This was level 21 – I’m glad to report that the mage made it all the way to the amulet.
Ez pz
How do you get the staff to +21? The most I can figure out is +18: get a wand of lightning +3, upgrade it to +18, and imbue it in the staff.
Ingredients:
+3 wand of lightning Any wand of lightning x2
Dump SoU into +3 wand
Get to troll blacksmith
Upgrade staff (1000 favor)
Merge two lightning wands with original upgraded wand (500+1500 favor)
Imbue wand in staff
One upgrade is carried over from staff
1 + 3 + 15 + 1 + 1 = 21
Awesome, thanks! I was missing the possibility of getting +2 for the wand and +1 for the staff from the troll.
EZL-FAN-WQX 6: Wand of Lightning +1 (crystal chest) 7: Sword +3 (cursed) 8: Wand of Lightning +3 9: Wand of Lightning
Either a fantastic source of experience, a harrowing chase, or an instant end to the run.
Luckily, there was a hallway (behind the mage in the picture) that allowed me to take the mobs one at a time. I was also able to position them so that the evil eyes in the back targeted multiple enemies.
BTW, the loot in that room was 300 gp :-)
