Weird question but hell

[Caric]

Well you guys seem to be forgeting the warriors high level abilities, a fighter could disrupt the stoneskin with 1 greater whirlwind at the very start of the fight and after that just keep hitting the wizard, but well that would need the fighter to strike all 10 blows, maybe after that he could disrupt all of the mages following spell. Even so I vote for the wizard, I think he would loose about 30% of the time at most

[Luvian]

If I was playing the wizard, there is no way that warrior would be beating me.

[Cerek the Barbaric]

Well, Luvian,

If you really feel you could beat a fighter with a mage, there is a way to test that.

I've started an Arena Combat thread in the Roleplaying Forum. Look for the "Enter the OCTAGON" thread and create your mage there.

I've already had a couple of other people respond, so you can challenge either one of them - once your character is approved.

I hope to see you there.

[Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs]

pitting a lvl 40 fighter against a lvl 40 mage is innately unfair. It takes 8,000,000XP for a fighter to reach lvl40, but it takes a mage a whopping 11,250,000XP to do the same. Thus, the mage would have had half again as much experience as the poor fighter. Of course, some kits would make life nasty for the mage, too, like monks. with 78% MR innate, +10% from Hell, +10% from Ring of Gaxx= 98%MR. Mage spell levels stop at lvl20, so it would take 3 lower resistances to stop him. (10+20)*3=90. simple Fire Arrows can stop a mage, regardless of stoneskins, b/c the elemental damage goes thru. a kensai with the boots of speed, grandmastery in any 1hand weapon, dualwielding, using a greater whirlwind will destroy a 20th level stoneskin in about 2 seconds. If the fighter had a scroll of prot. from magic, the wizard would be hosed, since he would be wasting time summoning stuff while his poor fragile brains were being spilled on the ground. Invisibility potions+Cloak of Non-Detection would be a problem, too.
[Fighter sees mage casting time stop? down a potion, wait a while (thru wasted true sights), then kick some booty.]
under any realistic circumstances, however, the mage would win.
But, then again, how many uber-powerful mages exist in the game, and they all fall to either a Bhaalspawn, or the lovely Demogorgon (a cleric, as far as I can tell).

[Caric]

Also an inquisitor could dispell any protection a wizard had and hit him real hard, a mage is very powerful, yes, but there are many ways to beat them too...

[Dundee Slaytern]

250 and I debated about this some time ago, and for every point we offered, the other had a counter-point. We ranted over three pages, but reached no conclusion. Finally, we agreed on one point.

The smarter player will win.

[SixOfSpades]

As for a Fighter using the Cloak of Non-Detection to back up his Invisibility Potions, I did some fooling around and found out that a True Sight will dispel that invisibility, but for some reason will not reveal a Stealthed Thief with the Cloak. Hmmmm.

Besides, the Mage can always blast the room with a Wand of Fire, then know where you are by the little flames coming up off your scorched little booty.

[Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs]

yeah, sorry about the Cloak of non-detection thing. it worked before, but after i installed ToB it stopped working. According to the spell description, True Sight dispels Non-Detection, but it is not supposed to be able to dispel the cloak itself. Other items have non-dispellable stuff, like the boots of speed and ring of gaxx. this is obviously a bug, and should be fixed. what's the point of the stupid cloak when the most commonly used invisibility remover nullifies it?

Someone, help! It was my longstanding anti-wizard tactic! Gone! Please help me! oh, the sorrow! the agony! the bad taste in your mouth! alas!