Arrrggggg no canoners

[jake21]

Well - in my mage impossible game (unless I missed something obvious) no canoners loaded. No you might not like canoners but they are a key ingredient to black knights
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Pity a scroll won't load them

[DGDobrev]

Meshmere also makes Black Knights out of Foremen, so you can check if you have some available. It's 1:1 and in addition to that, foremen are cheaper than cannoneers (600 vs 800 gold if I recall correctly).

[Metathron]

Also can be made from alchemists, can't they?

[jake21]

vaguely I thought I needed 1 canoner to complete the quest so he would make dark knight from foremen.

Originally Posted by DGDobrev

Meshmere also makes Black Knights out of Foremen, so you can check if you have some available. It's 1:1 and in addition to that, foremen are cheaper than cannoneers (600 vs 800 gold if I recall correctly).

[Metathron]

Ah, yes, you're right. If there are no cannoneers to be found, you are indeed unlucky. Have you tried checking with the KB scanner?

[jake21]

never used kb scanner; always thought it was a bit er dishonest but maybe I will give it a try near the end - only have 4 more things left; island of demons, island of lizards and gremlin tower. Usually one dwarf stack pops in reha so maybe I will find some there; if not I might try the scanner before doing the gremlins.

[Metathron]

Using the KB scanner might be considered "dishonest" if it's done at the beginning of the game to discover what artifacts, etc the game holds, but even then I wouldn't consider it dishonest as it is mostly used by players who have mastered the game on the highest difficulty and are looking for additional challenges so they want to see if what they need is present in the new game.

In any case, I don't see how it could be viewed as dishonest in your case, mid-game, where you would be overcoming one of the game's shortcomings - no concise list of what the shops you've visited offer (hear that, Katauri?).