Slow Gains?

[nightshark]

Wep skills take around 5-6 hours with a brown bear from 0-GM (w/o buying the skill).

When I started here I used a paladin and it was taking a long time, someone suggested I use an NPC mage. It was much faster but I had trouble keeping the mage alive. Brown bears are win due to their high natural AR. They require very few bandys to keep alive.

[morganm]

Thanks for the tips!

How much taming you need for these guys?
Can you use the same 'all guard' tricks to prevent them from attacking you?

[nightshark]

I think you need about 35 taming, but you can also buy them from the stable. Their AI is exactly the same as NPC fighters/pallys, so yeah you can use the same methods.