and was kinda upset that AD sucked so bad. I hate having to run all around to gather stuff, like for scroll infusion, since I always seem to forget something and have to run back. Anyway, I was drunk the other night and said "screw this"- got rid of my 46 ranks of necro lore, in order to gain some more spells. However, i failed to realize that i was going over the doubling threshold and my TP's wont recover till I'm 50. Should I cry or cheer?

(at level 29), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 20 4
Physical Fitness...................| 102 24
Arcane Symbols.....................| 122 31
Magic Item Use.....................| 122 31
Spell Aiming.......................| 162 62
Harness Power......................| 147 47
Elemental Mana Control.............| 122 31
Spirit Mana Control................| 122 31
Perception.........................| 122 31
Climbing...........................| 45 9
Swimming...........................| 45 9

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 25

Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 20

Spell Lists
Sorcerer...........................| 29
Training Points: 28 Phy 0 Mnt (716 Phy converted to Mnt)
PsiNet has recorded your current skills.

64 PTPs for a spell rank (mutters....)


By the way, i'll start going for the uber fire spirit later on, i think... get some MoC for the defense and bonus, etc. That's a while down the road, however. Ok, off to use the rest of my gift in the monastery before I head off to pookas and the like for the next 10 or so trains.

As to the point of this post- anyone have any tips? I'm wearing 6x hcp fulls and use a runestaff. I'd love any suggestions/flames/death threats from halflings/etc. Chip away!

[Janarth]

Honestly, looks pretty good. Don't expect a great 711, or limb help from 708, or great cloak abilities or phase fringe benefits, but you'll have a nice CS for your age with all that tripling. I understand you fell behind in 700s to get 425 and 120...I'd double in 700s and get yer rank up to at least your level and keep it there from now on.

[radamanthys]

Yea, I'm poinding out the TP's until I can get one more rank in the 700's to bring it to 30 (or should It be 31? I never really know now that things have changed), but i expect a hefty TP return when I level. The CS benefit from Elemental Targeting was more worth the TP's IMO, for the moment than the one rank of sorcery spells. Plus, I tend to hunt on the safe side anyway.

The lack of lore is crappy, but I never really used the retriubtion on my cloak. The only thing I really liked about necro lore was the Animating limbs and the blood return on 701... but the defense I gained seems to have made it worth it.

Plus, with 710 in the monastery, I seem to kill with one cast 99% of the time, so I never really have a problem with mana. The only thing i'm worried about is the lack of a MoC rank when going to pookas, since they swarm like crazy. The DS drop will be nasty.

[Janarth]

Meh, 410 the ponies, then 710 'em (individual like), and if they are -really- swarming, go for the 'ol 74 mana kill.

[Kreon]

Can't Implode/Dispel/Implode/Dispel noncorporeal creatures

[StrayRogue]

Lol, this is my wizards tps at 27:
Level: 27 Deeds: 3
Experience: 885151 Decays this level: 0
Exp. until next: 13849 Recent Deaths: 0
Mental TPs: 0 Fame: 1499739
Physical TPs: 115 Mana: 120/124 max
(672 Phy converted to Mnt)

[radamanthys]

Level: 29 Deeds: 29
Experience: 1003416 Decays this level: 0
Exp. until next: 19084 Recent Deaths: 0
Mental TPs: 0 Fame: 1995176
Physical TPs: 71 Mana: 118/118 max
(686 Phy converted to Mnt)


yea, i'll prolly start with the easy side until I get a couple levels, probably 33, where they are.

can phase make them corporeal so you CAN in fact do the implode/dispel/implode/dispel? (if I need to)
Is that open implode or closed? I've never tried/heard of that.

[Janarth]

Hmm....I thought some undead's did stun...been a looong time, I think at the time I was hunting them it was still okay to use open 710.


And yeah, most critters than stun, will be stunned by an ope ncast of 720 if the caster is close to their level. The follow up cast will suck down anyone stunned. Can clear a room in 9 seconds....Also, bound stuff can't resist an open void either and immediatly die...

[Flurbins]

Drunken fixskills is a lot better than Drunken Reroll.