ANGBAND: Mage Spell Books...
Steve Johnson
books start showing up? I have only seen one in the Black Market and
it was way out of my price range.
Thanks in advance,
--Steve
Stephen Cronin
>Thanks in advance,
>--Steve
Well I just had a stroke of luck. I was down at 800 feet with a you feel lucky
message. I found a spell book (name forgotten) which had resistance spells,
ranging from resist lightning, acid, etc, which where all low level spells
and low mana cost, to a resist poison 10 mana cost, and a resist (no argument)
which had a 20 mana cost. To top this off I had just killed a Troll and found
a scroll of acquisition. I thought I'd try it out, and I acquired a
quarterstaff named Eriril (sp?), which adds 50 to your intelligence and gave
me about 20 extra mana points. Instead of having to wait ages while I built
up experience to learn the resist spells, I could learn them straight away.
The only bummer is that I only remember them when I am weilding Eriril. When
I change I forget all the spells I learnt through it's bonuses.
Can anyone tell me whether I was exceptionally lucky, or whether this normally
happens at this level?
Well I would also like to know when I can expect more books. How many are
there? Is 5 right?
Thanks,
S.J.Cronin
Heiko Herold
>joh...@physics3.berkeley.edu (Steve Johnson) writes:
>
>>I just have a quick question... where do the other five mage spell
>>books start showing up? I have only seen one in the Black Market and
>>it was way out of my price range.
>
>>Thanks in advance,
>
>>--Steve
>
>
>Well I just had a stroke of luck. I was down at 800 feet with a you feel lucky
>message. I found a spell book (name forgotten) which had resistance spells,
>ranging from resist lightning, acid, etc, which where all low level spells
.
S.J.Cronin
>
Well Sandal the mage found at 150 ft (!) a spellbok named Mordenkains
(?) Escapes... little things like Earthquake (sp?), door/stair creation
and...WoR !!
Since my level now (some time later) is high enough I carry one book
instead of the scroll (no slot gained) but I save my money...yesterday
I bought some potions of int and Dex... now I'm 31 lv with 320 Au :-)
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WARNING - SPOILERS FOLLOW !
The additional Magic books start appearing as follows -
Resistance of Scarabtaricies ~ 1500ft (Not bad)
Mordenkainen's Escapes ~ 2500ft (Nice for those disapearing acts)
Kelek's Grimoire of Power ~ 3000ft (Great Recharge item III)
Tenser's Transformations ~ 4000ft (A must for those toughies)
Raal's Tome of Destruction ~ 5000ft (I wish I had it)
Btw, Eriril is the Mages' best friend. It hits with Holy Fury against
evil. When it is activated it identifies (SWEET !). I would say finding
this little gem at 800ft is *extremely* lucky.
- Tyre-Ot the 38th level Gnome Mage - Kicking some serious butt with
a Glave of Pain and assorted spells at 2050ft -
IRL - Jim Esralian -
Eric Sotnak
(Ob. Spoiler Foiler)
>The additional Magic books start appearing as follows -
>Resistance of Scarabtaricies ~ 1500ft (Not bad)
>Mordenkainen's Escapes ~ 2500ft (Nice for those disapearing acts)
>Kelek's Grimoire of Power ~ 3000ft (Great Recharge item III)
>Tenser's Transformations ~ 4000ft (A must for those toughies)
>Raal's Tome of Destruction ~ 5000ft (I wish I had it)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And I found a copy at 150ft. I didn't know I was so lucky.
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Josh Hayes
hard-to-find spell books, the answer is very simple:
Play a warrior.
I've found all of the special mage books and all but
one of the special priest books, at less than 1500
feet (I know, because my best character so far snuffed
it at 1550. Warriors are HARD at higher levels!). Good
for the gold account, but not much else. I guess that
is a good example of the law of perversity in this game:
If you can't use it, you find it.
If you can use it, you can't find it.
If you really really need it, it ceases to exist.
If you think you're unbeatable, better buy some stock
in the local tombstone factory.
Getting Grim,
doc
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Tom Swingle
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>I guess that
>is a good example of the law of perversity in this game:
>If you can't use it, you find it.
>If you can use it, you can't find it.
>If you really really need it, it ceases to exist.
Don't forget:
As soon as you can afford it, the Black Market will cease to stock it.
>If you think you're unbeatable, better buy some stock
>in the local tombstone factory.
>Getting Grim,
Really grim, from the sound of that last line. :-)
>doc
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Bruce C Stotts
>If you mages REALLY want to know how to find those
>hard-to-find spell books, the answer is very simple:
>Play a warrior.
>...
>If you can't use it, you find it.
>If you can use it, you can't find it.
>If you really really need it, it ceases to exist.
>If you think you're unbeatable, better buy some stock
>in the local tombstone factory.
No kidding!! As a ranger, I've found 2 cleric books above 1300
feet! I sold both... the first was Ethereal Openings I think for
1500 gp or so, no big deal. I don't remember the name of the second
one, but it had the word "GOD" in it and I sold it for 7500 gp, the
maximum in the temple!! So far, the only wizard book I've found is
Resistances... which is pretty boring.
I also found a Ring of Speed at around 900', but it was -1!!!
Typical...
Bruce (28th lvl Dunedain Ranger)
Joseph E. Beck
es...@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eric Sotnak) writes:
> >Resistance of Scarabtaricies ~ 1500ft (Not bad)
> >Mordenkainen's Escapes ~ 2500ft (Nice for those disapearing acts)
> >Kelek's Grimoire of Power ~ 3000ft (Great Recharge item III)
> >Tenser's Transformations ~ 4000ft (A must for those toughies)
> >Raal's Tome of Destruction ~ 5000ft (I wish I had it)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> And I found a copy at 150ft. I didn't know I was so lucky.
(invulrenability, shield, essence of speed for starters). Who cares
how much damage your spells do?
joe
Jonathan Ellis
>> >Raal's Tome of Destruction ~ 5000ft (I wish I had it)
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> And I found a copy at 150ft. I didn't know I was so lucky.
>I've never used it much. Tenser Trans. is MUCH more rude
>(invulrenability, shield, essence of speed for starters). Who cares
>how much damage your spells do?
>
> joe
damage you'll get with the other spells...even if the monsters aren't immune
to them, and all the tough ones are.