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	*Use the mansion buffs: Gawd, how can you not? You get a +5 stacking bonus to all stats: up to a +50 stacking for Strength; +4/+4 TH/Defense on one weapon; +3 to all casting skills; Moderate Self buff; Moderate Frost Ward buff; Major Regen/Rejuv/Renew; and stacking +50 to stamina, if everything is there. They may not last that long, but they should be easy to get to and clustered at your House/Villa/Mansion for quick usage.		*Use the mansion buffs: Gawd, how can you not? You get a +5 stacking bonus to all stats: up to a +50 stacking for Strength; +4/+4 TH/Defense on one weapon; +3 to all casting skills; Moderate Self buff; Moderate Frost Ward buff; Major Regen/Rejuv/Renew; and stacking +50 to stamina, if everything is there. They may not last that long, but they should be easy to get to and clustered at your House/Villa/Mansion for quick usage.

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	**[[Ulgrim’s Casting Stein]]: This ‘wand’ casts Stamina to Mana/4. If you get sick of using Stamina to Mana/1 from Life Magic Self to get your mana back, swapping this in can help with mana problems.		**[[Ulgrim’s Casting Stein]]: This ‘wand’ casts Stamina to Mana/4. If you get sick of using Stamina to Mana/1 from Life Magic Self to get your mana back, swapping this in can help with mana problems.
	**[[The Soul-Bound Staff]]: It eats a lot of mana, but the think casts Pierce/7 with Pierce Render at 475 skill. If weapons just won’t do it, this is your go-to wand.		**[[The Soul-Bound Staff]]: It eats a lot of mana, but the think casts Pierce/7 with Pierce Render at 475 skill. If weapons just won’t do it, this is your go-to wand.
	**~~Trinket~~: You want a trinket with useful magic of its own, and you want it imbued. As a Melee, I would recommend Diamond major (+3 damage), Gromnie Hide Moderate (-2 Damage Reduction), and Health Minor (+5 Health). If you have an excellent Trinket you don't want to lose, simply downgrade the levels by 1 and lose the Health minor.		**Trinkets and [[Gearcrafting]]: You want a trinket with useful magic of its own, and you want it imbued. As a Melee, I would recommend Diamond major (+3 damage), Gromnie Hide Moderate (-2 Damage Reduction), and Health Minor (+5 Health). If you have an excellent Trinket you don't want to lose, simply downgrade the levels by 1 and lose the Health minor.

	== Consumables ==		== Consumables ==

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	**Default Buffs: Regardless of your casting ability, there are certain buffs you should always have as a melee from gear, namely Str, Coord, your weapon skill, and the Life Prots. If these get dispelled, you are immediately gimped hard. Make sure you have them on your gear by one means or another.		**Default Buffs: Regardless of your casting ability, there are certain buffs you should always have as a melee from gear, namely Str, Coord, your weapon skill, and the Life Prots. If these get dispelled, you are immediately gimped hard. Make sure you have them on your gear by one means or another.
	**[[Ulgrim’s Casting Stein]]: This ‘wand’ casts Stamina to Mana/4. If you get sick of using Stamina to Mana/1 from Life Magic Self to get your mana back, swapping this in can help with mana problems.		**[[Ulgrim’s Casting Stein]]: This ‘wand’ casts Stamina to Mana/4. If you get sick of using Stamina to Mana/1 from Life Magic Self to get your mana back, swapping this in can help with mana problems.
	**[[The Soul-Bound ~~Wand~~]]: It eats a lot of mana, but the think casts Pierce/7 with Pierce Render at 475 skill. If weapons just won’t do it, this is your go-to wand.		**[[The Soul-Bound Staff]]: It eats a lot of mana, but the think casts Pierce/7 with Pierce Render at 475 skill. If weapons just won’t do it, this is your go-to wand.
			**Trinket: You want a trinket with useful magic of its own, and you want it imbued. As a Melee, I would recommend Diamond major (+3 damage), Gromnie Hide Moderate (-2 Damage Reduction), and Health Minor (+5 Health). If you have an excellent Trinket you don't want to lose, simply downgrade the levels by 1 and lose the Health minor.

