03-13-2004, 09:40 AM
Here is an excerpt from Jarulf's Guide:
When casting a spell from a scroll or staff, it will have the same slvl as the slvl you know the spell (including any modifications from items). If you don't know the spell it will be cast at slvl 1 (plus any modifications from items). There is a bug, however. If you cast a spell from a scroll and currently have another spell hot keyed, it will use the slvl of the hot keyed spell instead of the spell you are casting. This is true even if you don't know the spell.
slvl = the level of the spell. There has been some debate in the past that if you don't know the spell and use a staff or scroll, it may actually cast at slvl 0 rather than slvl 1. I don't remember what the final conclusions were. But for your purposes, it's not that important of a distinction.
While magic can play a vital role for any character class, it is usually not the primary attack for a warrior or rogue. I think you will find that as you go deeper, you will want to have your primary weapon in hand when you engage the enemy. This, unfortunately, does not leave a lot of opportunity to use spell staves (unless you play a sorcerer). When the monsters get tougher, if you are close enough to hit them with a staff, you will want to have a shield equipped to keep from getting ripped to shreds! Casting spells from mana becomes more practical though, and you will find that some spells like healing and firewall can compliment a moderately young warrior or rogue very nicely.
You are still pretty early in the game, so I would suggest continuing to just play and experiment until you reach a point where something really gives you trouble. A lot of the fun of the game is trying to figure out what the heck you are doing the first time through :) But if you have any questions, this is the place to ask.
When casting a spell from a scroll or staff, it will have the same slvl as the slvl you know the spell (including any modifications from items). If you don't know the spell it will be cast at slvl 1 (plus any modifications from items). There is a bug, however. If you cast a spell from a scroll and currently have another spell hot keyed, it will use the slvl of the hot keyed spell instead of the spell you are casting. This is true even if you don't know the spell.
slvl = the level of the spell. There has been some debate in the past that if you don't know the spell and use a staff or scroll, it may actually cast at slvl 0 rather than slvl 1. I don't remember what the final conclusions were. But for your purposes, it's not that important of a distinction.
While magic can play a vital role for any character class, it is usually not the primary attack for a warrior or rogue. I think you will find that as you go deeper, you will want to have your primary weapon in hand when you engage the enemy. This, unfortunately, does not leave a lot of opportunity to use spell staves (unless you play a sorcerer). When the monsters get tougher, if you are close enough to hit them with a staff, you will want to have a shield equipped to keep from getting ripped to shreds! Casting spells from mana becomes more practical though, and you will find that some spells like healing and firewall can compliment a moderately young warrior or rogue very nicely.
You are still pretty early in the game, so I would suggest continuing to just play and experiment until you reach a point where something really gives you trouble. A lot of the fun of the game is trying to figure out what the heck you are doing the first time through :) But if you have any questions, this is the place to ask.