Snake Sneak
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Joined: Thursday, 29th January 2015, 19:52
Need help with transmuters in general
Thanks for helping me out with my fighter problems (thanks a lot!), but I'm afraid I have to summon the power of the tavern once again.
Do you know that feeling where you would love to love something, but you just can't because its flaws are just too glaring or you lack the mastery to make it a reality? Well that's me when it comes to tm. I love the idea of an uc based combatant that turns into different form, so on I went and played transmuter. And died. Again. and again, tried different races and gods, but I always feel like I'm only trying to patch up my characters problems rather then becoming more powerful.
It seems like I'm always lacking something. At the start, I put points in UC till 5 or so, learn snakes at level 2, spiderform at 3, I try to get spider online ASAP. So now I have spider, but despite 20 EV things are still a little hot. Okay, put points into dodging. Now my hp is still way too low. Okay, put points into fighting. My offense starts to fall of, put points into UC. Okay, I'm drawing way too much attention to my 2 AC character, okay put a few points ino stealth. Okay I'm reaching a point in the game where snakes and spider form doesn't cut it anymore, I need Blade Hands. Okay, put A LOT of points into spellcasting/transmutations. Okay, now I can cast it, but I still take way too much return damage, back to training fighting and dodging...
I need a way to deal with hydras, okay learn ice form and put points into ice..
This goes on ad infinitum, I feel like I'm just patching up one weak spot after another without ever reaching the point where I can comfortably fight even weaker enemeies, let alone real toughies like death yak packs, it's a struggle from start to finish, wheras with other characters I reach a point where player strenght starts picking up, I start pulling every last straw with tm... srsly it's like a sinking ship and you desperetaly try to fix the leaks, put after you filled one, another leak shows up...
What would be the easiest course of action to get me a tm that survives long enough to use some of the later level forms? Which race should I play? I found that only merfolk lend themselves particularly well, everything else seems to be an iffy choice and terribly dependant on luck to get throught he first floors...
Your help is appreciated.