Originally Posted by
gut
The ADOM manual states that bookcasting requires
quintuple the amount of PP's, and 3000 energy
points. I believe that with a wizard, the PP
cost is only triple. I think this reduces to
double, upon gaining the 'good book caster'
talent. It reduces once more, to just a 50%
increase in PP cost if you gain the 'great
book caster' talent.
I think the most useful spell to bookcast, is
probably teleport. With the 'great book caster'
talent, you have unlimited teleports available
to you, for little extra cost. This can save
you much corruption, on the lower levels of the
CoC, where the corruption rate is extremely high.
Another nice use of book casting, is for use
on less powerful monsters. When stair hopping
on ID levels 1 and 2 for books, you would hate
to waste casting points, to kill every
individual goblin you encounter.
I also believe that the mana stat recieves a lot of
training, from casting spells that deplete PP's by
large chunks. Book casting is a way to deplete your
PP's by large amounts, even if you don't have
costly spells. Book casting, while traveling through
the wilderness will train the mana stat enormously.
"I also believe that the mana stat recieves a lot of
training, from casting spells that deplete PP's by
large chunks. Book casting is a way to deplete your
PP's by large amounts, even if you don't have
costly spells. Book casting, while traveling through
the wilderness will train the mana stat enormously."
I use books like that sometimes. You could also use the phial of Caladriel for draining PP.
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