Victory in Naga City as Gnome Chemist:
I have this deep-seated desire to raze Naga City every once in a while with a Gnome. Even though Elf looks strictly better than Gnome for this run, I still picked the beardy buggers because I kind of dig this whole yeti thing going on with their Chemists. The recipe was a re-iteration of my usual NC recipe: Mystera, mana boosts, and blast everything into smithereens. The only concession I afforded myself was the Alchemists pact, to ensure my Gnome isn't just an over-qualified Schadenfreude potion.
Findings:
1. Farming Mystera piety in Mana form is very easy. Normally I struggle to gain the 4th dot of Magic upstairs. The Chemist easily gets all five plus the other essential boons.
2. Due to fighting the bosses down below in Mana Form, I had no difficulty regenerating my mana in-between bosses. This is normally not so easy, given the limited blackspace, which puts a bigger stress on refills. I wasn't missing refills too much.
3. Due to hemorrhaging Mystera Piety, I had no difficulty reducing resists, because I had everything Mystera has to offer by the time I went into the boss fights. I bought a total of 8 shots of Weakening, 3 against The Iron Man, and 5 against Kinisch.
4. I chanced upon the Crumbling Ward, and I totally think it's a much better item than the Stone Sigil. Better CP value, one-time boost, it's a pity it's sub-only.
5. If all else fails, 10 Mana Potions is still a 100% restoration. I didn't actually have to use Mana Potions for restoration, partially because I found Crystal Ball, but I had a dozen Mana Potions in the end, so I could've triggered several more restores (in fact, I'm confident that I would've easily won also without the Crystal Ball).
6. Potential bug: I don't think the shots of Magic show up in the victory score screen.
"Thinker", just without the "ache".
