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Bloodmage

2013-12-07T18:03:11Z

RaugMoss:

{{alphapage|Alpha:Bloodmage}}
<onlyinclude>{{
{{{tpl|ClassInfobox}}}
|Name=Bloodmage
|ShortHand=Bl
|Traits=
;INSANE: Start with the BLUDTUPOWA glyph, - 3 Mana
;SANGUINE: Walking over a BloodPool restores 20% of maximum health
;POWER-HUNGRY: Mana potions 60% effective and boost Sanguine, drinking blood restores 1 mana
|SuggestedRaces=
{{HuBl}},{{DwBl}},{{GnBl}}
|Unlock=
Level 3 [[Mage Tower]]
|Group=Tier 3
}}</onlyinclude>

== Class Features ==

*'''INSANE''': Start with the BLUDTUPOWA glyph, -3 Mana
*'''SANGUINE''': Walking over a BloodPool restores 20% of maximum health
*'''POWER-HUNGRY''': Mana potions 60% effective and boost Sanguine by 1%, drinking blood restores 1 mana

== Races ==

=== Gnome ===
The Bloodmage loves mana potions, making the Gnome a natural choice. However, you will need to improve your maximum mana somehow to get the most out of them.

=== Elf ===
The Elf's racial ability can be used to compensate for the Bloodmage's starting mana penalty, making your mana potions extremely powerful. You will want to obtain as many mana potions as you can, such as with a Keg of Mana.

=== Dwarf ===
Dwarf is the obvious choice if you want to maximise your health pool.

=== Human ===
Humans naturally make strong combat-oriented characters, making this a good fit for the brawler approach.

== Strategy ==

The Bloodmage is an odd class, totally centered around his '''Sanguine''' class feature. Because this is his raison d'etre, your entire strategy will revolve around maximizing the gain from this ability. There are two opposite approaches to playing the Bloodmage:

The first is to use Sanguine to fuel BLUDTUPOWA and also boosting your max mana so that mana potions become powerful, allowing an enormous number of spells to be cast without allowing monsters to regenerate. In this approach, you can largely neglect attack damage.

The second is to play a brawler character, using Sanguine to obtain additional staying power in combat, with mana used mostly to power {{s|HALPMEH}} and other glyphs that assist in combat. With this approach, you will hardly ever cast BLUDTUPOWA, but it can still be treated as a free 100 CP. Combined with a good physical attack and some resistances, the Bloodmage can become a very dangerous warrior.

In either case, anything that improves your maximum health is a good investment. Because Sanguine restores a percentage of your maximum health, the amount it restores will increase accordingly. Characters with expanded health pools will also benefit from items such as the Fire Heart.

Mana potions can also be an important resource for the Bloodmage thanks to the Power-Hungry trait. If possible, you should try to use all your mana potions before drinking too many blood pools, as each mana potion you drink will permanently improve your Sanguine ability.

The bloodmage combines well with {{g|Dracul}}, who will shower him with piety for drinking his blood pools, can upgrade his Sanguine ability, and offers the useful Blood Shield boon to boost resistances. {{g|Jehora Jeheyu}} is also a good choice thanks to his health- and mana-boosting boons. {{g|Mystera Annur}} can work well with the BLUDTUPOWA extreme spellcaster approach. Avoid {{g|Glowing Guardian}}, as he hates every aspect of the Bloodmage.

Because the Bloodmage is so totally dependent on blood pools, you should focus on conserving them as much as possible. You must absolutely not get separated from them. On scenarios such as [[Naga City]] where there is a point of no return, this makes the Bloodmage a significantly weaker class.

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The Broken God

2013-12-05T17:58:51Z

RaugMoss: /* The Shattering */

''An ancient seer's stone has been buried near a temple in the north. Look into history and learn what sets this god aside from the others.''

== Reward ==

100 {{Gold}}

== Solutions (spoilers) ==

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=== Intro to Jehora ===

''"You look into the past - a very, very long time ago - and see a different god in a different era. Learn some of Jehora Jeheyu's "piety triggers" and earn divine favour!"''

# Cast {{s|WEYTWUT}} on {{m|Lord Gobb}}
# Pick up the {{i|Shield}}
# Move to the dark tile to reveal a {{m|Goblin}}
# Kill both {{m|Goblin}}s
# Cast {{s|LEMMISI}} twice
# Cast {{s|BYSSEPS}}
# Convert {{s|WEYTWUT}}, {{s|LEMMISI}} and {{s|BYSSEPS}}
# Pick up the {{i|Sword}}
# Move to the altar (You will recieve +25 max. health at this point)
# Drink the {{i|Health Potion}}
# Kill {{m|Lord Gobb}}

=== The Shattering ===

''"The seer's stone thrums to life and teleports you to the temple as it exists today. Things are ... different. Pick up the pieces and learn how to make proper use of the new god."''

