A broke Mages Guide to Gear

Hmm. To save up more mesos, instead of getting a Maple Staff, scroll your Wooden wand with 100%s. And instead of a Maple Llama, do the NLC quest to get a Nocturnal Staff.

You should probably point out that uhh. A zhelm does reduce your EXP loss on death dramatically (thus negating a need for base luk).

Not anymore. Exp loss is at a set rate now.