Several questions about Blackguards

[Pete Mack]

@sffp
I somehow missed the character dump. 4 blows with Haradekket, full detection, TO, and CL 27? Yeah, that character is good to go. Head down to DL 35 immediately.

[Talharim]

Max depth 1100 feet and your doing 175 damage a turn?
rConfusion
rBlindness
FA
RBase

a Rod of TO?


Are you waiting for speed 20 or a necklace of trickery to go down to stat gain levels?

My knowledge of the game is not very good. Things can go down south very quickly. Had a near death experience with a unique I didn’t recognize nor had I seen before. He was hitting like a pile of bricks and I didn’t immediately realized.

I think he summoned also summoned a balance drake or something.

It was a very panicky and humbling experience.

[sffp]

Max depth 1100 feet and your doing 175 damage a turn?
rConfusion
rBlindness
FA
RBase

a Rod of TO?


Are you waiting for speed 20 or a necklace of trickery to go down to stat gain levels?

[Pete Mack]

Get book. EXP is trivial for BG, and at CL 29, you'd only get a couple levels anyway.

[Talharim]

Now I found Deadly Powers and a potion of Experience in the Blackmarket but I only have money for one of them.
I am level 29 so the book won’t be useful to me for some time.
I wouldn’t hesitate if it was the second book. But I guess the decision should be the same: buy the book.

[PowerDiver]

Eddie--
Not so important for BG. It takes til stat gain to get even 2 blows. INT is important to make up the difference.m: important spells give buffs--or monster debuffs--and others allow 2 or 3 blows a turn when cast.

Recommend less for DEX, and a couple for INT.

I played a blackguard because of your suggestion in another thread, a quick first try and then a second try. Mana was never a problem. With the availability of !brawn and !nimble, the game went much better the second time with Str and Dex maximized. Putting points into Con is definitely a waste. There are also stat rings.

Of course, I'm always an outlier, so my advice may or may not be useful to the O.P., but I stand by it.

[Pete Mack]

Eddie--
Not so important for BG. It takes til stat gain to get even 2 blows. INT is important to make up the difference.m: important spells give buffs--or monster debuffs--and others allow 2 or 3 blows a turn when cast.

Recommend less for DEX, and a couple for INT.

[PowerDiver]

I'd recommened putting everything into Str and Dex. Certain Dex values are more important, so which one gets the last point might depend on your racial dex modifier.

[Talharim]

1. What should the starting stats be? 18/20 in both Str and Int and 15 on both Dex and Con?
2. Should I start a game with randarts on? Or having never won a game it is better to stick to the known artifacts?
3. Concerning this char, should the weapons in town be scrapped?
4. Am I doing something blatantly wrong?