Slack83er

Reload time seems like endless to me. While I'm there loading my crossbow, they've just minced me to pieces.... sigh... That's why I prefer monk now... no reload, just fists, fast hits, strong resilience... if only he was a man of faith....

Darn... I like roleplay but find difficult playing the priest.... maybe because I want him to be the MAIN character right from the start... perhaps with the right group he'd do fine... I'm confused.... Anyway, the monk I tried had 15 int... he had dialog options, just not those meant for a priest or a scholar...

You talking about temple of Eothas? If that's the case...I've tried soloing it on EASY and I die EASILY... With the monk this didn't happen. He could solo many things, and took very little damage....while punching like a smith.. I don't know... everyone here is suggesting Priest, especially for the sake of roleplay but... would it really be that different with a monk? Would I be losing SO MUCH dialogue options and lore?

I'm givin' him a try.. bow and arrows for the moment... i can't find a possible use for my magic....

I'm going elven priest of eothas, I want to see what comes out of it. Made him from aedwyr, and values are 14 10 12 15 15 12. Now n to see what happens in the first hour of play....

Mmm so I understand that Eothas spices things up a little... that's good news. Aside of that, I noticed that ranged weapon are terribly slow... should dex raise the speed enough? I tried one of the builds in the builds section, the one with the dwarf... no luck. Squishy as hell even in normal...slow... does practically nothing until maybe sixth or seventh level... definitely not my playstyle. I don't know if I should pick dwarf.... leave all builds behinds, since most of 'em are just PotD archetypes, and try to forge my own toon...

Hi, good day all of you guys. I've just tried to build a priest according to the flame priest build. It's very squishy, due to low con, but it kinda kicks a**es from the start with a simple crossbow, even if it's terribly slow. What I'm wondering is... How many dialogues and situations will be affected by the fact that I'm a cleric? Is he more role playable than other chars? Matter is... I don't want to be limited by casting amounts or the like, so I continue to prefer monk over priest. Will I be forced to take Durance? Is he so bad or annoying as they depict him?

Hi again. Thanks for your last insights. I've tried the priest in a quick way... But something seems just... I dunno, too boring. I really like priests generally, so maybe I've done something wrong... I tried a dwarf with hammer and shield... He just waves the hammer.. Nothing more... Low level magic seems useless... What have I misunderstood? Where's my fault? Also.. How to put his stats so that he is role playable??

Mmmm I've been trying a monk just to see... man he whacks! Now... I completely left the barbarian behind, and have decided to go either monk or priest (still have to try this). Can you recommend a good priest build? One that can also strongly roleplay? EDIT: Nope, no priest for me... Monk is the choice!

Oh, I'll do that instead! I'm collecting every word of advice from you guys, since I find all of your answers and insights very interesting! So I'll bother you some more ( ) and ask you something also about monk, priest and druid, some classes that I really like in pen and paper D&D.. I read somewhere on the internet that druid can be very tanky if you shapeshift into bear, and also read that monk is kinda unnecessary for any group... so I'll take your advices once more... Thanks fellow players!

Climhazzard, thank you for your suggestions. I'm curious, what would you recommend to a new player? I'm open to suggestions, barbarian was indeed just a preliminary idea, then the board developed on that matter..

Perfect. Now I think I only got to try what you all suggested and decide what or who my char will be. How long shall I play before I can appreciate my settings, and understand if I made the right choice?

Well, tbh, I value conversation A LOT so maybe going low res is not a good idea for me.. I know I'm not a mage, but the more options I got in dialogue the merrier. I won't even play hard, I'll just stay normal, since I like story and role far more than sheer difficulty and challenge. Going just a little OT, I saw in another thread that Cyphers have even more options in dialogues.. is that due to mind control? I also have a little doubt: It appears that in this game you can "tankify" quite every character... is that so or am I mislead?

First of all thank you for giving me so much to think about. Now, I'm a bit more into the mechanics so as to understand what you say with ease. I'm not completely sure which race to choose, but I'll make up my mind soon. As a beginner, I'm not sure I can follow boeroer's build... Maybe this requires a little more experience than I have... Just some more micromanagement than I can provide... But I'm just like him... I like to tweak and think out of schemes. Sometimes I also choose races based on appearance... In Poe for example, I absolutely dislike the way dwarves are drawn. I find Orlans nice but maybe too small... Something like halflings... And I kinda like aumauas... I'll just try to figure out a way to create my toon. Thanks again!

Fantastic! So you're saying to me, I can basically be whoever I want to be, no matter what the class tells. Perfect! The race though... I believe I saw some people speaking about how good the orlan was as a barbarian due to critical hits... is this so relevant in NORMAL difficulty? I don't honestly want to min-max, I am not into numbers, I'm more into roleplay. I liked Aumauas, and liked the third weapon set they can carry... but maybe someone out there knows more?

Boeroer seems quite sure of his opinion, though.... maybe worth a try... I just need your suggestions on the race! plz

So, I understand there are two playstyles... One with frenzy and one without. And also understand that dialogue is more stat dependent than class... Which race would suit each playstyle? Thanks again for your knowledge sharing.

Thank you boeroer, I'll try this idea! Which race should I choose? I'm new, so I won't play difficult, just normal..

So barbarian would be a good frontman class in your opinion, am I correct? What race would be more suitable for it? I saw a section of this forum dedicated to builds, but I'm too inexperienced to understand them correctly.. Can you help?

Hello folks, I'm new here, and glad to know you. I just started playing this game, and I wonder what class to pick. I come from pen and paper, so I value role play much. I was oriented on barbarian, but I'm not completely sold... I wouldn't want to be a brutish villain in dialogues, and don't want to be a war machine only either. I would like to play a very useful character, who can be a good frontman in battle as well as be useful for something while out of combat.. Paladin would be obvious but I already played it in many games, and wish to change a bit. Since I don't know the whereabouts of this game, who can help me take a decision? Please if you can... State your reasons, so that I can understand some mechanics of this game. Thank you all, for the time you took to read my post first of all. Slack83er