[st.patrik]

Originally posted by Merry Jolkar:
Newbie question:
I'm considering putting all my eggs in one basket: spend lots of points to pump myself up to level 9 in one discipline (say, death) and the rest getting earth 4, for the best artifacts. Is this a reasonable strategy? Thanks! Merry

Are you talking about pretender design? if so having one path lvl 9 is not uncommon, because of the extra bless effect which kicks in at lvl 9. This can be quite potent, though expensive.