The Weakest Link '09: League of Ice

[Covenant]

It seems I've fixed my computer just in time to be able to make my league. Phew.

Don't fancy our PC much though, she seems rather weak. We'll have to hope for some good finds.

Also, as far as talents go, what are people's thoughts? Personally, I think there are arguments for both magical lines and also more defensive/speed ones. Healthy will probably be my choice if I get a chance to pick.

[BurnedToast]

I'm a big fan of the 'skin' line (though moreso with dwarves). +PV is incredibly useful early on, and even later it's helpful.

Not sure how much the magic line will help us. Paladins don't (afaik) get a higher chance of books like real casting classes so it's not likely we will get enough of them to make it worth it.

I'm not really happy with the char either, paladin class abilities are all useless to us (no altars = no piety), and 8 To with no real chance of herbs to raise it is painful. At least we started with healing, I guess, and if we do find spellbooks we have a better chance to use them then mana's illiterate barbarian

[gut]

> gut, did you also just pick your initials as user name,
> or is there more thought behind it?

One of my first ADOM PC's that I really cared about
was a troll I had affectionately named 'gut'. So ~1
year ago I decided to start chatting on RGRA, and
chose that for my handle. After that, I just kept it
for all the ADOM boards.

[Grey]

I always knew you were a troll at heart :P

[meh]

I usually go for the skin talents first, but with starting PV at 9 it felt less important this time.

[LuciusKain]

Ohek. Looks like I'm up already. No time now, I shall try in the morning. If not; tomorrow night. Go me for holding everything up.

[Grey]

No worries, we all have lives

[Epythic]

No worries, we all have lives

Or pretend to have.

[JellySlayer]

Not sure how much the magic line will help us. Paladins don't (afaik) get a higher chance of books like real casting classes so it's not likely we will get enough of them to make it worth it.

My memory is that paladins get 2.5x more books than normal (wizards get 10x more, for reference). I don't remember where I recall reading that, though, so I might have just made it up.

[Silfir]

Paladins get Concentration, that helps a lot with books. With at least partially Clerical spells they get x2 effectivity progression like clerical casters get for pure Arcane or arcane casters for pure Clerical spells. There aren't that many melee classes that get Concentration, actually.

I'd consider the dark elven paladin, for instance, to be a versatile r/c-combo with lots of potential reflected in their skillset and high Mana. One of my personal favorites.