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Mafusail at 11:43, 4 February 2020

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Haggoroth at 03:18, 22 October 2019

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-	Hello, I am Boggotin, currently a lvl 119 Dragon Attuned Aisenshi-Insei-Te, Tzetazh, Heth Karad, and Soulburner bonded to another Dragon, Drake, and Firelizard. Although I used to be a lvl 114 Troll Aligned Aisenshi-Insei-Te, Fianna, and Soulburner bonded to a Shlyma and a Spider Monkey. With a special guest appearance from Sithaz my lvl 213 Bezhuldaar Ringwielder, Zetesa, Weapon of Vengeance, Sodalist of the Nine-Spoked Wheel, Wandslinger, Explorer bonded to an Apagion and Cadagion.	+	Hello, I am Boggotin, currently a lvl 119 Dragon Attuned Aisenshi-Insei-Te, Tzetazh, Heth Karad, and Soulburner bonded to another Dragon, Drake, and Firelizard. Although I used to be a lvl 114 Troll Aligned Aisenshi-Insei-Te, Fianna, and Soulburner bonded to a Shlyma and a Spider Monkey. With a special guest appearance from Sithaz my lvl 478 Bezhuldaar Ringwielder, Aristeia, Weapon of Vengeance, Sodalist of the Nine-Spoked Wheel, Wandslinger, Explorer bonded to an Apagion and Imaginary Fish. And just for fun, I made a page dedicated to [[Sithaz]] just in case you want to see what a high Lux/high level Bez looks like.

	The main purpose of this guide is to help newbies out with some general tips and tricks I've learned as I've played Lost Souls. However, there may be things for players of all experience levels as there isn't enough time in our lives to become experts in everything in Lost Souls.		The main purpose of this guide is to help newbies out with some general tips and tricks I've learned as I've played Lost Souls. However, there may be things for players of all experience levels as there isn't enough time in our lives to become experts in everything in Lost Souls.

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Haggoroth — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 03:33:04 GMT

Spending too Many Useless Specialty Points

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	*Specialty points taken from something you have 1-2 points in, that is going to be very painful for the spells and attacks using those		*Specialty points taken from something you have 1-2 points in, that is going to be very painful for the spells and attacks using those
	*Remember the first 2 spec points give 40 to max skill, next 2 are 30, and everything else is 20 per spec point		*Remember the first 2 spec points give 40 to max skill, next 2 are 30, and everything else is 20 per spec point
-	For Boggotin's Fianna join I had to steal points from a bunch of these 1-4 point skills that were adding to my Aligned Form Ratings, so my buffs from Aligned were reduced in order to provide new buffs with Fianna. Fey abilities do take some time to train up, so possibly I'll see benefit at the end, Boggotin is still in Fianna at this time, the jury has not reached a verdict.	+	For Boggotin's Fianna join I had to steal points from a bunch of these 1-4 point skills that were adding to my Aligned Form Ratings, so my buffs from Aligned were reduced in order to provide new buffs with Fianna. Fey abilities do take some time to train up, so possibly I'll see benefit at the end, spoiler: It was not good, and I reworked Boggotin so no longer a Fianna.
	[[Category:Guides]]		[[Category:Guides]]
	[[Category:Newbie Resources]]		[[Category:Newbie Resources]]
	[[Category:Fey Abilities]]		[[Category:Fey Abilities]]

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Haggoroth — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 03:23:03 GMT

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	=== Boggotin Rework Two ===		=== Boggotin Rework Two ===
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		+	As much fun as it was to be the double dragon ninjas, I eventually wanted to be a dragon rider instead. Therefore I swapped to [[Boglin]] and put myself into Aristeia instead of Aisenshi. Right now I've got this character on a holding pattern awaiting 200 lux because I'm going to toss another guild on it and also put it into Aligned so I can pick up the flycatcher form to get a super weapon for my mounted combat. I also dropped the drake and firelizard pets and have a Flycatcher and Cadagion.

