Necro Questions

[Malistavus]

I prefer to go with DE, but I believe that an evil race would make p99 even harder for me as a new player. I chose to go with Erudite over the other good races. Does anyone know how the grouping is on Odus? I assumed traveling to GFaydark would be too much of a hassle from the home of the tall skulls.

Also does anyone know of any budget or decent low lvl quested gear? I'm starting from scratch, so my coffers have nothing but hopes and dreams in them.

Thanks for the help!