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Re: adding MANA not MAGIC

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From: dum... V. A. Dumatol
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 00:00
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On 31 Jan 1997 15:28:37 GMT, ba...@voyageronline.net (Base) wrote:

>In message <32f1d268...@news.ucdavis.edu> - *anon...@anon.twwells.com*
>(ben) writes:
>8->
>8->	Is there  a permanent way to add mana without more magic
>8->points (I maxxed out).  By permanent I mean no rings, amulets, etc.
>8->Visited a few too many shrines as a Rogue and I lost about 30-60?  MP
>8->and well, the later levels are starting to suck when I have to bring
>8->in an inventory filled with mana potions :)
>
>
>That's another thing that I found out about the game that I really dislike. 
>It will permantly take away your mana points, and you don't even know it until
>you start asking other players about the different shrines.  By then, you are
>already level 30 or higher and have lost over 100 mana poits.  In my case, I
>had only 220 mana points at level 33, and my magic skill was around 170.  If
>you calculate what I should have (which is 2 mana points per one magic point,
>and remember that a mage starts out with a magic of 35 and 130 mana points) I
>am missing about 180 mana points.  For a mage, that is a precious loss.  Those
>extra mana points are extra HP.  
>
>As far as I know, there is no way to restore permanantly lost mana points
>without magically modifying your magic skill.  That sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
>
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How did you get a 1st level sorcerer with 130 mana?
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