# Cast {{s|WEYTWUT}} on the bottom {{m|Imp}}.
# Pick up the {{i|Sword}}.
# Reveal and kill the middle {{m|Imp}}.
# Use {{s|LEMMISI}} twice to reveal all {{m|Imp}}s, then convert it.
# Pick up the {{i|Shield}}.
# Drink the {{i|Mana Potion}}, then cast {{s|WEYTWUT}} on one of the column {{m|Imp}}.
# Convert {{s|BYSSEPS}} and kill all the {{m|Imp}} of the column to level up.
# Cast {{s|WEYTWUT}} on the bottom {{m|Imp}}.
# Attack the boss once and convert the {{i|Shield}}
# Worship and choose Chaos Avatar.
# Attack the boss twice and cast {{s|WEYTWUT}} on the boss.
# Convert the {{s|WEYTWUT}} and attack the boss.

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Creeplight Contract

2013-12-02T18:49:12Z

RaugMoss: /* Boss */

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The '''''Creeplight Contract''''' dungeon is the {{c|Assassin}} silver [[Class Challenges|Challenge]]. It has the additional stipulation that you must kill every monster in the dungeon (ie, get the ''Unstoppable'' badge).

This dungeon is mostly identical to the [[Creeplight Ruins]] dungeon, but the boss has a slightly different name, and has greatly increased stats. Much, much harder to beat.

== Preparations ==
You may prepare bazaar preparations for this dungeon. There is no particular advised selection.

== Boss==
# Anubbis - Form 1 - {{m|Warlock}} - 441 health - 86 attack - Traits: Revives, 50% Physical Resist, 50% Magical Resist.
# Anubbis - Form 2 - {{m|Zombie}} - 261 health - 82 attack - Traits: Revives, 50% Magical Resist, Undead, Bloodless.
# Anubbis - Form 3 - {{m|Wraith}} - 261 health - 82 attack - Traits: 50% Physical Resist, Mana Burn, Undead, Bloodless.

2 things: You're going to want to Swift Hands the first form, and you're going to want to fireball the third form.

To the first, using a Goblin Assassin with the {{i|Wicked Guitar}} makes this easy. Do not uncover the boss! Otherwise, using the Wicked Guitar to level up your popcorn is much more difficult, as you will no longer be able to Swift Hands the boss (who is level 9). Use the bloodstains & bones surrounding the boss to carefully avoid revealing him. Activate the Wicked Guitar during the clean-up phase, but after killing all level 9's. Otherwise, you'll have to deal with a bunch of pissed-off non-boss level 10's, who tend to be very annoying.

There is an altar to Dracul. After killing all undead in the cleanup phase, but before killing the rest of the popcorn, worship at the altar. Go for Blood Tithe (at least 2 or 3 levels, unless that means that the boss 1-shots you) and save the rest of your piety for Blood Swells. This should greatly increase your longevity.

== Reward ==
You receive the {{i|Venom Dagger}} as your reward for winning this dungeon, an item that causes your first attack against every monster to be poisonous.

Creeplight Contract

2013-12-02T18:31:47Z

RaugMoss:

Creeplight Contract

2013-12-02T18:11:07Z

RaugMoss:

Creeplight Contract

2013-12-02T17:56:49Z

RaugMoss:

2013-11-24T17:27:18Z

RaugMoss: /* Strategy */

Goatperson

2013-11-24T17:26:03Z

RaugMoss: /* Class Features */

2013-11-24T16:24:45Z

RaugMoss: /* Special Rules */

'''''The Metal Age''''' is a special dungeon that serves as the {{c|Thief}} silver [[Class Challenges|challenge]].

== Preparations ==
No preparations are allowed in this challenge.

== Special Rules ==
The map contrains "trapped chests". These chests deal damage and always strike first, so you need to find a way to survive them. Each chest contains a different glyph:

(todo list)

You start out in one of the corners of the map, and are surrounded by high level guards (all orange levels). The map is made up of a lot of narrow corridors, with very few areas more than one square wide. The only low level guards will appear on the map as the red monster symbols, and they will usually be on the opposite side of the map from you. As you will initially be surrounded by guards that kill you in one hit, you will need to be very careful in where you teleport guards; you can easily trap yourself if you aren't paying attention. A good piece of advice is to use the fact that {{s|WEYTWUT}} has unlimited range to teleport guards into any corner or alcove that you uncover. No matter how far away the guard is, you can use WEYTWUT to switch places with him.

== The Boss ==
The boss is a level 9 Guard Captain (ATK 75/HP 480). It's identical to several other Level 9 guards around, so be careful.
This is good, though, because if he had pumped up boss stats, this would be impossible. This captain is the only guard with dialogue, so make sure that you are always keeping track of where he is. He's easy to lose in the crowd.

== Strategy ==
Get ready to do this level over, and over, and over. The basic strategy is:

* Get [[LEMMISI]] and [[WEYTWUT]];
* Accumulate enough attack bonuses that you can kill two level 2 guards without using more than two or three potions;
* Carefully work your way up levels with the help of [[WEYTWUT]] and [[IMAWAL]]'s experience bonuses;
* Deal with the Guard Captain.

LEMMISI is nearly useless, as you'll have to do a fair deal of exploring to acquire powerups initially. WEYTWUT, on the other hand, is precious.

2013-11-18T18:43:54Z

RaugMoss: /* Rivalry */