Hints for MM9

                    From Julian Gregory

1. Cast the Lloyds Beacon spell as soon as you can. This will
speed up travel between the different cities. Unlike in previous
games the spell does not decay and remains available to its caster
for the remainder of the game.

2. Search all bodies you have killed for treasure.

3. Take as much treasure as you can. You will need the gold when
you sell it.

4. Have one party member learn the Merchant spell as soon as
possible. This will mean that you will get better prices.

5. I suggest having 2 characters on the Might path and 2
Spellcasters.

6. Save and save often. Save before combat and after and before
resting in case you are disturbed whilst resting and have not
recovered fully.

7. Recruit other NPCs if you wish. But beware that they will
require payment and you may not be able to afford this early in
the game.

8. Talk to as many people as you can. Most the of people who offer
promotions are just walking around in the various cities.

9. Look for wells, which will give permanent increases in
attributes.

10. Look for Clover plants which you can pick, just once, for
clover leaves which will increase the skill points by one.  This
may be useful if you need a quick promotion but do not have enough
points.

11. Locate and touch the Town Portals in each city. This will
enable you to travel there by using the Town Portal spell.

12. Combat in this game seems to need more spells than in previous
ones. Learn as many different one as possible.

13. Try to only use experience points on skills that are of use to
a particular character.

14. Do not spend more points on a particular skill so as to exceed
that character's ability. For example the Merchant skill can only
be used by a Gladiator at Expert level.

15. If you are not going to use a particular skill scroll, it is
better to sell it, than to give it to someone who cannot benefit
from it to any great extent.

16. Have all your players learn the Bow skill as soon as possible.
This greatly helps with combat at a distance.  Even characters who
can only use the skill at a Normal level should still learn.

17. Try to give specific skills to the best person able to use
them, rather than give everybody every skill. You will not have
sufficient skill points to be able to promote everyone in all
skills.















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