10-18-2003, 03:37 AM
Greetings,
And the second choice is a spell casting variant of the warrior i.e. a Tank Mage. I have heard about this variant but have never attempted to try it until now. Your input on this variant will be greatly appreciated as well.
"Tank Mage" is a term generally related to a Sorcerer which uses a High-AC setup ( 270+ ), literally a very powerful killing machine.
I believe the playing style you have in mind is better described as a "Turtle Mage" - a Warrior that thinks he's a Tank Mage.
Reading glasses colection, Adria book shopping and Enchanted Shrine hunting will be the basic requirements. As for equipment, generally a High AC Full Plate ( such as an Awesome Full Plate Mail ) toguether with Royal Circlet ( +50 Mana ) either a +AC or +Resist All% Shield ( it frees a slot for a +Mana Jewel ). Jewelry for resistance and the most important, +Magic suffixes and +Mana prefixes.
Dreamflange will be your best "weapon" choice since it grants a +30 Magic Boost and +80 Mana overall, plus a +1 spell level increment.
It's a very viable and effective playing style for Nightmare/Hell and Caves/Hell powergame. Still not very fun :)
Other weapon choice could be a King's Weapon of the Vampires - no superb boost Dreammy may grant to you still mana steal, quite handy. That's how my Warrior leveled up at Caves basically.
Hope that was helpful.
And the second choice is a spell casting variant of the warrior i.e. a Tank Mage. I have heard about this variant but have never attempted to try it until now. Your input on this variant will be greatly appreciated as well.
"Tank Mage" is a term generally related to a Sorcerer which uses a High-AC setup ( 270+ ), literally a very powerful killing machine.
I believe the playing style you have in mind is better described as a "Turtle Mage" - a Warrior that thinks he's a Tank Mage.
Reading glasses colection, Adria book shopping and Enchanted Shrine hunting will be the basic requirements. As for equipment, generally a High AC Full Plate ( such as an Awesome Full Plate Mail ) toguether with Royal Circlet ( +50 Mana ) either a +AC or +Resist All% Shield ( it frees a slot for a +Mana Jewel ). Jewelry for resistance and the most important, +Magic suffixes and +Mana prefixes.
Dreamflange will be your best "weapon" choice since it grants a +30 Magic Boost and +80 Mana overall, plus a +1 spell level increment.
It's a very viable and effective playing style for Nightmare/Hell and Caves/Hell powergame. Still not very fun :)
Other weapon choice could be a King's Weapon of the Vampires - no superb boost Dreammy may grant to you still mana steal, quite handy. That's how my Warrior leveled up at Caves basically.
Hope that was helpful.
Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
Carl Sagan, "The Demon Haunted World"
Carl Sagan, "The Demon Haunted World"