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Originally posted by Lukivah:
Avatar, what is it that makes mages a (10)? The fact that they have such low hitpoints? Or maybe its the fact that they can do 20 damage to a monster after wasting three seconds to cast a spell and 6 seconds after that they can do another 20 damage? Or maybe its the fact that they can cast fireball on a group full of monsters, obliterating half the hitpoints on your fighters whilst all the enemies SV spell for half damage? I would just like to know how a mage can be a 10 in a game where fighters do all the damage? What can you get out of a mage that you can't get out of a bard, heck! you can't even memorize level 9 spells! Mages a 10? I think not, bards are a 10. Mages are a 4, why? Because they can do what bards can do but can't sing the songs. Bards > Mages.
LOL a non-believer....
I would like to see 10 fighters take on one mage at high levels.
Sure Mages are terrible at low levels but I see you haven't played BG2 nor ToB yet....
Anyway... Mages casting Cloudkill and Fireball can weaken opponents, they can haste themselves... they provide fire support...
sure you need to sleep often but their power is unlimited.