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[Wirevix]

I don't even know what that means.  When I said before about leaving the dungeon right at the start, I am pretty sure someone else mentioned the bosses will just level with you anyway, so it seemed pointless not to do the starter dungeon at the beginning.  I have no idea what you're supposed to do if you can neither level more in other areas nor go straight through the first dungeon that it starts you in.

[Seriyu]

I actually am not sure what the issue is, I think norgos is one of the easier ones. Have you tried going to trollmire? It might be easier now. Alternately if you're having trouble, go to trollmire, do the first two floors, norgos's woods, first two floors, etc. All the starter dungeons have 3 floors, so just clear them out for some levels and come back for the bosses.

[Frumple]

That in particular looks like just bad luck, really. Norgos is pretty much the easiest boss in the game to kill, and you can usually take 'im around level two, level three. Normally you just regen-tank your way through his damage and murder the poor bear... maybe kite a bit if you can't just flat faceroll him. Though that latter bit is obviously difficult when he's there to shake your hand when you walk down the stairs, heh.

Worst comes to worst, you might clear out a few levels on other zones, get another level or two, or perhaps cash in some junk and buy a second regen or heal infusion... maybe a better weapon. All those can help.

Bosses level with you to a degree, yes, but you tend to benefit considerably more than they do from more levels, especially in the early game where every level can exponentially increase your survivability (by giving you access to certain key talents, etc., so forth.). Level three is one of the safer breakpoints for taking any of the first tier dungeon bosses... level four if you're really unsure. The second tier talents tend to make the early bosses considerably easier, as a rule.

Though it's not necessary, per se. All of the first tier dungeons (except the dwarf stuff, I guess.) can and have been cleared starting at level one. Many (perhaps all) of the bosses have been killed at level one. So, it's doable, though there's an element of luck involved.

[dei]

Yeah, it does seem like he's got some pretty bad luck. However I agree with the others in this thread, Norgos is the easiest tier-one boss. In my opinion out of the ones I've fought Prox the Mighty, the Shade of Kor'Pul, and Bill the Stone Troll are the hardest in that order. Then again I usually play a Higher so by the time I face Norgos or any of the other tier-one bosses in the areas outside of the designated quest area I've managed to hit at least level 9 to level 11, though that depends on whether or not I'm playing an Archmage.

I want to play a Thalore sometime but honestly I'm having too much fun with my Higher characters. After that I might try a Dwarf but that's unlikely - I never play Dwarves in any game, nor Halflings for that matter. Dwarves. Then again seeing as despite my attempts to get back into Dwarf Fortress I find myself not wanting to go more than past the first Spring I should give it a try once more.

Playing a Dwarf that is, the Halflings can shove off if they're not from Middle-Earth. Every single damn setting that uses the name "Halfling" makes them unappealing to me in some way to the point where my dislike of them shows in some of my more haughty or arrogant characters. Regardless, I do like how from what I've heard Dwarves have good saves in this game like they do in many of the other games I've seen them in. I'll give them a shot sometime.

However, the bosses of the Dwarf starter dungeons seem to be a tad difficult. One of them for some odd reason makes me think of that movie Teeth however, which makes me want to try a Dwarf even more. In hindsight though I probably should wear a cup.

[Frumple]

Just to note, though. T4 halflings are a bit, ah... distanced... from the stereotypes. I like them in the same way I like darksun halflings <3 Imperialist slaver midgets, huzzah! Though their racial talents are... iffy.

Though they're definitely dislikable. Most of the setting's problems were directly or indirectly caused by the halflings. Spellblaze? Halflings, by way of the orcs. Orcs? Halflings. Elves (well, shalore and rhalore, anyway) splitting up? Halflings, largely by way of the spellblaze and repercussions. Nagas,

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

the forth (or possibly fifth) elf

? Halflings, same as before. Yeeks? Halflings. The list goes on.

