Dark Initiates
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f to 5
f.c to 10
f.c.m to 15
f.c.m.s to 20
* f.p to 15 (optional)
* You will lose a few lvls overall, but it's a lot easier to survive with some extra hp.
o to 5
o.s to 10
o.s.e to 20
o.s.ch to 20
o.p to 20
o.m to 10
o.m.c to 20
o.m to 20
*If you arn't lvl 20 overall now, then add a few more lvls to o.m.d.

DK guild
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f.c.m.s to 50 or maybe 100 o.s.e to 150 '''(Steelskin, Damage Field and Dark shield)
o.s.ch to 150'''(Dark Might and Fear)
o.s to 150
o to 100
o.m.c to 100
o.m to 100
*Then max out the remaining occult subskills in any order.
f.c.m.s to 300
f.c.m to 300
f.c.s to 300
f.c to 300
f to 300
f.p to 300

You have now reached your max lvl, 406. All your guildbased skills and abilities are also maxxed.

General still remains, but how you wanna max that is another story.

Do not overmax o.s.cursing for a better destroy. Overall you will notice that it's not worth it. With high intelligence destroy will be good enough.

This is how I advanced, and it works great for me.

Brought to you by,
Drull, the Warlord
(Then became Drull the Noble of Claddath, then well, he retired)

DRULL'S BREAKDOWN

* oc.s.enchanting to 150
* oc.s.charming to 150
* oc.spells to 150
* oc to 100
* occult.methods.chanting to 100
* occult.methods to 100
Other stuff under methods and spells.

Do occult first because you don't go up much in level.

f.c.m.sharp to 300
f.c.melee to 300
f.c.special to 300
f.combat to 300
fighting to 300
f.points to 300

Fear is based on charming AND chanting...so this will help it a bit. Then max out any other skills in any order.

Total Cost for maxxing Occult is aprox 40 mill.

I suggest you to finish occult before starting on fighting since good spells will help you alot at higher lvls, and it's extremely boring to advance occult, so the faster you get it done the better. When maxxed occult you should be around lvl 60.

Total cost for maxxing a DK is approx 200 mill.

Also, most of our spells are also based on alignment, so even if you maxx out enchanting and charming, you might not have the best versions of Fear and Dark Shield unless you are really evil. There is a big difference between Embodiment of Evil and AUIE when using fear, and to get max protection from Dark Shield you have to be Embodiment of Evil. There are also several degrees of AUIE that you can't really distinguish except by the effectiveness of your shield and your Fear.

Most of these notes were made by Drull, an ex GM and ex AGM of the DK guild. Most I have already stated but there is some good stuff here too. Personally, I found Drull to be one of the most honorable AND player-effective Dark Knights of the Realms. I was glad to see him become GM and was sad to see him retire later on.