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el_kalkylus · 05-08-2002, 06:24 AM

He will be good with hands and feets. But if you want him to use zatoichi bo early, then start developing staff skill immediately with a hayia bo or something so that he will be good using it later.

The zatoichi bo is great for extended reach, paralyzing, KO, damage and instant kills. It's a really powerful weapon and it's sad for it to go to waste IMO. I had my spell-casting samurai use it in my last party, and it was great. But a monk with hands and feets is good too, even though I prefer extended reach, paralyzing and KO's to damage. I don't think there is much difference in damage with hands and feets and zatoichi bo though, but maybe you will have increased chances to critical kill enemies with hands and feets because you get so many more attacks and swings. On the other hand the zatoichi bo has a pretty high critical percentage.

Anyway, with the low staff&wand skill that RFS-81 has, it probably is better to just use martial arts and sling. It is better to have it stable throughout the game rather than "not so good for a certain time of the game" to become master in the end. It sort of depends when you will get the zatoichi bo. I got it really early in my last game, but I guess most people get it pretty late.

05-08-2002, 06:24 AM	#6
el_kalkylus Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: March 3, 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden, Sweden Age: 45 Posts: 669	He will be good with hands and feets. But if you want him to use zatoichi bo early, then start developing staff skill immediately with a hayia bo or something so that he will be good using it later. The zatoichi bo is great for extended reach, paralyzing, KO, damage and instant kills. It's a really powerful weapon and it's sad for it to go to waste IMO. I had my spell-casting samurai use it in my last party, and it was great. But a monk with hands and feets is good too, even though I prefer extended reach, paralyzing and KO's to damage. I don't think there is much difference in damage with hands and feets and zatoichi bo though, but maybe you will have increased chances to critical kill enemies with hands and feets because you get so many more attacks and swings. On the other hand the zatoichi bo has a pretty high critical percentage. Anyway, with the low staff&wand skill that RFS-81 has, it probably is better to just use martial arts and sling. It is better to have it stable throughout the game rather than "not so good for a certain time of the game" to become master in the end. It sort of depends when you will get the zatoichi bo. I got it really early in my last game, but I guess most people get it pretty late. __________________ Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.