When should you forge weapons?

[Knai]

Originally Posted by triqui

I agree, Mistform needs some prot to back-up. Etherealness is great when combined with other form of evasion (be it high defense, Awe, Luck, Glamour, or a combination of all of them). Even Twist Fate works great with Etherealness.

Either that or Mistform is backup. Between Mistform, Awe, and even half decent prot (as in, 12 or so), you can get surprisingly far. Take a look at what a Harbinger can manage by just casting Mistform, and being under a decent earth-nature bless, while equipped with a frost brand. Add in even Rainbow Armor (which isn't all that great from a protection angle, though the magic resistance is always nice), and you have a borderline SC.

[thejeff]

Even minimal Regen helps a lot if you have Mistform up. A normal human will go down pretty quickly even from 1 hp a round, but if he's regening that hp...

[Soyweiser]

Well, late game most serious armies will have magic weapons. These pop mistform instantly. So remember that.