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Originally posted by el_kalkylus:
What, does it affect your THACO too?? Is that when you use ranged weapons?
Anyway, a mage doesn't need good AC or THACO, since the dexterity bonus isn't that much, and your mage isn't supposed to be in front taking hits. Besides, the mage will get stoneskin, (unless you are specialized at a certain school), and have protection from normal missiles-spell.
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Correct it will affect your THACO for ranged weapons.
I hear what people are saying about not an important attribute, but when your mage is low on spells I find it useful to have him at the back of the pack lobbing darts, great for disrupting other mages spell casting (better than doing nothing), and what with the amount of magic darts on offer throughout the game if your mage is equipped with Darts of wounding and suchlike and has one of his proficiency slots expended in this field, he can do quite a bit of damage.
However I do agree it is more important to boost the mages intelligence and constitution first and then his dexterity.
