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Erydian · 01-15-2002, 06:32 AM

You will probably want some sort of a healer to start the game with. Now, alchemists, psionicists, priests, and bishops all have access to healing spells at character creation. That means you have a few options available.

You may want to consider making your mage a bishop, and then specialize (allocate level-up points) into Wizardry and Divinity. That way, you will have access to healing/buffing spells, as well as the mage spells that you were originally shooting for.

In my experience, Bishops are powerful characters, but they are a little more work than your standard caster. They have access to all realms, and all spells, but they also take longer to level up (they require more per level than any other class).

You could also begin your monk as a psionicist. Psionicists *do* have access to healing spells, and since your monk will be casting psionic spells later on anyway - you can stock up on some starting spell points by doing this. Psionicists also make use of senses, which is also a statistic that is extremely valuable to monks. Note however, that once you change him/her over to the monk profession, you will have to attain five levels as a monk before you will be able to allocate any points to your spellcasting skills, or choose new spells. Any spells that you have already selected you will still be able to cast however, and your spellcasting skills will still improve through practice. If you decide to do this, I wouldn't recommend staying as a psionicist any longer than 1-2 levels. You are going to want to start pumping martial arts (or the weapon skill of your choice), and critical strike as soon as possible.

If neither of these options sound good to you, and you are not opposed to taking an alchemist or psionicist along with you instead of your mage - these classes also have access to the heal spell at character creation.

If you do decide to make a character that you plan on switching over to another class, make sure that your stats are sufficient to switch over to the class that you will be changing over to (otherwise the option will not be available to you).

Good luck. [img]smile.gif[/img]

01-15-2002, 06:32 AM	#4
Erydian Manshoon Join Date: December 14, 2001 Location: the great beyond Posts: 172	You will probably want some sort of a healer to start the game with. Now, alchemists, psionicists, priests, and bishops all have access to healing spells at character creation. That means you have a few options available. You may want to consider making your mage a bishop, and then specialize (allocate level-up points) into Wizardry and Divinity. That way, you will have access to healing/buffing spells, as well as the mage spells that you were originally shooting for. In my experience, Bishops are powerful characters, but they are a little more work than your standard caster. They have access to all realms, and all spells, but they also take longer to level up (they require more per level than any other class). You could also begin your monk as a psionicist. Psionicists do have access to healing spells, and since your monk will be casting psionic spells later on anyway - you can stock up on some starting spell points by doing this. Psionicists also make use of senses, which is also a statistic that is extremely valuable to monks. Note however, that once you change him/her over to the monk profession, you will have to attain five levels as a monk before you will be able to allocate any points to your spellcasting skills, or choose new spells. Any spells that you have already selected you will still be able to cast however, and your spellcasting skills will still improve through practice. If you decide to do this, I wouldn't recommend staying as a psionicist any longer than 1-2 levels. You are going to want to start pumping martial arts (or the weapon skill of your choice), and critical strike as soon as possible. If neither of these options sound good to you, and you are not opposed to taking an alchemist or psionicist along with you instead of your mage - these classes also have access to the heal spell at character creation. If you do decide to make a character that you plan on switching over to another class, make sure that your stats are sufficient to switch over to the class that you will be changing over to (otherwise the option will not be available to you). Good luck. [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ Erydian<br />