Re: Leg: startup ?

From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 18:50:58 +0000

jghiloni@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (james craig ghiloni):
>I want to create a Hero bard character who will primarily be an influencer and
>information gatherer.  I have read the faq and talked to other players who
>recommend that I put most of my points into Bard and Personal Combat while
>also taking Seer.  They suggest that I practice Influence with game actions.

The advantage of Seer is that you can equip two seers crystals, for six
free spell points -- though it may take a good while to *get* the crystals.
On the other hand, if you have any reasonable success, your main character
is going to be too busy to waste on information gathering.  The advantage
of giving your main the seer skill is that even if you start out at first
level, you get a lot of spells.  On the other hand, there aren't that
many seers' spells that you're likely to *use* much, and the lower-level
ones are fairly easily acquired.  Also, you won't want to spare many
character actions practicing your main character's skill, because you'd
rather be influencing.  Something else to note is that while a beginning
influencer (especially with a Blessing) can influence low-level NPCs
fairly easily, the more important ones require prestige which you can
only get from conquests or from allies.

If you want a bard/influence/information-oriented position, I'd recommend
something different:  Make your *secondary* character a seer -- the main
seer spells you'll want are Read Character and Scry Force -- and give your
main character maximum-level in Influence and Bard.

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Dani Zweig
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'T is with our judgements as our watches, none
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		--Alexander Pope

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Leg: startup ?
jghiloni@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (james craig ghiloni)
Mon, 26 Apr 1993 16:42:20 +0000

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Leg: startup ?
jghiloni@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (james craig ghiloni)
Mon, 26 Apr 1993 16:42:20 +0000