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GS4-XERAPHINA: updated page to include new player-guide template

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updated page to include new player-guide template

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			\|author-displayed=[[Kaldonis (prime)\|Kaldonis Harvest-Moon]]
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			\|date=2015-02-06
			\|updated=2021-02-28
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			\|topic=Combat, New Player
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	This is a class-neutral guide to getting the most mechanical benefit out of a character's first twenty (20) levels.		This is a class-neutral guide to getting the most mechanical benefit out of a character's first twenty (20) levels.

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	[[Category:New Player]]		[[Category:New Player]][[Category:Combat Mechanics]]
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	This is a ~~classless~~ guide to getting the most mechanical benefit out of a character's first twenty (20) levels. ~~It would make utopians, Marxists, and capitalists rejoice in equal grandeur.~~		This is a class-neutral guide to getting the most mechanical benefit out of a character's first twenty (20) levels.

	==The Cheatyface guide to the first 20 levels==		==The Cheatyface guide to the first 20 levels==

DAID: A very serious copyright notice

2021-04-17T07:29:43Z

A very serious copyright notice

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	Moar later.		Moar later.

			==Legal Mumbo Jumbo==
			Copyright © Kaldonis Harvest-Moon -15,186–5216, Modern Era. Use only without express permission. Nevermind, your cow eyes are already staring at this document. Violators are subject to Implosion regardless of the law.


	[[Category:New Player]]		[[Category:New Player]]

DAID: /* The Cheatyface guide to the first 20 levels */ swap the wikilink on myself, sorry :)

2021-02-18T04:06:49Z

The Cheatyface guide to the first 20 levels: swap the wikilink on myself, sorry :)

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	The guide's author has often jokingly referred to the methodology as the "cheatyface method" with some regularity. However, the terminology "cheat" here does '''not''' imply any violation of game policy. It does, however, attempt to maximize the most possible benefits from certain mechanical possibilities that are only offered to characters for the first twenty levels. Basically, the methods outlined in this guide certainly ''feel'' like cheating, hence the name. For a new player, these insights may illustrate how to try many different combinations of skill arrangements; for more experienced players, it will show how to get more personal [[buff spells]] than you may have ever realized was possible, or maximize your skill setup for specific tasks, like an individual [[Adventurer's Guild\|bounty]]. If nothing else, be warned that you might cheat yourself out of a more traditional grind and unique experience by applying the tactics outlined in this guide.		The guide's author has often jokingly referred to the methodology as the "cheatyface method" with some regularity. However, the terminology "cheat" here does '''not''' imply any violation of game policy. It does, however, attempt to maximize the most possible benefits from certain mechanical possibilities that are only offered to characters for the first twenty levels. Basically, the methods outlined in this guide certainly ''feel'' like cheating, hence the name. For a new player, these insights may illustrate how to try many different combinations of skill arrangements; for more experienced players, it will show how to get more personal [[buff spells]] than you may have ever realized was possible, or maximize your skill setup for specific tasks, like an individual [[Adventurer's Guild\|bounty]]. If nothing else, be warned that you might cheat yourself out of a more traditional grind and unique experience by applying the tactics outlined in this guide.

	— [[~~USER:DAID~~\|Kaldonis Harvest-Moon]], on behalf of groups who chose not to be named or associated.		— [[Kaldonis_(prime)\|Kaldonis Harvest-Moon]], on behalf of groups who chose not to be named or associated.

	==Basic assumption and approach==		==Basic assumption and approach==

DAID: /* Finding a Claidhmore */ boldface on creature claidhmore note

2020-02-11T22:24:03Z

Finding a Claidhmore: boldface on creature claidhmore note

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	*Ask some people or get one from a friend		*Ask some people or get one from a friend
	*Get backroom access in WL and buy one yourself. You need to buy about 100 daggers, then you can buy a claidhmore		*Get backroom access in WL and buy one yourself. You need to buy about 100 daggers, then you can buy a claidhmore
	*Kill some creatures known to carry them. Hobgoblins past the ridge in WL or in Ocoma Vale are likely candidates. This may be non-trivial at the lowest levels. Note that creature-found vanilla claidhmores are ~~often~~ ~~not~~ as powerful as the shop-bought ones.		*Kill some creatures known to carry them. Hobgoblins past the ridge in WL or in Ocoma Vale are likely candidates. This may be non-trivial at the lowest levels. '''Note that creature-found vanilla claidhmores are in general much less powerful as the shop-bought ones.'''

