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From: "pete mack" <pmac360@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: There the loot is!
Date: 2005-11-24 22:52:03
Agent: G2/0.2

Timo Pietil=E4 wrote:
> Eddie Grove wrote:
> > "pete mack" <pmac360@hotmail.com> writes:
> >
> >>munificent wrote:
> >>
> >>>On 2005-11-24 09:27:34, Juho Schultz <juho.schultz@helsinki.fi> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Lucky you. Can you actually wield Ringil?
> >>>>+10 to speed is nice, but rblind is quite important at that depth,
> >>>>and Balli Stonehead is the only source of rblind in your list.
> >>>
> >>>I haven't really figured out how this haul is going to affect my kit, =
but I sure
> >>>as hell _want_ to wield Ringil.
> >>
> >>Balli gives RBlind, but more importantly it gives +3 CON.  Since you
>
> +3 Con would be nice, but +10 to speed is even nicer especially that he
> can use RoCon for Con _and_ gets +3 to con and int from Caspanion not to
> mention rPoison and rConf. For mage best artifact in that list isn't IMO
> Ringil, it is Caspanion. For late game where speed is needed Ringil is
> very good, but for stat-gain char Caspanion is better.
>
> >>Hammerhand is a *nasty* alternative; the Crown of Magi is much nicer,
> >>especially if it gives ESP.
> >
> > What's with the multiple recs against Ringil?  You guys are crazy.

I wasn't suggesting using Balli except that he's only got 247 HP with
Caspanion.  I'd just consider waiting until he gets a bit more CON and
maybe a decent RoCON.  (I like having 267 HP, since it means handling a
full poison blast with only a single resist.)

> Can he use Ringil depends how good HP he has now. If he needs +3 to CON
> in order to get above instant death then he needs Hammerhand or Balli.
> Maybe both. But with Ringil waiting and Caspanion in arsenal he can now
> just search for good RoCON and use Ringil slightly later.
.
He's got 247 HP, which is not a lot.  I agree that if he has RoCON he
shouldn't use Balli.  But at 247 HP, I don't think he has RoCON.

> If that magi is +3 then you have both ringslots free for RoCON.
> Caspanion + Magi is +4 - +6 to int.
>=20
> Timo Pietil=E4

There the loot is!	14 posts
..... munificent	2005-11-24 06:07:00	36
.......... Juho Schultz	2005-11-24 09:27:34	33
............... munificent	2005-11-24 16:39:55	22
.................... pete mack	2005-11-24 21:40:15	19
......................... Eddie Grove	2005-11-24 21:49:36	28
.............................. =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Timo_Pietilä?=	2005-11-24 22:18:01	43
................................... pete mack	2005-11-24 22:52:03	48
........................................ =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Timo_Pietilä?=	2005-11-24 23:33:20	13
............................................. munificent	2005-11-25 05:09:29	223
.................................................. =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Timo_Pietilä?=	2005-11-26 01:28:29	23
.............................. Cliff Stamp	2005-11-25 02:47:39	18
.............................. Juho Schultz	2005-11-25 17:51:36	34
................................... munificent	2005-11-25 20:01:20	15
.......... Ojomax	2005-11-24 09:57:47	62

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