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<b>Message ID:</b> 3191 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Mon Sep 27 16:20:19 BST 1999 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> marvin@shaftnet.org <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Guide to Wizardry <br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1884717569">On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, PHAEDRA WHITLOCK wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; How do you get Root to work? It sucks up half my mana, and so far,<br/>
&gt; never holds even blues (pumas, lions, gt spiders, orc centurions). I<br/>
&gt; wouldnt think of trying it on anything higher. Dont even memorize it<br/>
&gt; any more.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>for me it wasn&#39;t viable tull lvl 16 or so...till then it just sucked up<br/>
lots of mana...<br/>
<br/>
just wondering, what&#39;s your INT? cause i don&#39;t rember having as many<br/>
fizzle probelms as you do...<br/>
 <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Groups, my groups tend to have the critter dead in 5 seconds or less<br/>
&gt; (orc camps) so the 15 rule wont help me.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>I had the same problem, so i just step in kinda close and guage off the HP<br/>
bar...when it&#39;s ~1/8th down is generally a good time to start in on the<br/>
critter...<br/>
 <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; And I always have Gate handy. So much better than Fade and Shadowstep!<br/>
&gt; Saved my life yesterday in the dervish camp.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>at your level shadowstep and then gate is a great escape method...i&#39;ve<br/>
found that when you hit the really high teens though that everythign moves<br/>
really fast and shadow step doesn&#39;t help as much anymore...of course by<br/>
then the mana you spend for root is trivial, so root and gate become a<br/>
decently effective strat...<br/>
<br/>
Stannis Starslyder<br/>
Wizard of the Moon<br/>
Innoruuk</div>