Here I am again... biting the dust ALL the time.

[undernolights]

It's me again! I asked for some training feedback when I came back a couple months ago. I did tweak some things, but I continue to die in OTF way too often. I am not quite sure what what I need to adjust.

I hunt with 1106 and I often use sympathy when there's multiple critters in a room, but even with that war griffins are putting me in major OT or I'm getting stunned by scouts coming out of hiding. I don't feel like it's too hard for me to kill things, but clearly I'm not doing it fast enough to not get killed first! I am totally fine in the aqueducts with taints, gremlocks, et cetera, but I really struggle in the general hunting areas.

I am in brig, I hold a runestaff..
Here are my current skills/stats.

Maybe I'm just a shitty hunter? Or I need to accept that I need to stay in the aqueducts until I can no longer learn at all from those creatures?
I am also honestly just not very knowledgeable about Gemstone mechanics despite having played on and off for 20 years, so any thoughts would be appreciated.

at level 90), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 130 35
Physical Fitness...................| 376 276
Arcane Symbols.....................| 130 35
Magic Item Use.....................| 191 91
Harness Power......................| 191 91
Spirit Mana Control................| 191 91
Spiritual Lore - Blessings.........| 155 55
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 155 55
Mental Lore - Manipulation.........| 220 120
Mental Lore - Telepathy............| 70 15
Survival...........................| 120 30
Perception.........................| 190 90
Climbing...........................| 130 35
Swimming...........................| 140 40
First Aid..........................| 190 90

Spell Lists
Major Spiritual....................| 40

Spell Lists
Minor Spiritual....................| 40

Spell Lists
Empath.............................| 122


Race: Giantman Profession: Empath (shown as: Butcher)
Gender: Female Age: 49 Expr: 6530548 Level: 90
Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 97 (38) ... 97 (38)
Constitution (CON): 96 (33) ... 93 (31)
Dexterity (DEX): 69 (4) ... 69 (4)
Agility (AGI): 83 (11) ... 83 (11)
Discipline (DIS): 100 (25) ... 100 (25)
Aura (AUR): 83 (11) ... 83 (11)
Logic (LOG): 100 (20) ... 100 (20)
Intuition (INT): 82 (16) ... 82 (16)
Wisdom (WIS): 100 (25) ... 100 (25)
Influence (INF): 100 (30) ... 100 (30)
Mana: 260 Silver: 413

[Tenser]

My 2 cents:
- Hunt in aqueducts until 92
- Hunt in East or west woods to avoid higher level critters in Otf until you are 96 or so
- Make sure you always hunt at None emcumbrance, not light or worse
- Run from multiple critters when they are higher level than you.
- Get crit padded armor if possible

[undernolights]

Thank you! Yeah, I do a lot better when I stay in the woods but then I get too bold.
This is super helpful - I may need to just slow my roll a bit.

[Ososis]

[Velfi]

IMO, if you're not swinging a weapon then the brig is hurting you more than it helps with the spell failure penalty, vs some nice doubles or something. It would also free up a lot of TPs, those AU ranks aren't cheap.

[undernolights]

Thanks. Someone in the past said I needed to be in brig, but yeah, really not sure it's helping too much at this point.

[Velfi]

One other thing I noticed was the lack of Transformation lore, that can be super handy to reduce your wound/scar healing RT particularly when you're in the field. 57 ranks at cap will eliminate all hard RT from healing, and 50 ranks will let you get a 2nd 1150 per day.

[Aluvius]

I'd agree on dropping down to double leathers.

Another route would be to go spell aim and use fire spirit and web bolt for crowd control.

[undernolights]

What would you recommend for spell aiming - 1x, 2x?

[Velfi]

I'd agree on dropping down to double leathers.

Another route would be to go spell aim and use fire spirit and web bolt for crowd control.

+1 to that and would also suggest 1110 with your lores, though my personal experience of hunting with spells is quite limited so I don't know if 111 or 1110 would overall be more efficient.

What would you recommend for spell aiming - 1x, 2x?

If you get SA, get it 2x.