Vorpal Blade for a Tourist?

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How good is the Vorpal Blade for my tourist? Are there other weapons I
should seek for this tourist character?

 

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So now I have Magicbane. I think I will try that. It seems I cant
enhance my long sword skills past basic.

 

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thiskidrob@yahoo.com writes:

> So now I have Magicbane. I think I will try that. It seems I cant
> enhance my long sword skills past basic.

Magicbane is great for an early-game tourist because you can get up to
expert.

If you decide to wish for a better weapon later, or happen to find it,
Grayswandir is the best weapon for a tourist who can enchant it up. You
can get to skilled, and Grayswandir does doubel damage against
everything.

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"David J. Grabiner" <grabiner@alumni.princeton.edu> wrote:

> If you decide to wish for a better weapon later, or happen to find it,
> Grayswandir is the best weapon for a tourist who can enchant it up. You
> can get to skilled, and Grayswandir does doubel damage against
> everything.

And in addition to that, when twoweaponing there's no need to advance
secondary weapons skill separately, since Grayswandir + silver saber is a
killer combination and they both count as sabres.

 

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thiskidrob@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> So now I have Magicbane. I think I will try that.

It has more important results than regular melee damage.

> It seems I cant
> enhance my long sword skills past basic.

Once you have maxed out your luck and strength, the
skills matter much less. Basic ends up just fine
for melee.

 

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Doug Freyburger wrote:
> thiskidrob@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> > So now I have Magicbane. I think I will try that.
>
> It has more important results than regular melee damage.
>
> > It seems I cant
> > enhance my long sword skills past basic.
>
> Once you have maxed out your luck and strength, the
> skills matter much less. Basic ends up just fine
> for melee.

I ascended! Looks like Magicbane worked just fine for the entire rest
of the game! I never knew it was so powerful. I had no problems
killing anything...

Gosh was I scared last night when entering the Astral planes. And, as
luck would have it, I had to visit all 3 altars. What a miracle this
char lived!

 

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Quoting <thiskidrob@yahoo.com>:
>I ascended! Looks like Magicbane worked just fine for the entire rest
>of the game! I never knew it was so powerful. I had no problems
>killing anything...

Magicbane is generally fine except when it's not. Some ascensions you
won't have any trouble; if you get seriously buried and need a bunch of
crunch power to get out of it, you won't be able to make do with
Magicbane.
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