Horn of Ammon Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Avernum 5's economy seems to match the recession quite well So, I'm wondering what consumable items you guys save to use, and which you sell to pay for the expensive skills we all seem to like. I'm up to the end of Chapter 3 on Torment, and so far these are the only items I'm keeping, based mainly on price/effectiveness: Potions and Crystals: Curing Potions Healing Potions Energy Potions/Elixirs Augmenting Potions Invulnerability Potions Assault Crystals Piercing Crystals Wisdom Brew/Crystals Scrolls: Group Haste Group Heal Raise Dead Wands Dispel Dead Daze Terror (haven't used yet) The defensive items fall into 3 rough categories: fast healing that only takes 1/2 turn; saving (e.g. augmentation) or gaining spell points; and group buffs for surprise or tough encounters. I nixed elixirs and curing crystals due to their high costs. The invulnerability potions seem too useful to sell, although I haven't used one yet. I've gotten rid of all offensive spell items except dispel dead and daze, which have really helped in a few battles. I've yet to try terror. How does this compare with your game styles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Øther Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Pots/crystals Curing pot- I never really use this, since to me it is better to just use the spell to do it for you. However, curing potions are wonderful in that they are the only thing in the entire game that can cure the lightning aura effect, which is only rarely bestowed but very annoying. It can also cure fatigue, so one can have an extremely long turn to hit enemies. (But one may consider this kinda cheating, and also melee fighters aren't to good in A5). I would keep a few, but sell the rest. Healing pots-When I first played A5, I did it with a fairly weak party. And I almost never used a healing potion. One tends to use them most often on the lower levels. Keep a few (Definitely the elixers), but sell the rest. Energy pots- Always good to keep around, especially the elixers. You never know when you will use a little too much spell energy and can't go back to town. If you want to sell some, don't sell many. Augumenting pots-They increase your health. I never really used them much. If you might want to use them, keep them. If not, sell a few of them. There also is a spell which does the exact same thing as this pot. Invulnerability Pots-You are right, they are very useful. And because of this, one tends not to use them unless it is for an extremely difficult battle that you absolutley need it for. Unfortunatley, there are very few of those. In A6 there were 2. Definitely keep a nice few in reserve, since their effects wear off quickly, but feel free to sell a few. Assault crystals- good for the quick buff in a battle. In tough battles, I usually bring one of these out, and it helps quite a bit. But again, if it is unused, sell some of them. Peircing crystals-You want to hoard as many as you can until you learn the spell. If you have the choice of lowering a barrier, save, use a crystal, and then see if the reward is good enough. After you learn the spell, however, they are useless, and you should sell them. Wisdom pots and crystals- The moment you get one use it. In my first runthrough, I kept a stash of them since I was never really sure if I should use them or not,, and by endgame, I had barely used any. Scrolls Haste scroll-Keep them, they are useful. Group heal scroll-Again, useful. Always good to have a few in reserve. Raise dead-Very good to keep a few, since you never know when you will die. But you always end up with more than you need. And, you can learn the spell late in the game. Keep a few in reserve, but also sell some. Wands Dispel dead-Useful for some fights, I guess, but I have never really used wands that much. Daze-Daze is an extremely useful spell. Keep these, but also use them. Terror- I never really used terror, spells or wands. Daze just seems better to me. But if you use it, then keep it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomizer Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Terror wands can be useful to keep some early monsters from attacking, but Jeff nerfed them against the boss monsters. Jeff seemed upset when testers sent a boss monster cowering in a corner while the player characters got free hits with no retaliation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txgangsta Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I usually keep all scrolls, potions, crystals, and wands until I'm sure I don't need them any more. Usually I don't need much, but I play careful. With a party of four I probably would keep more in reserves, but as a singleton you only have to buy stats for one character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Potions/Elixirs listed I use all usually except Curing and Augmentation and Invulnerability I either don't use or use rarely (so sold away at near end game to get money for training). Scrolls: No use due effect being small (so sold away at near end game to get money for training). Crystals: Piercings of course and Wisdoms too others hasn't had use so far (so sold away at near end game to get money for training). Wands: Normally no use but at A6 Kill, Repel Spirit and Diamond Spray wands were alot in use others collected dust at Portal Keep (so sold away at near end game to get money for training). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erebus the Black Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I'd also keep the wand of alacrity as it is also used to cast mass haste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 i used to haste 2nd caster 1st and then he would haste fighters and on next round 1st caster would cast blessing or protection and 2nd caster would cast haste on 1st caster and blessing or protection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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