This is an advanced niche build for those looking to go heavy into stealth and espionage using Magick. It's a solo build with maybe Virgil as a mule, or as a bodyguard when doing overland travel.
tl;dr
- Spells
- Minor Heal
- Harm (Conjure Spirit)
- Unlocking Cantrip
- Sense Hidden (Divine Magick)
- Invisibility
- Charm (Stun)
- Skills
- Prowling (max)
- Pick Pocket (max)
Starting the Game
- Start as a Female Elf with the Only Child background.
- Take 1 point of Necro White, 2 points of Necro Black, and 2 points of Conveyance
- Sell your dress at the blimp store, and buy an elegant dress, robes, and boots
- The Elegant Dress pays for itself early on if you are always wearing it when not in combat; you can get rid of it later once you have money to spare
The Crash Site
- Clear the crash site using Harm, resting when necessary
- Pick the site clean, loading up Virgil with stuff to sell later
- Do the quest and go to Shrouded Hills
- Points:
- Level 2 -- Prowling 1
- Level 3 -- Pick Pocket 1
- Level 4 -- Divination 1
Shrouded Hills
- Apprentice Training Prowling
- Do all quests
- Chain Quest Bessie Toone
- Chain Quest The Ring
- Pick the town clean with Unlocking Cantrip and go to Dernholm
- Points:
- Level 5 -- Divination 2-3
- Level 6 -- Phantasm 1
- Level 7 -- Pick Pocket 2
Dernholm
- Apprentice Training Pick Pocket
- Do all quests
- Chain Quest Sarah Toone
- Chain Quest Lianna
- Chain Quest Taxes
- Pick the town clean with Unlocking Cantrip and go to Tarant (via Shrouded Hills for any other quests)
Tarant
- Buy Oiled Thieves Leather Armour
- Use this for Spot Trap Apprentice Training and Pick Pocket Expert Training
- Clear the Rat Warehouse and make it your base of operations
- Do all available local quests EXCEPT THE RING and THE BOIL
- Chain Quest Tarant Thieves Underground guild quest via the Pettibone quest
- Chain Quest Toone Mine Deed
- Pick the town clean with Unlocking Cantrip and take train to Black Root (take Toone Deed)
- Points:
- Level 8 -- Perception 9
- Level 9 -- Prowling 2
- Level 10 --Divination 4, Willpower 16
Black Root
- Cast Divination 4 and get Spot Trap Expert Training
- Do all quests
- Chain Quest Taxes
- Chain Quest Find Dudley
- Pick the town clean with Unlocking Cantrip and go to Dernholm
- Points:
- Level 11 -- WP17
- level 12 -- WP18
- level 13 -- wait
- level 14 -- wait
Dernholm 2
- Get Prowling Expert Training
- Deliver Taxes
- Deliver Deed to Sarah
- Chain Quest Find Dudley
- Go to Blackroot, and take train to Tarant
Tarant 2
- Do quests or clear sewers or harvest wandering night Orcs until level 15
- At level 15 add 4 points to Phantasm to get Invisibility
- This completes the base of your build
Final Thoughts
- See the tl;dr on your goals to finish the build at your own pace
- Most quests now (like Schuylers, Elven Ruins, BMC) can be done while invisible
- Some activities may also need Sense Hidden at the same time to avoid traps, so use a mages staff and carry lots of fatigue limiters and fatigue restorers when doing dungeon and cavern crawls
- Look for quests and items that boost Dexterity, Perception, Pick Pocket and Prowl, like the Ancient Gods quest
- Your MA should be high enough now to open anything with Unlocking Cantrip (85 MA)
- Add Mental 1 and 2, and Divination 5 to get to 100 MA to open anything stubborn
- Once your Perception gets high enough, you can cast Sense Hidden and get the Spot Trap Mastery quest
- The staff in the quest gives +2 Dexterity and +2 Perception
- Have fun :D