> > In regard to a previous post on this board, I made my second party go to the stairs on level 5, then onto level 7, killing everything on the way. The monsters on level 5 were almost trivial to kill, the ones on level 7 offered a bit of challenge.
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> > After the third fight on level 7 half of my party died so I teleported the remaining half to Kaliti. (I hadn't used CURE spells since I left Kaliti.)
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> > Does this sound like a good training route for the characters? Should I just run this route over and over again until my characters are level 20 or something? Or pursue more challenging routes?
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> What spells are your characters up to? Have you thought of training one of your wizards as a sorcerer so that he/she can take a greater part in the battle? Try saving one of your wizards, so that they can cast cure on the wounded. And using the best range weapon for the wizards. (At this stage your wizards could easily have better weapon class then your knights.)

If you're mindlessly fighting level 7 opponents anyway, it might be a good time to retrain some of your characters. I wouldn't retrain a caster till he's learned all the spells from his first class. #36 on both lists can come in mighty handy.

If you can't beat level 8 opponents, I'd say that level 7 opponents are definitely the way to go. Just remember to test the waters in level 8 every now and again.

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