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Jem · 02-08-2002, 04:40 AM

My first time through the game I ran both an elf and a faerie bishop with each specializing in two schools of magic. I never got the Zynaryx plate but did put the faerie in the Robes of Canezou and between that and Armorplate, she had a 20 AC by late game while my elf had a 24. Once I'd maxed out Int/Pie on both, I started putting 2 pts into Str each level-up for each of them. Since I rarely had them doing anything but magic it wasn't like they had to carry large amounts of ammo so the weight of their armor was my only real concern.

At the end of the game, my faerie had two deaths and my elf had nine. The main difference seemed to be in their magic resistances - she had higher than he did due to race. She also had more kills than him by over 1000 but the primary difference there was that I had her specialize in Wiz/Div and him in Alc/Psi so she was more damage-focused while he was doing more incapacitating. Plus of course he didn't get kill credits for monsters killed by Quicksand.

If you are only going to run one bishop, I'd go with a faerie. If you want to run two, I'd go faerie and elf because you won't find enough armor to equip two faeries and the elf is the next best race for bishop.

Plus if you want to overcome his initial deficiencies, create the elf as a Lord or Ranger to kick up the Str/Vit and switch him over to Bishop at level 3 (or thereabouts) which gives you better armor to begin, overcomes the inital downside of str/vit and the only thing you lose is a couple of spellpicks (most of which should be saved anyway since you can buy every spell up to 6th level but the 7th levels have to be chosen as spell-picks).

02-08-2002, 04:40 AM	#6
Jem Zhentarim Guard Join Date: January 28, 2002 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 347	My first time through the game I ran both an elf and a faerie bishop with each specializing in two schools of magic. I never got the Zynaryx plate but did put the faerie in the Robes of Canezou and between that and Armorplate, she had a 20 AC by late game while my elf had a 24. Once I'd maxed out Int/Pie on both, I started putting 2 pts into Str each level-up for each of them. Since I rarely had them doing anything but magic it wasn't like they had to carry large amounts of ammo so the weight of their armor was my only real concern. At the end of the game, my faerie had two deaths and my elf had nine. The main difference seemed to be in their magic resistances - she had higher than he did due to race. She also had more kills than him by over 1000 but the primary difference there was that I had her specialize in Wiz/Div and him in Alc/Psi so she was more damage-focused while he was doing more incapacitating. Plus of course he didn't get kill credits for monsters killed by Quicksand. If you are only going to run one bishop, I'd go with a faerie. If you want to run two, I'd go faerie and elf because you won't find enough armor to equip two faeries and the elf is the next best race for bishop. Plus if you want to overcome his initial deficiencies, create the elf as a Lord or Ranger to kick up the Str/Vit and switch him over to Bishop at level 3 (or thereabouts) which gives you better armor to begin, overcomes the inital downside of str/vit and the only thing you lose is a couple of spellpicks (most of which should be saved anyway since you can buy every spell up to 6th level but the 7th levels have to be chosen as spell-picks). __________________ Jem :kitty1: