

If you don't you will have gained stealth xp, even if the skill doesn't rise. Take a step forward, if you enter combat, reload. After you bookmark, cast Dragon's Breath & bookmark again. In the same way mentioned above that you can increase scouting, if a party member mentions you are about to be ambushed, bookmark the game. That being said, if you don't care about missing some combats, the best way to actually increase your stealth skill is using Dragon's Breath & weed walkers. If you increase stealth too high, you literally cannot be ambushed (even if you trek back and forth over the trigger like a duck in a shooting gallery). Any combat you avoid is a missed opportunity to increase your combat skills. This is because the stealth skill can be used to gain first strike on enemies you can see (good thing!), but it also causes you to avoid ambushes (believe it or not, bad thing).

I would advise NOT increasing your stealth skill at ALL. It allows u to develop ur characters faster. That's why it so important to grab that Grief spell early in the game. That's also why u save the game before each fight.īy the way, I use assessment to determine when the last enemy can only take 1 more hit before dying, so I can get my characters healthy again before finishing off the last enemy. That's why u use a very poor weapon (10% broadswd?), and want their health low (strength decreases as health decreases). The more hits this enemy takes before dying increases ur melee skill. You want Owyn to freeze an enemy so Locklear or Gorath can use a 'thrust' attack to generate a low damage hit. Taverns aren't necessay at all.īest way to make money early is to buy, repair, and sell 8% Goblin Sticker swords.īest money maker is the broken elf crossbow.īest tip for increasing melee skill is to use good armor and a horrible wrapon, combined with bad health. Owyn is the only one worth training, if u really want a 100% barding skill, just buy lutes and give them to Owyn till he reaches 100%. So u reload the fight till he's able to cast Grief of a 1000 nites.Īnother over-rated skill is barding. Owyn can freeze Nago with spells, if he's given a chance to cast a spell. So I'm not saying these 2 skills don't have any use, but by saving before each fight, many times the enemy does something stupid and gives u the upper hand. But I now get the choice weapons, armor, spells, combat items, and money early in the game by exploiting the weaponcraft skill at Yabon, so I can focus on developing melee, defense, and crossbow skills. Chapter 5 battles, Nighthawks, Nago, etc. There are a few battles where having the first move is a big plus, especially if your characters don't have decent gear and little training. That's why I said assessment and scouting don't contribute MUCH to combat. Krondor is unforgiving that way, but otherwise a great game.,Īgreed.

I believe scouting does give you first move in combat if you detect an ambush which is important if you go up against multiple spellcasters.ĭo save often since there is no autosave, because if your group is frozen and dies, the game is over. I use assessment in combat from time to time, but as it, and scouting, don't contribute much to combat, I no longer put any effort into increasing those skills.īy the way, it might be 5 or 7 steps, so just save it, and play with it a little bit to see how many steps are required. So once u find that sweet spot, keep working it. if it doesn't happen, reload, take 5 steps back, and 5 steps forward again. If the scouting award happens again, save the game and redo the same thing. Then u take about 5 steps back, and 5 steps forward. But when I did, as I approached an ambush, if someone get's a scouting award, I would save the game. Yellowhair: Yes! Milk it as much as u want.
