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[Murugan]

You should be able to get into the 90's with Resist if working it along magery. 30 / 30 works just as well as 50/50 starting skills. When I finally GM'ed magery, I used myself, and another mage casting FS to speed the process up. I used a 3rd account to keep me healed, Its expensive, but it went super quick!

Stealing note:
If possible, use someone from a guild, Have him just stand there with a macro running that "restocks" his bag with items from a chest . . . as you steal items, you drop them into the chest. GM stealing in 2 days without being in the theives guild!

[Murugan]

Alchemy CAN be GMed using only GPoision. I got GM alchemy and up to 95 poisioning ONLY using nightshade, as it is still one of the cheaper regs, it might be worth doing this anyway!

[Kodiak]

I can't find studded stuff on the tailoring menu. I'm at 78, and it's not there. I'm using leather to tailor with. Any help will be appreciated.