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[Scatty]

Yoga, you should import a Rod of Sprites which you can buy from some final vendor in Wizardry 6. Supposedly you can equip two of them on a Faerie character, and importing both (read about it somewhere). It's a quite strong weapon, and one you can otherwise get only much later in Crusaders of the Dark Savant.

Here's a direct quote from this link about what can be imported into Wizardry VII and what not (scroll a bit down there, it's almost at the bottom, under Cheats/Tricks/Tips):

Q: What are the rules on how characters transfer from Bane to Guardia

A:

1. A number of items transfer always, and automatically. They are:
   Non-magical weaponry and armor,
   Ring of Stars,
   Diamond Ring,
   Cameo Locket,
   Amulet of life,
   PK crystal,
   Silver Cross,
   Ankhs of Life,
   Poet's lute,
   Angels' Tongue,
   Potions,
   Sparkle stix, Icicle stix, and their ilk,
   Rod of Sprites.
2. A number of items will never transfer. They are:
   Ankhs (other than Ankh of Life),
   most amulets,
   Musical instruments (other than those listed above.),
   Books.
3. Then there are the powerful magic items -- the super weapons and armor you typically pick up on the Isle of the Dead. Each
   character gets to bring ONE of these across (sometimes a character may get two items). If a character "equips" one and only one
   item, that will be the one he/she/it gets to bring into DS. Thus, to choose which "special" item your party gets to import, simply equip
   only one of these special items per character.
4. (4) Starting Gold depends on your Bane-ending/DS-beginning. The possibilities are:
   1. take the Forge and start near the Dane tower: 5,000 gp;
   2. fly with Bela and start near Ukpyr: 10,000 gp;
   3. fly with the Savant and start near Nyctalinth: 0 gp;
   4. take none of the Bane endings and fly with Altheides, and you start in the same place as a beginning DS party with 0 gp.
5. In addition to items your party transfers from Bane, they may "pick up" some basic equipment on their trip -- this is almost always a weapon that the character would start with if he/she/it were a beginning DS character, so a fighter may pick up a long sword, a bard may pick up a sling and bullets, a samurai may pick up a katana. You also pick up a Journey map kit.
6. Characters lose a bit in class levels, hit points, skill points, spells, spell points, and even attribute points, depending upon the character's level at the time of transfer:
   • Class Level: No character starts DS above 5th level, no matter how high a level he/she/it achieved in Bane. If the character changed classes shortly before transferring to DS and is only 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th level in the new class at the time of transfer, the character starts DS as a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th level character, respectively. If the character was 5th level or higher at the time of transfer, that character starts DS as a 5th level character. Starting hit points, skill points, and spell points all are linked to the character's starting level. Starting spells and skills do not appear to be linked to the character's starting level.
   • Attribute Points: At lower levels, characters do not tend to lose any attribute points in the transition to DS. If, however, the character was a world-beating superstar (e.g., 20th+ level, with all 18s (or close to it)), he/she/it WILL lose attribute points in the transfer, even losing points from karma.
   • Hit Points: Starting hit points are NOT based on starting class, they are based exclusively on starting character level. First level characters tend to have 8-16 hit points, while 5th level characters tend to have around 40. The other levels are in between.
   • Skills and Skill Points: Characters do not lose skills when they transfer, but they may lose skill points. As long as a character has at least one point in a skill at the end of Bane, he/she/it will have at least one point in that skill after transferring, even if the character is now a member of a class that otherwise does not have access to that skill. Skill points, however, depend upon two factors. First, a character will never start DS with a skill at a higher level than it was is Bane. With that limitation, starting skill level is directly related to starting character level. First level characters will have 1-3 skill points in each skill, while 5th level characters will have around 40 skill points in each skill. The other levels are in between.
   • (e) Spells and Spell Points: Characters lose a lot of both of these. Spells retained are random, they do NOT appear to be related to the character's starting level. A character will retain most 1st level spells, many 2nd level spells, and some 3rd level spells. No spells above 3rd level are retained. Spell points ARE related to the character's starting level. First level characters have around 10 spell points in each category (provided they had at least that many spell points in the same category prior to transferring), while 5th level characters have around 40. The other levels are in between. (Sensing a pattern, here?)

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That's the most extensive info I found on it so far. So be sure to import those Diamond Rings and Rods of Sprites like crazy if you can get many. You can need all of them.

[kmonster]

Before you enter the "Tomb of the Child" (if you manage to get there) save your game and make a backup of it. Depending on whether you drop the Silver Cross you'll have received before entering there will be 2 different game endings much later in the game.

I suggest playing honestly on your first attempt, keeping the Silver Cross and fighting the end battle. If you drop it some things later will be pointless and you skip the challenging end battle but you can get the famous diamond ring if you use spoilers which is the best item you can import into W7 and W8, so I would do this afterwards.

If you want to see both endings it's worth training for 1-2 extra levels before entering the tomb since you'll benefit from it on both attempts.

I guess you already found out that the Ebony and Mantis items are the best armor for your Valkyrie and equipped all 5 of them (and traded the leather boots to your bard).

The Muramasa Blade dropped by the Samurai is the best weapon in the game, but it's only useable by Samurai and only worth keeping if you want your bard switch to Samurai before exporting and be a Samurai in W7.

