Need suggestions on how to start

[gbitz]

I am using the Bard Warrior template to start (I have never played UO ever!).

Skills

• 100 Provocation
• 100 Musicianship
• 100 Archery
• 100 Tactics
• 80 Anatomy
• 80 Healing
• 80 Resisting Spells
• 60 Magery

Stats

• 100 Strength
• 90 dexterity
• 35 intelligence

I need help on what macros I should be setting up... or guides to follow to help me out. Where should I go to train after newbie dungeon? When should I go? How do I provoke mobs onto enemies? etc...
I am very new and need all the help I can get or maybe some guides. Thanks for your assistance!

 

[Junior]

If it’s complete PvM I would change template a bit drop Magery and resist and GM Healing and Anatomy but also add hiding. Provo Archer only second to tamer for PvM imo.

 

[Shades]

Magery 80
Resist 70
Music 100
Provoking 115
Achery 100
Tactics 90
Anatomy 100
Healing 80

this is my current Bard/archer template. what i;ve found is resist is only so good it helps against some spells not all. Magic Reflect if you are going against mage type works better really. I prefer higher magery to cast spells with more reliability such magic reflect. I also want to be able to cast some summons to help with that higher mob you are trying to deal with. sometimes it is nice to step behind a deamon and pelt the mob with arrows or an EV.

Stat wise i'm running

100
75
50

Just my two cents. Hope this helps

 

[King Dingaling]

when i ran provo archer i did...

100 provo
100 music
100 archery
100 tactics
100 anatomy
100 healing
100 hiding

hiding was essential for me since i had no magery, and no resist...plus its a life saver sometimes. having no magery kinda sucks...but u should have a second character to gate u around if need be anyways (u can still recall around by urself using recall scrolls and no magery)

 

[sshhaawwnn]

I like Kings. I ran that template a long time in Khaldun made a lot of gold doing it when I started.

 

[hubcap]

Taming and vet. skills i wish they would get rid of.

but, if its gold and loots you seek......its the only way to fly. (and have a chance at surviving the battles that bring the -real- loot.

of course the meta tamers in the group will hem and haw, but, thats how it is, friend.

 

[Sarzois2]

Provo Archers are great as a first char as well as a tamer. However, if you are considering a tamer which is a very expensive char to run after a certain point. You might consider creating a Berserker which can be expensive if you account all the relics (abilities) but the beginning of a Zerk talisman it's quite cheap and very rewarding!