I hate Lich with a passion usually reserved for the Black Plague

[DarkLadyNyara]

I'm doing a solo-white mage-lowest level challenge on DoS right now. And Lich just handed me my ass for the tenth time in a row.

So, what's the hardest challenge you've done?

[Martyr]

WM lowest level?

Cool. I've never donw a solo AND lowest level.

I've tried a solo Thief (no class change), but I never beat it. No patience for Kraken, and almost no patience for the marsh cave, frankly.

But I'll try it again one of these days, and then my Final Fantsy 1 Agenda will finally be completed, until I try soloing w/o class change on nes at low levels.

I guess DoS is fairly easier, but not if you're having trouble. Obviously Harm 3 isn't working hard enough for you, eh? (Or can you only use Harm 2 at your level?)

Edie: You know what? That's it. I'm going to go ahead and do it. Solo Thief, no class change, FF1 NES, the Ultimate challenge of patience and will, except for the impossible solo BB (because 999 HP won't save you from 1000 damage)

[Black Mage FF1]

Solo thief no class change on the nes version. I was actually the first one to do that here at this forum and prove it. I also did a solo thief no class change on the psx version. But that was a lot easier than the nes one.

[Zeromus_X]

The normal game on the NES was hard enough for me. xD

[DarkLadyNyara]

I guess DoS is fairly easier, but not if you're having trouble. Obviously Harm 3 isn't working hard enough for you, eh? (Or can you only use Harm 2 at your level?)

I'm at lv. 13, so yeah. I'm still at Diara(Harm2). Also, I keep getting paralyzed and/or put to sleep.

[Martyr]

That's funny. I only tore through DoS once. I don't remember anything remotely giving me trouble, and sleep would have been the least of my worries.

I figured you'd be complaining about being Nuked.

Aren't there items that can prevent a sleep spell? Like a ProRing or something? Or does that only defend against RUB spells? I'm pretty the Ribbon only gives you elemental damage resistance...

[DarkLadyNyara]

I am at the beginning of the game. I have not fought a single random encounter, so my level is quite low. The strongest piece of armor I have is the silver armlet. Ribbons and protect rings are inacessible.

Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't be hard at all. However, this is far from normal.

[Martyr]

OH!

For some insane reason, I assumed you were referring to the ToF Lich.

You can't beat the 1st encounter?

Dude, just get Harm3, it's 1 more level, and then try to cut corners elsewhere (That's what I'd do anyway, but I'm a slacker. You can persevere.)

Here's some inspiration:

I am now officially tackling the solo Thief challenge (again...)

Lv 4. 20 tries. 19 uneventful failures. 2 Critical hits. Garland is finally defeated.
(Actually, I beat him once, and had 6 HP with no heals. I ran into a Spider on the 3 steps to the princess and was killed)

[DarkLadyNyara]

I finally beat Lich. Took a couple dozen tries, though. And I refuse to cheat. It takes the fun out of it.

[Martyr]

How do you cheat?

You mean by levelling? Or is there some FF1 DoS cheat?

[DarkLadyNyara]

I consider leveling on a "lowest possible level" challenge to be cheating. And getting the Lv.5 spells would have required six more levels.

[Martyr]

You need to be at level 19 for lv 5 magic?

That's a new rule.

But alright. You got Lich anyway, so it's all good.

[DarkLadyNyara]

They altered the leveling on this version. The origional level cap was 50, wasn't it?

[Zeromus_X]

Yes, it was. The cap for DoS is 99.

[Captain Maxx Power]

I would've gained Level 100 but unfortunately the universe is too lame to hold that much information.