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NobleNick · 06-27-2005, 08:03 PM

Hey guys,

Are we all looking at the same guide? This guy throws out some useful information for the complete tyro; but I would not call it a powergamer's guide (and neither does the author). And hidden amongst the good information are frequent faux paus like:

Halflings:
Highly resistant to poisons and magic. +1 bonus to Dex, -1 penalty to Str. Good with Slings. Some use as fighter --- thief. +5 on all thieving skills, except stealth +15. Elves are better.

Elves are better than Halflings for what? Certainly not as a Fighter, Tank or a Thief; which seems to cover all the possible contexts the author could have been pursuing.

A distracter is a very optional character. But can only be used if you take less than 6 characters. A distracter is a character of around level 4 with high Dex, Con and Wis who you send 1st into battle to absorb damage while you blast the enemies with spells and ranged weapons

What *is* this guy talking about?? The only part of the above paragraph that is not total BS is the first seven words.

Multi-class characters are useless in IWD.

I know (well, actually, I *hope*) he means sans HoW. Still, even a hardcore DCer like myself would disagree. (Cases in point: MC Thief/Illusionist or MC Thief/Fighter).

...but depending on patience you can roll up to around 20 times and probably end up with a character that’s better than most as long as you increase and decrease the allocation well.

Not a very patient fellow, is he? The number of allowed rolls, to the best of my ability to tell, is unlimited. Though I will often stop after about 80, I've gone well past 300 to get a good DC Fighter/Druid.

If your druid is operating as a second tanker then you can sacrifice
dexterity on that character to ensure high Str, if and only if you give him/her
amazing armour

There is no amazing armor that would make up for that mistake. And if there were, your tank should be wearing it! This is absolutely the wrong thing to do (as I found out the hard way by ignoring Dundee Slaytern's advice on the subject).

The increase in HP is per level, so constitution is slightly better than Dex overall.

I disagree.

~

I agree in principle with Aerich: There were many brilliant statements by this author; but his guide reminds me of an authentic enchilada topped with rice, salsa, sour cream... and cyanide: 98% heavenly goodness; but spiked with enough bad stuff to kill you if you just swallow the whole thing down...

EDIT: I had a lot more bad things to say, but edited them out after seeing that the treated IWD separately from IWD(HoW). Yeah, I know he said he was going to do this; but it was unclear to me that he was indeed doing that until I was 3/4 through his guide.

--------------------
What's a party,
without a song?
Bards ROCK!
Party On!!

[ 06-27-2005, 08:50 PM: Message edited by: NobleNick ]

06-27-2005, 08:03 PM	#9
NobleNick Quintesson Join Date: February 5, 2002 Location: Huntsville, AL, USA Age: 64 Posts: 1,045	Hey guys, Are we all looking at the same guide? This guy throws out some useful information for the complete tyro; but I would not call it a powergamer's guide (and neither does the author). And hidden amongst the good information are frequent faux paus like: Halflings: Highly resistant to poisons and magic. +1 bonus to Dex, -1 penalty to Str. Good with Slings. Some use as fighter --- thief. +5 on all thieving skills, except stealth +15. Elves are better. Elves are better than Halflings for what? Certainly not as a Fighter, Tank or a Thief; which seems to cover all the possible contexts the author could have been pursuing. A distracter is a very optional character. But can only be used if you take less than 6 characters. A distracter is a character of around level 4 with high Dex, Con and Wis who you send 1st into battle to absorb damage while you blast the enemies with spells and ranged weapons What is this guy talking about?? The only part of the above paragraph that is not total BS is the first seven words. Multi-class characters are useless in IWD. I know (well, actually, I hope) he means sans HoW. Still, even a hardcore DCer like myself would disagree. (Cases in point: MC Thief/Illusionist or MC Thief/Fighter). ...but depending on patience you can roll up to around 20 times and probably end up with a character that’s better than most as long as you increase and decrease the allocation well. Not a very patient fellow, is he? The number of allowed rolls, to the best of my ability to tell, is unlimited. Though I will often stop after about 80, I've gone well past 300 to get a good DC Fighter/Druid. If your druid is operating as a second tanker then you can sacrifice dexterity on that character to ensure high Str, if and only if you give him/her amazing armour There is no amazing armor that would make up for that mistake. And if there were, your tank should be wearing it! This is absolutely the wrong thing to do (as I found out the hard way by ignoring Dundee Slaytern's advice on the subject). The increase in HP is per level, so constitution is slightly better than Dex overall. I disagree. ~ I agree in principle with Aerich: There were many brilliant statements by this author; but his guide reminds me of an authentic enchilada topped with rice, salsa, sour cream... and cyanide: 98% heavenly goodness; but spiked with enough bad stuff to kill you if you just swallow the whole thing down... EDIT: I had a lot more bad things to say, but edited them out after seeing that the treated IWD separately from IWD(HoW). Yeah, I know he said he was going to do this; but it was unclear to me that he was indeed doing that until I was 3/4 through his guide. -------------------- What's a party, without a song? Bards ROCK! Party On!! [ 06-27-2005, 08:50 PM: Message edited by: NobleNick ]