ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

What's the best choice throughout the game?

Humanoid / Orc?

Then you get a small bonus on Humanoid / Elf and Humanoid / Human (thieves and bandits and such), and a large bonus for the Prides.



Of course, it's very possible to switch it around, which is what I actually do when I play Cursed -- trying to guess the boss, and being a Predator for the boss's type through the dungeon.

Undead/Vampire first half(Skeleton is also an option, it depends on if you prioritize random enemies over The Master), Humanoid/Orc in the latter half, yeah.

Yeah, skeletons are heavily represented in the early game.

In terms of monsters to get bonus stats from, what's the best?
I'd guess Dragons, but that's just guessing.

Barely matters.

It's a ratio thing; You always get +21 stats(assuming capped Mimic), and the statistical bonus is far less important than the actual damage bonus you get to the chosen type/subtype.

As long as you're not killing mages, it's generally fine. Even if you are, it tends to only be four or five stat points lost to Magic, temporarily...

I haven't seen mimic give more than +5 on a stat.

Molog wrote:I haven't seen mimic give more than +5 on a stat.

21 total. At L5, anyways.

The distribution is based on the distribution of the stats of the enemy you killed. But it's always taken out of a pool of 21 points(assuming capped, again), and it always applies all 21 points.

So generally 5/6 is top for a single stat.