The Angband Ladder: Tictac, Noldor Feanor no-class by Psi

  [Sil 1.3.0 Character Dump]

 Name   Tictac        Age    1,726       Str   7 =  3  +4
 Sex    Male          Height   5'8       Dex  11 =  4  +6      +1
 Race   Noldor        Weight   153       Con   8 =  4  +4
 House  Feanor                           Gra   7 =  3  +3      +1

 Game Turn   84,486   Melee (+34,2d14)   Melee       34 = 22 +11  +3  -2
 Exp Pool       534         (+34,2d14)   Archery     15 =  0 +11  +3  +1
 Total Exp  116,034         (+32,2d13)   Evasion     43 = 21 +11 +11
 Burden       152.1   Bows  (+15,2d13)   Stealth     15 =  6 +11  -2
 Max Burden   358.0   Armor [+43,7-20]   Perception  14 =  7  +7
 Depth           0'                      Will        13 =  6  +7
 Min Depth       0'   Health     85:85   Smithing     8 =  0  +7      +1
 Light Radius     7   Voice      71:71   Song        13 =  6  +7

 You are one of two children of a bard from the house of Feanor. You
 have light grey eyes, straight auburn hair, and a fair complexion.






  [Last Messages]

> You stealthily attack the Troll guard!!!!!
> You have slain the Troll guard.
> You see a Pale Green Herb of Visions.
> There is a wall in the way!
> You see a Pale Green Herb of Visions.
> You have found a trap. <2x>
> You miss Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst. <3x>
> Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst misses you.
> You miss Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst.
> You hit Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst!
> You miss Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst.
> Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst misses you. <2x>
> You hit Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst!!
> You hit Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst!
> You have slain Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst.


  [Screenshot]

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  [Equipment]

a) The Mithril Longsword 'Frostbite' (+3,2d8) [+2] 2.0 lb
   It is branded with frost.  It cuts easily through armour.  It
   cannot be harmed by the elements.  
b) The Longbow 'Glitterbomb' (+3,2d8) 3.0 lb
   It slays raukar.  It fires shining arrows.  It cannot be
   harmed by the elements.  It can shoot arrows 20 squares (with
   your current strength).
c) The Ring 'Cold Heart' [+0,1d1] <+1>
   It increases your strength and dexterity by 1.  It improves
   your damage sides by 1.  It provides resistance to fire and 
   fear.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
d) The Ring of More Bravado [+0,1d1] <+1>
   It increases your strength by 1.  It provides resistance to 
   fear.  It grants you great speed.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
e) The Amulet 'Health & Beauty' <+2>
   It increases your constitution and grace by 2.  It provides
   resistance to hallucination.  It grants you the ability to
   see invisible creatures.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
f) a Silmaril
   It sustains your grace.  It grants you the ability to see
   invisible creatures.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
g) The Mithril Corslet 'Warrior' [+0,2d5] <+1>
   It increases your strength and constitution by 1.  It
   provides resistance to poison, confusion, and stunning.  It
   cannot be harmed by the elements.  
h) The Cloak of Thingol++ [+2] <+2>
   It increases your dexterity by 2.  It provides resistance to 
   cold and fire.  It grants you freedom of movement.  It cannot
   be harmed by the elements.  
i) The Mithril Longsword 'Firestrike' (+1,2d7) [+2] 2.0 lb
   It is branded with flame.  It cuts easily through armour.  It
   cannot be harmed by the elements.  
j) The Mithril Helm 'Skullkeeper' [+0,1d4] <+1>
   It increases your constitution and grace by 1.  It provides
   resistance to cold, fire, poison, and blindness.  It cannot
   be harmed by the elements.  
k) The Set of Mithril Gauntlets of Hard Knocks [+1,1d1] <+1>
   It increases your strength and dexterity by 1.  It improves
   your damage sides by 1.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.
   It grants you the ability: Momentum.  
l) The Pair of Mithril Greaves of Finrod++ [+2,1d3] <+2>
   It increases your dexterity by 2.  It grants you freedom of
   movement.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
m) The Arrow 'Excrutiator' (+11)
   It slays dragons and undead.  It is branded with frost.  It
   cuts easily through armour.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  It can be shot 20 squares (with your current
   strength and bow).
n) 98 Arrows (Poisoned)
   They are branded with venom.  They can be shot 20 squares
   (with your current strength and bow).


