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Originally Posted by Qwinn Aw, come on. You -get- Morte at level 2, right at the beginning. You get Vhailor at level 9, damn close to the end of the game.

No, you get Vhailor when you go for him. There's no magic to the number 9. You can get him significantly before that level. I did, the first time around.

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Morte can gain as much as 98 hit points (7 * 14, assuming he's been upgraded)

Assuming you've upgraded him while he's still at level 2, he gains those points. Did you do so? I never managed it, but I suppose it's possible. I'll be curious to know how you did it, if you did.

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So, Morte has potentially 118 hit points at level 9, with 75% damage resistance, versus Vhailor's 100 hit points at level 9,

...and Morte has a lot less, if you go earlier. Or more, if you go later. I go earlier, so Morte is by no means a tank compared to Vhailor in my party. And once you have them both in a party, Vhailor continues to outpace the rest of your party in gaining HP per level. If you keep him in party and shoot to level 20 or higher, he's insane. (And not literally, unless you mention a few things about his...current condition.)

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...with 0% damage resistance. Effectively, Morte can soak over 4 times the damage Vhailor can. And even if Vhailor had 400 hit points, FFG wouldn't be able to heal fast enough to keep up with a decent damage dealer, healing Morte, she can.

It's true that Morte has great damage resistance. But if you have them both in a party for a long time, Vhailor's insulting amount of HP can just absorb whatever is thrown at him.

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Also, Morte's AC improves by 2 when you upgrade him (due to the +2 DEX bonus), so his and Vhailor's AC is essentially the same.

First, I pointed this out already. Please read my posts. Second, it doesn't happen at the start of the game. The two ACs are not "essentially the same" until Morte upgrades.