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Soothsayer,
IMO = "In My Opinion."
IMHO = "In My Humble Opinion," (usually) or, sometimes, "In My Honest Opinion."
IIRC = "If I Remember Correctly" (This old man's most commonly used acronym.)
Agreed with all ZFR said about Mages. (Don't know and don't care about the Ranger.)
I found out very recently that, evidently, Specialists do get a bonus to chance to memorize spells from their own school. This is transparent to a power gamer (like myself), since I always save just before memorization, and reload until my Mage gets it (then immediately save again before attempting to memorize the next spell).
The extra spell per level doesn't sound like a lot; but it is really nice; because you get the bonus slot at a given level when you first qualify for spells at that level. That means that you always have at least 2 slots at your most powerful spell level, instead of one. This is an excellent advantage, all the way through IWD.
The most powerful offensive spells (e.g. Fireball) are the Invocation spells, the most useful defensive spells are the Conjuring spells. The next best defensive school are the Illusionist spells. The best Specialist (HoW installed) is the Illusionist. She does not get Necro spells; but DOES get the very powerful Invocation, Conjuring AND (of course) Illusionist spells. A Bard or Necromancer in the same party makes an excellent compliment to the Illusionist, since the Bard covers all schools, and the Necro covers the Necro school, as well as the very powerful Invocation and Conjuring (and other) schools.
And I wouldn't feel right if I didn't suggest that you start your Mage as a Human Fighter with STR=DEX=CON=INT=18, stack every possible weapon Proficiency Point in Bow, stack the rest into -ONE- kick-butt Fighter weapon like sword or axe, and DC to Mage No Earlier Than Fighter[3] (F[6] is better); and NET Fighter[6] if playing IWD/HoW (F[9] is better).
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What's a party,
without a song?
Bards ROCK!
Party On!!
[ 10-25-2004, 08:05 PM: Message edited by: NobleNick ]
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