  [Inventory]

a) 15 Dark Green Herbs of Restoration
b) 17 Fragments of Lembas
c) 27 Clear Potions of Miruvor
d) 13 Golden Potions of Strength
e) 35 Sky Blue Potions of Dexterity
f) 27 Shimmering Potions of Constitution
g) 16 Grey Potions of Grace
h) a Golden Staff of Understanding (3 charges)
i) a Birch Staff of Revelations (0 charges)
j) a Birch Staff of Revelations (0 charges)
k) a Yew Staff of Treasures (0 charges)
l) The Amulet 'Lung Ripper' <+3>
   It increases your grace by 3.  It improves your song by 3.  
   It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
m) The Feanorian Lamp of Muchos Grace <+2>
   It increases your grace by 2.  It lights the dungeon around
   you.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.  
n) The Robe 'Goodness Gracious' [+0,1d1] <+4>
   It increases your grace by 4.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
o) The Cloak "One More Point" [+1] <+4>
   It improves your song by 4.  It provides resistance to cold 
   and fire.  It grants you freedom of movement.  It cannot be
   harmed by the elements.  
p) The Crown 'MEGASMITH' <+4>
   It increases your grace by 4.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
q) The Set of Gloves 'Big Guns' <+4>
   It improves your smithing by 4.  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  It grants you the abilities: Weaponsmith and 
   Masterpiece.  
r) The Dagger 'Angrist' (+0,1d5) 0.5 lb
   It cuts very easily through armour.  It can be thrown
   effectively (20 squares).  It cannot be harmed by the
   elements.  
s) The Dagger of The Smiths (+0,1d5) <+3> 0.5 lb
   It increases your grace by 3.  It improves your song by 3.  
   It can be thrown effectively (20 squares).  It cannot be
   harmed by the elements.  
t) The War Hammer of No Equals (-2,4d1) <+4> 5.0 lb
   It improves your smithing and song by 4.  It cannot be harmed
   by the elements.  It grants you the ability: Artistry.  It
   does extra damage when wielded with both hands.  
u) a Mattock of Belegost (-4,5d2) <+3> 11.0 lb
   It improves your tunneling by 3.  It requires both hands to
   wield it properly.  


  [Notes]

