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Re: Legion of Shadows Tank

Wundow — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 01:22:26 +0000

I wonder if Johntfs and I have different editions of the book. In my copy, rolling a 5 puts you in a situation where the odds are against you 5:1, and there is no situation where the odds are ever in your favor.

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Re: Legion of Shadows Tank

Da Boss — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:29:24 +0100

Sorry to hear that you have hit a dead end. I can see that the problem is speed. The end game monsters are around 14 and 15 speed so you really need to be closer to that threshold to have a chance of success. Looking at your gear, I would have probably upgraded the gloves and the chest piece, as they have no speed. Otherwise, your hero looks to be an excellent build. A couple more points of speed would have made quite the difference.

Do you still have money you can spend with Waldo? The Raider's Tunic would be an excellent choice and solve a lot of your problems.

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TLeo — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 22:15:32 +0100

So going into the final battle:

Spiked Bone Guards +2 sp +2 ar piercing
Rumrod Helm +1 sp +2 ar Haste
Banded Bracers +2 br +2 arm Regrowth
Grim Reaper +3 sp +5 br Brutality
Breatplate of the Bull +3 br +2 ar Charge
Dark Tower +2 sp +4 ar Impale
Dark Therapy +1 sp Regrowth
Barbarous Boots +2 sp +3 br Savagery
Beetle Shell Necklace +1 sp Charm
Magpie's Ring +1 ar Steal
Ring of the Marshes +1 br +1 ar Swamplegs

I am a cavalier with a Speed of 12, Brawn of 14, and Armour of 14. I did not trade out a lot of items as there was not much to improve armour in act 3, so i only traded items where my armour was the same but it upped another stat.

Unfortunately here is where my journey ends. I could not take on any of the Legendary Monsters. A lot in this Act either goes through, armour or damages armour, so my advantage is gone and it doesnt look like ill even make it past the first monster in the boss fight, let alone the whole thing. This is a little disappointing because the reason I decided to play a tank is i have the worst luck in the world when i roll. I mean i will lose 5-6 rounds in a row (and not just due to the speed variance, I will roll under a 4 every. single. time), and i was hoping to try and negate that by holding off some hits. But as i said there isnt really improving armour past my 14 at this point, i think the ice monster could bring it up to 16 but there is no way i can take on all 4 pillars and then the ice mage when i take 4 damage every round, and the monsters all have enough strength to make my armour be worthless anyways.

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Johntfs — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 09:24:13 +0100

That's really the key, the second roll. It's also good to go into the dice with 100+ gold so getting to the big money doesn't take forever. On the first roll, bet 1 and roll the die. If the roll is a 2-3, bet 1 again. If it's a 4, you can bet a tenth to maybe a quarter of your current stash. If it's a 5, go ahead and bet up to half your current stash. I admit that sometimes I've broken those rules and ended up rich pretty quickly, effectively doubling my stash on 5 rolls, but I've lost everything when that 6 did come up plenty of times too.

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T-man — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 02:37:17 +0100

I never looked closely at the results, but I can see how you could win money against the gambler. When you have to put up more money for a second roll, and you've figured out which sections give you an advantage, you can bet more money then. I remember in the first Fabled Lands book, there's a gambling den where the odds are in your favor. Sometimes you'll hit a bad streak and lose everything, but more often than not, you can make unlimited money.

I also recently went the Mage/Alchemist route and got the Field Kit. Not only did I get 30gp every time I switched equipment, I also found Hal's camera and swapped it for his Gold Dectector. I got 400gp from the fire giant alone, and had over 2,300gp to spend at Waldo's.

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Johntfs — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 00:58:44 +0100

Also, while it's a bit late now, if you play things right with the dice player in Act 1, you can get more money than you can spend in the game, allowing you to get all the potions/equip you can use.

For my part, I went with a Mage/Alchemist into Act 2 with the idea of eventually going after SnapJaw and that corrupted seed pod. I can trade that in for what is effectively a 6th Backpack space to use for potions.

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T-man — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 21:50:31 +0100

Challenge Caeleb in the training yard. A tough fight, but if you beat him, he'll show you some moves.

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TLeo — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 16:08:53 +0100

I chosen gladiator because blood rage and headbutt fit in well with what I was going for. I did not attempt the dragon. He was scurry.

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T-man — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 04:20:54 +0100

Do you have a career? You might have encountered two of the possible warrior careers. And how much gold do you have?

