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Originally posted by Arquetal:
What was that again you stated, Albromor? The second best fighting class in the game? What about the ranger or the paladin, they greatly exceed the fighting skills of the cleric...
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In the AD&D system, whether it is the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd edition rules, Fighters, Rangers, and Paladins (as well as otheres in the later editions) all fall under the Warrior Class, though the 1st edition designated rangers and paladins as sub-classes as fighters (by the way, the Ranger in the 1st edition was awsome and the 2nd edition rules screwed this fighter class up; hope 3E straightened out the mess that the 2E rules imposed). So it is not surprising that rangers and paladins casn exceed a cleric in fighting skills because basically they are fighters with specialties.
Clerics are in a separate class and as a fighter are second to the warrior class such as Rangers and Paladins. Still, compared to other classes they are good in melee. Anyway, the whole intent of my original post was to see if a cleric in IWD can be used more than just a walking Red Cross station as a great many people think of them. An armored and weaponed spell caster is a pretty awsome character. Clerics are more flexible and valuable than a mere healer as they are often played and i was inquiring if the parameters of the game allow one to explore the characters true parameters.