Narcotic of Lodoss War

[StriderKyo]

Hey, I'm only about 26 hours in, I've still got plenty of time to pump up my guy. There's plenty of damage+ and hp+ runes I haven't touched yet because I've been putting all my mithril into dur (which gets ridiculously costly after a while) and crit damage (I've got a x16 modifier so far).

Part of me wants to get that sheild just to fill up all the display cases at the blacksmith's, heh.

As for the giant, even if I hit him, he still gets shots in at me - I guess I need to pump up my sword's impact (I think it's only C right now) before I can pin him anywhere. It's his regular hits that do me in with their insane stun time; his charge I can dodge since I'm wearing +8 speed boots. (Between those and the wilderness boots, there's really no need to worry about the *CLANG!!*)

[Bystander]

The Marfa thing is tough. I wasn't able to do it without invincibility potions. If you defeat the green dragon, you get all items and weapons reguardless of whether you found them in the game or not.

[jiji]

I got a fair distance into this game before other concerns yanked my attention from it. I plan on resuming play as soon as I repair my poor poor DC's controller port block (goddamned static electricity ). I like this game a lot more than BG: DA. The engraving system is a lot more interesting than BG: DA's watered-down Third Edition rules, and the dark game world is more engaging than the standard bland Forgotten Realms fare (bleh), despite the fact that BG: DA is quite a bit prettier. Plus, dashing into a crowd of monsters, felling swaths of goblins with each slice of a huge sword is incredibly satisfying.

Edit: hahaha. Fixed.

[Mode7]

I think you just set a new board record for most unintentional smilies in a single post.

[Quinn Fox]

Suggestions.....


1. For those of you willing and wanting to do some serious challenging and find some rare ancients, hang around in the Cold Caves. The enemies continue to regenerate, and they're not just little goblins; the medusas that freeze you in place keep coming and coming, huge golems, monstrous demons, mithril golems....it's not an easy task, but if you keep pressing, you'll eventually get strong enough to knock most of them out in one hit. And there are a select few items (treasures are random) that will make you smile.

2. Increase your busters. It may seem futile, but trust me. When you place about 30 or more on Wing Buster (enemies with wings) Weapon Buster (enemies with weapons), Armor Buster, Horn Buster, Scale Buster, etc. These increase your damage drastically. The only buster I never worked on was the Elf Buster, but I'm so powerful now, that three or four slices to a Mithril Golem will kill it. Again, the Cold Caves. If I'm naming Busters that some of you haven't seen, that's most likely where they are. Be sure to also increase you Golem Buster. I got it to about 50, and that's all I needed, as Golems were suddenly absolutely no match at all, even the largest ones. Also, find the Elemental Buster. Hell, find ALL Busters. They've made the biggest difference for me in the game.

3. Get all 30 medallions. I won't spoil it and tell you exactly what happens when you do, but IF you do, you eventually get all of the dungeons connected with transporters (niiiice) and you find some incredible weapons and ancients. Also, doing this will allow you to learn the last magic form, Black Magic.

4. Get all four pieces of Narse's Gothic Dragon Armor. Again, if haven't done this, I won't tell you what happens......but just do it. It may seem to take forever, but there are only four, and while tough, they're far from impossible. (Besides, one thing you end up getting is the Dragon Buster, an invaluable ancient.)

5. Work on your Prevent Ancients. They're enormously expensive to upgrade after certain points, but it's that way for a reason. I'm at the point now where I prevent about 50% of all damage inflicted, and that is awfully, awfully helpful.

By the time I was finally ready to tackle Kardis, I had all of the Dragon Armor, all 30 medallions, and a main character (named 'Quinn', surprise) who was nearly invincible. Durability over 1000, Damage at almost 1500, armor at 1200, parrying at 800 (parrying is as important as durability), and a series of swords and items that were simply vicious. I finished it off with a Haruking Sword, occasionally switching between that and the Dragon Killer, a Gothic Bull helmet and plate mail, Gothic Eagle shield (amazing parrying), and a good assortment of boots and jewelry. One invincibility potion (only found one all game and saved it, but never really needed it until I got all 30 medal----oops, nevermind) was never as good as my healing potions and roughly 15,700 hit points.

I bet you're thinking, "Too little Mithril......." If so.......

Lastly, if there's ANY reason to go to the Cold Caves, it's for the Mithril. The place (incredibly huge, by the way) is absolutely full of Mithril that keeps coming back every short while. Add to that the fact that you find perhaps the most important ancient in the game within.......

Revive to Mithril
All enemies drop Mithril according to their strength.

Yes, you read this right. Can you say, 'unlimited Mithril?' I could never complain about Mithril any longer....again, EVERY enemy, including bosses, will drop Mithril. Going from 1000 to 100,000 Mithril in about 30 minutes of enemy mauling is priceless.

I may have discovered all the same things that everyone else has, but just in case, I mention it all anyway. I'd be happy to answer any questions as I suddenly consider myself an expert at the game!

Karrrddiiiss! ^_^
~Quinn

P.S. Was ANYone able to keep Ashram alive? What a weak character, no matter what I did, he always ended up dying eventually.

[WTFer420]

I kept ashram alive, I used the haruke sword (sp) with all the speed rings equiped & killed every enemy with one swipe

btw SAVE the invincible potions for the side-quest after you beat the game that wizard gives you

that one room with two medusas & big golems AND about another dozen enemies is impposible without 'em

a few more tips
USE the oriential sword on the last boss!
Kardis HAS NO CRIT DEFENSE
You can kill it in 3 swipes!
as for the huge Titian dungeon boss, use the resurection spell on one of the silver orges you killed!
have it fight the boss!
it will NEVER get knocked down & you can go behind the boss as he is fighting the silver orge
note heal a lot because the silver orges health will go quick

as Quinn mentioned it, go through the cold caves a lot, just avoid the sections where the medusa's are
& re-teleport back for all the mithril to reset!

[FirstBlood]

.... i never thought the game was that great... of course... i've only played it for about an hour or so... still working on Grandia 2... guess i'll pick up RolW after Grandia ends...

[Master of 7s]

Cold caves? Cold Cave?!

Where are these cold caves? Are they on one of those islands in the hills? And if so, HOW THE HELL DO I GET OVER THERE? ARGHHHHH!!!!

[Low]

Yowza, after reading all these posts I think I'm going to wipe my old game and start a new one. *-neo

[WTFer420]

cold caves are in the last tower of the game right before the last few boss fights!

it's the tower/castle all the way to the top left section of the game map
I think it's in the titian mountain section, I think you have to have the skull thingy the dragon gave you for it to open.... there's a glitch in the game, if you go to the tower & teleport back to your fort to get it it won't work
you have to have it with you as you arrive there

the Caves they are optional as you can skip them & go to the teleport to the next section if you want
there's 3 floors of the cold caves, you only need the 1st since the rest only led to the super insane ultra fucking hard black dragon!
(hardest boss in videogame history, he makes Omega Weapon in FF8 look like a pussy)

btw you get to those islands surrounded by water via teleports

go to the Demon lord dungeon(????) & go right behind it & activate the transport system

you can then visit every place in the entire game via transports instead of walking through all the land