> > > > > Lyesis is proving to be one heck of a death trap.
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> > > > > After my last successful resurrection run to Perinn and return to Lyesis, I got another two dead characters on board and tried to get them to Perinn. They failed, and I ended up in a situation where 1 (count it!) character of my whole 12 character roster was alive, the rest were dead.
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> > > > > I sold off some expensive item (Gloves of Dexterity +1 or something) and managed to resurrect 4 more characters, and then I picked a party of 4 alive and 2 dead characters.
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> > > > > Miracle of miracles, they got to Perinn, so I resurrected the two dead guys, and tried to get back to Kaliti.
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> > > > > Imagine my surprise when I found out I had neglected to bring a Gatekeeper's key along. So I had once more to walk through the entire 4th level, killing everything I encountered. Killing the Gatekeeper and his minions was a breeze, what with one Sorcerer of level 13 and two of level 11.
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> > > > > So now I have 6 characters alive at Perinn and 1 alive at Lyesis. I think I won't have all 12 alive at once until they all are at least of level 13...
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> > > > After I completed the task I needed to on level 7(I won't tell what it is since I don't know if you've done it yet) I went back to operating out of Kaliti since it's right by the elevator and a lot cheaper than Lyesis.
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> > > I will do that too. Getting out of Lyesis alive is still extremely difficult. Currently I have 7 characters alive and 5 dead. Luckily I sometimes pick valuable items up from the dungeons, selling one of those at Lyesis gives me enough gold to resurrect 3 characters at Perinn. The difficult part is getting to Perinn...
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> > > My weakest characters are now of level 11 and my strongest are of level 15. I guess I'm not even halfway ready for level 8 yet...
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> > Looks like the only way to survive encounters with monsters on level 6 is to kill them all brutally. I typically have my level 15 Wizard cast EPIDEMIC and 3 Sorcerors each cast SHRAPNELS or RAZORS. That usually takes care of enough monsters so that the rest can be finished off by hand.
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> Try using SEIZURES, too. Works wonderfully!
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> > Looks like I won't be having space for Rogues. Perhaps I should retrain my two Rogues as Knights or Sorcerers? But first I have to try to get all 12 characters out of Lyesis alive. Right now I'm concentrating on getting them alive in the first place, after that I will split them into two parties who will each go back to Kaliti on their own.
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> Either assassins or sorcerors. But I suggest keeping 1 rogue, just because they level up like crazy later on. (Disarming a trap is worth 20,000XP on level 9!)

Rogues don't level up that fast. Levels take lots more than 20kXP, and I'd rather have an Assassin who can take out nine monsters with critical hits in one round of attacks, plus have extra WC and AC. Also, Assassins can use some cool equipment that Rogues can't use. More killing = more levels. Try converting a spellcaster who knows DISARM and has 200SP into an Assassin. Leave those SP aside for DISARM, and use the other spellcasters to attack.

I say the best party is 3 Assassins, 3 Sorcerers-turned-Wizards who know all the spells. Druids are terribly hard to clothe.

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