After winning with High-Elf Ranger I have decided to try Gnome Mage.
I hate it so much!!!
Two attempts, I've managed to bring both to about dl45.
Torture begins at about dl30
So little strength I can barely carry town-level books.
Merciful game gives me heavy artifact weapons and even heavier artifact armours, which I cannot wear.
Sure, that is a known drawback of mages for the upside of huge 40 spellpoints, so I can kill a whole one(!) troll.
I bite the bullet, grind it, grind it. At about dl40 my game is 95% running away, 5% killing monsters.
Thankfully game drops ring of intelligence and couple of strength, so with 100 SP I can kill whooping 5 trolls before running away.
I keep grinding and started to find potions of wisdom and dexterity. Wisdom and dexterity, wisdom and dexterity, wisdom and dexterity. What a usefuls stats for a mage. Isn't it? And only town-level books.
I keep grinding and stay at level 45, I start scumming the stairs often to get risk level no more than 3. Kavlax, Uvatha, Knight templar, partirarhs, death knight, every one of them can kill me with one blow. I teleport, teleport them, recall to town, do whatever I can, and it is still a torture. Five times or so I was lucky to escape insta-killers with just couple of hitpoints left. My hands shake and eyes glued to HP indicator.
The only hope I have is the potion of constitution. I did anticipate that and inflated STR and CON at the birth. Yet still pitiful HP. I dream about CON, ask for it, pray for it... but i keep getting wisdom, dexterity, wisdom, dexterity.
And despite the fact I have Excellent stealth, as soon as I land somewhere the whole level of monsters start chasing me as I am some kind of Dwarf of permanently aggravate monsters.
Both times I was killed by poison breathers. Drolem and Greater Basilisk. I DO detect a lot. I DO keep monster disposition in memory. Yet they somehow appear out of the blue and blow their 700 damage to my unresistant shoulders.
Horror movie. I never felt so hopeless and weak as playing mage. I do believe I played well to survive for so long, but the end was clear.
I just don't see how mage could win or at least be fun to play
I hate it so much!!!
Two attempts, I've managed to bring both to about dl45.
Torture begins at about dl30
So little strength I can barely carry town-level books.
Merciful game gives me heavy artifact weapons and even heavier artifact armours, which I cannot wear.
Sure, that is a known drawback of mages for the upside of huge 40 spellpoints, so I can kill a whole one(!) troll.
I bite the bullet, grind it, grind it. At about dl40 my game is 95% running away, 5% killing monsters.
Thankfully game drops ring of intelligence and couple of strength, so with 100 SP I can kill whooping 5 trolls before running away.
I keep grinding and started to find potions of wisdom and dexterity. Wisdom and dexterity, wisdom and dexterity, wisdom and dexterity. What a usefuls stats for a mage. Isn't it? And only town-level books.
I keep grinding and stay at level 45, I start scumming the stairs often to get risk level no more than 3. Kavlax, Uvatha, Knight templar, partirarhs, death knight, every one of them can kill me with one blow. I teleport, teleport them, recall to town, do whatever I can, and it is still a torture. Five times or so I was lucky to escape insta-killers with just couple of hitpoints left. My hands shake and eyes glued to HP indicator.
The only hope I have is the potion of constitution. I did anticipate that and inflated STR and CON at the birth. Yet still pitiful HP. I dream about CON, ask for it, pray for it... but i keep getting wisdom, dexterity, wisdom, dexterity.
And despite the fact I have Excellent stealth, as soon as I land somewhere the whole level of monsters start chasing me as I am some kind of Dwarf of permanently aggravate monsters.
Both times I was killed by poison breathers. Drolem and Greater Basilisk. I DO detect a lot. I DO keep monster disposition in memory. Yet they somehow appear out of the blue and blow their 700 damage to my unresistant shoulders.
Horror movie. I never felt so hopeless and weak as playing mage. I do believe I played well to survive for so long, but the end was clear.
I just don't see how mage could win or at least be fun to play
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