I took the strength bonus from the wishing well, giving me 35 str, I hope I chose wisely. I still don't know if I'll keep it, but don't know what other choice I have. That will give me access to a few more pieces of armor. I'll definitely be able to wear the Dragon Gloves, the Dragon Belt, and the boots of the Vampire. The Dragon Helm, shield, and chestplate will probably be a no-go, along with any other heavy plate item. I did a bunch of theiving raids in Orc territory, didn't come up with as much as I'd hoped for though. If I can make enough for a large strength charm, that will get me to 43. Then if I can get one to roll up at the talking tree (after getting my alchemy point item) that will get me to 51, still not quite enough for say the Dragon Shield (55), but very close. Maybe the trick will be to drag the stuff with me so I can use gold charms. I just don't know how I'll afford them.
Which brings up the point that if I want to keep my level somewhat low (god knows why), then fighting imps for their loot is probably out for the most part. And if I can't afford some decent charms, all the gathering of good charmable armor is kinda moot. Other than the inherent boosts it might add. Maybe the answer is to just use whatever silver charms I can afford and go with them. I'm not sure. I need a new source of stealable weapons etc. I know about the city watch building. I could try my hand a pickpocket heh. I know I'll get more when I go to the wastelands, but I only have 5 skill points to work with at the moment. I plan to use two on Identify. I'll need at least one point in Charm Weapon. Hmmm
For Raze: by the way, that trick didn't work, apparently when you leave the area, not only do you not get XP from scorpion kills, but the killing seems to effectively stop. I did several tests of this, a few times releasing 20 of them in the same spot and teleporting away, waiting a few minutes, then teleporting back. It was as if I never left, same Orcs, Scrops in the same positions, etc. If I stick around, 20 scorps make short work of the Orcs there. Once I had three surrounding a giant Orc, so I knew he couldn't last long, but no matter how long I stayed away, he was there when I got back. In fact, his health reset back to full everytime even. Got me wondering, if you load something up with poison then teleport away and wait, will they wait to croak until you get back?
