What do you think of my new signature (now that its actually up and running.... lol THANX MEMNOCH *is still kissing pointy shoes*)? I suppose its a little bit of a traitorous act, but who DOESN'T love the Black Mage? Erm... anyway...
Gnome Illusionist/Cleric was the first character I finished BG1 with. I loved magic missile and cure light wounds, but HATED all the NPC mages, and liked only 1 NPC cleric (yeslisk or something, dwarven Fighter/cleric). lol I rounded out my party with pure muscle characters (tanking with Super Khalid (I killed Jahera and dropped her, and then you get to keep Khalid... I like him more. [img]smile.gif[/img] )... I think his AC was around -14 or something ridiculous like that.
I agree that things really can't be compared for 2 character classes in this fashion. Of course, I actually DID run around with at LEAST 1 deathward at all times as a precaution for the PC... If a boss fight was up, protection was ready.
Saved his life many times....
It simply doesn't make sense to do this... since its like a case of 'my daddy can take yer daddy!' followed by a scathing 'nu-uh! MY daddy can take YOUR daddy!'... and so forth.