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== Avoiding Esper Hunters == | == Avoiding Esper Hunters == | ||
=== Limiting Glimmer === | === Limiting Glimmer === | ||
Because higher [[glimmer]] makes Esper Hunter attacks more frequent and more dangerous, one of the best ways to avoid Esper Hunters, or at least to decrease how dangerous the Esper Hunters you ''do'' face are, is by limiting the amount of psychic glimmer you accrue. This can be done in several ways: | |||
* At character generation, try to buy a few high-cost mental mutations rather than many low-cost mental mutations, as the more mental mutations you have, the higher your psychic glimmer will become. | |||
* Look for ways to increase your character's power other than by levelling up mental mutations. Finding better weapons and armor, for example, will increase your combat prowess without increasing your glimmer. | |||
* Keep your own power in check. It is often very easy for powerful Espers to fight "normal" enemies, but very difficult for them to fight the Esper Hunters that track them down. If you find yourself in this situation, consider whether it is worth the extra glimmer to further increase your psychic powers (by, say, absorbing the minds of defeated Esper Hunters or putting additional attribute points into Ego), or if you are already powerful enough to easily handle most threats and thus do not need to attract more attention from the few threats you have trouble with. | |||
** Though rather drastic, if you feel you have passed over the threshold where you do not need the extra psychic power and glimmer, one can decrease psychic glimmer by decreasing one's [[Ego]] score. {{favilink|apothecary|plural}} sell {{favilink|humble pie}}, which permanently decreases one's Ego score by 1 when consumed. | |||
=== Befriending the Seekers of the Sightless Way === | === Befriending the Seekers of the Sightless Way === | ||
Many of the Esper Hunters which attack you (specifically those with something along the lines of {{Qud text|&MPtoh's (bird name)}} appended to their name) are aligned with the [[Seekers of the Sightless Way]]. If you reach a [[reputation]] of 250 or higher with this faction, these Esper Hunters will stop attacking you altogether, no matter how high your glimmer becomes. (And, as a bonus, [[Legendary creature|legendary]] Seekers will teach mental mutations through the [[Water Ritual]].) This reputation can be gained in a few ways: | |||
* Using a {{favilink|Schrodinger page from the Annals of Qud}} to increase reputation with the Seekers. | |||
* Using a {{favilink|love injector}} on a randomly encountered legendary seeker and performing the Water Ritual with them. | |||
* Killing legendary creatures hated or disliked by the Seekers. | |||
=== Limiting Exploration === | === Limiting Exploration === | ||
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=== Mutation-Specific Techniques === | === Mutation-Specific Techniques === | ||
Techniques which are focused on combating specific mental mutations which Esper Hunters may have, arranged by mutation. | |||
==== [[Beguiling]] ==== | ==== [[Beguiling]] ==== | ||