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sunder · 06-22-2001, 02:35 AM

Depends on what you want as a mage.

I keep to my guns that the best mage character is a dual class fighter type/mage, either a kensai/mage, beserker/mage, or fighter/mage.. human of course.
This dual class will let you have a great mage, who has the HP and fighting abilities of a fighter to back up his spells. In the long run, your mage will be alot better off than other pure mages, but will advance a bit slower and tougher at the beginning.
A 17th level pure mage in BG2 will get about 67 HP tops in the game, while a dual class 9th fighter/17th mage will have 134 HP tops (about double) plus be more skilled in weapons, and still cast the same spells as a pure mage. They can't be specialty class mages like conjurers and necromancers, but they will be extremely good.

In my opinion anyone who wants to play a human mage would be alot better off playing a fighter/mage instead of a pure mage, though for roleplaying some perfer the puremage or a sorcerer.

You should be able to get the basic stats below with no problems.

ST 18
DEX 18
CON 18
INT 18
WIS 7ish
CHAR 7ish

This will give you a great fighter template who can dual class into a mage at higher levels (9th, 12th, etc). Getting 4 18's in your stats should take no more than 5 minutes of rolling, max.

06-22-2001, 02:35 AM	#5
sunder Zhentarim Guard Join Date: May 29, 2001 Location: harwood, md. Posts: 381	Depends on what you want as a mage. I keep to my guns that the best mage character is a dual class fighter type/mage, either a kensai/mage, beserker/mage, or fighter/mage.. human of course. This dual class will let you have a great mage, who has the HP and fighting abilities of a fighter to back up his spells. In the long run, your mage will be alot better off than other pure mages, but will advance a bit slower and tougher at the beginning. A 17th level pure mage in BG2 will get about 67 HP tops in the game, while a dual class 9th fighter/17th mage will have 134 HP tops (about double) plus be more skilled in weapons, and still cast the same spells as a pure mage. They can't be specialty class mages like conjurers and necromancers, but they will be extremely good. In my opinion anyone who wants to play a human mage would be alot better off playing a fighter/mage instead of a pure mage, though for roleplaying some perfer the puremage or a sorcerer. You should be able to get the basic stats below with no problems. ST 18 DEX 18 CON 18 INT 18 WIS 7ish CHAR 7ish This will give you a great fighter template who can dual class into a mage at higher levels (9th, 12th, etc). Getting 4 18's in your stats should take no more than 5 minutes of rolling, max.