Hello fellow Bards,

Well, I manage to accumulate some pp and now is the time to buy
stuff. ;-) I have my Level 20 song and I now want to optimize my
stats and stuff a little bit. I was to do exactly what is in this
message
then I decided that sharing this and asking for advice (or approval)
would not hurt since we are talking several 100pp for the jewelry
and equipment. If you need to know

I use 2 Barbed Leather Whips (delay 28 damage 7) and sometimes
the Dragoon Dirk. I can't afford Platinum jewelry.

All of this is based on the best of my knowledge. Hope this could
help others too although creating and choosing our own stuff is cool
too.

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Ok first AC versus STATS
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Should we base our armor on AC or stats? I decided to go
with the Bronze but I loose a little bit of stats while weighting more.

The armor I own and can wear:
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Small Bronze: Helm AC 10, Bracers AC 7, Chest AC 17, Arms AC8,
Legs AC 10, Boots AC 8 and Cloak AC 8
Above = Good AC (about 75) and Looks but heavy (about 45).

-OR-

Small Banded: Helm AC 8, Bracers AC 6, Boots AC 6 Cloak AC 7
Dwarven Ringmail Tunic = AC 12 and 7 against Heat/Cold/Magic
Barbed Legplates = AC 8 and 2 AGI
Barbed Armplates = AC 7 and 2 DEX
Above = Less AC (about 54) but more stats and weight less (about 28)

Other example: Thick Leather Apron AC 8 weight 1
or Troll Hide Belt AC 5 but 5 STR 5 STA

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STATS
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Magic stuff on me:
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Elf Hide Gloves = 5 DEX 5 AGI
Bloodstained Mantle = 3 STR 10 Magic
Dragoon Dirk = 2 DEX 3 Magic (I leave it in the range slot)

Soon I will buy this:
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Troll Hide Belt = 5 STR 5 STA (need to buy one, around 200pp ??)
Black Iron Crown = 5 STR and plus 5 to P/D/M/C/H (300pp ??)
Bracer of Erollisi = 5 AC 5 STR (40pp ??)

Silver Star Ruby Veil = 5 DEX 5 CHA
Gold Opal Necklace = 9 STA 6 AGI
Electrum Sapphire Earrings = 4 STR 2 INT (*2)
Gold Star Ruby rings = 7 DEX 5 CHA (*2)

(The Electrum Star Ruby rings = 5 DEX 7 CHA could be good too
instead or the chosen rings to have 4 more CHA and minus 4 DEX)

My Base Stats plus the added stats based on Bronze armor set:
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STR 85 + 26 = 111 (more loots so less overweight + help with weapons a
bit)
STA 70 + 14 = 84 (good to improve HP, I think this will give me 14 HP
more)
AGI 95 + 11 = 106 (Better at dodge and take less damage / improve AC)
DEX 90 + 26 = 116 (hit more, play better, 112 with Electrum Star Ruby
Ring)
WIS 80 + 0 = 80 (I don't feel I need this and 80 is not too bad)
INT 80 + 4 = 84 (Help learn skill faster, so what if it takes longer)
CHA 85 + 15 = 100
(Since I'm not sure CHA is that important I decided to had some just in
case.
Using the Electrum Star Ruby Ring would give me 4 CHA more for 104).

Poison / Disease 15 + 5 each
Cold / Heat 25 + 5 each
Magic 25 + 10 + 3 = 38

Any comments is welcome and I would like to see what other people
did at different level. Send it to me in private if you don't want to go

public ;-)

Thanks,
The Anonymous L20 Bard.