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** It's easier than you might think to get a +6 sword in Book 5: [[spoiler:set up shop in Aku as a magician. You'll be tasked with resurrecting a noblewoman's child from the dead, a task that requires average-level Magic and below-average Sanctity checks. The hardest part is acquiring the incredibly-expensive ingredients for the ritual... except you can get them for free as quest rewards by travelling a short distance north to the Hall Of Heroes and completing the quest there in favour of Grendal, which only requires a diplomatic approach and a single average-level Charisma check]].

* ThatOneBoss: Book 6 has a random encounter with a 'Wako' (a pirate from Akatsurai). He has no name or plot importance and is not even supernatural- just a big, scary looking pirate- but he is one of the toughest fights in the entire series, stronger even than the actual dragon faced in the same book.

* ThatOneBoss: Book 6 has a random encounter with a 'Wako' (a pirate from the Japanese influenced nation of Akatsurai.) He has no name or plot importance and is apparently not even supernatural just a big, scary looking pirate but he is one of the toughest fights in the entire series, stronger even than an actual dragon faced in the same book.

** Book 5 has a tome that allows for fast travel between the main "hub" cities of each book. This greatly speeds up progress when performing quests that cover multiple books.

** On a mundane level, in book 1 you can easily and safely navigate to an encounter where you joust three incredibly non-threatening knights, who reward you with three suits of plate armor. Plate armor offers +6 protection - enough that you'll have a major advantage in every fight you'll get into even in book 2, and sells for a good chunk of cash that will be extremely useful for a book 1 character.

* Book 5 has a tome that allows for fast travel between the main "hub" cities of each book. This greatly speeds up progress when performing quests that cover multiple books.

** The removal of the level cap. While the basic stats cannot be raised above 12, stamina can be raised and defence is linked to both stamina and rank, essentially making a player invulnerable in combat once sufficiently leveled.

** Molhern's Smithy, a magical anvil along the road in book 2. Pay enough money and you can upgrade your weapons and armour to high levels.

** A cave in the north-west corner of Book 2 hides a treasure that you can only attempt to retrieve ''once'', and has really nasty fail conditions (ranging from loss of Rank to instant death). However, solve the puzzle (through luck) and you can lay claim to a ''+10 Defence Shield'', an obscenely powerful item that will make you nigh-invulnerable in battle.

** Molhern's Smithy, a magical anvil along the road in book 2. Pay enough money and you can upgrade your weapons are armour to high levels.

** On a mundane level, in book 1 you can easily and safely navigate to an encounter where you joust three incredibly non-threatening knights, who reward you with three suits of plate armor. Plate armor offers +6 protection - enough that you'll have a major advantage in every fight you'll get into even in book 2, and sells for a good chunk of cash that will be extremely useful for a book 1 character.

** On a mundane level, in book 1 you can easily and safely navigate to an encounter where you joust three incredibly non-threatening knights, you reward being three suits of plate armor. Plate armor offers +6 protection - enough that you'll have a major advantage in every fight you'll get into even in book 2, and sells for a good chunk of cash that will be extremely useful for a book 1 character.

** [[InfinityPlusOneSword The White Sword]]. +8 attack and cannot be lost, even ''if you die''.

** It's easier than you might think to get a +6 sword in Book 5: [[spoiler:set up shop in Aku as a magician. You'll be tasked with resurrecting a noblewoman's child from the dead, a task that requires average-level Magic and below-average Sanctity checks. The hardest part is acquiring the incredibly-expensive ingredients for the ritual... except you can get them for free as quest rewards by travelling a short distance north to the Hall Of Heroes and completing the quest there in favour of Grendal, which only requires a diplomatic approach and a single average-level Charisma check]].

** A cave in the north-west corner of Book 2 hides a treasure that you can only attempt to retrieve ''once'', and has really nasty fail conditions (ranging from loss of Rank to instant death). However, solve the puzzle (through luck) and you can lay claim to a ''+10 Defence Shield'', an obscenely powerful item that will make you nigh-invulnerable.