Thalore are probably the closest that T4 has to a "good guy" faction. They mostly just want to be left alone, heh. Mechanically, they're pretty solid. Racials aren't top-tier, but they're solid and the thalore stat spread and life rating are quite good for physical classes and the non-magic (I.e. Willpower) hybrids. They're a solid race, though definitely the "weaker" of the two elves (5/5 timeless does ridiculous things for several of the classes. Elfzerker is best zerker.).

Dwarves dug too deep. They have excellent stats (particularly their life rating, which is the highest of the living races, iirc) and their saves talent remains one of the best saves boosting talent in the game, despite more than one nerf.

[dei]

...Actually come to think about it the way you put it makes me like the halflings of Maj'Eyal more than the other settings that in my opinion just ripped off Tolkien. I think I'll try a Halfling for the first time since I started with ADOM back around 2001-2004, thank you.

As for the Thalore it does seem like they're the equivalent of "good" in Maj'Eyal. That's alright I suppose, but then again I usually play a character that teeters around Neutral Good - Chaotic Good - Chaotic Neutral to begin with so it works out either way. The Thalore to me seem to be that first choice, which is unusual for Wood Elves as I know them, but it makes them seem even more worthwhile to play.

The Dwarves kind of make sense from how you've said them - Dwarves in my opinion must somehow be related to Dragons for how greedy and materialistic the lot of them are. I like the whole stats bit as well since usually the stats are the core of the character base, but the only problem is I've played exactly one Dwarven character in my entire time gaming and have had two in my entire time doing some kind of in-my-head storytelling so I'm somewhat unfamiliar with them.

However I'll give them a try despite that since they seem kind of fun. After I hit all of the tier one dungeons on Granmeri, Weissel and Aldeen I'll start with a Thalore or a Dwarf. I'm thinking Thalore Archer, Thalore Archmage or Thalore Summoner versus a Dwarf Archmage. As for the Halfling, I think a Halfling Temporal Warden or a Halfling Archmage might work.

...Can you tell that I like Archmage? It's one of my favorites because of how easy it is for me to play as one and get to level 15-20, which is usually as high as I go right now. Out of the three serious runs I've done previously for Archmage I've gotten all three to level 20+, but then again I constitute a "serious" run as one where I'm trying to beat a previously-set high score.

...My high score was 284 with my Higher Archmage Granmeri. It was also my second high score because I while half asleep had her revive with the Blood of Life in the same spot. Shame it's not there anymore, it was kind of entertaining having lost the game twice to two of her Inner Demons. Anyways, time to fix a playlist with some nice Japanese music, take a shower and then get into the game and work on getting Granmeri through the tier-one dungeons, followed by her "sisters" Aldeen and Weissel.

It's going to be a long night, but what better way to spend it than with my characters that I love and adore in a game I've quickly grown to love and adore and do so more and more each time I play? None if you lack a social life or love life like how I do. Anyways, once again thank you Frumple for turning me onto Halflings. Despite my tendency to play characters of the alignment I have mentioned before I think it would be nice to play a character I could nuture into a formidable antagonist.

[lemon10]

Woo, finally won. The fact that it was with a Yeek Solipsist does make it quite a bit less impressive, but a win is a win.
All the pictures were taken a bit before the final battle.

Spoiler: Part of my char dump (click to show/hide)

  [ToME4 @ www.te4.org Character Dump]
  [ToME4 @ www.te4.org Character Dump]

Sex              : Male         STR:  55
Race             : Yeek         DEX:  40
Class            : Solipsist    MAG:  38
Level            : 50           WIL:  108
Exp              : 2063%        CUN:  94
Gold             : 3194.59      CON:  64

Accuracy(Main Hand):  55        Life             :     447/472  Encumbrance      : 117/139
Damage  (Main Hand):  39                                        Difficulty       : Normal
Permadeath       : Adventure
APR     (Main Hand):  25        Mana             :     784/784
Crit    (Main Hand):  32%       
Speed   (Main Hand): 1.00       
                               
                                Equilibrium      :     0
                               

Accuracy(Off Hand):  55
Damage  (Off Hand):  51
APR     (Off Hand):  40
Crit    (Off Hand):  32%
Speed   (Off Hand): 1.00

