baba helm help!?

[nemisis13]

hi i am gamboling for a baba helm for my merc which i am going to make a runeword in - "prowess in battle". i have been looking for one with sword mastery and i was wondering if they exist!? i found a spear mastery one so i guess they do exist but wanted to check before i keep gamboling!

cheers

[webwalker]

gambling can get any mastery on a barb hat.

There is an important limit (I'm working from memory here, please be gentle): sword mastery (as are axe and mace mastery) is a level 1 skill, and if you're over level 30 it will NEVER appear on any item you gamble.  Spear, throwing, and pole-arm mastery are level 6 skills, so they will appear when you're higher level.

The best level to gamble a sword mastery hat is about 24, when you can get it along with +1 (barb skills or masteries, don't recall exactly which), decent resists and hit-recovery etc.  Non-barbs can do the gambling, so if your barb is already over-level, build a level 24 gambler for items with level 1 skills on them.

(gamboling means running, jumping, having a good time, like lambs in the meadows.  Spelled different, pronounced the same, different meaning, from gambling).

[nemisis13]

ty m8 good memory ^^