| Spydurmn |
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After completely soloing Lini to the Thistletop Delve (and dieing to an epic final battle with Nualia, a sad story for another time, but the gist is, go big or go home), here are my thoughts on this very versatile character:
Start her with 2 Cures, 2 Inflicts and Amulet of Mighty Fists. The other two spells are whatever, as you will work to replace them with more offense (as I am starting over, I will chose Strength and Sanctuary). As I play I always keep an animal in my hand. Always. With every single check you should be rolling a d4 (especially those Recharges). My goal is to blow stuff up with Divine magic (lovely d10+1), but if I don't have any, bear up and beat them, You will end up going into bear form quite a bit, but that is what the Amulet of Mighty Fists is for. My hands after about 5-7 turns of the blessings deck will (usually) always consist of an animal, and Amulet of Mighty Fists (between the two, two free d4s in bear form) and then cycling in whatever three cards I draw. The great thing about Lini, is you should never be in danger of dieing; it will usually be a race against the blessing deck. With two Cures, and your Recharge using a d10 and a d4 every time, you shouldn't lose any spells. Get used to always rolling a d4 with pretty much everything, don't forget it (in fact, get to that +1 power upgrade as soon as you can).
And finally some random notes from my play through: Work towards replacing the two non-Cure/Inflicts with Aid or Holy Light. My ideal animals at this time would be a Sabertooth Tiger, Toad (just in case I fail at a Recharge check), and either a Crow or Dog. Blessing of Gorum are nice for Bear form. “Then” villians are absolutely brutal when you aren't using weapons. When I was dealing with them, I made sure I went in stacked. Token of Remembrance is decent as well (just in case). Traitors are devastating, Damage before an encounter is also nasty. I have played most of the characters (no bard yet). Amiri has made it all the way through, completely solo. The Monk just finished Local Heroes. Tried an totally offensive minded Cleric, and it didn't seem to work nearly as well as Lini.
Well, time to start a new Lini.