ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

My character

I previously beat Normal with a sword + shield version of this build, but last night I beat Nightmare (Adventure) for the first time with the staff + shield version. Check out my build guide for the details. The character page doesn't seem to show it, but I had 285% crit multiplier and 95% physical resist penetration.

I did end up with 6 deaths, but I could have finished with only 1 death and possibly even 0 deaths if I had played more cautiously. Most of the deaths were from either not retreating if a fight was going badly, or playing too fast and not taking time to inspect enemies or read all the debuffs on me. One time I even managed to walk in front of my own Earthen Missiles and one-shot myself, which is fairly bizarre but possible when you have a global speed buff.

This build could definitely handle Nightmare (Roguelike), but my next goal is to try it on Insane with a few modifications and see how it fares. I've never played Insane before, so this will be interesting!

My first Insane run is currently level 30 and doing pretty well. Insane is challenging, but it's not as bad as I was expecting it to be. Still need to finish Dreadfell though...

Got to level 42 on my first Insane attempt, without using the item vault. I ran out of lives and didn't feel confident about finishing on one life, so I just saved my gear for vaulting. Second run is level 30 with only 1 death, so I'm fairly confident in this one.