Ok so I've been following Shade's original dwarf build and I love it and now I'm finally starting to get some pretty good gear.
I've picked up:
Bloodstone
Tharne's Goggles
Levik's Bracers
Draconic Necklace
Scourge Choker
Tempest belt (Can't think of the name +6 con and tempest set) to swap for the necklace for those times I wear my scourge choker.
Breastplate of Destuction
House D chain
Weps:
Tier 2 Lit II
Tier 2 Min II
+3 Holy Evil Outsider Bane
+various other situational axes
Antique GA + the shard - need seal and scroll (please ddo gods smile on me soon)
Thinks I still want:
Litany
Epic Marilith Chain
Spectrals (why oh why did I give away my last set and sell my 1st?)
Madstones (rolled a 94 on them the other day and someone else rolled a 97 )
Overall I'm really happy with how things are going for a character that's only 5 weeks old.
My main questions are:
1. Is it really worth it to stay chaotic neutral? It doesn't seem like it's going to hurt me too badly for wearing a litany when I manage to get one since the neg level only applies a -1 to rolls and doesn't give an actual negative level. There are just so many tasty "Of pure good" items out there that I can't use but at this point I'm so close to a Min II that I'm not really convinced a change would benefit me at level 20. If I had wanted to go good it probably would have been better to start that way from the get-go and changed to chaotic when I finally started pulling items that would benefit me.
2. Lit II or Min II first. I'm really torn here. While the Min II is a better overall beater weapon I really want to start running ToD (Haven't ever done it before) and I know the Lit II is the preferred weapon for anything with Orthon's and Devils. I've only got the materials to make one or the other now (have 5 scales exactly and a couple surplus in the other larges). I'd appreciate recommendations.
3. I'm going to build a defensive cloak for my next GS item and I've been thinking of a rad II cloak. While I'm not going to be getting all of the sneak attack damage the cloak would greatly enhance my survivability when it blinds everything that's hitting me. Especially considering I'm almost always the one with most of the aggro.
However, I was also considering an earthgrab or other cloak that holds/freezes my opponent so I would autocrit and see those tasty 500's rolling across the screen.
So Rad II greatly improves my own survivability while boosting the damage of rogues and others with sneak attack bonuses and earthgrab is going to enhance my damage output while also providing me with some protection.
Which would you recommend?