Either create a throw away character with 49 skill or buy up the skill to 40 in New Haven, then get the Swords quest from the NPC in New Haven so you can get the nifty reward once you hit 50. After that, go to Despise and beat on Lizard men up to about 80. This also gives you the advantage of getting artifact drops in Despise. Once you hit at or near 80, go to Trinsic and hire an 8g Paladin. Tell him to "all follow", then recall to your house, log out then back in, and he will be there with you. Put about 1k bandages in your backpack, get a store bought or newbie dagger with zero damage increase, tell the Pally to "all follow" then "all guard me", then attack him, healing him as you go so he doesn't die. Since he's guarding you, he won't attack, and he'll stay alive as long as you continue to heal. I set up a macro for a 1 button heal for him. I did find out that some of the Pally's are tougher than others, and it did seem that every female Pally was of the weaker variety, but that could have just been dumb luck. This will take you up to about 105 with fairly quick gains. Once you reach that point, head to the Yomotsu mines, go back to the second room where 2 warriors spawn, and go to town. They're almost instant respawn, so you'll never not be swinging. I took my char from 105 to 120 in 2 days there, and raked in quite a bit in gold and gems, along with several nice super slayer weapons.