Kyshakk Koan Alberich Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I've got a group of characters near 35th level on Torment, and we can't read the spellbooks in Erika's tower. We've got 28 levels of arcane lore (2/2/12/12), everyone's got a level of Drath's knowledge, and two characters have the learning trait (the one that subtracts 3 from the level of knowledge you need to read a spellbook). My question is - to read her spell tomes, do I just need more Arcane Knowledge/special traits/brute force, or is there something I need to figure out? (If there's something I need to figure out please don't tell me what it is, as I like to figure things out.) I tried a few odd tricks like throwing up a ward of thoughts, reading the same tome over and over, etc., and I tried briefly switching to Casual difficulty, but so far whenever I try to read those books I just get the "you're dizzy and it takes you time to recover" message. (I'm avoiding strategy central in case it spoils a puzzle or something.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 You can't read them right now. You'll know when you can. Also, you have way more Arcane Lore than you need for anything in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan RaustBlackDragon Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Did you just get 12 arcane lore for 12 magical efficiency? I personally think that's a wise use of skill points, it's very useful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody The Reverend Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 You don't need 12 arcane lore to get 12 magical efficiency, though. You only need 10 (which you can get with 8 skill points and some $$$). That lets you train efficiency up to 10 via skill points, then buy two more points of efficiency (the prerequisites don't apply to training that you buy). Also, I found that 5 magical efficiency was enough that I only rarely needed to use energy potions/elixirs (the only dungeons where I used more than one per caster were the three "game winning" quest dungeons). I found way more than that in loot. If you put fewer points into intelligence (and so had fewer spell points), you might need a bit more - bit I think 12 would be a bit high, even then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Alberich Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 Thank you kindly - that's what I needed to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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