Tictac of the Noldor
Entered Angband on 23 Sep 2016

   Turn     Depth   Note

  1,507    250 ft   Encountered Gorgol, the Butcher
  1,520    250 ft   Slew Gorgol, the Butcher
  1,682    300 ft   (Assassination)
  1,973    300 ft   Encountered Boldog, the Merciless
  1,991    300 ft   Slew Boldog, the Merciless
  2,126    300 ft   (Opportunist)
  2,728    400 ft   (Parry)
  3,612    450 ft   Encountered Orcobal, Champion of the Orcs
  3,629    450 ft   Slew Orcobal, Champion of the Orcs
  3,963    450 ft   (Keen Senses)
  4,221    450 ft   (Riposte)
  4,396    450 ft   Encountered Othrod, the Orc Lord
  4,426    450 ft   Slew Othrod, the Orc Lord
  5,049    500 ft   (Inner Light)
  5,284    500 ft   Found The Spear of Boldog (from 300 ft)
  6,084    550 ft   Encountered Uldor, the Accursed
  6,138    550 ft   Slew Uldor, the Accursed
  6,159    550 ft   Found The Great Helm of Dor-Lomin
  7,201    600 ft   Encountered Gilim, the Giant of Eruman
  7,220    600 ft   Slew Gilim, the Giant of Eruman
  7,224    600 ft   Found The Amulet of Tinfang Gelion
  8,608    650 ft   (Jeweller)
  8,680    650 ft   Made a Feanorian Lamp  1.0 lb
  8,762    650 ft   Made an Obsidian Amulet of Haunted Dreams  0.1 lb
  8,803    650 ft   Made a Sapphire Ring of Sustenance  0.1 lb
  9,877    700 ft   Found The Longsword 'Glamdring'
  9,877    700 ft   Nice :)
 11,090    750 ft   Found The Shortbow 'Death's Sting'
 12,396    800 ft   Found The Battle Axe of Hurin
 12,998    800 ft   Made a Pearl Ring of Free Action  0.1 lb
 13,008    800 ft   Made a Golden Amulet of Adornment  0.1 lb
 13,143    850 ft   Encountered Belegwath, Balrog of Shadow
 13,167    850 ft   Destroyed Belegwath, Balrog of Shadow
 13,181    850 ft   (Dexterity)
 13,315    850 ft   Encountered Turkano, Balrog of the Hosts
 13,352    850 ft   Destroyed Turkano, Balrog of the Hosts
 13,465    850 ft   Found The Shortsword 'Dagmor'
 13,625    850 ft   (Rauko-Bane)
 14,033    850 ft   Found The Pair of Boots of Taur-nu-Fuin
 14,163    850 ft   Encountered Tevildo, Prince of Cats
 14,164    850 ft   Encountered Oikeroi, Guard of Tevildo
 14,222    850 ft   Encountered Gostir, the Dread Glance
 14,241    850 ft   Slew Gostir, the Dread Glance
 14,737    900 ft   Encountered Draugluin, Sire of Werewolves
 14,786    900 ft   Slew Draugluin, Sire of Werewolves
 14,792    900 ft   Found The Wolf-Hame of Draugluin
 14,874    900 ft   Fell through a false floor
 14,874    950 ft   Now that's crap
 15,141    950 ft   Finrod. Lovely
 16,064    950 ft   Found The Glaive of the Sirion
 17,024    900 ft   Fell through a false floor
 17,024    950 ft   Not again
 17,040    950 ft   Three forges and the cat fortress
 17,040    950 ft   At least I can't fall through from here...
 17,074    950 ft   Encountered Vallach, Balrog of Sudden Flame
 17,101    950 ft   Destroyed Vallach, Balrog of Sudden Flame
 17,136    950 ft   Slew Tevildo, Prince of Cats
 17,184    950 ft   Slew Oikeroi, Guard of Tevildo
 17,419    950 ft   Encountered Smaug the Golden
 17,430    950 ft   Found The Pair of Boots of Finrod
 17,431    950 ft   Slew Smaug the Golden
 17,944    950 ft   Entered the Cat Fortress
 18,370    950 ft   Found The Shortsword of Galadriel
 18,551    950 ft   Encountered Shelob, Spider of Darkness
 18,559    950 ft   Slew Shelob, Spider of Darkness
 18,712    950 ft   Found The Dagger 'Angrist'
 18,848    950 ft   (Armoursmith)
 18,848    950 ft   (Artifice)
 18,848    950 ft   (Grace)
 19,064    950 ft   Need smithing kit now.
 19,317    950 ft   Made The Set of Gloves of Arms <+3>  0.5 lb
 19,607    950 ft   Made The War Hammer of Smithing (-2,4d1) <+4>  5.0 lb
 20,272    950 ft   Made The Crown of Aule <+2>  3.0 lb
 20,497    950 ft   Found The Jewelled Crown of Feanor
 20,500    950 ft   And now they give me Feanor...
 20,662    950 ft   Found The Kite Shield of Fingolfin
 21,144    950 ft   Encountered Maeglin, Betrayer of Gondolin
 21,170    950 ft   Slew Maeglin, Betrayer of Gondolin
 21,195    950 ft   Found The Galvorn Armour of Maeglin
 21,196    950 ft   What I wanted
 21,200    950 ft   Found The Kite Shield of the Swan
 21,355    950 ft   Found The Greatsword 'Calris'
 21,465    900 ft   Encountered Umuiyan, the Doorkeeper
 21,495    900 ft   Slew Umuiyan, the Doorkeeper
 21,624    900 ft   Found The Cloak of Thingol
 21,824    900 ft   Love Thingol
 22,315    900 ft   Made The Mail Corslet 'Solid' [-3,2d5] <+1>  27.0 lb
 22,369    950 ft   Encountered Ancalagon the Black
 22,376    950 ft   Slew Ancalagon the Black
 22,843    950 ft   Found The Pair of Boots of Irime
 22,882    900 ft   Chambers of Thu on this level.
