OK; Is This Fair?

[kamqute]

I am advancing from bk 12 to bk 13. It says in the Story So Far thing that you go down into that freaky Toran basement with the lorestones and train your head off. I like the sort of ascetic training-obsessed badass model and I would like to know if you think the following change to the rules is fair:

Instead of carrying over the special items it allows me to take (I have all of them except the Crystal Star Pendant), I carry over only one, either Kagonite Chainmail or Helshezag (as I actually had to work to get those and I feel cool about them). I relinquish all of my gold and reduce my Endurance Point maximum by 1. I then increase my combat skill by 10. The benefit over a normal character would be in terms of naked CS (10 higher than a standard character). I would also have more room for new special items. The disadvantage would be losing any nonmechanical uses of special items (particularly Sommerswerd+Korlinium Scabbard), naked EP would go down by 1.

The stat changes would be as follows.

If I kept Kagonite;
EP goes down 2
CS goes down 2; +10-2(SB)-2(SH)-8(SS)

If I kept Helshezag;
EP goes down 3
CS keeps even +10-2(SB)-2(SH)-3(KC)-8(SS)+5(Helshezag), but I have to take damage from Helshezag


EDIT:

Assuming I lugged around only one ubersword at a time beforehand (which I did) and none of the other fancy weapons, I would now be gaining 4 SI slots, for getting rid of the Silver Bow of Duadon, Silver Bracers, Silver Helm and one other thing.

[Dusk Fox]

Obviously, this is not how I would do it. Of course, I do not need to detail my methods--you are all familiar with them.

[kamqute]

In other words, if I did this, do you think I would be more powerful than a standard veteran of the first twelve books who got all of the carryover special items besides the crystal star pendant?

Thanks!

[Zipp]

Um... no. Without the Sommerswerd you won't break even with a veteran.

[Al]

Why would you do that? Either play by the rules or DF it, I do not see why you need to come up with some sort of convoluted self justification to break the rules, just do it and relish in it! (I have been socializing with Dusk Fox far too long here on the forums and at Tower of the Sun)

Al

[Zipp]

I say, Kam, in this case, your training is represented by the items you have collected and by the lore circles you completed.

[Dusk Fox]

allan said:

Why would you do that? Either play by the rules or DF it, I do not see why you need to come up with some sort of convoluted self justification to break the rules, just do it and relish in it! (I have been socializing with Dusk Fox far too long here on the forums and at Tower of the Sun)

Al

There is no such thing as socializing with me for far too long. Everyone should socialize with me until the madness takes hold; after that, time has no meaning.