ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

http://te4.org/characters/30061/tome/cab652f4-7369-4960-81da-1e51f7a21c18 I got 2 tier-5 items from sun wall rares: a voratun mace of massacre and a 200 point acid rune. I used them for most of the early game. Then, I found the wintertide sword, which I used until I reached the east. The Master was ...

HousePet wrote:Vaults have telepathy proof walls.

in or out of the vault

It didn't work in the non-vault areas. Telepathy:Orc worked.

I equipped an item with Telepathy: Dragon in Vor's Armory while clearing the room of death. I couldn't see any of the dragons in or out of the vault, unless they were directly in my LOS.

This seems like a good idea. It would solve one of the main complaints about necromancers.

Yeah, that was it. I eventually replaced that husk with a skirmisher rare.

One of my husks, a lv18 rogue with sun paladin talents, sometimes healed for around 10% HP when activating/deactivating sustains. I only noticed because it refused to die, while clearing the maze on insane.

Ghouls are decent minions. Retch alone makes them more useful than vampire minions. Vampire lords and elder vampires are the only somewhat threatening npc vampires (not counting the Master and a unique whose name I can't remember). A vampire lord would make a nice pet with its impending doom.. I did...

I won't say anything about the fun of this, because I don't really Necromancer. That being said, with one exception (DE and SoU swap) those are all buffs. Pretty much any improvement would be considered a buff. What matters is that the changes don't significantly disrupt the balance of the class. I...

Attempts to make minion necromancer builds a bit more fun, while keeping it relatively balanced. Necrotic Minions Necrotic Aura - increased decay rate by 5%. Aura Mastery - max radius is increased to 10. Dark Empathy - is now tier 3. Surge of Undeath - is now tier 4; has better scaling. Necrosis Lic...

I managed to get to level 50 on insane roguelike during my 1st attempt with a melee mindslayer: http://te4.org/characters/30061/tome/503e5606-c127-417e-82b6-3b6154349375 This was my 1st time trying out the revamped mindslayer. They're pretty easy. I spent most of the game crippling/confusing/stunnin...

Corrupted Negation and Disperse Magic work on sustains, despite what the descriptions say.

Archmage and dispersal gloves have Disperse Magic. Corruptors have Corrupted Negation, but it checks against spell save. Alchemists have Dissolving Acid, but it also checks against saves iirc.

Yet Another Necromancer Revamp/Overhaul/Re-imagining I like most of your ideas. Maybe I'll steal some of them and make my own necromancer addon. :P BTW, Surge of Undeath needs better scaling. It also would be nice if EotD doubled SoU's effect. I remember most of my minions having a hard time hitting...

Can you still stack a bunch of damage over time aoe effects through stair-scumming? I haven't tried it in awhile.

Think about that while you're drowning a rare gardener for a randart.

"That clever imp was right!" *shuffles through bag* "What's wrong with me! Drowning folks..." *brandishes rod of asphyxiation*