 22,942    900 ft   Entered the Chambers of Thu
 23,017    900 ft   Encountered Gorthaur, Servant of Morgoth
 23,040    900 ft   Slew Gorthaur, Servant of Morgoth
 23,094    900 ft   Found The Battle Axe 'Dramborleg'
 23,149    900 ft   Found The Mail Corslet of Fingon
 23,662    900 ft   Made The Ring of Bravado  0.1 lb
 24,272    900 ft   Made The Mithril Shield of Perfection [+1,1d6]  4.0 lb
 25,608    950 ft   Made The Mithril Longsword 'Painful Entry' (+1,2d5) [+2] 
                     2.0 lb 
 26,191    900 ft   Made The Set of Mithril Gauntlets of Nimbleness [+1,1d1] 
                    <+2>  1.5 lb 
 26,561    900 ft   Made a Turquoise Ring of Strength <+2>  0.1 lb
 26,572    900 ft   (Rapid Attack)
 26,646    950 ft   Entered Gothmog's hall
 26,665    950 ft   Encountered Gothmog, High Captain of Balrogs
 26,703    950 ft   Destroyed Gothmog, High Captain of Balrogs
 27,473    950 ft   Made The Mithril Helm of Tictac [+0,1d4] <+2>  3.5 lb
 28,002    950 ft   Made The Amulet of Upgrade <+1>  0.1 lb
 29,455    950 ft   Made The Feanorian Lamp of Muchos Grace <+2>  1.0 lb
 30,120  1,000 ft   Entered Morgoth's throne room
 30,278  1,000 ft   Encountered Morgoth, Lord of Darkness
 30,285  1,000 ft   Found The Massive Iron Crown of Morgoth
 30,383  1,000 ft   Encountered Thuringwethil, the Vampire Messenger
 30,443  1,000 ft   Slew Morgoth, Lord of Darkness
 30,443  1,000 ft   Found The Mighty Hammer 'Grond'
 30,463  1,000 ft   Cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown
 30,487  1,000 ft   Encountered Glaurung, the Deceiver
 30,496  1,000 ft   Slew Glaurung, the Deceiver
 30,515  1,000 ft   Slew Thuringwethil, the Vampire Messenger
 30,522  1,000 ft   Found The Bat-Fell of Thuringwethil
 30,681  1,000 ft   Encountered Ungoliant, the Gloomweaver
 30,694  1,000 ft   Slew Ungoliant, the Gloomweaver
 30,830  1,000 ft   Encountered Dagorhir, the Elfbane
 30,836  1,000 ft   Slew Dagorhir, the Elfbane
 30,995    950 ft   Encountered Lungorthin, Lord of Balrogs
 31,004    950 ft   Destroyed Lungorthin, Lord of Balrogs
 31,669    950 ft   Made a Crystal Amulet of Grace <+3>  0.1 lb
 33,404    950 ft   (Two Weapon Fighting)
 33,859    950 ft   Made The Dagger of the Smith (+0,1d5) <+3>  0.5 lb
 36,250    950 ft   Made The Set of Gloves 'Big Guns' <+4>  0.5 lb
 36,457    950 ft   d destroyed an 8 charge _Rev :(
 36,524    950 ft   (Song of Aule)
 37,077    950 ft   Made The Crown 'MEGASMITH' <+4>  3.0 lb
 39,346    950 ft   Made The Cloak "One More Point" [+1] <+4>  2.0 lb
 40,131    950 ft   Entered the Hoard of the Worm of Greed
 40,700    950 ft   Entered Ungoliant's lair
 41,975    950 ft   Made The War Hammer of No Equals (-2,4d1) <+4>  5.0 lb
 42,813    950 ft   Made The Robe 'Goodness Gracious' [+0,1d1] <+4>  3.0 lb
 43,818    950 ft   Made The Amulet 'Lung Ripper' <+3>  0.1 lb
 44,983    950 ft   Made The Dagger of The Smiths (+0,1d5) <+3>  0.5 lb
 45,327    950 ft   Found The Bastard Sword 'Anguirel'
 46,335    950 ft   11 charge _Rev burnt by D. That was foolish
 48,813    950 ft   Lost another _Rev!
 49,875    950 ft   Made The Mithril Corslet 'Warrior' [+0,2d5] <+1>  15.0 
                    lb 
 52,679    950 ft   Made The Pair of Mithril Greaves of Finrod++ [+2,1d3] 
                    <+2>  4.0 lb 
 54,556    950 ft   Made The Set of Mithril Gauntlets of Hard Knocks 
                    [+1,1d1] <+1>  1.5 lb 
 55,541    950 ft   Made The Mithril Helm 'Skullkeeper' [+0,1d4] <+1>  3.5 
                    lb 
 57,488    950 ft   Made The Cloak of Thingol++ [+2] <+2>  2.0 lb
 58,392    950 ft   Made The Amulet 'Health & Beauty' <+2>  0.1 lb
 60,312    950 ft   Made The Ring of More Bravado [+0,1d1] <+1>  0.1 lb
 62,160    950 ft   Made The Mithril Longsword 'Firestrike' (+1,2d7) [+2]  
                    2.0 lb 
 64,005    950 ft   Found The Set of Mithril Gauntlets 'Silverhand'
 67,936    950 ft   Made The Ring 'Cold Heart' [+0,1d1] <+1>  0.1 lb
 70,856    950 ft   Made The Longbow 'Glitterbomb' (+3,2d8)  3.0 lb
 73,063    950 ft   Made The Arrow 'Excrutiator' (+11)  0.1 lb
 81,169    950 ft   Made The Mithril Longsword 'Frostbite' (+3,2d8) [+2]  
                    2.0 lb 
 81,946    600 ft   Encountered Ulfang the Black
 81,950    600 ft   Slew Ulfang the Black
 82,463    550 ft   Encountered Duruin, Least of the Balrogs
 82,464    550 ft   Destroyed Duruin, Least of the Balrogs
 83,943     Gates   Entered The Gates of Angband
 84,438     Gates   Just found my first Gondolin weapon!
 84,468     Gates   Encountered Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst
 84,470     Gates   Slew Carcharoth, the Jaws of Thirst

