Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:31 am
Hi Snoopy,
Have you read this post? http://gamebanshee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75429
If you ask questions there, I will present a logical argument for any of my conclusions that you may question.
From the posts that I have read from you, I understand that you favor the barbarian. I like the barbarian too. They are fun and easy to play. They can even solo the unmodded game. (Some people claim that soloing the unmodded game is easy, but I contend that the ease depends on the amount of cheese and exploits that you use.) However, high level arcane casters do dominate in power under second edition DnD rules (and in BG). (Thankfully, DnD 3.5 is a little more balanced.)
As far as raw power and versatility goes, the classes generally fall like arcane, arcane-fighter mix (meant to melee), ranger-cleric mix, and thief-fighter. It's obvious that some players are more skilled at playing certain characters than others. From your comments, I would contend that you play a barbarian better than you do a fighter-thief multiclass. The fighter-thief can be a dominating force. They can easily kill barbarians in melee. How? Through the broken high level ability of Use Any Item. One greater whirlwind with the Chaos blade of Haer D'lis should render you dead, among the many available tactics available to the fighter-thief. He can use any equipment in the game (tactically very handy). He can use any magic (just needs scrolls). He can backstab (not effective against the barbarian or a few monster types, but generally extremely effective) and can set nasty traps (Spiked, Time, or other). Combine time trap with greater whirlwind. His resistance to magic and physical damage and AC can all at the same time be similar to a barbarian. (Both barbarian and fighter-thief can be nearly immune to magic, magical damage, and physical damage. Fortunately, Lower Resistance does not seem to be a common spell for the enemies.)
I encourage you to listen and learn from the experienced players as I did when I first played the game. Then play a lot, using a variety of characters, equipment mixes, spells, and tactics.
I will not answer any replies to this post on this thread. As it directly relates to the thread that I started (see above), I will answer any questions posted there.
Have you read this post? http://gamebanshee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75429
If you ask questions there, I will present a logical argument for any of my conclusions that you may question.
From the posts that I have read from you, I understand that you favor the barbarian. I like the barbarian too. They are fun and easy to play. They can even solo the unmodded game. (Some people claim that soloing the unmodded game is easy, but I contend that the ease depends on the amount of cheese and exploits that you use.) However, high level arcane casters do dominate in power under second edition DnD rules (and in BG). (Thankfully, DnD 3.5 is a little more balanced.)
As far as raw power and versatility goes, the classes generally fall like arcane, arcane-fighter mix (meant to melee), ranger-cleric mix, and thief-fighter. It's obvious that some players are more skilled at playing certain characters than others. From your comments, I would contend that you play a barbarian better than you do a fighter-thief multiclass. The fighter-thief can be a dominating force. They can easily kill barbarians in melee. How? Through the broken high level ability of Use Any Item. One greater whirlwind with the Chaos blade of Haer D'lis should render you dead, among the many available tactics available to the fighter-thief. He can use any equipment in the game (tactically very handy). He can use any magic (just needs scrolls). He can backstab (not effective against the barbarian or a few monster types, but generally extremely effective) and can set nasty traps (Spiked, Time, or other). Combine time trap with greater whirlwind. His resistance to magic and physical damage and AC can all at the same time be similar to a barbarian. (Both barbarian and fighter-thief can be nearly immune to magic, magical damage, and physical damage. Fortunately, Lower Resistance does not seem to be a common spell for the enemies.)
I encourage you to listen and learn from the experienced players as I did when I first played the game. Then play a lot, using a variety of characters, equipment mixes, spells, and tactics.
I will not answer any replies to this post on this thread. As it directly relates to the thread that I started (see above), I will answer any questions posted there.
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