Looks like this was complicated.
Thread from May 1999 with two people mentioning that Swimming had a level-based cap:
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5/5/1999
Higher swimming skill helps with you not feel the effects of fatigue as
quickly. This skill goes up like a rocket just swim around in safe waters
and it will skill cap for your level very quickly. I wouldn't waste any
training points on it.
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Swimming skill definately increases swimming speed and less fatigue. I
spent a couple days fighting Giant Paranha in West Commons and went from
about 5 swimming to 60 (skill cap at that time) and it was amazing the
difference in swimming speed and abilities.
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Another post a bit later in the year mentioning a level cap:
But Iksar had some special coding for their swimming skill, their cap was Level * 5 + 100:
Quote:
1/11/01
And you get into real weird formulae when you get to iksar monks. For
example:
dual wield: (level + 1)*7
swimming: level*5 + 100
offense:
level*5 at levels 1-14
(level+1)*5 at levels 15-29
(level+2)*5 at levels 30+
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> swimming: level*5 + 100
I thought Iksar swimming worked like Dwarven sense heading? The formula for
that is: the greater of 50 or (level+1*5). In other words, the skill doesn't
increase until the level based ability exceeds the racial base (level 10).
Iksar get swimming skill increases from level 1?
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> I thought Iksar swimming worked like Dwarven sense heading? The formula
for
> that is: the greater of 50 or (level+1*5). In other words, the skill
doesn't
> increase until the level based ability exceeds the racial base (level 10).
> Iksar get swimming skill increases from level 1?
my Iksar Monk had a swim skill of 113 by level 4 =)
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Quote:
4/25/00
What I observed.
Swimming: Swimming skill starts at 100 and was up to 110 by the time I was
level 2
Forage: Seems to be equivalant to Wood Elf forage skill. No improvements
of course
Safe Fall?: Several of us felt we were able to fall for no damage from
greater than normal heights, but this may have just been wishfull thinking
Regeneration: Mighty nice to be at level one and have your HP regen as you
fight.
Shadjakin Shadowheart
Erollisi Marr
"Bert Medley" <med...@flash.net> wrote in message
news:8F2091695medleyblogicacom@158.234.153.198...
> What are the native Iskarian abilities? I have seen Infravision and
superior
> swimming mentioned. What about regen? Anything else?
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Lastly, swimming skill should raise simply from auto-running and facing a wall while 'submerged', shouldn't be necessary to do the P99 dance and go in circles/move:
Quote:
10/20/00
The place I have found that this works best is N Kaladim, in front of
the clerics guild. Deep enough to swim, not deep enough to drown. Had
to go feed my daughter, so I pointed my H/Elf at the back wall, hit
numlock and went. Came back to a scroll full of better at swimming,
topping at 35, which is apparently max for my lev6 druid at that time.
Only took about 30 mins too.
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