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[Dragooble]

what do you guys do to train your adventurers? i would also like to know what skill you need to have deadly results with throwing.
im looking for the fastest way to get to legendary in at least one skill.

[Mulch Diggums]

"You too can become a legendary swimmer by just sleeping! If you dont become legendary within 3 weeks, your money back!"

[LegoLord]

For combat, I wander around in evil forests using [T].  Not the really nasty ones, but the ones with werewolves and foul blendecs.

[Demonic Gophers]

The fastest way to get legendary in at least one skill:

1. Mod in a creature with a large number of hands.
2. Start an adventurer with some skill in Shield, and the weapon of your choice.
3. Find a group of relatively harmless enemies.
4. Set your default attack to grappling, and lie down in their midst.
5. Wait briefly.
6. Congratulations!  You are now a legendary shield user.

For lethal throwing, practice throwing.  You can do this by finding a patch of pebbles on the ground and tossing them about, though this isn't much fun.

I generally do a lot of sneaking, and travel through evil landscapes to hunt monsters.  Strangling sleeping enemies is a good way to train wrestling quickly; strangling unconscious megabeasts is even better, because it takes them a while to bleed to death.  Never use a weapon on someone unconscious, as this will provide no experience at all.

[KaelGotDwarves]

1. Also, start with some shield usage
2. find a weak skeletal/zombie whatever
3. strangle it until you start to become overexerted
4. run away, then repeat.

This will get you to a legendary wrestler easily, since undead can't be strangled to death.

This will boost your primary stats and your dodging abilities.

[jasonxfri13th]

Sell some stuff for coins, (200 or 300 is good) and throw them all. Once you trow about 600 coins you will be legendary and you can then use your coins to break multiple bones with a SINGLE coin. Corpses are also good weapons, espcially when you break a spine.

[1138]

Sell some stuff for coins, (200 or 300 is good) and throw them all. Once you trow about 600 coins you will be legendary and you can then use your coins to break multiple bones with a SINGLE coin. Corpses are also good weapons, espcially when you break a spine.

Has anyone else read Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series? Breaking bones by coin throwing always reminds me of those books.

I think that the easiest skills to become legendary in are swimming and sneaking. Just find a pond in a warm area, set yourself to sneaking, get a book or put a dvd in, and press the back and forth arrows for the next half hour or so.

[LumenPlacidum]

Has anyone else read Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series? Breaking bones by coin throwing always reminds me of those books.

Urist McMistborn Steelpushes the 'Stod Gablebanner 431' silver coin into the macegoblin's torso!
It explodes in gore!

It was a pretty good series.  Well-written, decent characters, and an interesting overarching plot.  The main problem was that some of the tools used to reveal that plot were a little clumsy, and that one sort of lost interest in some characters because others with similar or better abilities diluted their specialty.  The magic systems were very interesting and the fact that they revolve around metals is quite dwarfy.  Pretty pulpy fantasy, though.

[1138]

Yeah, that's a fair summary. A fun read, not too deep, but great for the school year when my brain just doesn't want to deal with anything too deep. And, hey, with a cool magic system and interesting characters, it's already better than Harry Potter.

Spoilered for off topic:

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After reading the topic, I got it into my head that I wanted to make an adventurer who would wear all leather armor and fight only with coins and obsidian weapons. I had a world with a fortress in it that I knew would have some masterwork obsidian swords, so I decided to go for it. I chose a human, and, when naming him, got the name 'Bok Misttaken' on my second try with the 'r' button. I knew it was meant to be. I trained him up to a great thrower and began the trek to my fortress. On the third world square I [T]ravelled to, I landed in a pack of wolves, was instantly knocked into a river full of pike, and was killed after a couple of turns. I'm thinking about modding in glass daggers and trying again.

[LegoLord]

Sell some stuff for coins, (200 or 300 is good) and throw them all. Once you trow about 600 coins you will be legendary and you can then use your coins to break multiple bones with a SINGLE coin. Corpses are also good weapons, espcially when you break a spine.

Has anyone else read Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series? Breaking bones by coin throwing always reminds me of those books.

I think that the easiest skills to become legendary in are swimming and sneaking. Just find a pond in a warm area, set yourself to sneaking, get a book or put a dvd in, and press the back and forth arrows for the next half hour or so.

That's the guy that's finishing the Wheel of Time series, right?  I really need to pick up one of his books.  On that note, I really need to get cracking on reading the Wheel of Time series.  I've read a few of them, but it's been awhile.

More on topic, I think every good method of training has been mentioned by now.

[Dragooble]

i mentioned this because i wanted to make a ninja dwarf. he would only throw things while in stealth as a method of attack and use a sword in close combat.
it shall be epic.
EDIT: and doesnt getting up to legendary in a skill give a stat bonus?

[Flaede]

er,  I cheat.

I take my dwarf's favourite weapon, and change the skill it uses in the raws.
Then I hunt wolves. Or elf peasants.
Once I've leveled up that skill, I change  it again.
My Human Broker/Assassin has Legendary Intimidation!

I want to know what the TRACKING skill is intende for.

[Demonic Gophers]

EDIT: and doesnt getting up to legendary in a skill give a stat bonus?

Just in that getting to legendary involves gaining a great deal of experience, I believe.

[Awayfarer]

How do I train my adventuerers? I don't. Let em' sort things out for themselves without any of this "education" or "basic survival skills" or "proper weapon usage" nonsense.

[Kate Wissen]

I train up swimming and throwing to legendary, its not that hard. Its time consuming, but worth it after all is said and done. You are much more likely to survive. (Be sure to swim in a warm climate)

Now that you are a legendary swimmer and hopefully armored fairly well, go swimming in a river with carp (Not skeletal, make sure you can leave them in the water). You should be fast enough to catch up and slaughter them. If you get mortally wounded get out of the water, move away far enough to travel and insta-heal. It's unfortunate if you lose an eye or they tear out your throat. But I think you still heal up to stable if you travel. =) Worst case scenario is an instakill hit, but with periodic backup saves you don't really have to worry, is it cheating? Maybe, but I don't like spending hours training only to die while training.

The carp will level your armor fairly quickly, and it will also level your current melee weapon fairly quickly.  I find this a therapeutic training for those who have ever had carp cripple a fortress.

After you feel you are ready to face them, sack a town or two, face up against a few hydras, whatever you were working towards during all that training.

Edit:
Or if push comes to shove and you want a sudden monster of a dwarf, you can cheat and use dwarf companion.