ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Hello

Using a Skeleton Marauder that deals awesome damage and get enough shields to be very resilient (i just finished the last Pride), i'm wondering what could be better at the point i am :

- using 3 diamonds and so getting +15 to every stats
- using 3 fire opal and so getting +15% crits and +30% damage all
- using 3 pearls and so getting +15% resist all

I accidentally transmogrified the other level 5 gems type to afford a superitem a bit earlier.

In the past when i got to that point i always took the 3 diamonds to get +15 to every stats and it was good, but i am wondering if the other 2 possibilities could be better, as i never tried them, in theory it seems so, but what about in practice ?.

Anyone with experience in the 3 items imbuing with fire opal and pearl got some good or bad result with them ?

Hmm... definitely wouldn't go fire opal, since your phys. crit rate is already near 100% and you're doing good damage. Have you considered using the bloodstone shown in your inventory to imbue something? That way you wouldn't have to burn both of your ring slots to get a decent stun resist, and could instead use one or both of those slots for other stuff you need, like better spell/mental saves, perhaps via higher stats.

Ah yes i didn't thought about that, the bloodstone is a very good idea thanks, i have some rings that are usefull but for my melee usage i had to favour the stun resists instead (as nothing is more character crippling than a stun when your character can't use infusion, like a skeleton) , well worth a gem slot.

I think for the other 2 i'll go to the diamonds for the +10 to all stats 2 diamonds will provide, there are many marauder skills that depend on dexterity, and +10 is going to help a bit (and +10 con will provide a bit of health, +10 str will give a bit of physical power and +10 willpower will give a bit more stamina that marauder skills use)

Thanks again for the advice, the moonstone freeing 2 good ring slots really helped, so much that my character just won the game and got propelled to level 50 by doing so, he's much more scary now