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SquidHelmet Unregistered user |
I've begun playing this Gnomish Wizard recently, he's still low-level (below ten :-p) but he's doing very well so far in terms of spells acquired and such. Out of curiosity, what does one wish for with a spell-caster? 7LB? Phase daggers to train for that eventual needle/sting combination (although I prefer using a shield than dual-wielding 90% of the time)? This problem of wishing with wizards has always been an impediment, usually I'd go for 7LB or GoGS but now I'm not so sure. Here are the statistics: Valbo St:11 Le:23 Wi:12 Dx:15 To:13 Ch:15 Ap:10 Ma:22 Pe:14 N+ DV/PV: 13/1 H: 28(28) P: 60(67) Exp: 5/1230 M: 1831 Spells: Acid Bolt : 627, 15pp (Effectivity: +4) Frost Bolt : 535, 12pp (Effectivity: +4) Knock : 401, 12pp (Effectivity: +0) Light : 852, 3pp (Effectivity: +0) Magic Missile: 617, 8pp (Effectivity: +1) Mystic Shovel: 500, 100pp (Effectivity: +0) Skills: Alchemy .............. 66 (good) [+3d5] Climbing ............. 28 (mediocre) [+3d4] Concentration ........100 (superb) [+2d4] First aid ............ 46 (fair) [+2d4] Gemology ............. 11 (mediocre) [+4d5] Haggling ............. 15 (mediocre) [+3d5] Healing .............. 53 (good) [+1d5] Herbalism ............ 40 (fair) [+4d4] Listening ............ 41 (fair) [+3d4] Literacy .............100 (superb) [+2d4] Mining ............... 8 (poor) [+3d4] Pick pockets ......... 17 (mediocre) [+3d5] Stealth .............. 30 (mediocre) [+3d3] Ventriloquism ........ 42 (fair) [+2d4] Inventory: Total weight: 152 stones Carrying capacity: 1100 stones Head : - Neck : - Body : robe [+0, +1] [60s] Girdle : - Cloak : - Right Hand : crystal dagger (+0, 2d3+4) [25s] Left Hand : - Right Ring : ring of the fish [1s] Left Ring : ring of the fish [1s] Bracers : - Gauntlets : - Boots : gnomish boots (+1, +0) [+2, +0] [10s] Missile weapon: - Missiles : - Tool : - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total weight: 55 stones Carrying capacity: 1100 stones Tools (']') heap of 3 torches [30s] box with flint and steel (44) [5s] tinderbox (22) [3s] Wands ('\') wand of webbing (9 charges) [3s] Potions ('!') potion of water [4s] potion of booze [4s] Scrolls ('?') scroll of light [2s] scroll of satiation [2s] Valuables ('$') 241 gold pieces My only blunder so far was putting on the two rings of the fish (forgot they were autocursing :-/) but this can be easily rectified as soon as I get alignment up to L and start attempting pre-crowning. |
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Alex Registered user Master Necromancer Last page view: 6508 days, 1 hour, 12 minutes and 42 seconds ago. |
I always use my first wish on aols for kelly. but, besides that I'd say seven league boots. more useful than gogs for a wizard. What do you wish for? wands of cat repellent_ |
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SquidHelmet Unregistered user |
Bha perished at level 11 to a lesser daemon..too bad; I'd killed off all the pools I could find and had acquired teleportitis, teleport control, and intrinsic invisibility. |
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Warlord* Unregistered user |
Acid ball is nice to have as a wizzie, but 7lbs rock. Also, if low levels, a nice suit of armor, say dragon scales or eternium plate is not a bad choice. |
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Danielle Registered user Queen of Teryino Last page view: 7144 days, 4 hours, 44 minutes and 35 seconds ago. |
can you wish for Spellbook*s* of Acid Ball? |
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NMBLNG Registered user Wrath of the blade of paradise Last page view: 7188 days, 7 hours, 22 minutes and 24 seconds ago. |
Or Improved Firebal. |
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Danielle Registered user Queen of Teryino Last page view: 7144 days, 4 hours, 44 minutes and 35 seconds ago. |
Improved fireball is nice if your *really* careful, one screwup without a gireproof blanky and all your scrolls and books go buhbye |
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Warlord* Unregistered user |
Yes you can wish for specific spellbooks. |
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Danielle Registered user Queen of Teryino Last page view: 7144 days, 4 hours, 44 minutes and 35 seconds ago. |
yes but will you get multiple of those books |
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Maelstrom Registered user The Knight of the Black Rose Last page view: 3117 days, 2 hours, 2 minutes and 25 seconds ago. |
Yes you will. You wish for a spellbook, you get one, you wish for spellbooks, you get 2-5 spellbooks of a given type. A pessimist sees a dark tunnel. An optimist sees a light at the end of that tunnel. A realist sees a train. And the train driver sees three idiots on the tracks. |
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NMBLNG Registered user Wrath of the blade of paradise Last page view: 7188 days, 7 hours, 22 minutes and 24 seconds ago. |
Magic missle is a good choince too. Can you wish for ego-items yet? Like the staff of the arch-magi or something. Or empowered red dragonsclae mail of protection. |
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Danielle Registered user Queen of Teryino Last page view: 7144 days, 4 hours, 44 minutes and 35 seconds ago. |
wow awesome, never knew that, from now on my first few wishes will be GoGS/7LBs/Spellbooks of Acidball =D |
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Warlord* Unregistered user |
No, you can't wish for empowered *foo* protection. You might get something like that by wishing red dragon scales. |
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Klavert Registered user The Hurthling Last page view: 6519 days, 2 hours, 41 minutes and 10 seconds ago. |
I'd never wish for spellbooks, i think (well, perhaps for wish one dayt, but i don't think so). Just keep walking in the ID until you find it. I wanted my last character (who died stupidly, so i might have to tell his tale in the stupidest dead topic) to have SoA before going to the Caverns of chaos so i kept walking through the ID, what i usually do. He ended up with Acid Ball, Ice Ball, Improved Fire ball, Death ray and a load of other good books. Plus i was level 13-14 when i entered the caverns of chaos, and rid all my food problems thanks to SoA. It did take me some 14 game days, but i thought it was worth the wait. Klavert -I want ye to slay a rat to prove your valor- Thrundarr That really happened to me :D |
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Alex Registered user Master Necromancer Last page view: 6508 days, 1 hour, 12 minutes and 42 seconds ago. |
NMBLNG: why the hell would you wish for magic missile? it's common as muck. What do you wish for? wands of cat repellent_ |
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Iridia Moderator on this forum YASD Last page view: 3755 days, 15 hours, 17 minutes and 23 seconds ago. |
I can think of one fairly possible reason: You've used Magic Missile almost exclusively; now that you're level 20-ish it's the only spell trained up to useful levels. You've let yourself run out of casts and your spellbook has been destroyed... stupid you, should've got blankets... leaving you without your main weapon. If time is enough of a matter (a crowned chaotic almost past the 90-day limit) or scumming for spellbooks is difficult (being in an area where it would be hard to scum for spellbooks--say, trapped in the Gremlin Cave, the ToEF, or a dangerous area like Darkforge or Dwarven Halls, where you'd be too weak to survive without your main spell-weapon), wishing for spellbooks of magic missile might actually be a viable strategy. It also illustrates that a spellcaster must never rely on or train only a single spell! Die Gedanken sind Frei |