Fatigue          : 38%          Spellpower       : 35
Armor            : 84.590104842421Spell Crit       : 27.7%
Armor Hardiness  : 50%          Spell Speed      : 1
Defense          : 40.631198852028
Ranged Defense   : 40.631198852028
All damage       : 7%
Physical damage  : 12%
Cold damage      : 22%
Mind damage      : 34%

Physical Save    : 56.44747063973
Spell Save       : 59.50147063973
Mental Save      : 64.226313071187

All Resists:  27%
Physical Resist(cap):  31%( 72%)
Arcane Resist(cap):  34%( 70%)
Fire Resist(cap):  45%( 70%)
Cold Resist(cap):  70%( 70%)
Lightning Resist(cap):  52%( 70%)
Acid Resist(cap):  56%( 70%)
Nature Resist(cap):  42%( 70%)
Blight Resist(cap):  45%( 70%)
Darkness Resist(cap):  60%( 74%)
Mind Resist(cap):  52%( 70%)
Confusion Resistance:  71%
Silence Resistance:  36%
Stun Resistance: 100%
Knockback Resistance:  80%

Number of NPC killed: 5160
Most killed NPC: brittle clear ooze (426)

  [Winner!]

Well done! You have won the Tales of Maj'Eyal: The Age of Ascendancy

[Endgame spoilers]

  [Talents Chart]

 [Abilities are in picture form]

  [Inscriptions (5/5)]

Rune: Shielding
Infusion: Regeneration
Infusion: Wild
Infusion: Movement
Infusion: Regeneration

  [Current Effects]

- Forge Shield
- Chant of Fortress
- Lucid Dreamer
- Premonition
- Mind Link
- Dreamforge
- Premonition Shield
- Regeneration
- Clarity
- Curse of Shrouds
- Curse of Nightmares
+ Infusion Saturation
- Forge Shield
+ Blinded

  [Character Equipment]

 In main hand
a) Psionic Fury (12-13.2 power, 25 apr, mind damage) (Shrouds)
   Type: weapon / mindstar ; tier 3

Base power: 12.0 - 13.2
Uses stats: 40% Wil, 20% Cun
Damage type: Mind
Accuracy is based on willpower for this weapon.
Armour Penetration: +25
Physical crit. chance: +5.0%
Attack speed: 100%
When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +4 Cun / +5 Wil
Changes resistances: +10% mind
Changes damage: +15% mind / +5% physical
Mindpower: +10
Mental crit. chance: +8%
Curse of Shrouds
It can be used to release a wave of psionic power, costing 40 power out of 40/40.
 In off hand
b) dreamer's living mindstar of clarity (16.5-18.15 power, 40 apr, nature damage) (Nightmares)
   Type: weapon / mindstar ; tier 5

It is part of a set of items.
Base power: 16.5 - 18.2
Uses stats: 50% Wil, 30% Cun
Damage type: Nature
Accuracy is based on willpower for this weapon.
Armour Penetration: +40
Physical crit. chance: +5.0%
Attack speed: 100%
When wielded/worn:
Changes resistances: +12% mind
Mental save: +18
Maximum psi: +81.00
Mindpower: +5
Mental crit. chance: +5%
Curse of Nightmares

   Dropped by orc necromancer
 On fingers
c) Vargh Redemption
   Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +6 Con / +4 Wil
Changes resistances: +10% nature / +25% cold
Maximum mana: +20.00
Maximum stamina: +20.00
Maximum psi: +20.00
Maximum air capacity: +50.00
It can be used to summon a tidal wave, costing 60 power out of 60/60.
   Dropped by Harkor'Zun
d) savage's stralite ring of life
   Type: jewelry / ring ; tier 4

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +3 Con
Spell save: +6
Life regen: +1.30
Maximum life: +40.00
Maximum stamina: +10.00
Healing mod.: +12%

   Dropped by Warmaster Gnarg
 Around neck
e) Blazesage
   Type: jewelry / amulet ; tier 5

When wielded/worn:
Damage when the wearer is hit: 12 mind
Changes resistances: +12% mind / +9% lightning
Changes resistances penetration: +15% mind
Changes damage: +12% mind

