[Rataxes]

Yep - it confers immunity to the entire spell. Hypothesis: Weimer was too lazy to create a new spell, so he used a variant of Teleport Field. All in good spirit, Westley, of course. [img]smile.gif[/img] By the way - the "canon" game does that a lot, too.

Ahh, then that does, of course, make it extremely useful, even for a ranged fighter/spellcaster.

Spirit Animals are quite tough: Base AC 2 to AC -1, 45 to 96 HP, Base THAC0 8-10, STR 16-19, DEX 14-20, 2 to 3 attacks, immune to panic, poison, sleep, petrification, confusion, charm, hold, stun, slaying (which makes the excellent spell soakers), and they use special attacks (poison, level drain, etc). Having a Totemic Druid instead of Korgan means more Death Wards, more Chaotic Commands, more Insect Plague, more Nature's Beauty, more Creeping Doom, etc, etc... oh, and Elemental Princes are lovely. On the other hand, I'm losing one ranged-attacker/potnetial tank. 4 frontliners is still quite a beefy team, though. What do you think?

They do look like quite the spell absorbers. More Deathwards and CC's are of course nice, though those are the kind of spells that last all day long. IP/CD I don't care much for, they're primarily mage killers, and any mage you can't dispose of with Imp Invisibility, will likely not be vulnerable to IP either. NB and EP though, yes those certainly are nice. Though I don't see why you have a problem with Bloodbane if you can use Nature's Beauty, it's easily as broken With this input, sure a Totemic druid looks like a worthy replacement for Korgan [img]smile.gif[/img] I don't really think either alternative is stronger than the other, though the fighter-fanatic in me would probably choose Korgan anyway.

Crom it is, then?

Yep. Unless your 4-5 fighters will need the extra STR items, shouldn't be the case though I think.

I can use the Blade of Searing, I guess. Or Jhor. Not over-the-top powerful weapons, but not too shabby, either. Oh! I can use Sanchuudoku! Imoen can settle for Fury and Kundane for time being.

Kundane is probably a hell of a lot better than Sanchuu at that point, ApR is king. Blade of Searing is IMHO vastly superior to Jhor due to it's elemental damage.

Heh. Actually, I'm going with Throwing Axes because Throwing Spears are too much, even for me. Really - Bloodbane is absurd. And K'log is really underrated - it's a Fury-like ranged weapon. Heck, it's a ranged weapon with STR bonus, which is already damn decent.

Sure is, sure is, sure is. Btw, don't you agree that the Poison of Bloodbane is more wicked than the -4 Stun? Sure the latter is good, but I was able to stunlock the Ascension Big Boss with the constant poison attacks, I don't think that can be beaten [img]smile.gif[/img]