 84,486     Gates   You escaped the Iron Hells on 26 September 2016.
 84,486     Gates   You brought back a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown!




  ['Score' 141115514]


Posted on 23.9.2016 18:42
Last updated on 26.9.2016 19:20

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On 23.9.2016 18:42 Psi wrote:
Haven't run a crazy smith this far in ages. Now on the final quest for forges...

Still haven't taken anything from the melee tree.

On 23.9.2016 22:29 Psi wrote:
Ready for the throne room. No songs. Should have too much though I hope.

On 23.9.2016 23:12 Psi wrote:
Well the fight took a long time as without slaying I wasn't taking enough health off him.

I have a huge well of XP and a whole stack of Revelations so it is tempting to go on a post throneroom smithing spree...

On 24.9.2016 00:54 HallucinationMushroom wrote:
I always love your artifact names.

On 24.9.2016 04:53 phaethon wrote:
Fun character. Thanks for sharing. Never seen anyone take smithing up to 20. Seems like it would have been cheaper to invest in Aule instead of those last few points, but it wouldn't have the same style.

On 24.9.2016 09:18 Psi wrote:




On 24.9.2016 09:22 Psi wrote:
Thanks HM. Forgot to name the helm which made me sad :(

@phaethon, taken it higher now :) I think that is my highest ever investment in smithing. Smithing points of course count double for the final masterpiece. Though with this char I forgot that masterpiece requires enchantment so I need to put it on my gear, but I've already wasted experience crafting those, which is a shame! I may yet take Aule. Need to do some sums...

Gutted I can't put grace on a cloak any more. That's just mean.

On 24.9.2016 17:13 debo wrote:
Nice smithing dagger.

On 24.9.2016 19:27 Psi wrote:
Smithing gear finally complete...

On 25.9.2016 23:22 Psi wrote:
Craziness over. Ready to ascend. I would wager Frostbite is the finest sword ever to grace the game.

On 25.9.2016 23:32 phaethon wrote:
Awesome! What was the smithing cost? Do you remember?

On 26.9.2016 07:08 Psi wrote:
It cost 98 including 28 smithing from masterpiece.

On 26.9.2016 19:20 Psi wrote:
And I'm done.

On 27.9.2016 03:53 debo wrote:
I was going to try doing a "win with all mithril stuff" conduct one day. You beat me to it. Amazing work.

On 27.9.2016 03:53 debo wrote:
Also, Glitterbomb is the best artefact name ever.

On 27.9.2016 08:12 Psi wrote:
Thank you ;)

Tictac is not a bad archer with that bow and arrow despite 0 investment.

