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Doug Freyburger wrote:
> Andrew Kerr wrote:
>
> > At skilled, one can hit targets a chess knight's move away, which stops
> > the little buggers throwing things at you when stuck in a bear trap.
>
> Right, so a class that can get to Skilled can benefit from
> Skilled if a polearm-using strategy is used.
I'm currently running a wizard in the area of the Quest
who had a few stashed spetums from trolls. I gave it a
try. Nice for eels in ponds, too. Worth going to
Skilled if I have the slots available to clean up ";"
on various water-containing levels and to wipe out the
occupants of the fort levels.
> In a post above I wondered what polearm I'd use given
> the choice. Halberd weighs too much so I noticed two
> types of polearms only weigh 50 - ranseur and spetum.
> The damage done by a spetum is greater per weight than
> any other polearm.
Below is some detailed rambling about skill slots and
wizard characters. If anyone is willing to take a look
and see if I understand the way skill slots work, please
let me know of mistakes:
Jrncbaf fxvyy cevprf:
Hafxvyyrq gb Onfvp - 1 fybg, 20 uvgf
Onfvp gb Fxvyyrq - 2 fybg, 60 zber uvgf
Fxvyyrq gb Rkcreg - 3 fybgf, 100 zber uvgf
Hafxvyyrq gb Fxvyyrq - 3, Hafxvyyrq gb Rkcreg - 6
Onfvp gb Rkcreg - 5 fybgf
Punbgvp jvmneq: 5 ba qnttre, 1 ba oebnqfjbeq -
6 cyhf nal bcgvbanyf, vtabevat gur vavgvny Onfvp
va dhnegrefgnss. Arhgeny jvmneq ybat fjbeq vafgrnq
bs oebnqfjbeq.
Fcryy fxvyy cevprf:
Hafxvyyrq gb Onfvp - 1 fybg, 20 pnfgf
Onfvp gb Fxvyyrq - 1 fybg, 60 zber pnfgf
Fxvyyrq gb Rkcreg - 2 fybgf, 100 zber pnfgf
Hafxvyyrq gb Rkcreg - 4, Onfvp gb Rkcreg - 3
Jvmneq fgnegf Onfvp va nggnpx, rapunagzrag.
Nggnpx R (3), urnyvat F (2), qvivangvba R (4),
rapunagzrag F (1), pyrnevpny F (2), rfpncr R (4),
znggre R (4) - 20 fybgf zvahf abg znkrq bhg.
Yrg'f frr vs V unir guvf evtug: N jvmneq punenpgre
ng KC 30 fubhyq or noyr gb #raunapr nyy fcryy fpubbyf
gb znkvzhz, qnttre gb Rkcreg, punbgvp-oebnqfjbeq be
arhgeny-ybat-fjbeq gb Onfvp, naq fgvyy unir ebbz gb
#raunapr 3 fybgf jbegu bs bgure vgrzf.
Gubfr 3 fxvyy fybgf pbhyq or hfrq gb nqinapr cbyrnezf
gb Fxvyyrq fb n fcrghz pbhyq or hfrq purff-xavtug-fglyr,
be 3 bgure jrncbaf pynffrf pbhyq or nqinaprq gb Onfvp
whfg orpnhfr negvsnpg tvsgf jrer tvira naq vg'f n fglyr
znggre. Sbe n jvmneq jub jnagf gb nqinapr negvsnpgf
sbe fglyr naq nyfb cbyrnezf, rirel fhpu nqinaprzrag
phgf vagb fbzr fcryy fpubby'f znk.
N punbgvp jvmneq zvtug raq hc jvgu Zntvponar naq n
fgnpx bs guebjvat qnttref (Rkcreg), Fgbezoevatre (Onfvp),
Sebfg Oenaq (Onfvp), nyy fcryy fpubbyf znkrq bhg, naq
unir 2 yrsg bire (abg rabhtu gb trg cbyrnez gb Fxvyyrq).
Fvapr znal hfrshyy fcryyf raq hc 0% snvyher orybj znk
fxvyy, ersenvavat bayl bar fpubby trgf cbyrnez gb
Fxvyyrq.
Orsber gur qvfphffvba bs cbyrnezf V jbhyq nqinapr
nyy negvsnpg tvsg pynffrf gb Onfvp sbe fglyr ernfbaf,
vtaber cbyrnezf, naq raq hc orvat noyr gb #raunapr
zbfg fcryy fpubbyf gb znk.
Jvgu erprag qvfphffvba bs cbyrnezf ng gur gjb sbegf naq
whzcvat va gur Cynarf, V abj guvax n jvmneq punenpgre
fubhyq vtaber nyy jrncbaf fxvyyf ohg qnttre naq Fgbezl
vs vg neevirf naq Sbb Oenaq vs bar bs gurz nevirf, cyhf
nqinapr cbyrnezf gb znk. Vtaber nal bgure jrncba glcrf
naq #raunapr rirel fcryy fpubby vzzrqvngryl jvgu rneyl
sbphf ba nggnpx (sbepr obyg gura zntvp zvffvyr be svatre
bs qrngu) naq rfpncr (whzcvat).
Qnttre Rkcreg (6), oebnqfjbeq Onfvp (1),
ybat fjbeq Onfvp (1), cbyrnez Fxvyyrq (3),
nggnpx Rkcreg (3), rfpncr Rkcreg (4), pyrevpny Fxvyyrq (2),
urnyvat Fxvyyrq (2), qvivangvba Rkcreg (4),
rapunagzrag Fxvyyrq (1), naq znggre Rkcreg (4) tvirf n
gbgny bs 30 fxvyy fybgf bhg bs 29 cbffvoyr. Ybbxf yvxr
#rapunapvat obgu Fgbezl naq Sebfg Oenaq pbfgf fbzr bgure
fxvyy fybg.
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