   Dropped by Polevena the giant fire ant
 Light source
f) Eldritch Pearl
   Type: lite / lite

When wielded/worn:
Physical power: +12
Changes stats: +4 Str / +4 Dex / +4 Mag / +4 Wil / +4 Cun / +4 Con / -5 Lck
Allows you to breathe in: water
Spellpower: +12
Light radius: +6
It can be used to activate talent Tidal Wave (costing 80 power out of 150/150) :
Effective talent level: 4.0
Power cost: 80 out of 150/150.
Range: melee/personal
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Is Spell: true
Description: A wall of water rushes out from the caster with radius 1, increasing 1 per turn to a maximum eventual radius of 3, doing 21.72 cold damage and 19.94 physical damage as well as knocking back targets each turn for 5 turns.
The damage and duration will increase with your Spellpower.
   Dropped by Slasul
 Main armor
g) Plate Armor of the King (15 def, 20 armour)
   Type: armor / massive ; tier 5

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +20
Defense: +15
Fatigue: +26%
Changes stats: +9 Wil
Changes resistances: +10% arcane / +25% fire / +25% acid / +25% blight / +25% darkness
Physical save: +15
Spell save: +25
Mental save: +25
Stun/Freeze immunity: +30%
Knockback immunity: +30%
Maximum stamina: +60.00
Light radius: +1

   Dropped by Massok the Dragonslayer
 Cloak
h) Frozen Shroud (12 def, 0 armour)
   Type: armor / cloak ; tier 5

When wielded/worn:
Defense: +12
Changes stats: +7 Mag
Damage when the wearer is hit: 60 ice
Changes resistances: -15% fire / +25% cold / +5% all
It can be used to release a blast of ice, costing 30 power out of 6/30.
   Dropped by Glacial Legion
 On head
i) Crown of the Elements (0 def, 5 armour)
   Type: armor / head ; tier 5

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +5
Fatigue: +5%
Changes stats: +3 Wil / +5 Con
Damage when the wearer hits(melee): 10 fire / 10 cold / 10 lightning / 10 acid
Changes resistances: +15% fire / +15% cold / +15% lightning / +15% acid
See invisible: +15

   Dropped by Orc Greatmother
 Around waist
j) Rope Belt of the Thaloren
   Type: armor / belt ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Changes stats: +7 Cun / +8 Wil
Talent mastery: +0.20 Wild-gift / Harmony
Mindpower: +12

   Dropped by Urkis, the High Tempest
 On hands
k) Snow Giant Wraps (0 def, 2 armour)
   Type: armor / hands ; tier 3

It is part of a set of items.
When wielded/worn:
Armour: +2
Changes stats: +4 Str
Changes resistances: +10% lightning / +10% cold
Knockback immunity: +50%
Maximum life: +60.00
It can be used to activate talent Throw Boulder (costing 6 power out of 6/6) :
Effective talent level: 2.0
Power cost: 6 out of 6/6.
Range: 10.00
Travel Speed: instantaneous
Description: Throws a huge boulder at a target, damaging it for 67.00 and knocking it back.
The damage will increase with the Strength stat
   Dropped by Aluin the Fallen
 On feet
l) Frost Treads (1 def, 4 armour)
   Type: armor / feet ; tier 2

When wielded/worn:
Armour: +4
Defense: +1
Fatigue: +7%
Changes stats: +4 Str / +4 Dex / +4 Cun
Changes resistances: +10% nature / +20% cold
Changes damage: +15% cold
Light radius: +1

 Tool
m) dwarven-steel torque of psychoportation [power 36]  (30 cooldown)
   Type: charm / torque ; tier 3

It can be used to teleport randomly (rad 36), placing all other charms into a 30 cooldown.
   Dropped by master vampire
 Quiver

  [Player Achievements]

