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- Subject: Re: How close to Balrog ready am I??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.154415.18985@ramon.bgu.ac.il>
- From: avir@chen.bgu.ac.il (Avi Roy Shapira)
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:44:15 GMT
- Sender: usenet@ramon.bgu.ac.il (The Ever-So-Great Usenet)
- References: <1992Dec28.190148.1@hmcvax.claremont.edu>
- Organization: Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- cmarble@hmcvax.claremont.edu (Chris Marble) writes:
- : It's tough to figure out just how tough a simple Warrior needs to be
- : to think about tackling Mr. B. Str and Dex at 18/00
- : I get 4 blows per round with both my
- : Battle Axe (European) (HA) (3d4) (+11,+12) [+3] (+2 to Str)
- : and the
- : Broadsword (DF) (2d5) (+10,+10) [+7] (+3 to Stealth)
- :
- : My armor's (RF) and my shield's (R). Total AC is 84 with the HA.
- : I've got Amulet of the Magi, Ring of Speed (+1) and Gaultlets of Free Action.
- Amulet of the Magi gives you free action so get some Gauntlets that will
- increase you hitting damage, such as Gauntlets of slaying.
-
- : Other ring is Ring of Lordly Protection (COLD) [+5]
- : and I'm carrying a Ring of Lordly Protection (FIRE) [+5]
-
- Ring of Lordly Protection (COLD) is useless against Mr. B. Use the other one
- Better yet, get another ring of speed.
- :
- : I'm running around on level 46 but only have 2 potions of Invulnerability
- With your HA, you need about 4 or 5 potions of Invulrnerabilty.
-
- : and 1 Haste Self (used the latter up on Emperor Liches).
- : Wands and staffs are: Acid Balls, Cold Balls, Lightning Ball, Fire Bolt,
- : Teleportation and Speed (16 charges).
-
- Most of these wands are useless against Mr. B. Keep the Speed and TP staves.
- Haste yourself with the staff first. The Barldog will absorb charges from
- all of them, so you will not have as many charges as you think, and it may
- not work (it helps to have 118 intelligence)
-
- : Are Resist Heat potions worth carrying around? Only have 2.
- Get rid of those. Get a few potions of healing instead.
-
- You do need a rune of protection, several. But the barlog will teleport
- you and break them.
-
- : Do I need to run around on level 1, 2 and 3 for a while and get more Haste
- : Self potions?
- : I can hand-to-hand with Ancient Dragons with no trouble
- : (even killed 2 AMHDs when they decided not to poison me).
-
- If you can get up to speed 3, you can get AMHD's all the time, without
- risk (there's a trick to it) Don't try it otherwise.
-
- Avi
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- Aviel Roy-Shapira, M.D. Ben-Gurion University Medical School
- Dept. of Surgery A. POB 151, Beer Sheva, Israel
- avir@chen.bgu.ac.il AVIR@BGUVM.BITNET
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