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Old 09-26-2003, 03:31 PM   #9
SixOfSpades
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Join Date: September 16, 2001
Location: Bellingham, WA, USA
Age: 48
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Originally posted by Sagramore:
I like rangers, especially the archer kit. ...Also charming animals isn't really key in this game, but its a cool thing to have.
Just a bit of trivia; Archers do not have the Charm Animal ability.

As Nerull pointed out, installing the Grandmastery fix does mean that putting 5 stars into a weapon makes a heck of a lot of difference. As well as the -1 THAC0 and +1 Damage, it lowers the Speed Factor and (this is the important bit) adds more attacks per round. A Level 13+ Fighter, Dual-wielding 2 weapons in which he has Grandmastery, has 4.5 attacks per round. Cast Improved Haste on that guy, and you've got a whopping *9* attacks per round. Characters that can only put 2 stars in a weapon (Rangers, Paladins, Barbarians, Multiclassed Warriors) are capped at 3 attacks per round (I think), or 6 when Improved Hasted.

Oh yeah, and Beast Masters well and truly suck. If you play a Beast Master, I will come over to your house and hit you.
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