[DraconisRex]

Interesting. Not exactly what I'd do. But interesting. Things I do differently:

1. Elf:

a. Higher piety score to start (+15 already).
b. Far fewer restrictions to weapons and armor.
c. Higher strength & vitality make up for the
Faerie advantages in Senses and Dexterity.
d. 45 points to distribute.
e. Faerie does have a major advantage in speed.

2. Dual class:

a. Elf has more options because of size differential
and armour class. No character should stay "pure" (IMO)
in this game. Even if it's just a couple of levels of
this or that in the early game.

b. Bard multi-class adds some interest and skills to the
party.

c. Can swap easier at early levels with Samurai. Even start
as a Samurai for one or two levels. It's not necessarily
the best way to go. But I'm trying to make a point that a
Faerie mage starts the game hopeless weak and frail and won't
survive w/o reload due to this fragility. If you're going
iron man, this is a major problem.

3. Realms:

a. I don't put anything into fire on level-up. There are
only five spells in the Realm.

b. Take light & sleep if you've got a Bishop. (Who won't take
light for minor spoiler reasons.) Otherwise, energy blast
and sleep.

c. Water, Air & Earth. 2 pts each level up. 3 into Wizardry.

d. Select/Obtain terror (Mental) and cast it all the time. Every
non-challenging battle until you're out of points.

4. Stats:

a. Max intelligence. Work hard on Piety, Speed & Senses.

b. On creation, work on Speed, Piety & Intelligence. Put some
into dexterity.

c. Consider what class you may want to cross-train. Such as
Alchemy. Learn a few PURE ALCHEMY spells to foil silence.
They will share your realm points and will quickly wipe out
that annoying idiot who silenced your mage in the first place.


These are just some of my perspectives being different than yours. You're not wrong. We're just different.