'A dangerous secret' was achieved for Found the mysterious staff and told Last Hope about it. At 2012-09-11 08:47:21
'Are you out of your mind?!' was achieved for Caught the attention of overpowered greater multi-hued wyrms in Vor Armoury. Perhaps fleeing is in order. At 2012-09-11 15:18:24
'Back and there again' was achieved for Opened a portal to the Far East from Maj'Eyal. At 2012-09-11 14:47:35
'Brave new world' was achieved for Went to the Far East and took part in the war. At 2012-09-11 09:50:26
'Curse Lifter' was achieved for Killed Ben Cruthdar the Cursed. At 2012-09-09 23:18:19
'Destroyer of the creation' was achieved for Killed Slasul. At 2012-09-11 12:51:49
'Destroyer's bane' was achieved for Killed Golbug the Destroyer. At 2012-09-11 09:37:34
'Earth Master' was achieved for Killed Harkor'Zun and unlocked Stone magic At 2012-09-09 23:34:59
'Exterminator' was achieved for Killed 1000 creatures At 2012-09-10 23:46:38
'Eye of the storm' was achieved for Freed Derth from the onslaught of the mad Tempest, Urkis. At 2012-09-10 23:38:20
'Fear me not!' was achieved for Survive the Fearscape! At 2012-09-12 12:05:51
'Flooder' was achieved for Defeated Ukllmswwik while doing his own quest. At 2012-09-11 12:58:47
'Genocide' was achieved for Killed the Orc Greatmother in the breeding pits, thus dealing a terrible blow to the orc race. At 2012-09-11 15:11:22
'Home sweet home' was achieved for Dispatched the Weirdling Beast and taken possession of Yiilkgur, the Sher'Tul Fortress for your own usage. At 2012-09-11 00:16:48
'I cleared the room of death and all I got was this lousy achievement!' was achieved for Killed the seven overpowered wyrms in the "Room of Death" in Vor Armoury. At 2012-09-11 15:28:50
'Level 10' was achieved for Got a character to level 10. At 2012-09-09 22:28:58
'Level 20' was achieved for Got a character to level 20. At 2012-09-10 22:47:37
'Level 30' was achieved for Got a character to level 30. At 2012-09-11 09:09:13
'Level 40' was achieved for Got a character to level 40. At 2012-09-11 13:28:08
'Level 50' was achieved for Got a character to level 50. At 2012-09-11 16:16:28
'Orcrist' was achieved for Killed the leaders of the Orc Pride. At 2012-09-12 12:28:48
'Portal master' was achieved for Fought the two Sorcerers and closed four invocation portals. At 2012-09-13 09:25:19
'Race through fire' was achieved for Raced through the fires of the Charred Scar to stop the Sorcerers. At 2012-09-11 17:07:41
'Rescuer of the lost' was achieved for Rescued the merchant from the assassin lord. At 2012-09-09 23:15:09
'Savior of the damsels in distress' was achieved for Saved Melinda from her terrible fate in the Crypt of Kryl-Feijan. At 2012-09-11 08:34:51
'Size matters' was achieved for Do over 600 damage in one attack At 2012-09-11 14:25:56
'Sliders' was achieved for Activated a portal using the Orb of Many Ways. At 2012-09-11 09:42:04
'The Arena' was achieved for Unlocked Arena mode. At 2012-09-09 22:21:22
'The secret city' was achieved for Discovered the truth about mages. At 2012-09-09 22:18:27
'There and back again' was achieved for Opened a portal to Maj'Eyal from the Far East. At 2012-09-11 13:00:35
'Treasure Hoarder' was achieved for Amass 3000 gold pieces. At 2012-09-11 09:30:28
'Treasure Hunter' was achieved for Amass 1000 gold pieces. At 2012-09-10 23:29:02
[Endgame spoiler achievement]
'Vampire crusher' was achieved for Destroyed the Master in its lair of the Dreadfell. At 2012-09-11 01:12:07

  [Character Inventory]
[About a billion items that take up tons of space]

½) Pearl of Life and Death
   Type: gem / white

When carried:
Changes stats: +5 Str / +5 Dex / +5 Mag / +5 Wil / +5 Cun / +5 Con / +10 Lck
Changes resistances: +7% all
Changes damage: +7% all
Stun/Freeze immunity: +100%
Light radius: +1

