My newest party is just starting to be able to handle level 8. I've been trying to make pool runs to the area with the pool (as there may be newbies reading this I won't tell you in advance where the pools are). I have only succeeded to visit all 5 pools once. Every other time, my entire party has been slaughtered by monsters.
All of my characters are now at level 15 or 16, except for my Wizard, who gained a Wisdom of 20 and an IQ of 20, so I made him into a Druid. On his first excursion to the pools on level 5 he went straight up 4 levels. He also knows the RESURRECY spell, which will help me greatly on my way.
One of my Sorcerers also has sufficient Wisdom and IQ to become a Druid, but I don't think I should have two Druids in my party. Or should I? Anyway I think I'll wait until my current Druid reaches level 16. I also want to have Assassins, but none of my current characters meets the requirements.
Should I now try to keep on making pool runs on level 8, or maybe go beyond to level 9, or stick to levels 4 and 5 for easy going?
On my pool run to level 5 I had my Sorcerers cast EXPLOSION and HAILSTORM. This pretty much wiped the monsters out before they even knew what hit them. I don't think they're enough of a challenge for anyone other than my new Druid.
Finally, am I the only player here who is very close to two hundred thousand turns of Murkon's Refuge?