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necroLord Unregistered user |
Steel Man Enter the wilderness and do not leave it until the PC is experience level 50 (optionally never eat the food the PC starts with). Entering any game locations is not allowed. The first example of this challenge game was posted January 20th, 2004 by Alex Pinachos. Extreme tactics were required. i've been trying out the steel man challenge for quite some time. my best PC, a drakeling bard born in the month of the falcon(4 talents) who started with heir and alert and later got treasure hunter, got to level 16 where he got most sadly and carelessly killed by a gnoll as he was picking up gnoll corpses. the killing hit dealt ~20 damage. his strategy was to use the combination of the blessed 7LB(heir item) and the drakeling spit attack to slaughter everyone before learning spells at higher levels. he started his first few levels hunting hobgoblins and scummed the hills from level 5 onwards, occasionally switching to the roads and swamps. he scummed the forests for food after every battle with his Survival techniques, making sure that he entered each battle bloated. his main exp food before level 15 was chaos brothers/sisters and random summoned monsters from dark wizards in the hills. a typical fight with chaos brothers/sisters would yield about 2000-3000 exp while a good dark wizard would give about 10000 exp. after level 15, he would roam the plains in search of air elementals (5000 exp each) and dorn beasts(easy 1000 exp). it really was quite depressing when that character died because i had already envisioned his future paths. he was able to take on 200 hp swamp hydras with just the acid attack. i was wondering if anyone has had any experience with the steel man challenge and would like to share some information with newbies like me. steel man is the bomb! |
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Alex Registered user Master Necromancer Last page view: 6508 days, 3 hours, 13 minutes and 48 seconds ago. |
There's a steel man victor in the HOF, name of Tetsuko. EDIT: oops, didn't see you mentioned it in your post. What do you wish for? wands of cat repellent_ [Edited 1 time, last edit on 5/26/2004 at 06:44 (GMT -5) by Alex] |
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p_ouji Registered user Hikari no Yuusha Last page view: 6906 days, 19 hours and 11 seconds ago. |
Neat. I like your strategy. The only thing I can add is to watch what you fight. Some monsters level up faster than others. Assassins and Chaos plague bearer seem to be the most dangerous. Hill Orcs also might be problematic later on and late in the game, quicklings can become insta-kill.. Bards are a good choice because they can tame wild boars and have them fight the low xp fast leveling weakies while the PC can take on the high xp big boys. Also, before getting a waterproof blanket, its a good idea to read all scrolls and books cuz you'll just lose them anyway. If there's a book or scroll you want to keep, you can preserve it by equipping it to a hand or missle slot if you have a cloak. - p_ouji |
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necroLord Unregistered user |
thanks. i liked the strategy too (: that tip about reading all scrolls and books is good, didn't think about that. i nearly died to a wild boar at level 15, so yea, thanks for your advice. |
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meestro_mozart Unregistered user |
i got to level 14 with an elf wizard. without finding teleport early on the jackals will kill oh so easily. skeleton patrols level up fast too. a jackal took me from 34 to -4 in one turn, un-f***in believable (to quote andrew dice clay). training mana was a breeze w/o worrying about time constraints. book casting after every fight gave my mana 7 points in 14 levels. i was lucky enough to find water and fireproof blankets right off the bat. no holy water though, and only two scrolls of identity. the jackals are far too strong w/o being able to run real fast or teleport though. very tough challenge if you're not well equiped. for wizards it's a must to read only one or two reads from a spellbook and save the rest for bookcasting. one bolt for reserves and one ball for mana training. bookcasting doesn't reward spells skill levels so it's important to learn 4-500 knowledge points to get the bolt up to +15 or so. it's probably a good idea to go for the raven birth month for the speed bonus if you have survival or if you're a monk. also pick speed bonus talents |
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necroLord Unregistered user |
wow! however did you get to level 14? i hardly thought that it's even possible to do steel man without the drakeling spit. |
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Maastonakki Registered user A cute puppy Last page view: 5823 days, 12 hours, 36 minutes and 47 seconds ago. |
I got to level 15ish too, i think it was a druid |
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necroLord Unregistered user |
my second drakeling falcon bard died at level 18 because he forgot that the red dragon's flame breath actually deals damage. *disgusted at myself*. now my third drakeling, level 16, is pretty mixed up. he started out with detect item status, which has been extremely useful. however, he carelessly got his blessed 7LB fried by an air elemental's lightning bolt. ARGH. he's got a 6d8 + 16 damage lightning ball spell and teleportation spell, though i doubt he'll survive much longer without 7LB ): i was just wondering if anyone would know any alternative source of exp rather than air elementals. damn those lightning bolts. wandering wizards get stingy after a while, when they keep summoning rubbish(rats/kobolds/orcs). it's great when they summon ~8 kobold shamans though(which they do quite often), it's a good source of mana. red dragons(mountains) burn boots as well. black dragons(swmaps) are immune to drake spit. chaos brothers/sisters grow powerful after a while. damn. steel man's gonna be harder than i imagined. after these few games of mine, i guess the ideal starting character for steel man would be: drakeling falcon bard 4 talents- Heir and Alert(TH later) healing/detect item status/athletics/concentration starting strength 20(read thread: drake spit range) ah. i need that PC... |
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meestro_mozart Unregistered user |
with the wizard i just read a bolt spell once or twice then save the book to book cast from till you find better stuff. gotta have a wp blanket though. |
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wakka* Unregistered user |
I tried with a falcon helf archer. lots of arrows found, food not a prob with survival, the only problem was being surprised by a horde of critters. that was a problem. never got beyond lvl 15, though. but I'm willing to try more with'em. |