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!colspan="8"|Level 1
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|colspan="2"|Class||colspan="2"|Generic||style="color: blue;"|Main Hand||Lisanor (rare) mindstar||style="color: blue;"|Ring 1||conjurer's steel ring of pilfering [+5 WIL...]
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|style="width: 20%; color: green;"|Distortion||0/0/0/0||style="color: green;"|Dwarf||1/1/1/0||style="color: blue;"|Off Hand||gifted mossy mindstar||style="color: blue;"|Ring 2||mule's copper ring of time (+10%)
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|style="color: green;"|Dream Smith||0/0/0/0||style="color: green;"|Survival||1/0/1/0||style="color: blue;"|Hat||aegis linen hat [+32 life]||style="color: blue;"|Amulet||'Bokilar' randart [+7 STR, +9 WIL, +7 CON, saves: 7/10/11]
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|style="color: green;"|Psychic Assault||5/1/1/3||style="color: green;"|Dreaming||4/2/1/0||style="color: blue;"|Armor||radiant hardened leather armour of Eyal (3,6)||style="color: blue;"|Tool||Eye of the Dreaming One
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|style="color: green;"|Slumber||2/1/4/0||style="color: green;"|Mentalism||1/1/0/0||style="color: blue;"|Cloak||Lightningborn (rare) [+3 WIL...]||style="color: blue;"|Light||brass lantern of health [+41 life]
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|style="color: green;"|Solipism||2/0/0/0||style="color: green;"|Feedback||1/1/1/1||style="color: blue;"|Gloves||heroic dwarven-steel gauntlets of sorrow||colspan="2"|
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|style="color: green;"|Thought-Forms||4/1/1/0||style="color: green;"|Dream Forge||0/0/0/0||style="color: blue;"|Belt||insulating rough leather belt of the vagrant||colspan="2"|
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|style="color: green;"|Discharge||0/0/0/0||style="color: green;"|Combat Training||1/1/0/0/0||style="color: blue;"|Shoes||stalker's pair of rough leather boots||colspan="2"|
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|style="color: green;"|Nightmare||0/0/0/0||||||style="color: blue;"|Ammo||deadly quiver of elm arrows of psychokinesis||colspan="2"|
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!colspan="8"|Commentary
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|Stat Dist.:||colspan="7"|WIL +1      CON +5
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|Zones Completed:||colspan="7"|Sandworm Lair (alt.) (1,2)
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|Comments:||colspan="7"|Used Heart of Sandworm Queen; set shielding rune to autocast when enemies visible; upgraded regen infusion; improved Slumber for use against bosses; activated Power is Money
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|Added to Inventory:||colspan="7"|dreamer's brass lantern, phase door rune of the psychic (range 13; power 30; dur 5), shielding rune of the sneak (115 for 4 turns), 22 CD
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|Gold:||colspan="7"|468
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|Purchased:||colspan="7"|-----------------------------------------     
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!colspan="8"|Key Statistics
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!colspan="8"|STR 21 Dex 15 Con 47 Mag 12 Wil 73 Cun 14
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|style="width: 18%; color: FireBrick;"|Life||align="right" |499||style="width: 18%; color: FireBrick;"|Psi||align="right" |242||style="width: 18%; color: FireBrick;"|Light||align="right" |3||style="width: 18%; color: FireBrick;"|See Invis||align="right" |7.1
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|style="width: 18%; color: FireBrick;"|Mindpower||align="right" |47||style="width: 18%; color: FireBrick;"|Mental Crit %||align="right" |5||style="width: 18%; color: FireBrick;"|Mind Dmg %||align="right" |10||style="width: 18%; color: FireBrick;"|Mind Penetr. %||align="right" |0
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|style="width: 18%; color: FireBrick;"|Phys Save||align="right" |37||style="width: 18%; color: FireBrick;"|Spell Save||align="right" |40||style="width: 18%; color: FireBrick;"|Mental Save||align="right" |41||style="width: 18%; color: FireBrick;"|Global Speed %||align="right" |100
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!colspan="6"|Infusions/Runes
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|style="color: DarkGreen;"|Slot 1||Wild Infusion, physical/magical, 11%, 5 turns, 13 cd||style="color: DarkGreen;"|Slot 2||Regen infusion of sneak, 146 life, 5 turns, 13 cd||style="color: DarkGreen;"|Slot 3||Shielding rune, power 115, 4 turns, 22 cd
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|style="color: DarkGreen;"|Slot 4||Teleportation rune of the wizard(range 46, cd 16)||style="color: DarkGreen;"|Slot 5||----------||
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Some thoughts on Sandworm Lair:
* There is great loot here, so take your time. I picked up the very good randart amulet I am now wearing in a chest.
* The simplest way to move around, particularly the alternative layout, is to use a teleport rune, and just jump around until you have been everywhere. This is important because the giant tunneller skips several side rooms, which might have good loot in them
* The reward for this dungeon is considerable and often accompanies a real boost to the player. From level 16 to 17, this character gained +10 to all saves (+20 raw), lots of psi, +7 to mindpower (14 raw), a new regen infusion, a shield rune, and a new belt, mindstar, and as mentioned, the randart amulet.
* In an emergency, try digging your way to freedom with your fastest digger. It sometimes is the only way to survive. 
* If you have a second means of teleportation (amulet, tool, etc), equip this. Even phase door boots/cloak, even ring with disengage. Anything to increase your movement options, as suffocation is a terrible way to lose a good character.

Some thoughts on character development:
* As a reminder, my goal is 500 HP for Lake Nur, 750 for the Master. I also like 50 saves for the Master, which is +30 raw increase from this point, which is hard to achieve for some characters, but not so for dwarves, thalorens, yeeks. Now that I have 499 HP and a teleport and shielding rune, I will return to Lake Nur to gain fortress. This character at lvl 17 is MUCH stronger than it was at lvl 16, and you look for these threshold-reaching moments to tackle the next level of difficulty in the game.
* In setting these HP goals, a major factor is the way speed works for Solipsism talents. If you use Balance, Clarity, Dismissal, your speed slows down at a faster rate for each. So I don't want to activate them at all until I have this large HP buffer. And I want also to ensure I have sufficient firepower, which I have thanks to point distribution. If I had pumped Solipism talents, I'd have less firepower and be more vulnerable to speed slowdowns. Hence managing the timing of talent acquisition for solipsists is very important.