I'll butt in with another tip (on topic this time
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In terms of relative value, there are probably better single-class NPCs in SoA. Aerie's strength (and Jan, HaerDalis and the other multis) is their versatility. In SoA you want specialists, since they can level up to high levels more quickly and get closer to the XP cap sooner. Multis will not reach the XP cap in SoA, unless you have a 2-man party and pick one of them as a member.
But if you want to develop someone to take all the way to ToB, where racial level limits are NOT implemented and these multis (especially a cleric/mage like Aerie) can reach extremely high levels in ALL their classes when the singles have all virtually maxed out in their single class in terms of skills, spellcasting, etc...
Think of the 7th-level divine AND 9th level arcane spells she'd be able to cast towards the end - not to mention access to the Level 10 and Quest spells like Dragon's Breath, Improved Alacrity (which will apply to BOTH divine and arcane spells), Storm of Vengeance, Implosion, etc.) [img]graemlins/wow.gif[/img]
[ 01-18-2002: Message edited by: Memnoch ]