   Dropped by Argoniel
  [Last Messages]
[Final battle stuff that is hidden to prevent spoilers]

Spoiler: Now some more information in picture form (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Thoughts on talent trees and strategies (click to show/hide)

Nightmare tree: Its very good, especially if you don't have dreamforge on and early game (where a single blast of it will probably kill a group of enemies over 5 turns). Inner demon is excellent versus bosses, it basically stops them and others from hurting you for the whole duration since they focus on them, as well as the great damage they do.
Distortion: Put a single point in all of them. You might want more in maelstrom (the final skill) however to increase how long it lasts and to increase the radius.
Dream Forge: Suppermegaexcellent. You should probably max all of them but dream bellows (the cone skill that creates walls), which only needs one point in it (although a few more won't be amiss.
Psionic assault: Max mind sear, the others are a bit meh.
Slumber: I didn't really put much in this tree at all, would be good if you didn't have nightmare and the other sleep availible. Dreamscape might have been nice as an additional escape (or at least to let my abilities go on cooldown) and such.
Solipsism: Excellent, put 5 in the final tree, and whatever you want/need in the others.
Thoughtform: Good as tanks, good for the bonuses you have from the final skill while it is active (which you should probably max). Put only 1 in overmind and Transendent thought forms. Useless for the damage however once you get a fair bit in, they don't scale all that well damage wise (and the archer doesn't actually attack 1/2 the time).

Other advice: Max thick skin, put enough into armor that you can wear heavy armor (which is a whopping 48 strength, but you can take that down to ~30 with good enough temporary +str items), it will help hugely with your tanking and resistance.

Be a Yeek. They are such a great race for  Solipsists. They have low health, but that doesn't matter at all (well it matters a bit, but far less then for every other class in the game), they have the best stat bonuses, they level faster (which isn't really that important), they can take over non elites (which can be quite useful), and they can instantly summon some mindslayers as cannon fodder/bit of extra damage.

Spoiler: Yeek ending thoughts !Warning Spoiler! (click to show/hide)

The ending for the Yeeks kind of annoyed me, mainly not being able to continue the game and go do the rest of the things that I missed because I thought that I would be able to do them later. Oh well, guess its time to try to win with another class.

Forcing peace on everyone like that doesn't really jive that well with me, but it isn't straight out mind control (although they might try to control/kill you if you started to go bad) which I would straight out disagree with, but I suppose it would be the moral choice in pretty much any circumstance.

Also, endgame get thickskin maxed. It doesn't matter what class you are, I can't see more con (you probably shouldn't bother before you max your two primaries if you aren't taking con however)  and +15% resist all hurting anyone, it is pretty much the best way to spend 5 generic points.

[Wirevix]

I finally did manage to beat him.  It would have been a lot easier if the Cutpurse standing back amongst the crowd of animal friends didn't keep using his Sun Infusion every chance he got, but I suppose that's just how it's gonna go.  Huzzaw.

[Seriyu]

Cutpurses are fairly rare in T1 dungeons (although not like, one in every hojillion instances rare) so again, just a bit of bad luck.

[dei]

Well it looks like that unless if I've missed something in Elvala or Shatur that Weissel - my female Higher Temporal Warden - will have to do the Maze without anything to cure mental status effects. On the plus side she's got a movement infusion so that might help somewhat.

However the only place I haven't really had her check is Derth, which right now is home to some buttmad lightning elementals that will kill her in one blow. Do I have Weissel go into Derth and hope for the best or do I just have her rough it out with the minotaur that doesn't know how to use his indoor voice?

[Frumple]

Banzai!

Though I'm sorta' mixed about the minotaur. I pretty much... never have problems with the guy, even with all the debuffs he spews out. But dude kills a lot of people so I'unno. Some confusion resist or a mental wild would help, maybe. Somewhat. A little. Debuff him first

[lemon10]

If you are squishy with no way to stop his confusion (eg. archmage) then he is tons of trouble. If you are something like a bulkward, then you can just tank through the confusion and kill him.

