Halfling Wizard - Lore/CMAN/Hunting/Other Questions

[Halfling Guts]

Hello all. I am a returning player, but things have changed in the last 15 years. I brought back an old rogue and younger cleric at the same time.

I have a few questions for those who might know.



Halfling Wizard - Level 28 - Caster - Robes/Staff - CoL Master

I won't post stats or training information unless someone needs me to. I read about 25 pages back in the wizard posts and I'm not real concerned about stats or all of my training. I started to get nervous that I might have been reading old information, so I stopped at about 25 pages.


1. Lore - Right now I am concentrating on air lore.

As a halfling, I was drawn to air lore because of the extra disk space. Then I found out that 505 works great as an opening attack spell.

Is there a good reason to go above 24 ranks of air lore? The disk space doesn't seem very relevant after 24 ranks. 505 is great though. 918 is a great spell as well. Any thoughts? Should I start training in fire lore?


2. Elemental Mana Control - Should I 1x in this for life?


3. I use robes and a staff and don't really want to move to full leathers. This is more of an RP decision. Thoughts?


4. Combat Maneuvers/CMAN - I don't completely understand how this works, but I am reading on it now. Is there a particular skill a halfling wizard might use? I've read dirt kick is a decent one.


5. At training 28, where should I hunt? I was in the monastery with lich's and monks. They were great until about 27 trainings. Then just a little tougher/slower to learn from.

I moved onto pookas. Should I stick with pookas, go back to lichs/monks or try something different?

Many years ago I remember fighting hooded figures and I thought they were by pookas. I could be wrong. I fought some in the broken lands and they were a little tough, but I was 25 at that point. Any thoughts on figures?

Are miners my next move when I get to be mid 30's?


6. Finally, does anyone have the link for a script for the wizard guild? I saw a couple of postings on it, but the links did not work.

Whew, sorry for the long winded message.

Glad to be back! Thanks all.

[DaCapn]

If you're doing air, I'd stop at 24 ranks (maybe it's 33 for one more disk slot, I can't remember, that might be a reasonable starting point for you). Air lore is not particularly good for boosting DF (you have more combo water/air spells). If you compare 505 to 906, 1 mana gives you a HUGE DF boost. As an opener, 505 is great, but 906 is a better damage dealer. I would splash in some fire lore if you want to squeeze more damage out (up to 1x lores is my personal preference, EDIT: and if it's for DF boosts only, no more than 50 ranks in a single element).

Armor-wise, as a wizard you shooting for never getting hit in the first place. Robes is quite a drop (I use light leather over full leather because I got some padded ones) but it's probably not too substantial. It's not too risky to try it, but light leather is a free improvement.

I 1x EMC. Lots of secondary benefits. I think most people do as wizards.

Instead of CM, I'd go 1x in PF. Maybe you'll want to get a rank or two of disarm. 1x PF will give you a big boost to maneuver defense. I can't comment on getting disarmed since I don't have much experience hunting in such places.

There's an alchemy script. Other than that, the wizard guild is just stupid wand tricks, right?

[Gelston]

Don't do CM until around cap, or even post cap. It is purely for defensive CMans. 1x PF is the way to go.

As for robes, I use them on all my pures. They are stylin'. The object is to not get hit and well, just don't get hit.

[Rimalon]

I will always recommend double leathers. Preferably crit padded. Fuck RP. Seriously. 4% spell hindrance is worth the dozens of times your ass won't die after a cheap maneuver attack hits you.

Trust me. I've been there.

[Drew]

If you want you can just buy armor concealing robes for like 5 million ish and no one will ever see your robes.

[Gelston]

I will always recommend double leathers. Preferably crit padded. Fuck RP. Seriously. 4% spell hindrance is worth the dozens of times your ass won't die after a cheap maneuver attack hits you.

Trust me. I've been there.

Pft, fuck that mess. Robes are life.

[Blazar]

Biggest recommendation I can give you if you're not already doing it... write a script that puts you in offensive, casts a bolt spell, then puts you back in guarded. This will save your life like you wouldn't believe.

[Halfling Guts]

Thanks everyone.