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Midget Gems · 05-01-2002, 04:38 PM

Ok, so I take Garrick in my party and he's good at identifying things, but what sort of weapon should he use? Obviously he's not much good as a melee fighter, so it's got to be a ranged weapon. My preference has always been for bows in order to take advantage of all that free ammo (with nice magical properties) but I notice that quite a few of you say that crossbows are better. So assuming that he levels up a couple of times to get a bow proficiency point, which is the best choice to get a balance between Rate-of-fire, THACO and Damage. I usually settle for the 'Longbow of Marksmanship'. I guess this could apply to other NPC's as well, such as Montaron, what do you think - Longbow or crossbow ?

05-01-2002, 04:38 PM	#12
Midget Gems Avatar Join Date: November 15, 2001 Location: London, England Age: 35 Posts: 568	Ok, so I take Garrick in my party and he's good at identifying things, but what sort of weapon should he use? Obviously he's not much good as a melee fighter, so it's got to be a ranged weapon. My preference has always been for bows in order to take advantage of all that free ammo (with nice magical properties) but I notice that quite a few of you say that crossbows are better. So assuming that he levels up a couple of times to get a bow proficiency point, which is the best choice to get a balance between Rate-of-fire, THACO and Damage. I usually settle for the 'Longbow of Marksmanship'. I guess this could apply to other NPC's as well, such as Montaron, what do you think - Longbow or crossbow ? __________________ Midget Gems - Heroes in their own lunch time and creator of the Suicidal Gnomes.