But since I always make sure to have a mental infusion on hand he hasn't even threatened me in a very long time (since he can't close if you resist the confusion).

EDIT: He is also the only one of the T2 bosses I have EVER had real trouble with (well, aside from the time that the old forest boss resurrected at full health unexpectedly while I was in a vault, which screwed up my blink escape and got me killed), which is quite a bit more then I can say for any of the others.

[ChairmanPoo]

In my opinion out of the ones I've fought Prox the Mighty, the Shade of Kor'Pul, and Bill the Stone Troll are the hardest in that order.

It puzzles me that you find Prox to be a hard boss. He's so damn slow and there's so much terrain to kite him that I've never found him to be much of a threat, even for relatively weak characters

[dei]

Banzai!

Though I'm sorta' mixed about the minotaur. I pretty much... never have problems with the guy, even with all the debuffs he spews out. But dude kills a lot of people so I'unno. Some confusion resist or a mental wild would help, maybe. Somewhat. A little. Debuff him first

Well after taking Weissel on some window-shopping that ended up with the purchase of some nice gloves from Last Hope she managed to find a mental wild infusion and a nice spellcowled linen cloak of warlust. I had also forgotten that her enlightened cured leather armor of command also gave her some confusion resistance, but whatever. The minotaur fell in an epic battle that involved the overusage of wormholes and the slaying of a bandit lord and his harem of bandits.

In my opinion out of the ones I've fought Prox the Mighty, the Shade of Kor'Pul, and Bill the Stone Troll are the hardest in that order.

It puzzles me that you find Prox to be a hard boss. He's so damn slow and there's so much terrain to kite him that I've never found him to be much of a threat, even for relatively weak characters

I'm not certain how to respond to your befuddlement except to say that I've only beaten him on the first try and with ease with a Temporal Warden or an Archmage, granted that Granmeri and Ingthad (my Higher and Dwarf Archmages) were at least level 5 before fighting him. Alchemist I have some difficulty with on him if I don't pump at least three points into the golem talents by the time I face him and the Shadowblade I played died horribly because of how fragile she was. Everything else that I've played either hasn't gotten a chance to face Prox the Mighty or had been at least level 5 before facing him.

Either way Higher Archmage and Higher Temporal Warden are the best for me to use against Prox the Mighty, especially since I have Granmeri get Phase Door 4/5 by level 5 at the latest and since Weissel often has Celerity at a point where she can kite the entire population of Trollmire by around level 2-3. I make mobility a top priority for the both of them since they are largely ranged attackers, and that works out well.

...Also I don't mean to be rude or weird by saying this but please keep in mind that I've been playing Tales of Maj'Eyal for a little over two weeks and therefore can't be expected to be as awesome as everyone else. I mean just today I screwed up the whole bit with Epoch on Weissel, though at least now thanks to Edge and a few others I have put the reasons why to not just press '5' while facing your future self on the wiki. I'll get Epoch another time, perhaps on another Temporal Warden.

I might want to try Temporal Warden on a Skeleton, a Dwarf and a Halfling sometime. It's for another one of those stories in my head that I am unable to get down on paper, or at least the Skeleton Temporal Warden is. However that is a long way off, as before that I want to work on a Dwarf Archmage, a Higher Shadowblade, a Thalore Archer, a Thalore Summoner, a Higher Paradox Mage and maybe a Shalore Archmage and a Dwarf Wyrmic alongside my Higher Alchemist, Higher Archmage and Higher Temporal Warden before working on a Halfling anything.

Somewhere along the way I'll probably unlock both Skeleton and Ghoul as well, and I'll make a Yeek Archmage or a Yeek Paradox Mage in order to unlock Mindslayer after somehow defeating Subject Z. In the meantime though I'm going to work on what I said I will work on, seeing as barring me somehow fucking up in the ingame chat I will probably keep this game as my main source of roguelike entertainment for the foreseeable future.

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Could anyone offer advice on how to make a good Corruptor? They seem super-cool and I love damage spiking, but I'm not completely sure on how you're supposed to build them and with what race.