Hi all,
I've never beaten the game before (in fact, never even gotten one of the orbs). I mention this to put into perspective why I'm asking this.
I've got a bit of a puzzle, here. I've taken on both the Ancient Dwarven Graveyard (killed Nonnak, used Holy Water on Griff's grave, beaten the golem and gotten both the sword of nonnak and the elemental gauntlets) and the Pyramid (beaten Rehetep, got Ankh and ancient mummy wrapping), both with relative ease. I've got a High Elf Wizard with Magic Missile, Improved Fireball and Lightning Ball as my only real offensive spells, plus Teleportation (and a variety of less useful or less notable spells).
I need advice on a few things. First, there's the weapon question - I've actually been using Swords, as I found a short sword of mayhem early on. Right now, I have three swords to choose from. First is the aforementioned short sword of mayhem (when using it, +26, 3d6+12 - lost a bit of damage/accuracy when accidentally attacking a corrosive jelly). Second is, of course, Sword of Nonnak (+26, 4d3+13). Third is a blessed eternium scimitar I recently found (+24, 2d8+19). Given the sword of Nonnak's Willpower boost and defense/protection boost, but the effect of artifacts on satiation, and it being weakest, I'm not sure whether it's a good choice to use it or not (already wearing ankh and elemental gauntlets, and will likely wear the wrappings - also have a pendant of Mana (+5) and amulet of perseverence (Wi+2), if it matters). The mayhem sword has better accuracy but less power than the scimitar. Thus, I don't know which of the three is best to use. (note: to-hit, damage numbers are when unburdened and on normal tactics)
In case it is relevant, here's my current stats:
St:22 (18+4) Le:16 Wi:25 Dx:25 To:16 Ch:14 Ap:15 Ma:21 Pe:23.
DV 50, PV 12, HP 100, PP 186.
Second, Thrundarr gave as my first quest, a Dwarven Chaos Knight (DCK). I looked down below Dwarftown without going into DH/animated forest (also checked big room, for instance, just in case), and didn't find one, which was why I then went and took on the dwarven graveyard and the pyramid. I understand you find DCKs in Darkforge, but is Darkforge safe enough to take on, given what I've mentioned so far? Alternatively, is there another place where I might find DCKs? Or, should I ignore Thrundarr's quests, and go beyond the animated forest now? Note that I have an amulet of life saving (amazingly, the first amulet I found in the game), so I'm ready to save Khelevaster (not that I want to do a special ending - right now, I'll settle for a normal ending). Or is there another location I'm better off going to now, in order to achieve something while levelling up, without screwing up any Thrundarr quest objective?
While I await an answer, I'll just go and farm some morgia roots, to try to get that Toughness higher.