While hopefully the GM's are still reading this folder I want to raise a concern I have.
First off, I KNOW that Moon Mages are NOT a combat guild in anyway. Okay, got that out of the way.
I have a friend who has a 14th circle Moon Mage. Even though Moon Mages don't recquire TM like War Mages do, it would be stupid of anyone to say that we don't have to train it, because we do. Not training it would slow down your Circle advancment to the point of making playing a Moon Mage not fun.
The problem is this:
Low level moon mages have the following spells to cast to train TM: TKT, Burn, and maybe DO. My 14th circle friend lost almost half his attunement with one cast of DO. Dinazen Olkar's min prep is 9. Almost as bad with Burn, which has a min prep of 7.
That leaves TKT, but it has a min prep of 5, that is pretty brutal for a low level moonie. Think back and remember how crappy mana is for a low level moon mage. It's brutal. There are no 'good rooms'.
War Mages have 1st tier offensive spells with min preps as low as 2 mana! Not only that, they do decent damage for 2 mana. My 8th circle WM can kill musk hogs with repeated casts of a 2 mana Aether Lance, and basically not run out of mana.
Now this has no effect on me, because I'm 46th and I have no plans of re-rolling my moon mage. But geez, how unattractive it must be to play a moon mage for people just rolling one up. Cast 2 spells and be out of attunement.
I invite everyone to roll up a 1st circle moon mage and try it out. My friends mage is 14th circle, and it is still brutal.
Not sure what the best solution is here, but there is definitely a problem here. Maybe lower TKT's min prep to 3 mana or something.
Eldrad
(Please read some GM) Low level Moonies and spells on 12/12/2002 05:52 PM CST
Re: (Please read some GM) Low level Moonies and spells on 12/12/2002 09:33 PM CST
>> I invite everyone to roll up a 1st circle moon mage and try it out. My friends mage is 14th circle, and it is still brutal.
Yup. Circle 6 here right now. I'm training PP as hard as I can (45 ranks so far), but I've resigned my moon mage to a vow of poverty until circle 20 or so. Don't think I will be able to make any money from hunting until then and I already got my 5 gold from Mags.
TKT is a joke with my skills. I can't even kill a rat with Burn. I haven't tried DO yet, but with a 9 min prep I know I won't be picking it on Sunday.
Best I can tell, my only option for making money is to persuade other hunters that I add value to their hunting by using Calm, TV, or MB to assist them.
- A very poor gnomish moonie
Yup. Circle 6 here right now. I'm training PP as hard as I can (45 ranks so far), but I've resigned my moon mage to a vow of poverty until circle 20 or so. Don't think I will be able to make any money from hunting until then and I already got my 5 gold from Mags.
TKT is a joke with my skills. I can't even kill a rat with Burn. I haven't tried DO yet, but with a 9 min prep I know I won't be picking it on Sunday.
Best I can tell, my only option for making money is to persuade other hunters that I add value to their hunting by using Calm, TV, or MB to assist them.
- A very poor gnomish moonie
Re: (Please read some GM) Low level Moonies and spells on 12/12/2002 10:06 PM CST
Re: (Please read some GM) Low level Moonies and spells on 12/13/2002 05:16 AM CST
Re: (Please read some GM) Low level Moonies and spells on 12/13/2002 12:09 PM CST