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wizard fighting tips?



Hi everyone,

things have been very quiet on this mailing list for a while. During
this quiet period I've been playing maps I've rarely visited before,
and started a new character to experience the joy of overcoming your
first goblin, or wyvern etc. 

Anyhow, the barbarian character has been progressing well and is now
17th level with an impressive collection of weaponry, armour, rods
and so on. His stats are all fairly well maxed out, and he's got a
self-modified long sword that improves his strength and con.

Well, Dreads, Titans, even Dragons are not too frightening anymore,
as long as I'm careful. But as soon as I come across a wizard, I'm
stuck. I've tried everything I can think of: I've pounded them with
fireballs, frostbolts, bullets; I've fought them hand-to-hand in
mighty tussles that have lasted nearly half an hour before I gave
up. (That wasn't one big fight - I had to keep running away every
five seconds to heal up!). I do massive amounts of damage with
every hit, but the wizard never seems to even notice as colossal
barrages of spells hurtle my way.

So, does anyone have any tips? I even checked the source of the map
I was on to make sure it was a run-of-the-mill wizard and not some
special "can't-be-killed" variety. He looked completely ordinary.

Answers on a postcard please ... (well, an electronic postcard)

Cheers in advance,

Sy