	== Consumables ==		== Consumables ==

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Weapons needed

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	Melees, you don’t have a choice. You carry a toolbox of weapons, and what follows is an idea of the weapons you need.		Melees, you don’t have a choice. You carry a toolbox of weapons, and what follows is an idea of the weapons you need.
	Also, don’t obsess over the highest damage. You’re actually better off with the highest melee defense and attack modifiers. Not getting hit and hitting the enemy tends to be far more useful then 1-3 points of damage. Do NOT ignore attack/defense modifiers on the weapons you choose!		Also, don’t obsess over the highest damage. You’re actually better off with the highest melee defense and attack modifiers. Not getting hit and hitting the enemy tends to be far more useful then 1-3 points of damage. Do NOT ignore attack/defense modifiers on the weapons you choose!
	**#First, you’re going to need Resistance Renders for all types of your weapon. Swords get shafted here, because even though you can Slash or Pierce with one weapon, you can only Render it to one damage attempt. You need these because you aren’t going to Vuln everything, all the time, and Renders top out at the effect of a level 6 Vuln, and the damage stacks with Imperils.		#First, you’re going to need Resistance Renders for all types of your weapon. Swords get shafted here, because even though you can Slash or Pierce with one weapon, you can only Render it to one damage attempt. You need these because you aren’t going to Vuln everything, all the time, and Renders top out at the effect of a level 6 Vuln, and the damage stacks with Imperils.
	**# Secondly, you need Armor Renders for all your Damage styles. Swords (and daggers and katars) do get a break here. You do this because Armor Render stacks with Vulns and Imperils (although NOT with Negative AL—See below!).		# Secondly, you need Armor Renders for all your Damage styles. Swords (and daggers and katars) do get a break here. You do this because Armor Render stacks with Vulns and Imperils (although NOT with Negative AL—See below!).
	**# Third, for those creatures that are Vulnerable to Imperil, you need Crit Strike (or Crippling Blow) weapons of all your element types. Negative AL creatures take half damage from Armor Renders if double tapped, but CS weapons OWN them.		# Third, for those creatures that are Vulnerable to Imperil, you need Crit Strike (or Crippling Blow) weapons of all your element types. Negative AL creatures take half damage from Armor Renders if double tapped, but CS weapons OWN them.
	Quest weapons you’ll want, in no particular order:		Quest weapons you’ll want, in no particular order:

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Elective Skills

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	====Elective Skills====		====Elective Skills====
	#[[Creature Magic]]: Virtually every Melee ends up with this, because it's very, very hard to get a full suite of Creature buffs when you're also pining for Epic Cantrips and Wards. Plus, it's nice to be able to buff others when they need it.		#[[Creature Magic]]: Virtually every Melee ends up with this, because it's very, very hard to get a full suite of Creature buffs when you're also pining for Epic Cantrips and Wards. Plus, it's nice to be able to buff others when they need it.
			#[[Assess Creature]]: (specialize) The introduction of gearcrafting enabled you to cast Imperil with this skill using a Lens/wand. Normal gets you Imp6/450 skill. Spec gives you Imp7/520 skill! If you don't want to take Life Magic, this is probably a skill you should have.
	#[[Life Magic]] (specialized): Melees specialize this because getting Life Magic just for buffs is rather dumb. To use it offensively, you need to specialize it, because your Low Focus/Self generally means you're starting out at 40 point handicap vs a Trained Mage! To use Imperils and Vulns offensively, Specializing becomes mandatory.		#[[Life Magic]] (specialized): Melees specialize this because getting Life Magic just for buffs is rather dumb. To use it offensively, you need to specialize it, because your Low Focus/Self generally means you're starting out at 40 point handicap vs a Trained Mage! To use Imperils and Vulns offensively, Specializing becomes mandatory.
	#[[Arcane Lore]] (specialized?): So you can use all those jewelry and odd armor bits with multiple spells on them that you want to. Since Arcane Reqs can now hit 400, Specializing in Arcane is actually useful.		#[[Arcane Lore]] (specialized?): So you can use all those jewelry and odd armor bits with multiple spells on them that you want to. Since Arcane Reqs can now hit 400, Specializing in Arcane is actually useful.
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	===Basic Builds===		===Basic Builds===
	#'''General Melee''': A General Melee build has the core skills, plus Arcane, Creature, and Lockpick. It often has points left over to pick up other useful skills, as well.		#'''General Melee''': A General Melee build has the core skills, plus Arcane, Creature, and Lockpick. It often has points left over to pick up other useful skills, as well.

