Mage Help/Tips

[ewert]

Actually with the mana changes, most bolts are now inline with magic missile almost. Of course, if it resists frost fire and acid ... plink plink.

[kaypy]

Oh cool, there's still two books I haven't found. How hard are they to find?

Obnoxiously difficult for the last few. The RNG takes note of which ones you are missing and doubles the rarity, I'm sure.

And what dlvls are the 5 books native to? If they can be specified like that.

If you want to spoil yourself, you can dig through lib/edit/objects.txt.
Look for an entry like

N:472:[Kelek's Unfindable Grimoire]
... lots of numbers ...
A:1:98 to 100

The 'A' entry says first how common the item is (appearance is directly proportional to the first number), then what level range it is found on.

The numbers presented here are a work of fiction/despoilering and any resemblance to reality is strictly the result of chronic pessimism and a deep suspicion towards the RNG.

(Just kidding, RNG, I know you've been very nice to me in my current game. Please please please don't spawn an AMHD on level 17 or anything)