FvS gear @ lvl 16

[mikarddo]

Greetings

I am trying to gear my TR1 FvS caster who is level 16 after using a stone. I am considering using a thaumaturgy staff for a quick way to cover spell power till better gear is available - but then I wont have a shield for AC. Equipping such a staff and a Mitral BP with Superior Stability (but no plusses) only gives 26ac - which is 5% miss rate and thus as bas as it gets. I suppose I could chug Bark potions for a small gain - but I am looking for other suggestions.

Also - for spells - I assume it goes like this but with a few uncertainties:
- Devotion + Healing Lore + Ardor (clicky)
- Impulse + Kinetic Lore (does this work for BB?) + Impact (does this work for BB?)
- Radiance + any Lore for this? + Brilliance (clicky)

Any advice is most welcome.

[Matuse]

Well, for one you could go with a non-mithril breastplate, or mithril fullplate, since as a FvS you have medium armor proficiency. AC should go up, and PRR will definitely go up.

If you want AC, you need to work at it a bit. Protection item, Natural Armor item (or a bunch of barkskin potions), etc.

Also - for spells - I assume it goes like this but with a few uncertainties:
- Devotion + Healing Lore + Ardor (clicky)
- Impulse + Kinetic Lore (does this work for BB?) + Impact (does this work for BB?)
- Radiance + any Lore for this? + Brilliance (clicky)

I assume Kinetic Lore works on BB. It should. I use greater arcane lore myself, because I cannot be bothered with lugging around 3 different lore items and constantly swapping.

Radiance Lore should exist, but I haven't seen it on a randomly generated item yet. I'm told it exists, but I remain skeptical.

Don't go crazy looking for Ardor/Impact/Brilliance items. The amount of boost they give is very small now.

[mikarddo]

Thank you for the reply.

Does Greater Arcane Lore occur on the new random loot - or is it still retricted to the few named items mentioned on the wiki?
Also, if anyone knows for certain if Kinetic Lore works with BB (even though its not actually force damage) confimation would be good.

[Matuse]

I think that Thaumatergy staves can spawn with regular arcane lore, but not greater.

I could be wrong.

[Atremus]

You can also slot regular arcane lore on the armor out of the madness chain. Not optimal but a decent way to get started.