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	== Salvage and Augments ==		== Salvage and Augments ==

	**Iron increases the maximum damage by 1, and the minimum by the variance x 1. Thus, one bag of Iron would change our weapon to 40.5 – 81 damage, because the variance is 50%.		*Iron increases the maximum damage by 1, and the minimum by the variance x 1. Thus, one bag of Iron would change our weapon to 40.5 – 81 damage, because the variance is 50%.
	DOT becomes:		DOT becomes:
	60.75 x 9, 162 x1. Total DOT change = +8.75 points per bag.		60.75 x 9, 162 x1. Total DOT change = +8.75 points per bag.
	However, on a Critical Strike weapon, this looks MUCH better, because you are constantly increasing the power of the crit. For a CS weapon, this raises the DOT by 13.75 per bag. For CB, +18.75!		However, on a Critical Strike weapon, this looks MUCH better, because you are constantly increasing the power of the crit. For a CS weapon, this raises the DOT by 13.75 per bag. For CB, +18.75!

	**Granite reduces spread, resulting in a tighter, higher array of numbers…it increases the amount of the minimum damage you do.		*Granite reduces spread, resulting in a tighter, higher array of numbers…it increases the amount of the minimum damage you do.
	While it is explained better elsewhere, a simple example is that a bag of ~~granite~~ on our base weapon would raise the bottom variance 25%. Since the variance is 40 pts, this would shrink to 30 pts, resulting in a 50-80 dmg weapon. Average damage would go up to 65, resulting in an average damage of 65x9, +160, or increasing from 700 to 745, +45 for the first bag.		While it is explained better elsewhere, a simple example is that a bag of Granite on our base weapon would raise the bottom variance 25%. Since the variance is 40 pts, this would shrink to 30 pts, resulting in a 50-80 dmg weapon. Average damage would go up to 65, resulting in an average damage of 65x9, +160, or increasing from 700 to 745, +45 for the first bag.
	Every succeeding bag tightens the variance further, which means smaller and smaller increases. Once you start getting to a 25% variance, such as 60-80, the amount of increase starts getting quite small. Generally, granite is used about 50/50 on Render and AR weapons with Iron.		Every succeeding bag tightens the variance further, which means smaller and smaller increases. Once you start getting to a 25% variance, such as 60-80, the amount of increase starts getting quite small. Generally, granite is used about 50/50 on Render and AR weapons with Iron.

	**The various [[Blood Drinker]] spells and their equivalents add to maximum damage directly, they do not affect variance. A 40-80 weapon with BD6 (+20 dmg) on it, becomes 50-100. Likewise, Grael Gems add +3 to maximum damage, as do Trinker augments, and Augment Gems.		*The various [[Blood Drinker]] spells and their equivalents add to maximum damage directly, they do not affect variance. A 40-80 weapon with BD6 (+20 dmg) on it, becomes 50-100. Likewise, Grael Gems add +3 to maximum damage, as do Trinker augments, and Augment Gems.

	**Strength adds to maximum damage, like a [[Blood Drinker]] effect (Coord for Daggers). For every 10 pts of Strength over 100, you get +1 damage. This number is halved if you are UA. However, UA also adds +1 dmg for every 20 pts of SKILL over 100. This very large damage bonus is why UA does as much damage over time as an Axer, at least.		*Strength adds to maximum damage, like a [[Blood Drinker]] effect (Coord for Daggers). For every 10 pts of Strength over 100, you get +1 damage. This number is halved if you are UA. However, UA also adds +1 dmg for every 20 pts of SKILL over 100. This very large damage bonus, combined with more frequent attack speed, is why UA does as much damage over time as an Axer, at least.

	== Testing, Testing ==		== Testing, Testing ==

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Examples for the Reluctant

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	Our sample weapon is going to be a 40-80 weapon. This is a 50% variance (the minimum is –50% of the maximum) weapon. We are going to ignore strength and BD and suchlike, figuring they’ve already been added on. Critical Hits are 10% of all swings on average, and do 2x Maximum normal damage for Melees.		Our sample weapon is going to be a 40-80 weapon. This is a 50% variance (the minimum is –50% of the maximum) weapon. We are going to ignore strength and BD and suchlike, figuring they’ve already been added on. Critical Hits are 10% of all swings on average, and do 2x Maximum normal damage for Melees.

