Equipment for Elemental Royalty

[MaxWilson]

Hmmm, what's the best penetration you can get? Eye of the Void + Rune Smasher + Green Eye + Ring of Sorcery = penetration +6. Of course he's blind but that doesn't matter for Mind Hunt. And of course most nations don't have three slots on their S4 casters, but Ashdod does on its Talmai Elders.

-Max

[Psycho]

Actually Eye of the Void + Rune Smasher + Green Eye + Ring of Sorcery = penetration +7.
Rishis also have 3 mics slots.

[MaxWilson]

Ooops, you are correct.

-Max

[ano]

From what I see Rishis have 2 misc slots. Didn't know about the Ashdod Adon and Taimai Elder though. It can be a good bonus for spellcaster as well as for sc.

[MaxWilson]

Yeah. It took me a while to figure out what the line "being a King, the Adon adorns himself with enchanted jewelry" (paraphrased from memory) means but I think it's about the misc slot. Note also that Talmai Elders have Forgebonus (15).

So far I really like Ashdod. Except for the supply problems.

-Max

[Psycho]

ano said:
From what I see Rishis have 2 misc slots. Didn't know about the Ashdod Adon and Taimai Elder though. It can be a good bonus for spellcaster as well as for sc.

Then it's just the ones you receive as heroes with the worthy heroes mod.

[Agema]

Penetration +7 is doable (in which case you might want 3 +MR items to be absolutely sure), but rune smashers might not be available to the nation in question, and the green eye is I think unique, so that much penetration should not be *expected*. You should certainly expect +3 or so.

[MaxWilson]

You can do without the Green Eye in certain cases by replacing it with a Ring of Wizardry + Starshine Skullcap, which is a net +2 penetration boost. I just thought the idea of having both eyes replaced with items was funny.

Agree about the Rune Smashers.

-Max