	=== Why Sithaz is the way she is ===		=== Why Sithaz is the way she is ===

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Haggoroth — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 03:17:28 GMT

Developing a Character

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	Eventually I did want to shake things up with my troll, as much fun as I was having, it is also fun to try new things. I had been doing some research on different guilds and races and found the [[Tzakazhar]] guild which allows you to bond yourself to a full dragon. There are two interesting aspects to this bond. First is that the attributes and skills the dragon boosts are whatever the dragon itself has and is trained in, and on top of that you boost the bonded dragon with your own attributes and skills. It is like you have become a bonded pair. On top of that sharing, the dragon is an intelligent creature and has the ability to join a guild itself. Therefore I thought it would be interesting to have a dragon bonded to another dragon and both of them in the same guild so that the skill boosts lineup and stack with each other. Obviously if I was going to have two dragons (double dragon), they needed to remain with karate skills so I kept myself in [[Aisenshi]] and had my new bond join as well. Now that I had two dragons, the natural progression of my now 2 open bond slots on the character became rounding out this flight of dragons and I added a [[Drake (Empathic Bond)]] and [[Firelizard (Empathic Bond)]]. The full dragon is a lightning dragon, the drake is an ice drake from the northern lands, and the firelizard of course breathes fire so that I get a mix of damage types with my squad. Again, I built the character based on a theme that I would enjoy rather than min-maxing the character. Up to you if you want to follow this route with your characters.		Eventually I did want to shake things up with my troll, as much fun as I was having, it is also fun to try new things. I had been doing some research on different guilds and races and found the [[Tzakazhar]] guild which allows you to bond yourself to a full dragon. There are two interesting aspects to this bond. First is that the attributes and skills the dragon boosts are whatever the dragon itself has and is trained in, and on top of that you boost the bonded dragon with your own attributes and skills. It is like you have become a bonded pair. On top of that sharing, the dragon is an intelligent creature and has the ability to join a guild itself. Therefore I thought it would be interesting to have a dragon bonded to another dragon and both of them in the same guild so that the skill boosts lineup and stack with each other. Obviously if I was going to have two dragons (double dragon), they needed to remain with karate skills so I kept myself in [[Aisenshi]] and had my new bond join as well. Now that I had two dragons, the natural progression of my now 2 open bond slots on the character became rounding out this flight of dragons and I added a [[Drake (Empathic Bond)]] and [[Firelizard (Empathic Bond)]]. The full dragon is a lightning dragon, the drake is an ice drake from the northern lands, and the firelizard of course breathes fire so that I get a mix of damage types with my squad. Again, I built the character based on a theme that I would enjoy rather than min-maxing the character. Up to you if you want to follow this route with your characters.
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		+	=== Boggotin Rework Two ===

	=== Why Sithaz is the way she is ===		=== Why Sithaz is the way she is ===

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Haggoroth — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 03:16:29 GMT

Sithaz Rework

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	**Skywalker		**Skywalker
	***Gives me a bonus when fighting while flying without wings (which, as a Bezhuldaar I always do)		***Gives me a bonus when fighting while flying without wings (which, as a Bezhuldaar I always do)
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		+	If you do make your own Aristeia, I highly recommend the damage achievements on your damage types you do most often, i.e. Anarchist and Organic for me. It makes it so that everything starts taking more and more damage from that specific damage type. While not that great for a Bezhuldaar that also has I-Fish attacks, for the vast majority of character concepts this will be a key boost to your overall damage.

	=== Important Choices to Make ===		=== Important Choices to Make ===

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Haggoroth — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 03:14:15 GMT

