Re: Starting a halfling mage and had some questions

Darklon makes another good point: as a mage, hit points should not be a
worry, if you're playing him correctly.  I don't even bother to buy armor
for my new mages (just extra weight that could hinder them later).  I equip
them with a lantern (if one is available), some scrolls of phase door (for
those moments when face-to-face monster contact occurs), and the Magik I
spell book, then I head down below.  If you're doing HTH combat with a mage,
you're doing it wrong.  Save the rest of your gold to buy the Magik II spell
book, as you'll need it sooner than you think.


"Darklon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> Any advice on this chracter woudl be appreciated.  I looked threw the
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> >> group posts back to 2001 and didn't find much about halfing mages.
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> >> these guys viable characters?  I'm worried i'll have such pathetic hit
> >> points I'll always have problems.
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> I wouldnt worry to much about your lack of hit points, as a mage you
> should be concentrating fully on combat from afar using offensive
> spells.  Personaly i find Mage characters very easy to level and as
> Brian pointed out your high INT means that you can in affect gain a
> fair amount experience just from using newly gained spells.  I wouldnt
> even worry about the STR affecting your tunneling for treasures as at
> level 9 you gain the Turn mud to stone spell, which you can use for
> tunneling, on the related subject of that spell, if you didnt already
> know it can also be used as an offensive spell against stone or earth
> kind of creatures such as earth spirits and elementals, stone giants,
> stone and clay golems and xorns.
> Getting back to leveling, you could also use a trick to
> "powerleveling".  The trouble with going down to far with a low mage
> is that harder monsters can gang up on you and due to the nature of
> dungeons, you can easily find yourself in a tight spot.  However, you
> could use a scroll of recall and go back to town level when you gain
> level 11 and use the polymorph other spell on the town people to fight
> harder creatures, this however can be very risky, nothing is more
> horrorfying than an ancient multi-hued dragon or emporer lich at level
> 11, they are a few exceptions, the balrog can not be summoned with
> polymorph and neither can the evil iggy.  You could try the power
> leveling idea but do so with caution, it is a risk but its the gamble
> you take for power and levels quickly.   Have fun and best of luck.
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