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Battle bunny Unregistered user |
I often play necros, bards, mindcrafters, wizards etc. but I also want to play thieves. I have tried them, but all died at ~lvl6. Can anybody write a good strategy please? |
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Stratch one Unregistered user |
I always turn crappy potions into Potions of poison and throw them at enemies. |
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Morio Registered user Holy Champion of ADoM Last page view: 3904 days, 22 hours, 26 minutes and 5 seconds ago. |
isn't that the skill power for assasins? "I don't know what World War 3 will be fought with, but I know World War 4 with be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein |
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Stratch one Unregistered user |
Oops. Forgotten it. |
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Phibby&Dol Registered user Incarnation of Illu Last page view: 6999 days, 2 hours, 11 minutes and 20 seconds ago. |
Pickpocket whenever you can and hope for the best ... |
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Alex Registered user Master Necromancer Last page view: 6514 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
Thieves are a pretty weak class imho. They are really hard to start off with as their starting equipment is not great, and they aren't brilliant in the mid-late game because almost all of their skills (all except alertness and appraising) can be gained in-game anyway (from Yergius or Bart). They do have some nifty class powers though. You could try playing an Orc if you're finding the start difficult - they're strong and tough, and they get an extra point of PV over other thieves (studded leather), and they also get Find Weakness, doubly important for thieves because their level 25 class power lets them stun humanoids on a critical hit. What do you wish for? wands of cat repellent_ |
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Alex Registered user Master Necromancer Last page view: 6514 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
Oh, yeah, and pickpocket EVERYTHING :) What do you wish for? wands of cat repellent_ |
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J. Registered user You'll never get rid of me Last page view: 5670 days, 19 hours, 4 minutes and 25 seconds ago. |
Play a gnome, so you can get the heir gift. That weapon makes the early game a bit easier... But still your char will suck at fighting, so don't forget to run away all the time even if you have a neat weapon. Yeah, and pickpocket everything. If you're feeling happy, don't worry, it'll go away. Originally posted by noob: "I'm everytime amazed how you people know to exploit every single little bug (or not-bug) for elaborated scumming tatics even if the feature seems completely useless or bad." |
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Battle bunny Unregistered user |
Thanks for everyone. I tried an Orcish Thief, and it is currently on lvl14, with 32 (!) Dexterity. And I have pickpocketed a scroll of chaos resistance. |
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Battle bunny Unregistered user |
And my gnomish thief is on lvl10. |
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Ashandarei Registered user Spearmaster Last page view: 4945 days, 5 hours, 50 minutes and 3 seconds ago. |
I recently played a gnomish thief. Heir item (adamantium dagger of penetration) was really helpful. I used it almost whole game, dual-wielding it with Serpent's Bite later and finally used N&S. And I once pickpocketed Preserver ;) so pickpocketing is useful especially after 32 class power. Try find Far slayer. It is very good for gnomes. Good luck. The rust monster touches your blessed Trident of the Red Rooster. Nothing happens. You laugh at the monster's pitiful attempt. |
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moomoo Registered user Last page view: 5391 days, 5 hours, 5 minutes and 49 seconds ago. |
I just managed to steal BoW from the casino with my level 25 gnomish thief. I almost fell off my chair. |
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Warlord* Unregistered user |
Well done! :)) |
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Sargoth Registered user Bard Last page view: 4962 days, 10 hours, 33 minutes and 15 seconds ago. |
And they say that shoplifting doesn´t pay off... http://tankefel.blogspot.com/ So far you have only killed one wild cat. |
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Some guy Registered user I'm baaaack. Last page view: 5609 days, 22 hours, 41 minutes and 52 seconds ago. |
Shoplifting definitely pays off. My dark elven wizard winner started the game by stealing the scorched spear from Barnabas, it helped a lot. The following is a real Adom message: The homunculus hits you. You suddenly fall asleep! Do you want to continue to read the spellbook of Calm Monster? [y/N] |
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Battle bunny Unregistered user |
I have shoplifted a frozen eternium dagger and a potion of ultra healing and a potion of cure corruption with my gnomish thief who is now lvl29. |
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Vexander Registered user The Jolly Necromancer! Last page view: 7000 days, 11 hours, 11 minutes and 7 seconds ago. |
I robbed the Casino blind once with a level 20-something necro. S'how I got my first spellbook of Death Ray >:-D Hobgoblins taste like chicken! |
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Twinge Registered user Communist in Disguise Last page view: 5201 days, 7 hours, 6 minutes and 54 seconds ago. |
I can see robbing other shops (especially artifacts from the black market) being useful, but why bother robbing the casino? You can make all the money you want right there anyway, so make some money and then BUY the item ;) |
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p_ouji Registered user Hikari no Yuusha Last page view: 6913 days, 10 hours, 35 minutes and 57 seconds ago. |
Robbing the casino is useful if you plan on restocking it repeatedly. After about 10 restocks, buying all the potions cost almost 10m gp alone! That's alot of RT spent gambling. - p_ouji |
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thedrin# Unregistered user |
Thieves are fantastic. I just got a thief to experience level 50 (first time I've done this, as well as enter the earth and mana temples) who was then transformed into a being of chaos owing to the fact that all my 2 PoCC were turned into poison and I only found 1 SoCR about a minute before I died which I discovered in "do you want to examine your inventory" - didn't save Khelevaster, enter the library or have telepotation in the HMV. Anyway level 25, 32 and 50 class powers are great. I will definetly be trying them out again. |