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Topic: My three heroes - Legion of Shadow

• Rygar
  
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  My three heroes - Legion of Shadow

  1 October 2013 at 6:08pm

  Name: Zerponio
  Path: Warrior
  Career: Cavalier (Shield Spin, Shield Wall)
  Stats: 16sp 16br 0ma 13ar 55he

  Head: Black Widow (2sp 2br) Webbed
  Cloak: Iron-Mane (2sp 3ar) Second Skin
  Gloves: Branded Bracers (2br 2ar) Regrowth
  Chest: Bloodied Chestguard (2sp 4ar) Bleed
  Feet: Barbarous Boots (2sp 3br) Savagery

  Main hand: Blood Crescent (3sp 5br) Cleave
  Left hand: Dark Tower (2sp 4ar) Impale

  Talisman: Blinding Dust (1sp) Deceive

  Necklace: Glacial Shards (1sp 1b) Piercing
  Ring: Tooth 'n Claw (1sp 1br) Sideswipe
  Ring: Ring of Rebirth (2 br) Kickstart

  Money Pouch: 610
  Backpack: Fluffy Dice

  Special Abilities: Banshee's Wail, Windwalker, Dark Claw

  Well, I am not completely satisfied with the outcome of this character. My great Armour helped me a lot in the first two Acts, expecially against King Louis (I still have to find a Mage/Rogue able to bring down that overgrown chimp without an outrageous amount of luck), but in the third Act there are so many enemies dealing damages at the end of every turn, that I should have increased Brawn, instead. I also spent time to find an item with Second Skin but, ironically, the enemy I had to kill for it was the last with Piercing I met (bye Gorgis).
  I only won the fight with Lorcan thanks to Kick Start and that means that my character was not very well balanced.
• Rygar
  
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  Re: My three heroes - Legion of Shadow

  1 October 2013 at 6:22pm

  Name: Jack Manolesta (Jack Swifthand for you English speaking friends)
  Path: Rogue
  Career: Shadowstalker (Shadow Fury, Shadow Speed)
  Stats: 16sp 25br 0ma 0ar 45he

  Head: Total Eclips (2sp 3br) Vanish
  Cloak: Gloom Shade (2sp 3br) Steal
  Gloves: Bone Bracers (1sp 2br) Bleed
  Chest: Shadow Bindings (2sp 3br) Evade
  Feet: Twisted Treads (2sp 2br) Trickster

  Main hand: Trickster's Maul (3sp 4br) Trickster
  Left hand: Final Solution (2sp 5br) Acid

  Talisman: Craven's Head (1sp 1br) Sidestep

  Necklace: Pendant of Foresight (1sp) Evade
  Ring: Leader of the Pack (1br) Dominate
  Ring: Finger of Fire (1br) Sear

  Money Pouch: 760
  Backpack:

  Special Abilities: Banshee's Wail, Windwalker, Bright Shield

  This was my first character (after a Warrior prematurely aborted at the very Beginning of Act2). What can I say? Shadowstalkers rule! Shadow Speed is awesome because it both increases the average result of a die and prevents negative effects activated by rolling "1" (did anyone say "Flay"?).
  Seriously, I never met a real challenge, since I started Act3.
• Rygar
  
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  Re: My three heroes - Legion of Shadow

  1 October 2013 at 6:35pm

  Name: Adrian
  Path: Mage
  Career: Alchemist (Good Taste, Mydas' Touch)
  Stats: 17sp 0br 30ma 0ar 50he

  Head: Thalamus Tiara (2sp 5ma) Haste
  Cloak: Slipstream Silk (3sp 2ma) Surge
  Gloves: Abattoir's Gloves (1sp 4ma) Bleed
  Chest: Slipstream Gown (2sp 4ma) Overload
  Feet: Rune Forged Greaves (2sp 2 ma)

  Main hand: Tempest's Fury (2sp 5ma) Windblast
  Left hand: Archstrike (3sp 3ma) Dominate

  Talisman: Blinding Dust (1sp) Deceive

  Necklace: Pendant of Foresight (1sp) Evade
  Ring: Band of Elements (2ma) Lightning
  Ring: Conduit of Shadows (3ma) Overload

  Money Pouch: 1.100
  Backpack: Field Kit, Arthurian's Horn, Fluffy Dice

  Special Abilities: Bright Shield, Snakes Alive, Windwalker

  I was literally swimming in gold, thanks to Mydas Touch. I picked this career at the very beginning of Act2 and never had a reason to regret it, even though I seldom use Good Taste. It is a pity that Act3 contains only a piece of feet equipment for Mages, as I still had those Rune Forged Greaves bought back at Pisa's Rest.
• Da Boss
  
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  Re: My three heroes - Legion of Shadow

  2 October 2013 at 4:01pm

  Thanks for sharing Rygar. Heart of Fire next?

  There are mage boots available from Waldo and also a set in the Waking the Dead quest. Not sure what version of the book you have, but they are available on the Downloads page if they aren't in your edition.

  Anyway, happy adventuring!
• Rygar
  
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  Re: My three heroes - Legion of Shadow

  3 October 2013 at 2:35pm

  I am already playing HoF, with three different character in three different Acts. The writing style is excellent as usual, but the gameplay has greatly improved. The chance to "store" a few item enables to develop a different strategy for every fight. And, beside, the chance to side either with the Faith or the Wiccans give a lot of re-playing value.

  As for the boots, I saw them at Waldo's, but they gave bonuses to Speed and Armour and it looked to me pretty futile to have a single point in Armour, when the other greaves gave me +2 in Magic. I probably skipped the other pair somewhere in the tomb.
  By the way, "Waking the Dead" is by far the best and most satisfying quest in Act3 (with the only possible exception of the eponymous "Legion of Shadow"): not only it is fairly long, but gives so many background details about this or that character.
• Tisamon
  
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  Re: My three heroes - Legion of Shadow

  4 October 2013 at 9:28pm

  My advice is don't always rely on stats, look at the ability too. Deflect is a really good ability. Less so with 17 speed I agree.