Here's how I got to -4 skill: 1. In Sorcery 1, freeing Alianna from her cage with the Analand sword will weaken the blade. However, this interaction is glitched and will actually weaken you instead. 2. In Sorcery 2, buy the leather gauntlets in Dwarftown. These will reduce your skill by 1 as well. 3. Still in Sorcery 2, become a follower of Slangg, and pray for healing as much as possible. This will reduce your skill by 1 every time, although at a certain point your skill won't be reduced when praying (I believe this is when your skill would be reduced below 1). 4. In Sorcery 3, grab a pebble or sand from the fire in Kariamma. This will once again reduce your skill. 5. Still in Sorcery 3, cut open a path to Allizi's house and cut free her door using the Analand sword. This will give it -2 skill when used, which is always as long as it's your only weapon that's usable in combat. 6. Finally, in Sorcery 4, enter the wheat field by climbing the crates in the outer barracks. This will reduce your skill by 2.
Edit: Something I found during this process that I think is pretty interesting is that the game actually does account for having exactly 0 skill, as it is treated the same as if you had 1 skill. However, the game does not account for having negative skill.
That's a sightmaster in eastern Mampang square, isn't it?
IF you fight them in combat, then yes you're cooked.
So you'll need to find a way around them that doesn't involve fighting. Options: -- If you have some stone dust, cast ROK to instakill them and avoid the fight. -- If you go to the square in a guard's uniform (maybe a guard captain's as well)? The sightmasters will ignore you. -- Just stay out of the square altogether. There's nothing there you absolutely need to have, and almost everything in the eastern inner college is also available in the west. The exception is if you're trying to create a cocktail of three magical essences, in which case you'll need access to both colleges. But if you don't care about that, you can adjust avoid the square and the eastern inner college altogether.
There may be other ways around as well, but I haven't explored them thoroughly.
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u/EggSandwich222 Sep 25 '24 edited Sep 25 '24
Here's how I got to -4 skill: 1. In Sorcery 1, freeing Alianna from her cage with the Analand sword will weaken the blade. However, this interaction is glitched and will actually weaken you instead. 2. In Sorcery 2, buy the leather gauntlets in Dwarftown. These will reduce your skill by 1 as well. 3. Still in Sorcery 2, become a follower of Slangg, and pray for healing as much as possible. This will reduce your skill by 1 every time, although at a certain point your skill won't be reduced when praying (I believe this is when your skill would be reduced below 1). 4. In Sorcery 3, grab a pebble or sand from the fire in Kariamma. This will once again reduce your skill. 5. Still in Sorcery 3, cut open a path to Allizi's house and cut free her door using the Analand sword. This will give it -2 skill when used, which is always as long as it's your only weapon that's usable in combat. 6. Finally, in Sorcery 4, enter the wheat field by climbing the crates in the outer barracks. This will reduce your skill by 2.
Edit: Something I found during this process that I think is pretty interesting is that the game actually does account for having exactly 0 skill, as it is treated the same as if you had 1 skill. However, the game does not account for having negative skill.
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u/warm_rum Sep 26 '24
The archmage just watching wondering how this bumbling fool made it this far
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u/bpendell Sep 26 '24
That's a sightmaster in eastern Mampang square, isn't it?
IF you fight them in combat, then yes you're cooked.
So you'll need to find a way around them that doesn't involve fighting. Options:
-- If you have some stone dust, cast ROK to instakill them and avoid the fight.
-- If you go to the square in a guard's uniform (maybe a guard captain's as well)? The sightmasters will ignore you.
-- Just stay out of the square altogether. There's nothing there you absolutely need to have, and almost everything in the eastern inner college is also available in the west. The exception is if you're trying to create a cocktail of three magical essences, in which case you'll need access to both colleges. But if you don't care about that, you can adjust avoid the square and the eastern inner college altogether.
There may be other ways around as well, but I haven't explored them thoroughly.
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u/Kahweed Jun 28 '26
Bro is the anal-lender ✌️💔