Elven Supremacy?

[mlrichman]

I can see having a Rattkin as a rogue for the gold digger trait, but it would appear that for other professions, the Elven fast learner trait seems much better that the other racial traits. Am I wrong?

[Radek]

In some sense.
Gold Digger is a useless trait. Another useless trait is Night Vision. (Works like a permanent Torchlight spell - but only for the Whiskah, the others will see nothing. Therefore, you will need Illuminate or Torchlight anyway.) Qick Learner is much more worthy. Another valuable trait is Dodge (pixie). If you rely on the offensive magic heavily then you appreciate Mana Seed (Omphaaz). If you are about to play a solo character then the Snakeskin Trait is good for nothing because your character can gain the Snakeskin Trait in the Serpent Temple (one character only - well you can reset adventures and repeat the temple, therefore, giving the trait to another character...).
Other base traits seem to be somewhere in between.

[Davros]

Yes, I'm a fan of the quick learner trait. Dodge is OK, but those pixies withe their poor hit points need it badly - "SPLAT - Aw bugger, zigged when I should have zagged - rebirth scroll anyone??"

Cheers
Davros

[Radek]

Do not give up, Davros. HP will not be so bad - I suspect the game that "low HP" for a pixie is applied only during creation but after role change and leveling up, the pixie gets as many HP as any other class. You'll get the following picture: untouchable pixie with Parry +30 and higher, dodging both blows and spells and being hit only very seldom. I have played a solo pixie to the end of the game. I had to solve only one problem permanently - low carrying capacity.

[Davros]

Hey my good friend from Boktor (ie Radek) - how are things with you? I had a pixie, and persisted with her all through my first game. As you say, apart from the carrying capacity there are no problems. I just pointed out that dodge is a necessity for early pixies, because the death rate would be very high without it.



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[Jafin]

I agree, Quick Learner is a very useful Trait to have, but I've found others to be useful. I beg to differ with Radek about the Gold Digger Trait. I'm currently on my second playthrough with a ratling for the first time and I'm finding many items now that I didn't find until Skull Castle Dragonspire or even Skull Castle. I agree with everything else he said though .

-Jafin

P.S. Radek, do you an affinity for rogues since you are a Drasnian? J/K

[Rallek]

Radek, have you by chance seen my old friend Ambar? Ambar of Kotu I believe he called himself. Now that I've had a better look at you, the two of you could be brothers.....

[This message has been edited by Rallek (edited 06-22-2001).]

[Radek]

Sorry guys, I am nothing mentioned above. I am a normal adherent of good CRPGs, without internet history and without previous activity anywhere except one forum (not this one) and one game (not this one).

[Rallek]

Do you really expect us to believe that, Kheldar? We all know it's you, so you might as well call Barak over and we can all enjoy a drink.

OOC:> If you really have no idea what we're talking about, then congratulations on randomly selecting a name that is well known to a lot of fans of David Eddings.

[Davros]

Soory, but it looks like I made the same mistake there Radek. My team leader in an RPG like Wizards and Warriors ususally gets named Kheldar, who is a mainstream David Eddings character. He is pretty adept at disguises, and two of his "alter ego's" are "Ambar of Kotu", and Radek of Boktor". Seeing as it is a pretty rare name (and a very popular series of books), I figured you had got it from there. So, you have me curious now - if you don't mind my asking, how did you select your nickname?

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