Minimalist, the Poor Son of a Baron
He takes the path of a rebel
by King of Pain & Charis


Class: Any
Tag: SOB or MIN

Introduction

Born of SNOB parents, the minimalist takes the path of a rebel, disdaining what his parents loved and selecting only minimalist material possessions. He likewise uses utility spells, plus offensive spells not allowed to SNOBs. He holds nothing against his parents or other elitists, but prefers this path. A minimalist will coop with anyone. Basically, the SOB wears items that are extremely meager (base AC 1) or have but the lightest enchantment.

Rules

Starting off, sell your goods; you can't use them. Earn some cash, and check Griswold and Wirt frequently for a suitable weapon and/or armor.

Statistic points need not be distributed at the time of leveling

Warriors may only add points to strength to wield a legal weapon that has been found/bought, until it becomes 90 or all stats maxed.

Rogues may only add points to dexterity to wield a legal bow that has been found/bought, until it becomes 90 or all stats maxed.

Sorcerers may only assign +1 Magic point per level up. Once he has reached 30th lvl he may freely assign any such points.

Items

An item must be either meager (AC 1) or minimally magic, defined as follows: As long as one prefix or suffix is totally minimal, the other may be anything. Thus the best combinations usable on larger items would be red/white/blue +10% of the eagle; topaz +10% of the stars/brilliance/accuracy/giants/vigor/wolf/swiftness; Raven's of the Sky +1; etc. On a meager item, you could get something like Godly Cap (AC 1) of the Whale from Wirt.

Armor & Helms
Cloth Armor of AC 1 may have any pref/suff. Any other type of armor is allowed as long as it's minimally magic.
Similar restrictions are in effect for head gear.

Shields
Buckler AC 1 may have any pref/suff. Any other type of shield is allowed as long as it's minimally magic.

Staves
Angel Staff and Staves with spells are not usable unless all charges are drained from it.

Weapons
Only a bow, melee weapon or staff which has a minimalist prefix or suffix may be used, else the character uses fists/feet.

Enchantment Note
Although Angel, Lightning and Flaming do not have lower enchantments, they are not really minimalistic and should not be used without a proper suffix

Uniques
None. SOBs are the rebel children of SNOBs.

Note: See below for complete tables of minimalist items and attributes, and special bonus allowance for high level characters.

Shrines

No shrines other than Hidden and Religious.

Spells

All spells & scrolls are ok, except Mana Shield. Special spell restrictions on Stone Curse, Chain Lightning, Fireball, Elemental and Teleport.

No books can bought from Adria.

Table of Minimal Items and Affixes

Any items are usable if the base attribute and or pref/suff match one of the following.

Special Allowance for Higher Clvls
From clvl 10, add 1 bonus point to the item's attribute(s). Add one more for every 10th clvl thereafter. This means a clvl 30 sob can wear a cape with a base ac of 1 to 4, for example. While the extended base value itself does next to nothing, it will open up more chances for getting better items.

Item Value Range Clvl 1-50 Clvl 10-50 Clvl 20-50 Clvl 30-50 After 3rd Dot
Buckler 1-5 1 1-2 1-3 1-4 Any
Small Shield 3-8     3 3-4 3-5
Cap 1-3 1 1-2 1-3 Any Any
Skull Cap 2-4   2 2-3 Any Any
Rags 2-6   2 2-3 2-4 Any
Cape 1-5 1 1-2 1-3 1-4 Any
Cloak 3-7     3 3-4 Any
Robe 4-7       4 Any

Pre/Suffix Value Range Clvl 1-50 Clvl 10-50 Clvl 20-50 Clvl 30-50 After 3rd Dot
Strength 1-5 str 1 1-2 1-3 1-4 All
Magic 1-5 magic 1 1-2 1-3 1-4 All
Dexterity 1-5 dex 1 1-2 1-3 1-4 All
Vitality 1-5 vit 1 1-2 1-3 1-4 All
Sky 1-3 to all 1 1-2 All All All
Fox 10-15 life 10 10-11 10-12 10-13 All
Spider 10-15 mana 10 10-11 10-12 10-13 All
Fine 20-30% ac 20 20-22 20-24 20-26 All
Bronze 1-5 tohit 1 1-2 1-3 1-4 All
Jagged 20-35% dmg 20 20-25 20-30 All All
Sharp 1-5, 20-35 1, 20 1-2, 20-25 1-3, 20-30 1-4, 20-35 All
Quality 1-2 dmg 1 All All All All
Health -1 dfe -1 All All All All
White 10-20 res magic 10 10-12 10-14 10-16 All
Red 10-20 res fire 10 10-12 10-14 10-16 All
Blue 10-20 res light 10 10-12 10-14 10-16 All
Topaz 10-15 res all 10 10-11 10-12 10-13 All
Piercing 25% All All All All All
Night -20 lr All All All All All
Light +20 lr All All All All All
Flame 1-3 fire dmg All All All All All
Shock 1-6 lightn dmg All All All All All
Leech 3% steal life All All All All All
Bat 3% steal mana All All All All All
Readiness Quick attack All All All All All
Balance Fast recovery All All All All All
Sturdiness 26-75% dur All All All All All
Thorns Enemy take 1-3 All All All All All
Thieves 1/2 trap dmg All All All All All
Bear Knock target All All All All All
Blocking Fast block All All All All All