	**In normal combat, this weapon will do average damage of 9 hits of 60 (average dmg) and one critical (2x maximum damage) of 160, thusly:		*In normal combat, this weapon will do average damage of 9 hits of 60 (average dmg) and one critical (2x maximum damage) of 160, thusly:
	60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 160		60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 160
	For a total damage over ten swings of 700 damage, base.		For a total damage over ten swings of 700 damage, base.

	**With Crippling Blow (Crit=x6 max dmg), these numbers change, to:		*With Crippling Blow (Crit=x6 max dmg), these numbers change, to:
	60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 480		60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 480
	For a total damage of 1020…an increase of +320, or +45%. This is actually lessened by the fact that CB ‘wastes’ more damage then any other imbue with ‘overkill’ damage.		For a total damage of 1020…an increase of +320, or +45%. This is actually lessened by the fact that CB ‘wastes’ more damage then any other imbue with ‘overkill’ damage.

	**With Critical Strike (Crits = 50% chance of going off), these numbers change to:		*With Critical Strike (Crits = 50% chance of going off), these numbers change to:
	60 60 60 60 60 160 160 160 160 160		60 60 60 60 60 160 160 160 160 160
	for a total damage of 1100, or +400, or +56%. CS also wastes less dmg then CB, and ‘maxes’ out 4 additional swings, hence the greater DOT.		for a total damage of 1100, or +400, or +56%. CS also wastes less dmg then CB, and ‘maxes’ out 4 additional swings, hence the greater DOT.

	**With Armor Render, we effectively double everything, thus:		*With Armor Render, we effectively double everything, thus:
	120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 320		120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 320
	for total damage of 1400, +700, and a 100% increase. Definitely the best of the ‘normal’ imbues, until the Renders came along.		for total damage of 1400, +700, and a 100% increase. Definitely the best of the ‘normal’ imbues, until the Renders came along.

	**The Renders/Cleaving max out at Vuln 6, which is +150% damage, even. The above numbers would look something like:		*The Renders/Cleaving max out at Vuln 6, which is +150% damage, even. The above numbers would look something like:
	150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 400, or 1750 dmg over time.		150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 400, or 1750 dmg over time.

	**Biting Strike adds another crit (20%): 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 160 160, for 800 dmg, +14%.		*Biting Strike adds another crit (20%): 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 160 160, for 800 dmg, +14%.

	**Crushing Blow increases the crit (to x3 Max Dmg): 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 240 for 780 dmg, +11%.		*Crushing Blow increases the crit (to x3 Max Dmg): 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 240 for 780 dmg, +11%.

	**Combined (as on a Shadowfire Weapon), they can look like:		*Combined (as on a Shadowfire Weapon), they can look like:
	60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 240 240 for 960 dmg, or +37%…greater then the sum of its parts.		60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 240 240 for 960 dmg, or +37%…greater then the sum of its parts.

	**Combined with a Render (as on the mighty Red Runed Weapons), this becomes incredible:		*Combined with a Render (as on the mighty Red Runed Weapons), this becomes incredible:
	150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 600 600		150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 600 600
	for total damage of 2400, +1700, and a +242% increase. Yay, Silvarans!		for total damage of 2400, +1700, and a +242% increase. Yay, Silvarans!

	**A Vuln 7 is +200%, or triple damage.		*A Vuln 7 is +200%, or triple damage.
	Combined with Armor Rending (x2), this results in SIX times normal damage to a foe.		Combined with Armor Rending (x2), this results in SIX times normal damage to a foe.
	~~Damage~~		*A Vuln7, Armor Rending, Slayer Effect is TWELVE times normal damage. This is why you carry an AR Mukkir Slayer, even if the Soulbound AR is a better weapon.
	**A Vuln7, Armor Rending, Slayer Effect is TWELVE times normal damage. This is why you carry an AR Mukkir Slayer, even if the Soulbound AR is a better weapon.

	== Salvage and Augments ==		== Salvage and Augments ==