I should note that the lab mino was near death before I fumbled my way into yet another stupid death.

Also I have never had any problems predicting/seeing where the (p)s are. A little cautious play = the key in the maze in general. Even vs Bandit Lords you can win fairly easily given you aren't level 1-2.

Yeah well my latest attempt died miserably to the Labyrith Minotaur. I have beaten him with 0 deaths many times but apparently Anorthils are beyond my feeble typing skills. I fumble fingered this latest into a triple death at the start after successfully jumping back to the entrance, and then dumped in frustration. One thing to note: Barrier seems utterly useless. It goes in one round so basically just wastes a turn which is not worth it unless you need one round to cool down your escape talent.

Get to about level 8 and something autokills me (this time it was a failed save vs confusion when I was caught by surprise.) 1 life = no fun so I guess from now on I have to "cheat" to play the game.

Heya Gandolfo,

The base Anorithil trees didn't change to much. I added some stat scaling to the Twilight tree and fixed Jumpgate and Shadow Simulacrum (the first the sustain cost was entered backwards so it wasn't being applied and the later had been broken for a number of betas). So any old guides you find should still be pretty up to date.

While I did try to encourage putting points into cunning you can bet by without it for awhile and I would reccommend that if you're playing on a hardcore you keep magic and con maxed until you manage to get your health up to decent levels.

Beyond that, drop jumpgate at the start of every level. It has no range limitation and is one of the best escape abilities in the game (just don't forget to keep enough negative energy to use your jumpgate teleport when you need too). For hymns and chants most people prefer perseverance and resistance but if you have the points to invest in more then one you can switch between them easily during combat (it doesn't cost a turn). Also don't forget the Light tree. Barrier is really nice, just cast it before you engage so you don't burn a turn up.

Hope that helps.

p.s. Moonlight Ray and Shadowfury are your go to spells for damage. Everything else is kinda meh.

There are some hints for an old beta version on this page: http://te4.org/wiki/tome4-charhints but the talent trees were changed recently, so the hints may be outdated.

Escort quest zones and levels are randomly chosen and did not change as far as I know.

Also why is there no way to edit this once it is entered?

I have written a general guide to fighters, dwarf fighters in particular.

http://te4.org/blogs/finalmaster/2010/12/dwarf/character-builds-1-dwarf-fighter

It covers what talents do, which to raise, which to ignore, general strategy, ideal equipment, stats, dungeon order, ect.

Have a look and you might find some interesting tips/things you didn't realize/know before. If you do look at it, could you possibly leave a comment there on how it could be improved?

Thanks

FM

Sucks but true. Stick to infusions and left one slot to "oh shit teleport".

It seems that once the skills are unlocked there is no penalty to using runes or other magic devices.

• Stick with either 2-handed weapons (berserker) or 1-handed weapons and shields (fighter) - spending points in both trees is not optimal. At the moment you are playing a weakened berserker without the nifty special skills of the class (Bloodthirst tree, stunning attack with a 2h weapon, more hit points).

• As a fighter, you should normally spend points in Dexterity and the shield tree. Raising Shield Wall to 5/5 and using it makes you immune to stun attacks and increases the defense. You will only do perhaps 1/3 of the damage of a berserker, but you will take only few and not so damaging hits because of the increased armour and defense. One point in Assault and Overpower are enough in this version, but with Shield Expertise at 5/5 the special shields attacks will also be devastating. It is perhaps too late to change this build, but keep it in mind for the next fighter.

• Health 1/5 is too low, try to increase it further for more hit points. You also need to think where to spend the generic points. Ideally, a warrior should try to maximize Weapon Combat, Weapon Mastery, Health and Massive Armour Training (29 points), which leaves around 12 points for the other skills (e.g. Antimagic, Trap detection, Track).

• You have the Phial, so the Sun infusion is not needed anymore. Try to get a good Phase Door or Teleportation rune. A teleportation amulet (swap) and a teleportation wand are also nice. Try also to collect some elemental resistance rings, e.g. lightning for Storming the city quest and cold for Daikara.

• There is a random encounter that could appear starting with level 20 - be aware that it is a very dangerous place.

I've been eying that skill tree, haven't completed it yet, but tele or phase is just so important. :-/

A fun read Freddybear. Thanks for posting :)