CMP

You're not doing that horrible. You're using scrolls 90% of the time so you can't really keep track of how well you're doing...

That pretty much covers it. All you need is an Amethyst, a humanoid-loving QM, someone to soak up all the free hits, and a Cleric to keep you all alive to be a successful Mage. The Rogue stealing all the gold is optional.

I'm pretty sure you're thinking about Quest 21, which Sisco hosted, and Zepher also lost out on EXP, and I think he worded the bit about the sword as a question.

Well, my next character was going to be a Knight...

Blame that on uncreative Mages, not the class. They can are the key words. It's the most versatile job trait, I'm surprised it hasn't been used more often. If I was a Mage I'd be flinging spells left and right just to see what happens. Well, Mages can start with Amethysts and just burn through any humanoid they wish. It's near-impossible, minus Elphaba, for a non-mage to get a gem. Using common sense, the mage always gets the first gem the party comes across. And that's rare in itself. The only gem I, over the course of 5 quests, have gotten, is at the end of Quest 18 - and only because we got four of them. Otherwise, we have to time our quests right and shell out 150 gold to enchant a weapon. Mages don't have that weakness. The average WP, and I'm guessing on this, is about 6 or 8, not counting the inactive heroes. Most of the enemies have at least 50 health, in big battles with lots of them. In boss battles, the normal is around 200-300. It's rendering Aim somewhat pointless. The most useful version is actually Spell Aim, and you know what kind of class you'd have to multiclass to to get that. ...I'm about done on arguing why your class is so awesome now.

Two words. Elemental damage. Mages absolutely dominate in combat because of both dealing double damage and only taking half. Do you have any idea how expensive it is to get an armory of elemental weapons? It's an extra 50 gold every gem, and sometimes you even have to lose out on some of the enhancements because of stacking gems...unless you want to spend another 50 and buy a weapon for each. If we're going to rant on the weaknesses of the classes, you're probably the best person for the job, but it's waaaay too late for them to be changed. In hindsight, I probably should've created a Mage. Spellcasting is, yes, the only real useful thing about mages, but have you valued how useful it is? Spells are a huge angle to every fantasy world. And only Mage can use them.

I had it too, and it happened again around 15 minutes before this post to now.

Understandable. But while they're gems' equal, they weren't designed as a replacement. They weren't designed to be used instead of gems, even if they could. I think having them widely-available and in as many forms as they come in kind of dull, since it removes most of the interest factor if everyone could get kind of scroll they wanted. I personally like how's there only a few of the more obscure kinds. They invented a cure for that, you know. It's called Nostrum. I've completely lost sight of what I'm arguing now.

That's pretty biased. Mages are supposed to be based around gems, not scrolls. I think the 50/50 chance was added in entirely for that reason, to keep them as useful extra items. That's why Arthur is dead weight in combat half the time.

Actually, I'm pretty sure we've gained 6 Clerics as a result of advanced classes. And 5 Rangers. They're pretty desirable multiclasses.

:snicker: You know, in hindsight, I think Scuba was intentionally trying to kill us in Quest 23. We had over 3 times that many enemies, and only one extra hero.

It's all in the gold Mug.

They are pretty cool. Might have to steal that scorpion build sometime.

I think I'll actually be able to get Weathertop with that deal. Thanks!

A single hero employed entirely to walk around the park at night would solve so many of Eubric's problems.

Isn't the Chef new as well?

You made my day. Amazing decals, as usual.

I assume Atramor is the corrupter?

That's hilarious. This is a really awesome set, I love the run-down effect. The exclusive figs look great too.

Atramor hovered somewhere near the back of the group. There was no current goal, and he was certainly in no mood for idle conversation. Nyx was catching up with the taller rogue, the hammer-wielding barbarian with the shorter, but he paid neither any attention. Instead, he merely took his time examining, quite closely, the Witch's Talisman. Thothwick had been foolish enough to question its past...he knew well enough who'd possessed it before him, but he never really had a chance to look at it more thoroughly. It was makeshift, lined with various teeth and small bones, but nevertheless had a dark, tired magic surrounding it. For what it was, he enjoyed the amulet. Plus, Thothwick seemed to hate it. Subjected to weakness because of it. Atramor chuckled, in almost cackling sort of way, before letting the necklace fall to his neck again. No, he would stand by his decision to become a Witch until his power exceeded what it would give him. He still felt somewhat poor, though...there'd better be something damn good later on to make this trip worth it. 100 coins he'd already manage to let slip through his fingers...by his own hand. But of course, Constance had been asking for it, right? "Shoulda' brought some rum...."

Oh, jeez. You could use that exact same image and just change the text, you'd be able to get a hundred jokes out of it. Nice job.

Atramor shrugged, tossing Nyx the Mead and Nostrum. "Feel bad for the next cultist to come our way. I'm ready to head back to the palace...if I'm still leadin'?" I think you forgot about Thothwick.

Not a bad set. It's not for me, but it really defines the feel Monster Fighters is going for.

The similarity, I think, is that it's music-based. The Minstrel, I thought, was possibly one of the most unique expert classes, and you've basically suggested a Battle Minstrel with different songs. It's not a bad idea, in my mind, it's just that Minstrel is really a specialty sort of class, and it would be sort of irrelevant if there was a class that could do everything a Minstrel could and use weapons. Just my thoughts.

Once again failed in my initial search for a Lord of the Rings set...so instead I picked up some Series 7 minifigures. Was in a rush, and it was nearly random, but I still managed to get some of my favorites. (And no multiples! ) Galaxy Patrol Bagpiper (I wanted to rip that damn kilt in half by the time I finally managed to get it on ) Tennis Player Bunny Valkyrie Evil Knight Hippie