There are particular things that you need to be mindful of when questing your equipment. The first thing that you should be mindful of is your questing limit. Your questing limit is 760 + your current status * 10.

Now, please note that the above limits are for standard mud e.q., NOT created e.q. With created eq, you can quest a base of 1260 qp.

Be mindful of your questing limits when adding stats to your equipment. The questing limit applies to the sum totals of qp spent on hit/dam, AC, str, dex, con, int, and wis. Anything else that you quest on your equipment will not count toward this total.

How to quest armor

When questing armor, you need to be mindful of what fields you need to quest:

1. spellproof
2. curses
3. protection
4. weight
5. str, dex, int, wis, con
6. spells and shields: sanct, protection, acidshield, etc.
7. hitroll
8. damroll
9. AC
10. Indest
    

The above fields should be quested in the order listed, and I will tell you why.

1. spell proof -- This is very important, as it renders your item immune to damage from offensive spell attacks from enemies. This should be done as soon as you obtain any item that is to be used by you.

Syntax: c spellproof item

2. curses -- Many items on this game are cursed with "nodrop" or "noremove" curses.

 

To rid the item of the curse:

cast 'remove curse' item self

or cast 'remove curse' item xx

or cast 'remove curse' 2.item

or cast 'remove curse' item

One of those means should work. Do not be mean to anyone and advise them to wear no-remove eq. And, also do not trans nodrop eq to other players. You may either remove the curse on the item, or you may trans it to a mob.

3. Protection -- In this case, protection is the enhancement of your equipment's base armor class, NOT the spell that provides protection from attacks from evil sources. You will note that created eq will have a base protection of 15, while standard eq will have a protection that varies from 1 to 15. You can easily quest protection on your standard equipment so that it offers the same base protection as created eq.

NOTE: Please do not confuse yourself between armor class and AC. AC is an added armor class affect that is costly and only works if negative!! Armor class is the strength of the armor, with 1 being weak and 15 being strong.

Cost: 1 qp per point.

4. weight: weight is very important. It is easier to hit a slow moving target. In effect, weight affects your combat ability. To counteract this problem, always quest the weight value on your equipment. NOTE: Created equipment already has a weight of 1.

syntax: quest item weight

Cost: 10 qp.

5. str, dex, int, wis, and con: These stats are all very important.

• str affects damage and max carry weight.
• dex affects AC and fighting ability.
• int affects spell practicing.
• wis affects spells some kind of way.
• int and wis work together to affect spell strength.
• int and wis also wotk together to determine how well you resist a vampire's attempt to command you.
• con affects your regeneration rate.

These stats can be quested up to 25 in each categoty. NOTE: You may feel inspired to quest extra strength on your equipment. This helps to counteract poison attacks from the enemy. This means that if you find yourself in an area where mobs poison you, your extra strength acts as a buffer against your character's strength being reduced.

e.g.: You go into The Deep, and you're poisoned by -25 to your strength. Well, if you have 30 extra strength on your equipment, you will still have full strength, with 5 to spare. Note: You may quest +3 on standard and +6 on created.

syntax: quest item affect +number

Cost: 30 qp per point.

6. spells:

• sanct: reduces damage from ALL enemy sources by fifty percent
• protection: recudes damage from EVIL sources by twenty-five percent (NOTE: because of the protection spell, it is crucial to align good before avataring. Otherwise, if you avatar when evil, you will be at a serious disadvantage.)
• sneak: with sneak, you can walk into rooms undetected. This is useful for when you are trying to get close to or away from an enemy.
• passdoor: this enables you to walk through some doors as if they were not there.
• invis: this spell renders you invisible, and unless your enemy can see invis, they can't see you.
• fireshield: This surrounds you with a shield of fire.
• iceshield: This surrounds you with a shimmering shield of ice.
• shockshield: This gives you a crackling shield of lightning.
• acidshield: This gives you a bubbling shield of acid.

Syntax: quest item spell spellname

Cost: 50 qp per spell.

Note: Even IF you have an immunity to a certain type of magic, that immunity will not register unless you have that shield on.

7. hitroll -- this is your chances of hitting the enemy. Note: You can quest +5 on standard eq, and +10 on created eq.

Syntax: quest item hit +number

Cost: 30 qp per point.

8. damroll -- This is how much damage you have a chance of doing to the enemy (granted that you've first hit the enemy) Note: You can quest +5 on standard eq, and +10 on created eq.

Syntax: quest item dam +number

Cost: 30 qp per point.

9. AC -- This value is the added armoring affect on your eq. You can quest -25 on standard mud eq and up to -50 (yeah, right, who can afford to quest -50 and still have full hit/dam when status stops off at 25?) on created eq. Note: Always use a NEGATIVE number when questing AC.

Syntax: quest item ac -number

Cost: 20 qp per point.

10. INDEST -- You can quest this on your equipment once you obtain status 10. This renders your equipment ungiftable and unsaccable. However, it most importantly renders the equipment unbreakable. You must maintain status 10 or better to maintain indest.

syntax: quest item indest

NOTE: Indesting eq should also spell-proof it, but check to be sure.

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