Sithaz Rework

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-	So I decided to play around with some different options, especially after learning that I didn't need Cadagion to offset the light that was being generated by the Apagion. For a RW it is only natural sunlight that hurts you, not all light. Therefore I dropped the Zetesai guild which was being used for the Cadagion and I picked up [[Aristeia]]. I also eventually got another 200 lux to spend on the character so I put another bond on Sithaz to pick up the [[Imaginary Fish (Empathic Bond)]].	+	So I decided to play around with some different options, especially after learning that I didn't need Cadagion to offset the light that was being generated by the Apagion. For a RW it is only natural sunlight that hurts you, not all light. Therefore I dropped the Zetesai guild which was being used for the Cadagion and I picked up [[Aristeia]]. I also eventually got another 200 lux to spend on the character so I put another bond on Sithaz to pick up the [[Imaginary Fish (Empathic Bond)]]. Aristeia is not only a very newbie friendly guild, it is a very solid guild for a dual guild lux character. In actuality, Sithaz is not using the combo at all effectively, but more for fun. I've seen someone put together an Aligned/Aristeia character and it is just ungodly powerful. For me, I'm just having some fun with making my eyes do slightly more damage and my I-Fish attacks are respectable with the Aristeia guild buffing them.
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		+	*Aristeia Chosen Achievements
		+	**Anarchist
		+	***Makes my Chaos based damage higher (some of my I-Fish attacks)
		+	**Looker
		+	***Gives me more access to [[Gaze Weapon]] that improves all of my Bezhuldaar attacks
		+	**Maneater
		+	***Gives me bonus ranks in the basic resistances and extra bonuses to my attacks against most things I fight
		+	**Maximum Effort
		+	***Gives me bonus when fighting while going All-Out (which I do always, a Bezhuldaar has no business defending)
		+	**Organic
		+	***Bonus damage on Extropy attacks (again, for some I-Fish attacks)
		+	**Skywalker
		+	***Gives me a bonus when fighting while flying without wings (which, as a Bezhuldaar I always do)

	=== Important Choices to Make ===		=== Important Choices to Make ===

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Haggoroth — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 03:07:39 GMT

Sithaz Rework

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-	So I decided to play around with some different options, especially after learning that I didn't need Cadagion to offset the light that was being generated by the Apagion. For a RW it is only natural sunlight that hurts you, not all light. Therefore I dropped the Zetesai guild which was being used for the Cadagion and I picked up Aristeia. I also eventually got another 200 lux to spend on the character so I put another bond on Sithaz to pick up the [[Imaginary Fish (Empathic Bond)]].	+	So I decided to play around with some different options, especially after learning that I didn't need Cadagion to offset the light that was being generated by the Apagion. For a RW it is only natural sunlight that hurts you, not all light. Therefore I dropped the Zetesai guild which was being used for the Cadagion and I picked up [[Aristeia]]. I also eventually got another 200 lux to spend on the character so I put another bond on Sithaz to pick up the [[Imaginary Fish (Empathic Bond)]].

	=== Important Choices to Make ===		=== Important Choices to Make ===

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Haggoroth — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 03:07:07 GMT

Sithaz Rework

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-	So I decided to play around with some different options, especially after learning that I didn't need Cadagion to offset the light that was being generated by the Apagion. For a RW it is only natural sunlight that hurts you, not all light. Therefore I dropped the Zetesai guild which was being used for the Cadagion and I picked up Aristeia. I also eventually got another 200 lux to spend on the character so I put another bond on Sithaz to pick up the Imaginary Fish.	+	So I decided to play around with some different options, especially after learning that I didn't need Cadagion to offset the light that was being generated by the Apagion. For a RW it is only natural sunlight that hurts you, not all light. Therefore I dropped the Zetesai guild which was being used for the Cadagion and I picked up Aristeia. I also eventually got another 200 lux to spend on the character so I put another bond on Sithaz to pick up the [[Imaginary Fish (Empathic Bond)]].

	=== Important Choices to Make ===		=== Important Choices to Make ===

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Haggoroth — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 03:06:25 GMT

Sithaz Rework

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-	So I decided to play around with some different options, especially after learning that I didn't need Cadagion to offset the light that was being generated by the Apagion. For a RW it is only natural sunlight that hurts you, not all light. Therefore I dropped the Zetesai guild which was being used for the Cadagion and I picked up Aristeia.	+	So I decided to play around with some different options, especially after learning that I didn't need Cadagion to offset the light that was being generated by the Apagion. For a RW it is only natural sunlight that hurts you, not all light. Therefore I dropped the Zetesai guild which was being used for the Cadagion and I picked up Aristeia. I also eventually got another 200 lux to spend on the character so I put another bond on Sithaz to pick up the Imaginary Fish.

