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Witchdoctor · 06-12-2005, 11:14 AM

Bakrus,

Sorry for answering with stuff you already knew. Unfortunately, I still don't know of any tomes or magic tarot decks that can increase your experience points.

I still haven't hit the frozen hell you are having trouble with, so I can't offer much advice yet. Plus, your ranger/wizard/arcane is probably a different character to play than my monk with a level of sorcery. Monks, though they might find it difficult to go head to head with a high level fighter or barbarian, are still very good melee characters, plus they have great saving throws and magic resistence. I generally don't worry about traps since I nearly always make my reflex save. Poison just plain doesn't work against my monk. Magic and spells used against me frequently fail too. I rarely if ever use ranged weapons, since the monk's class specific speed bonuses, along with permanent haste (from equiped items) make it easy to just run in and close with opponents before they can react. So any advice about how to fight or deal with quests might not be relevent to your character. You have 4 levels of wizard; have you tried using scrolls or wands of summoning to create canon fodder, then standing back and hitting the boss with your (arcane) archery while the creatures distract the boss? Does the ranger have good animal empathy skill? I have heard that talking to some of the random animals (dogs, rats, cows, bats etc) found will sometimes result in extra quests or else they will give info about a different or easier way to complete a plot quest.

As for the best way to get the most experience points out of every encounter, I would download some of the walkthroughs for HOTU and read them. They will be all Spoiler, needless to say, but they may help with maximizing experience points.

Money has not been a problem for the monk, since I have been able to sell nearly all the weapons and armor I find and don't need to buy any. I also played the same character from NWN OC, then through SOU and into HOTU, so I had quite a pile of gold accumulated. I have read that there is a use for gold where you are, other than buying items, so don't spend it all yet.

06-12-2005, 11:14 AM	#18
Witchdoctor Dungeon Master Join Date: September 5, 2001 Location: Columbia, Missouri Age: 64 Posts: 93	Bakrus, Sorry for answering with stuff you already knew. Unfortunately, I still don't know of any tomes or magic tarot decks that can increase your experience points. I still haven't hit the frozen hell you are having trouble with, so I can't offer much advice yet. Plus, your ranger/wizard/arcane is probably a different character to play than my monk with a level of sorcery. Monks, though they might find it difficult to go head to head with a high level fighter or barbarian, are still very good melee characters, plus they have great saving throws and magic resistence. I generally don't worry about traps since I nearly always make my reflex save. Poison just plain doesn't work against my monk. Magic and spells used against me frequently fail too. I rarely if ever use ranged weapons, since the monk's class specific speed bonuses, along with permanent haste (from equiped items) make it easy to just run in and close with opponents before they can react. So any advice about how to fight or deal with quests might not be relevent to your character. You have 4 levels of wizard; have you tried using scrolls or wands of summoning to create canon fodder, then standing back and hitting the boss with your (arcane) archery while the creatures distract the boss? Does the ranger have good animal empathy skill? I have heard that talking to some of the random animals (dogs, rats, cows, bats etc) found will sometimes result in extra quests or else they will give info about a different or easier way to complete a plot quest. As for the best way to get the most experience points out of every encounter, I would download some of the walkthroughs for HOTU and read them. They will be all Spoiler, needless to say, but they may help with maximizing experience points. Money has not been a problem for the monk, since I have been able to sell nearly all the weapons and armor I find and don't need to buy any. I also played the same character from NWN OC, then through SOU and into HOTU, so I had quite a pile of gold accumulated. I have read that there is a use for gold where you are, other than buying items, so don't spend it all yet.