Also, in the fire/lava quest, did you try to go back and fight the giant or dragon (depending on which way you went). Tough fights, but some great equipment, including something that could have solved your problem with opponents whose attacks ignore your armor.

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TLeo — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 01:46:27 +0100

OK so end of Act 2, and Gustav the Sellsword has the following:

Flame Mantle +2 sp +1 ar Ability: Fire Aura
Ramrod Helm +1 sp +2 arm Ability: Haste
Vampraces of Might +1 sp +2 ar Ability: Parry
Velocifero +3 sp +3 br Ability: Riposte
Breastplate of the Bull +3 br +2 ar Ability: Charge
Stone Crecent +2 sp +2 ar Ability: Slam
Demon's Heart +1 sp Ability: Trickster
Scout's +1 sp +3 br Ability: Retaliation
Beetle Shell Necklace +1 sp Ability: Charm
Magpie's Ring +1 ar Ability: Steal
Ring of the Marshes +1 br +1 ar Ability: Swamp Legs

speed 12 Brawn 10 Magic 0 Armour 11

A little more evened out this act, but throughout most of it I had a speed of 9, a brawn of 6 and an armour of 12. See the above post. Overall it was battles that were easily winnable, just really really long. The red quest was my achilles heal though in that they all had better speed and better attack and could go through armour. ugh. i couldnt fight the tree, and only got to Nasareim in the arena. the final assassin was pretty well matched with me though.

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TLeo — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 17:14:45 +0100

Overall I've been very satisfied so far. Basically I have abilities like charm trickster webbed and haste that allow me to dominate the first several rounds of combat, and after that it's basically just chipping away when I win the speed round because the most a lot of enemies can do is 2-3 damage. Battles can take a while though. Fighting the giant in Act 2 took forever, but the only time I took damage in the vampire quest was against the count. However, the red quest in act 2 is very difficult because everything goes through armor. I literally fought the raptors a dozen times to win.

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T-man — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 07:05:53 +0100

I see you have Speed 4, Brawn 7, and Armor 6, plus Acid is essentially an extra point of Brawn. Abilities like Webbed and Trickster help you win rounds, Slam stops damage in a lost round (then hurts their speed), and Lightning and Thorns do damage when you can't win rounds. I like this character to start Act 2, even though your Speed will be lower than opponents.

Go on the Act 2 Green Quest, and you'll find early on that after defeating an beatable opponent, you can take every piece of equipment offered (it's usually choose only one, but sometimes the text says you can take more, so read carefully). One is a definite upgrade, and the other two will also tempt you, so you'll definitely get stronger. Keep us informed of your progress here if you can, because I almost never play tanks, so I'm curious how it goes. You don't have to re-list every piece of equipment you have; maybe just a general idea of how you're changing.

Also, I've advised someone of this before, but when you visit the tavern tinker in the town of New Hope, click on the Downloads tab at the top of this web page. There's a short download under Legion of Shadow bonus content (The Tavern Tinker), that offers better equipment, well worth the steep price.

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Da Boss — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 12:24:56 +0100

Thanks for sharing.

Yes, I can see the areas you will need to upgrade, such as the cloak, gloves and main hand weapon. If you are restarting Act 2 then you should be able to find some good upgrades in the green quest. (Although, for an end of Act 1 character you are not doing too bad!)

Sometimes you may have to lose out on some brawn (or armour) in order to get your speed up, but in the long run you will be better off as that speed will help you get better gear.

You may want to avoid spoilers, but the hero builder on the downloads page can be useful to see what items are available to give you a general idea of where you might locate and acquire upgrades.

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Legion of Shadows Tank

TLeo — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 11:07:11 +0100

So I am trying to make a tank character in LOS, which is hard to do I guess. I'm sacrificing some brawn for a little speed and some abilities to help negate speed disadvantage.

End of Act 1

Travller's Cloak +1 brawn +1 magic ability: charm
Mauler's Maw +1 speed +1 armor ability: fearless
Half-digested Gloves +1 brawn +1 armor ability: acid
Gilbert's Club +3 brawn
Web-coated Jerkin +1 brawn +1 armor ability: webbed
Stone Shield +1 speed +2 armor ability: slam
Demon's Heart +1 speed ability: Trickster
Boar-hide Boots +1 speed +1 armor ability: steadfast
Beads of Brilliance +1 brawn +1 magic
Weather Ring ability: lightning
Ring of Thorns ability: thorns

Also, carry as many speed potions as possible.

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