I finish the rest of the grind, and get another Lightwand for Mordred along the way. Lord Stygar equips it for a 1 point improvement to his AC. I begin the cycle again, and get one of the items I'm after as loot following the first fight, a Mithril Plate armor. That of course means I purchase the 4th-tier spells in their new classes for them as well. I may as well equip Talia with it now that I have it, but I don't regard it as crucial.Īfter finishing the cycle, I have enough xp to advance both Talia and Mordred to their 8th levels in their new classes. It provides limited charges of the Lesser Revelation spell. I repeat the grind cycle, and get a Lightwand along the way. That of course means I purchase the 3rd-tier spells in their new classes for them as well. The next cycle doesn't yield any items I want either, but I get enough xp to advance both Talia and Mordred to their sixth levels in their new classes. The video concludes with recouping Talia's Spell Points at Roscoe's Emporium, and then going back down to the Cellar. That of course means I also purchase the 2nd-tier spells in their new classes for them as well. I have enough xp to advance both Talia and Mordred to their fourth levels in their new classes. I buy a drink for Ariel, heal up at the Temple, and then head over to the Review Board. That brings me to the stairs going back up to the Scarlet Bard. After that, I cast Apport Arcane with the coordinates in reverse: -11 1 2. My first run of the new grind cycle didn't yield any of the items I was looking for, so I go back to the portal and go up it (Levitation is necessary to go UP a portal). I make them the priority for killing whenever they show up. The two monsters that can be troublesome are Black Widows that can Poison characters, and Wights that can cause Withering. I can win pretty much every fight by cutting them down one by one without having to use magic spells. And even then, a Traveller's Tune in combination with AC bonuses from my items is sufficient to avoid any damage altogether in most fights. Most of new the monsters will not do more than inflict straight damage, like Assassins, Bladesmen, Ninja, Samurai, Ogres, Master Thieves and Werewolves. In this playthrough I happened to get both Talia and Mordred learning all the Sorcerer spells and well into the Wizard class. However much xp I get for it upon getting all the items I want, that's what I'll take before going to the next dungeon. She won't use it during the first game, she'll transfer it to the second game.
Mithril Bracers for Cassandra, Talia and Mordred.
Mithril Plate armors for Lord Stygar, Zarathos and Gallard.The ultimate objective, besides earning xp, is the acquisition of some new items. I now go with a grind cycle that involves going through the two easternmost rows of rooms on the eastern edge of the level in a kind of semi-circle. I have no purpose for coming here other than to acquire xp and treasure. At the same time, notice that are a lot of adjoining square rooms on the east side of the third level, some of them with set encounters against random monsters. There is a set of stairs that will become important, but not until MUCH later on. Note that there are no clues or crucial information to be found here. Note that you can go down a portal without a Levitation spell in effect, but that means taking damage in the process. That takes me to the portal leading down to the third level.
Once I'm in the Cellar, I have Talia cast Apport Arcane with the coordinates: 11 -1 -2.