[Brak]

Perhaps many of you are sick of newbies asking questions, but for those of you who are in the know and wouldn't mind replying, I would very much appreciate any advice you could give. I started playing this past weekend, with a party that consists of:

*Dracon Fighter
*Hobbit Samurai
*Mook Ranger
*Felpurr Rogue
*Elven Bishop
*Faerie Psionic

Once I got used to the slow pace of battle the game has become quite addicting. So the questions are as follows:

1. Dracons spitting acid, does the damage for this scale or is it only effective in the early parts of the game? If it does scale what is it dependent upon, level, or an attribute?

2. Magic is still a bit confusing. I have read that it is best for a bishop to specialize so they won't be hampered by their slow progression. I assumed this to mean they should choose to cast from 2 of the four "schools" like divinity and wizardry (so she can be healer and cast summons). But then when it comes to the spell selection screen everything is broken down by the six realms...so far I have been assuming it is a safe bet that spells for the divinity realm will be part of my divine school specialty. But what about my wizardry spells? There are wizardry spells in the water realm and psionic spells in the fire realm and peanut butter in my chocolate, and I can't make heads or tails of it. Plus many of the spell books are only usable by my Bishop so now she has spells in 4 realms...have I blown my specialization deal or when I think of specializing her I should only be worried about where I place my skill points? Help me out here, it is confusing.

3. I have heard good things about Bards and am thinking about switching over my rogue to a bard. I know I can pick up an RPC later that is a rogue, but I prefer to have all the capabilities I will need within my control. So can a bard do all the thieving things a rogue can do except sneak/backstab? Will my bard be able to pick locks, disarm traps, steal from merchants and pickpocket NPCs? What are your thoughts on doing this kind of a switcheroo?

[ 01-14-2002: Message edited by: Brak ]