by q 3 on Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:17 pm
Halfling Wizards do have one very potent strategy for Glowing Guardian, provided you have HALPMEH and at least one enemy that can poison you (but not manaburn you). Attack that enemy, get poisoned, cast HALPMEH, repeat until either you or the enemy will die from the next blow and then go regenerate (or attack a second enemy with poison, if possible). At 2 piety every 2 mana spent, it's one of the most efficient sources of piety in the game. Get to 100 piety, take Enlightenment (devastatingly powerful at low levels) and then start racking up high level kills. You may want to skip Humility, since Wizards in particular suffer from the reduced HALPMEH and fireball effectiveness, and what you really want is to take Absolution at as high a level as possible. Chain as many high level kills as you can, then once you start to lose your momentum, take Absolution and switch to a deity that won't punish potion consumption as soon as you have 50+ piety. The combination of low level Enlightenment and high level Absolution will give you fairly absurd max HP, which will make your health potions incredibly strong, with extra damage and resistances to top it all off.