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Ziggurat · 07-07-2003, 06:58 PM

I have tried this. I can see a Priest to a Lord, maybe Alchemist to Ninja, definately not Mage to Samurai but maybe to Bishop. The problem here is you lose 5 levels of improving the (where's that **** manual when you need it!!!) basic magic class skills such as wizardry and alchemy when you go to a hybrid. You still go up in secondary skills (such as elements) when you cast spells. Your main magic improvement is frozen. Your fighting skills will not be that good, as these hybrids take about ten or more levels to get decent. Like you, I was expecting more.

It makes slightly more sense to go the other way. Get the fighting skills and then go to purebred magickers. But you lose the armor and use of certain weapons. Stealth remains. Certain character changes can use similar but often not the same weapons (staves, etc.).

I occasionally change a character profession, but there has to be a pretty good reason (for example, to gain stealth, use of a certain weapon, or just for fun when the party is pretty strong without the character anyway).

I should add, many here think you can class change and be even stronger if you "Plan Ahead". This means getting your stats and abilities to certain levels before you make the wise change. This starts when you first create your party, and from there you must carefully build certain stats knowing where/when you are going to switch classes. This is long term strategy. If you switch without a clear plan, often they are worse off. Of course, you can always switch back!

[ 07-07-2003, 08:45 PM: Message edited by: Ziggurat ]

07-07-2003, 06:58 PM	#2
Ziggurat Symbol of Cyric Join Date: November 4, 2001 Location: Baltimore, Md Age: 71 Posts: 1,106	I have tried this. I can see a Priest to a Lord, maybe Alchemist to Ninja, definately not Mage to Samurai but maybe to Bishop. The problem here is you lose 5 levels of improving the (where's that **** manual when you need it!!!) basic magic class skills such as wizardry and alchemy when you go to a hybrid. You still go up in secondary skills (such as elements) when you cast spells. Your main magic improvement is frozen. Your fighting skills will not be that good, as these hybrids take about ten or more levels to get decent. Like you, I was expecting more. It makes slightly more sense to go the other way. Get the fighting skills and then go to purebred magickers. But you lose the armor and use of certain weapons. Stealth remains. Certain character changes can use similar but often not the same weapons (staves, etc.). I occasionally change a character profession, but there has to be a pretty good reason (for example, to gain stealth, use of a certain weapon, or just for fun when the party is pretty strong without the character anyway). I should add, many here think you can class change and be even stronger if you "Plan Ahead". This means getting your stats and abilities to certain levels before you make the wise change. This starts when you first create your party, and from there you must carefully build certain stats knowing where/when you are going to switch classes. This is long term strategy. If you switch without a clear plan, often they are worse off. Of course, you can always switch back! [ 07-07-2003, 08:45 PM: Message edited by: Ziggurat ] __________________ How are you today, Citizen?