Maenad's Lance is a great second rank weapon but since your Valkyrie is fighting bravely at the front line she'll do more damage using 2 weapons (like Avenger and Hammer+1.5). Might be worth exporting to W7 since your priest can switch to Lord and fight at the frontline in W7 together with Monk and Ninja.

But combat in W7 isn't more difficult than in W6 so don't be afraid of it.

[yoga]

Originally Posted by kmonster

Before you enter the "Tomb of the Child" (if you manage to get there) save your game and make a backup of it. Depending on whether you drop the Silver Cross you'll have received before entering there will be 2 different game endings much later in the game.

I suggest playing honestly on your first attempt, keeping the Silver Cross and fighting the end battle. If you drop it some things later will be pointless and you skip the challenging end battle but you can get the famous diamond ring if you use spoilers which is the best item you can import into W7 and W8, so I would do this afterwards.

If you want to see both endings it's worth training for 1-2 extra levels before entering the tomb since you'll benefit from it on both attempts.

I guess you already found out that the Ebony and Mantis items are the best armor for your Valkyrie and equipped all 5 of them (and traded the leather boots to your bard).

The Muramasa Blade dropped by the Samurai is the best weapon in the game, but it's only useable by Samurai and only worth keeping if you want your bard switch to Samurai before exporting and be a Samurai in W7.

Maenad's Lance is a great second rank weapon but since your Valkyrie is fighting bravely at the front line she'll do more damage using 2 weapons (like Avenger and Hammer+1.5). Might be worth exporting to W7 since your priest can switch to Lord and fight at the frontline in W7 together with Monk and Ninja.

But combat in W7 isn't more difficult than in W6 so don't be afraid of it.

Wow!
So complete info for my transfer to W7!
Благодаря (My native lang for TY).
I would like to note that because of lack of this info i did probably some mistakes, but after last words of my Gyry aka Gnadige und dear Kmonster i do not afraid.

The present situation:

Location - level 2 of Temple of Ramm
Levels - SCATTY THE NINJA - lvl 13, 30 K to lvl 14 - 2.165 M EXP
BRAVE THE VALKIRUE - lvl 15 - 1.9 M EXP
TWILLIGHT THE PRIEST, CAPO THE BARD, KMONSTR THE MAGE AND PACO THE MONK - lvl 14.
Money - near to zero.

Important stuff:

I have Rod of Sprites, Ankh of life, Hammer+1,5 and Silver Cross.
I have not Diamond Ring yet, i sold Amulet of Life being short of money at the early stages of game and... sry...cant remember whats up with Angel's Tongue.It disappeared.

Ja, dear Kmonster, here the battles are extremely hard esp. if one is in Expert mode.

Caro Capo, pls, excuse me for muted sound. I do not like the music and sound of the game.

[Capo]

The combat looks nice but i cant use it without sound, thanks anyway

[yoga]

Originally Posted by Capo

The combat looks nice but i cant use it without sound, thanks anyway

OK.
Do not worry!
The next will be better and with sound.

Mates,
i killed before 2 minutes this red guy Xorphitus.
But before this battle i lost my TWILL and decided as test to use Resurection.
Tell me Yr opinion:
1. To restsrt again the game keeping TWILL alive or
2. To continue?

Thanks a lot.

My opinion: I feel that if no any radical change in his status (or the change is minor) to follow option 2.

PS: I was in so hard battles which never meet before in my gamer life.
WOW!

[kmonster]

2. To continue

[yoga]

Very nice.

[yoga]

But this Alucard is practically immortal!
He met me alone and ...yoga down..

Rats!!

[kmonster]

Originally Posted by yoga

But this Alucard is practically immortal!
He met me alone and ...yoga down..

Rats!!

Don't worry Yoga, in the end battle in expert mode you only have to face 2 of him and their 2 green friends.
Before you use the silver cross they are invulnerable and afterwards they're only vulnerable to holy h20, holy water and holy stakes of wood. Those stakes use the pole and staff skill so you might want to use them in battles before to get the weapon skill up. Rocks of reflection grant resistance to the gaze attack and casting anti-magic might save you from a few spells if you're lucky.

Good luck with this epic struggle

[yoga]

Originally Posted by kmonster

Don't worry Yoga, in the end battle in expert mode you only have to face 2 of him and their 2 green friends.
Before you use the silver cross they are invulnerable and afterwards they're only vulnerable to holy h20, holy water and holy stakes of wood. Those stakes use the pole and staff skill so you might want to use them in battles before to get the weapon skill up. Rocks of reflection grant resistance to the gaze attack and casting anti-magic might save you from a few spells if you're lucky.

Good luck with this epic struggle

Thank You for Yr Good luck.
I will need it.
Ein moment, bitte:
I think that this is not final battle, Dear Kmonster. Some Bella the Dragon??

If i follow the spirit of the present April Fool i have to shout:
Hurray!! I did!

But yoga is fair man.

I tried to drop down the Silver Croos ( I bought Garlic ) but this act ist ummoglich.
Dear Gyry, I was never meet so strong opps as in this Ramm Temple. Can You imagine: I start the battle zum beispiel against very hard 16 opps. And after 3 rounds suddenly new reinforsment appeared - new terrible monsters against me..
No such game behaviour in the passed games.
Even in Doom 3 the opps were constant..
Mama mia, Caro Capo!! I still duno You passed that game?

Dont forget all of You to make some fun with Yr relatives!!

yoga the jester