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KraGorn · 01-12-2002, 12:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by John Doe:
You only need high speed, if you want "first strike".

Thanks for the thoughts, although I started an elf mage->bishop at 2 party they're not my last, I'm already planning their replacement [img]smile.gif[/img]

You hit the nail on the head with the comment I quoted. In my current party the mage has a SPD of 45 which is the lowest in my party. This means she always goes last, so there's no chance for her to get in any buff spells or enemy disablements before the rest of the party has their first turn; usually the enemy also manages to get in their first attacks, if not all of them then at least some.

I suppose I've answered the question I was posing myself: the only way to get a spellcaster going before the rest of them is to use a faerie and pump SPD instead of INT or PIE, which in turn of course would cripple her badly as a caster.

In which case ... the gnome's lower value for SPD is irrelevent in comparing them to other spellcaster races.

I'm not sure about your argument about powerstrike. This is because you'll be pumping INT and PIE, so powercast will come first along with ironwill (I think ironwill comes with maxxed PIE), and in any case putting points into even one of them, powercast, starts to stretch resources if you're still trying to max out a spell school.

[ 01-12-2002: Message edited by: KraGorn ]

01-12-2002, 12:42 PM	#8
KraGorn The Magister Join Date: January 3, 2002 Location: At home Posts: 125	quote: Originally posted by John Doe: You only need high speed, if you want "first strike". Thanks for the thoughts, although I started an elf mage->bishop at 2 party they're not my last, I'm already planning their replacement [img]smile.gif[/img] You hit the nail on the head with the comment I quoted. In my current party the mage has a SPD of 45 which is the lowest in my party. This means she always goes last, so there's no chance for her to get in any buff spells or enemy disablements before the rest of the party has their first turn; usually the enemy also manages to get in their first attacks, if not all of them then at least some. I suppose I've answered the question I was posing myself: the only way to get a spellcaster going before the rest of them is to use a faerie and pump SPD instead of INT or PIE, which in turn of course would cripple her badly as a caster. In which case ... the gnome's lower value for SPD is irrelevent in comparing them to other spellcaster races. I'm not sure about your argument about powerstrike. This is because you'll be pumping INT and PIE, so powercast will come first along with ironwill (I think ironwill comes with maxxed PIE), and in any case putting points into even one of them, powercast, starts to stretch resources if you're still trying to max out a spell school. [ 01-12-2002: Message edited by: KraGorn ] __________________ You won\'t catch ME using a sig.!