On 15.12.2016 04:30 protopulse wrote:
Interested in trying a smithing build myself since it looks like a lot of fun. It looks like you didn't start out with smithing this game though. How did you learn armoursmith, jeweller, and artifice with 0 points in smithing?

On 15.12.2016 09:18 Psi wrote:
I actually invested 28 points in smithing. The masterpiece ability allows you to "spend" your skill points to cover additional smithing costs on an item. Therefore I used up all 28 points when crafting my sword.

On 15.12.2016 18:16 protopulse wrote:
Oh, I see. Forgot to ask. Do you recall how many forges you saw that game? My deepest depth was 500 feet, so it seems incredible to me that you were able to forge that many artifacts (20? maybe more?), some of them even after reaching 1000 feet. Can you basically scum for them infinitely?

And what did you use to pump your smithing to 98? I know Song of Aule, grace potion, +smithing gear, and +grace gear can help, but I must be missing something.

28 smithing (base) + 4 smithing, 4 song (war hammer) + 3 grace, 3 song (dagger) + 4 smithing (gloves), 4 grace (crown) + 4 song (cloak) + 4 grace (robe) + 3 grace, 3 song (amulet) + 2 grace (lamp) + grace potion.

28 + 8 smithing + 14 song + 16 grace + 3 grace from potion

36 smithing + 19 from grace + 8 smithing = 63 smithing

6 song (base) + 19 song (from grace) + 14 song = 39 song

Song of Aule grants you 1 point of smithing per 4 points of song for another 9 smithing.

63 smithing + 9 smithing is only 72.

On 15.12.2016 18:30 Psi wrote:
You can scum for them indefinitely once you have killed Morgoth which is what I did here. Other than the lamp, everything in the dump was probably forged post throneroom.

28 base skill points
28 skill points spent using Masterpiece
20 from maxed grace (4 from char, 16 from equipment)
10 from Aule (40 song)
8 from hammer + gloves
3 from enchanted forge
1 from being Feanorian
--
98

On 15.12.2016 18:38 protopulse wrote:
Think I double counted 8 smithing by accident. So the real number would be 64. 34 smithing unaccounted for?

On 15.12.2016 18:40 Psi wrote:
See above.

On 15.12.2016 18:44 protopulse wrote:
Oh, I didn't see your comment. Looks like I missed a bit here and there, but the largest portion was from misunderstanding how masterpiece worked (doubling your base smithing). Thanks for the insight!

Would probably be tough if not impossible to forge half of those things before being forced down to 1000 feet, but still, looks like end game smithing is a lot of fun! Something to look forward to once I get good enough to beat the game I suppose.

Heard from a friend that smithing builds aren't too great in 1.3.0 and they had gotten overnerfed though (not the way you did it, but starting out with Feanor or Nogrod and just going Armorsmith/Enchantment from the getgo).

On 15.12.2016 18:53 Psi wrote:
So yes, masterpiece doubles your smithing for that one item, but then that's all your points gone, so you better make sure it is worth it!

Smithing has generally been nerfed version by version. However for 1.3 I think it is more that drops in the dungeon have been improved so there is not a lot of point in early game smithing. As you'll see from my notes, other than using jeweler, I didn't forge anything until 950'.

On 15.12.2016 19:12 protopulse wrote:
Patashu's recent thread somewhat reflects that as well. Jeweller (29), Weaponsmith (24), and Artifice (17) are the three most commonly used skills in the smithing tree in 1.3.0. Looks like people have shied away from relying on smithing to create early defensive sets due to higher quality dungeon drops. My guess for why weaponsmith and artifice are frequently used is to help create a weapon capable of hurting Morgorth, and perhaps weapon drops are not as generous as armor drops in the dungeon.

One reason I can think of to use armorsmithing early on still is to get loremaster on an artefact for only 500 experience (and skipping over lorekeeper entirely). Of course, you still need to dump experience into smithing for artifice/smithing, find a 3 use forge, use up some turns, and probably dump experience into perception later anyways for better trap detection. But smithing can be used for other purposes down the road, whereas the experience sunk into lorekeeper and loremaster is a one time deal.

On 15.12.2016 19:15 Psi wrote:
Feanorian archers often taken weaponsmith as an easy way to replenish arrows for minimal outlay.

On 15.12.2016 19:33 protopulse wrote:
That explains it then.

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