ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

You need to spend a category point to learn the tinkering trees so ideally tinkering would suit any class that only has a few good trees to unlock and isn't already extremely generic heavy. Also tinkering greatly favours weapon focused classes over casters, so they would get more benefit out of it. ...

Ok, I've beaten insane with a Ghoul Bastion: http://te4.org/characters/115448/tome/68a2dad2-3315-4233-854d-c7572e028c04 It was only adventure but even so I played very recklessly for insane, Z rushing everywhere, even in High Peak. All but one of the deaths came in the final fight when I had to deal...

So I'm not sure if this is technically a bug but it's possible to put points into Steel Fortress, build up the stacks of the buff then remove the talent points leaving you with a permanent (well until death or dispelling) bonus to block amount. So you can float 4 points in it for 50% extra block val...