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On 8 Mar 2005 06:22:48 -0800, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, "The Qurqirish
Dragon" <qurqirishd@aol.com> wrote:
>I find that weight is not too much of a problem (except, of course, for
>my fairy, but that's another story....)
My party is heavy on ranged attackers and magic users, so I haven't been
building up strength for most of them. Plus, I have two fairies (Monk and
Mage), which cuts back on carrying capacity.
My Ranger and Gadgeteer both get four to six shots off per round, so they go
through ammo fairly quickly.
>As far as building up magic skill is concerned, for earth power, I use
>whipping rocks in battle- if I am in an easy area, I cast a bunch of
>power level 1 spells. For divinity power, rest all works nicely, since
>my dracon and gadgeteer often need a stamina boost half-way through any
>tough battle.
My Bishop is the primary Priest spell caster for my party, but I'm also
having her build up the other three spell books for access to their higher
level spells as well. She casts almost constantly in combat, but she also
casts most of the post-camping spells (Armorplate, Missile Shield, etc.) for
the party.
Since she doesn't get a 25% bonus to any spell books the way the other pure
casters do, she needs all the spell casting chances she can get.
In tough fights, she picks spells based on how useful they are; in easy
fights, she picks spells based on what skills they'll advance.
>Anyway, with your advice here, I am thinking that I'll only keep the
>classes like this long enough to get a few healing spells for the
>(original) samurai (in particular, heal wounds and stamina), and a few
>attack spellspells for the (original) lord (energy blast and frost,
>most likely), then I'll switch them back. Granted, I lose a couple
>spell picks, but neither one has used much magic anyway.
To me, it's not so much a problem of losing spell picks, but of sacrificing
access to high level spells in the original class so you can learn low level
spells in a different class.
I'd rather keep my Valkyrie in her current class and have her learn 5th
level Priest spells once she levels up two or three more times, rather than
switching her to a Samurai and having to level up several times just to get
some first level Mage spells.
Even if I switched her back, she'd still have to level up two or three more
times before she could learn those 5th level Priest spells.
Considering how long it takes to level up once you get past 10th level or
so, making her wait four or more extra levels before she can start learning
5th level spells like Heal All, etc. is too big a price (to me) to pay for
learning Energy Blast and other first level spells.
I already have characters who can cast most of the first level spells in the
different spell books; it's the higher level spells I need to add to my
party's repertoire.
--
Nick <mailto:tanstaafl@pobox.com>
May you live in interesting times...