After somewhat uneventful month as a merchant(alchemist), I reinced into catfolk monktarma again.

This time I left out animist levels and and took 5 secret society levels from saato+ for extra wis and 5 secret society levels from slf+ for extra dex.

The idea is to concentrate on simple exp making for a while. I miss less than 20M exp from 300M totals.

Immovable bulwark

Zin added a new boon, Immovable bulwark, into the game and I decided to test it in this reinc. According to the messages I get due to the boon, it seems to activate relatively often, but I am not so sure about its effect on the incoming crits. Even with the boon, I get 300+ hp crits from 40k..60k monsters when the boon message says “Adapting rapiply, you negate the impact of a critical strike.”

Varne, the vampire (undead)
Your knowledge about Varne, the vampire's tactics allows you to evade the ambush.
Varne, the vampire grins 'This time I'll get you, Thelo!'
********************** Round 1 **********************
Varne, the vampire parries.
You punch Varne, the vampire.
Varne, the vampire parries.
Varne, the vampire parries.
Varne, the vampire perforates you.
#$%&&&! Varne, the vampire tumbles your dodge.
Adapting rapidly, you negate the impact of a critical strike.
Varne, the vampire rams you.
That really HURT!
Varne, the vampire misses.
hp: 489 (948) [-459] sp: 738 (1029) [] ep: 414 (414) [] cash: 25510 [] exp: 14660 []
Varne, the vampire is noticeably hurt (60%).