The Tavern

Seriously a build which is still running from 2 jackals by level 3 should not be recommended.

If a Naga is running from jackals....it'll just get caught? However, I can think of *lots* of caster builds that would run in this situation, at least if they were low on mana.

Indeed. A Naga's poison spit is a better ranged attack than almost anything any other character starts with. Granted, you can't do it every turn, but that's why Naga players are so careful with the position game.

A Naga was my most successful Skald so far. Their pretty huge HP and native AC become very helpful for hybrids once you get some XPs on that sucker.

Their breath attack will probably take out about one in average out of a jackal pack to begin with, and then you can cast your brand spell and Shroud and it should be pretty easygoing to take care of the rest. It shouldn't take much pumping of Spellcasting in the beginning game to get these two spells casting reliably.

Naga Skalds should stay recommended. They play differently than other skalds, since they are all naga-y and weird, but they are very good and have a lot of survivability once you get used to them.