This is where I'll maintain (as best I can) the builds I make for each character. I'm not going to bother doing so for the two winners before since I can't get a level-by-level detail of what I did. New Archers will find themselves here and updated reasonably well.
ToME Forums Survivability Thread
Good thread with some really useful information on surviving ToME at higher difficulties. Obviously also pertains to normal.
Belmarduk's Beginner's Guide and Follow-Up
These videos are over a year old now (Pre-1.0, possibly), but formed the foundation of what I know about ToME. Derptastio, my first winner, was maybe the third character I created after watching the first 6~9 episodes of the Beginner's Guide, where before that my highest character was a level 20 that didn't even finish the tier 2 dungeons. Definitely worth a watch.
General Guide for all Archers I run in this challenge.
