Optimal Equipment for Water Queens

[deccan]

Ah yes, the key here is what to put in the armor slot. Marble Armor provides good protection without sacrificing defense. I should have thought of that.

And oh, does Storm work underwater?

[Tuna]

and dont forget friendly currents/water ward/water shield

[Zen]

No, storm doesn't work underwater AFAIK. Though in recent light, perhaps there should be a "Tsunami" spell.

[Phoenix-D]

Zen said:
No, storm doesn't work underwater AFAIK. Though in recent light, perhaps there should be a "Tsunami" spell.

Which wouldn't work in water either. Tsuanmis are harmless once you get just a little ways off shore..

[Turin]

I put robes of invulnerability on my waterqueens. You should have some massive forgeboni though .

[Boron]

deccan said:
Ah yes, the key here is what to put in the armor slot. Marble Armor provides good protection without sacrificing defense. I should have thought of that.

Zen's suggestion is very good .

Other nice armors for WQs imo are :
-Armor of Souls , gives +5 Mr
-Robe of invulnerability
Copper plate can be worth being considered too because it gives you 100% SR so frees up 1 misc slot .
This misc slot can be nicely used by either burning pearl or ring of warrior or luck amulet or lycantrop amulet .

[Taqwus]

Lycantropos? Doesn't that force instant Berserk, which prevents the casting of Quickness? Added to that, there's the drawback of eventually turning into a skinshifter.

Armor of Souls is lovely, 'though, if you have the blood mages and blood slaves lying around, and the RoInv is decent -- although as it has no additional properties such as resistances, life-draining aura, speed, or whatever else, and Water Queens have 0 enc anyway, it might be reasonable to go with either the cheaper Marble Breastplate, or a more special armor.

Against indy tritons and thinking cheaper, I wonder how well a Shield of Gleaming Gold, a Snake Bladder Stick, a fear helmet, a rime hauberk, a dancing trident, and a luck pendant, would do. The underwater indy's aren't likely to Soul Slay or Enslave you *shrug*.

[Boron]

Taqwus said:
Lycantropos? Doesn't that force instant Berserk, which prevents the casting of Quickness? Added to that, there's the drawback of eventually turning into a skinshifter.

Against indy tritons and thinking cheaper, I wonder how well a Shield of Gleaming Gold, a Snake Bladder Stick, a fear helmet, a rime hauberk, a dancing trident, and a luck pendant, would do. The underwater indy's aren't likely to Soul Slay or Enslave you *shrug*.

Oh yeah the Lycantropos Amulet is rather a bad choice for a WQ . Mea Culpa .
For Banelords and the like it is imo very nice though .

When would a waterqueen fight against underwater indies ?
By the time you reach conjuration 7 and construction 6 most or all underwater indies should be long gone

[Chazar]

Boron said:
When would a waterqueen fight against underwater indies ?

Maybe in games without water nations? In my view, the independents of water provinces vary quite a bit in strength, so one might grab one water province with quite some effort, and then proceed...

[Zooko]

That's what's happened in the MP game that I'm playing against Deccan. The independent underwater provinces are contested by the heat-loving human preachers of Marignon (that's me) and some shambling rotting things (that's Deccan).