Slime Squisher
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Joined: Friday, 24th December 2010, 07:29
Earth Elementalists
The starting book is awful - the only true offensive spells are Sandblast and Stone Arrow. Sandblast is actually quite powerful for a level 1 spell, but it requires stones to be effective and your supply is limited. Stoneskin is ridiculously weak; at level 5 Earth Magic it provides a measly +3 AC (and at level 27 you only get +7). Stone Arrow deals decent damage, but is dreadfully inaccurate. Also, it uses Conjurations, a skill EE's don't have, meaning subpar spell success and power. Summon Elementals must have been a joke; EE's have no Summonings skill and it's a level 4 spell. LRD is highly situational, and by the time you can cast it well, then you've already passed the tough early game so we'll put that aside from the discussion.
Here are some basic questions:
Which race is best? A powerful spellcaster like a Deep Elf, or a strong hybrid with melee like a Sludge Elf or Ogre?
Which spells should be learned? Stoneskin seems negligible, and it seems difficult to train up Conjurations early.
Which skills should be focused on? Spellcasting, Earth Magic, Transmutation, or some combination of the three?
Xom grants you an implement of some kind.
_Something appears at your feet!
4790 gold pieces {god gift}.
DsAr:
You blink. You feel slightly more hungry. Prince Ribbit hits you. You die...
"Hey, that's my toy!"
Xom revives you!