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John Doe · 01-12-2002, 12:03 PM

I'm certain that gnomes should make great bishops!

With no other race do you get powerstrike AND iron will that fast as with gnomes. The latter should compensate the lower resistance compared to faeries.

They have VERY high vitality, which not only compensates lower resistances but also neglects the need of guardian angel which my faerie bishops needed until I put about 15 points into vitality.

You only need high speed, if you want "first strike". I maxed speed for all my party members quite early in the game and all you get is some ac bonus and initiative. My party doesn't need haste anymore as it has no effect on them and they allways attack first. Which brings me to my point: If you have haste, all you get from high speed is that you go first in the first round. And since gnomes have high vitality they don't suffer too much from losing some hit points. Also, initiative relies heavily on your weapons skills. Even though my faerie bishops had the highest snake speed skill, my hybrids with lousy spellcasting skills were casting earlier, which really pissed me off!
BTW speed doesn't give you more attacks and swings, you only will receive them at lower levels. And even this could be overcome by haste after the first round.

01-12-2002, 12:03 PM	#7
John Doe Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: November 26, 2001 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 35	I'm certain that gnomes should make great bishops! With no other race do you get powerstrike AND iron will that fast as with gnomes. The latter should compensate the lower resistance compared to faeries. They have VERY high vitality, which not only compensates lower resistances but also neglects the need of guardian angel which my faerie bishops needed until I put about 15 points into vitality. You only need high speed, if you want "first strike". I maxed speed for all my party members quite early in the game and all you get is some ac bonus and initiative. My party doesn't need haste anymore as it has no effect on them and they allways attack first. Which brings me to my point: If you have haste, all you get from high speed is that you go first in the first round. And since gnomes have high vitality they don't suffer too much from losing some hit points. Also, initiative relies heavily on your weapons skills. Even though my faerie bishops had the highest snake speed skill, my hybrids with lousy spellcasting skills were casting earlier, which really pissed me off! BTW speed doesn't give you more attacks and swings, you only will receive them at lower levels. And even this could be overcome by haste after the first round.