	=== Important Choices to Make ===		=== Important Choices to Make ===

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	==== Attributes ====		==== Attributes ====
-	For your starting attributes, maximize and minimize as much as possible so that your attributes that best support your guild choice are maximum. Here's why: The way the attribute increasing works in this game is that you get 5 points to invest every level. When you first start investing, you get a 1:1 ratio into your attributes. As you invest more and more into a specific attribute, that ratio drops. For instance with 237 points invested into my Dexterity, my ratio is currently 0.49, so a little worse than 2:1. This decay does not take into account at all what your starting attribute were, just how much you've invested. Therefore your starting attributes are all just free points into the attributes that matter to you, make them count.	+	For your starting attributes, maximize and minimize as much as possible so that your attributes that best support your guild choice are maximum. Here's why: The way the attribute increasing works in this game is that you get 5 points to invest every level. When you first start investing, you get a 1:1 ratio into your attributes. As you invest more and more into a specific attribute, that ratio drops. For instance with 237 points invested into my Agility, my ratio is currently 0.49, so a little worse than 2:1. This decay does not take into account at all what your starting attribute were, just how much you've invested. Therefore your starting attributes are all just free points into the attributes that matter to you, make them count.

	Disclaimer: ''Starting attributes do have some effect on your attribute gain, but the signifigance is so small that it's barely worth measuring. If you invest 2995 points into attributes that are 60 apart from each other, the lower stat will get 18 more points over the 2995 investment. 2995 points is 599 levels worth of points.''		Disclaimer: ''Starting attributes do have some effect on your attribute gain, but the signifigance is so small that it's barely worth measuring. If you invest 2995 points into attributes that are 60 apart from each other, the lower stat will get 18 more points over the 2995 investment. 2995 points is 599 levels worth of points.''
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	Having an affinity for a damage type is even better than a resistance, not only will it reduce the damage you take, but once you get an affinity high enough, that damage will actually heal you. Additionally, if you are dealing that type of damage through some sort of spell or effect that you create, it might boost your damage. Take a look at the help files for the spells and skills to see. <br>		Having an affinity for a damage type is even better than a resistance, not only will it reduce the damage you take, but once you get an affinity high enough, that damage will actually heal you. Additionally, if you are dealing that type of damage through some sort of spell or effect that you create, it might boost your damage. Take a look at the help files for the spells and skills to see. <br>
	'''Getting Stunned Sucks''' <br>		'''Getting Stunned Sucks''' <br>
-	It seems that there are different levels of stunned, but basically it means you aren't attacking or defending, both of which are bad for you. To help with this, you want [[Steadiness]] to avoid being stunned at all and [[Resilience]] to reduce the time you're stunned. Alternately you can find something that will give you [[Paraneurism]], and put nothing into these skills. Note: There are other skills like [[Pain Tolerance]] that also help with being stunned, I just wanted to give you the big two here that show up under constitution. <br>	+	It seems that there are different levels of stunned, but basically it means you aren't attacking or defending, both of which are bad for you. To help with this, you want [[Steadiness]] to avoid being stunned at all and [[Resilience]] to reduce the time you're stunned. Alternately you can find something that will give you [[Paraneurism]], and put nothing into these skills. Note: There are other skills like [[Pain Tolerance]] that also help with being stunned, I just wanted to give you the big two here that show up under vitality. <br>
	'''Getting Hit Sucks''' <br>		'''Getting Hit Sucks''' <br>
	If you never get hit, you don't have to worry about any of the above. But how do you do that? Simple answer is you can't, some monster in the game is going to be able to hit you regardless, however the best you could hope for is to dodge or deflect a vast majority of the physical attacks of the NPCs you fight.		If you never get hit, you don't have to worry about any of the above. But how do you do that? Simple answer is you can't, some monster in the game is going to be able to hit you regardless, however the best you could hope for is to dodge or deflect a vast majority of the physical attacks of the NPCs you fight.
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	===== What is the relationship between attributes, specialties and skills? =====		===== What is the relationship between attributes, specialties and skills? =====
-	*Your character has base attributes: [[Strength]], [[Constitution]], [[Dexterity]], [[Willpower]], [[Intelligence]], [[Charisma]], and [[Perception]].	+	*Your character has base attributes: [[Strength]], [[Vitality]], [[Agility]], [[Willpower]], [[Intellect]], [[Ego]], and [[Perception]].
	**These attributes do have effects on your attacks and spells and all kinds of stuff, but they aren't the full story.		**These attributes do have effects on your attacks and spells and all kinds of stuff, but they aren't the full story.
	**For every 10 attribute points you have in a specific attribute, you get 1 specialty point to spend in that category.		**For every 10 attribute points you have in a specific attribute, you get 1 specialty point to spend in that category.