	===Backroom Access===		===Backroom Access===

DAID: /* Backroom Access */ script note

2020-02-11T22:20:26Z

Backroom Access: script note

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	===Backroom Access===		===Backroom Access===
	To get backroom access, you should make approximately one hundred (100) '''individual transactions''' (perhaps depending on racial bias, etc); do not buy the items in bulk through [[ORDER (verb)]]! As this means an iterative process, it is ideal for scripting. ~~Below is a lich script to purchase Y times the catalog item numbered X. It assumes a bank note in the right hand, and that a default container is set for stow. It is invoked via ''>;order X Y''~~		To get backroom access, you should make approximately one hundred (100) '''individual transactions''' (perhaps depending on racial bias, etc); do not buy the items in bulk through [[ORDER (verb)]]! As this means an iterative process, it is ideal for scripting.

			Below is the lich script ;order (check the repo) to purchase Y times the catalog item numbered X. It assumes a bank note in the right hand, and that a default container is set for stow. It is invoked via ''>;order X Y''
	<div {{log}}>		<div {{log}}>
	orderTarget = script.vars[1]<br>		orderTarget = script.vars[1]<br>

DAID: /* Finding a Claidhmore */ note about weakness of creature-found ones

2019-03-09T00:06:33Z

Finding a Claidhmore: note about weakness of creature-found ones

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	*Ask some people or get one from a friend		*Ask some people or get one from a friend
	*Get backroom access in WL and buy one yourself. You need to buy about 100 daggers, then you can buy a claidhmore		*Get backroom access in WL and buy one yourself. You need to buy about 100 daggers, then you can buy a claidhmore
	*Kill some creatures known to carry them. Hobgoblins past the ridge in WL or in Ocoma Vale are likely candidates. This may be non-trivial at the lowest levels.		*Kill some creatures known to carry them. Hobgoblins past the ridge in WL or in Ocoma Vale are likely candidates. This may be non-trivial at the lowest levels. Note that creature-found vanilla claidhmores are often not as powerful as the shop-bought ones.

	===Backroom Access===		===Backroom Access===

DAID: remove WIP tag, article is complete enough for fundamentals and may never get more from me

2018-09-13T23:37:21Z

remove WIP tag, article is complete enough for fundamentals and may never get more from me

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	{{Work-in-progress}}

	This is a classless guide to getting the most mechanical benefit out of a character's first twenty (20) levels. It would make utopians, Marxists, and capitalists rejoice in equal grandeur.		This is a classless guide to getting the most mechanical benefit out of a character's first twenty (20) levels. It would make utopians, Marxists, and capitalists rejoice in equal grandeur.

DAID: /* Warnings and Doctrine */ a 30-day reference sneaked by. changed to 20 level reference

2018-02-01T01:11:53Z

Warnings and Doctrine: a 30-day reference sneaked by. changed to 20 level reference

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	*I do not expect the Cheatyface method gives me a reasonable introduction to my class under normal circumstances.		*I do not expect the Cheatyface method gives me a reasonable introduction to my class under normal circumstances.
	*I will conveniently plow my way through some early levels, because they are boring.		*I will conveniently plow my way through some early levels, because they are boring.
	*Although I may learn and do many things, those things might not be very useful skills to learn in the 31<sup>st</sup> ~~day~~ for this particular character.		*Although I may learn and do many things, those things might not be very useful skills to learn in the 20<sup>st</sup> level for this particular character.
	*I will get lazier and lazier about min/maxing my character, and slowly hone in on a skill set that is probably more appropriate for my character.		*I will get lazier and lazier about min/maxing my character, and slowly hone in on a skill set that is probably more appropriate for my character.
	*I will remember to set aside my last fixstat and set my skills to my character's proper training path ''before the first twenty (20) levels expire''.		*I will remember to set aside my last fixstat and set my skills to my character's proper training path ''before the first twenty (20) levels expire''.

KRAKII: /* Warnings and Doctrine */ 'tenants' is a perfectly good word, it just happens to be the wrong one

2017-09-12T20:14:36Z

Warnings and Doctrine: 'tenants' is a perfectly good word, it just happens to be the wrong one

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	*I will remember to set aside my last fixstat and set my skills to my character's proper training path ''before the first twenty (20) levels expire''.		*I will remember to set aside my last fixstat and set my skills to my character's proper training path ''before the first twenty (20) levels expire''.

	If you use this guide, you recognize and accept the above ~~tenants~~ of the method.		If you use this guide, you recognize and accept the above tenets of the method.

	==Statistics==		==Statistics==