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Hello All--moving past the "play whatever style you want" comments I am looking for feedback from the Gurus.
I am looking at possibly starting a Cleric with a goal of level 40-60--more likely about 50.
Primarily a cleric that would be able to rescue and raise??
What would be best race, starting statistics, and benefits/drawbacks to any advice please?
Not a perfectionist, just wanting optimization.
There's quite a lot of build information in the HARDCORE folder
http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/Combat,%20Magic,%20and%20Character%20Mechanics/HARDCORE%20Mode/view/267 and subsequent posts in the thread on The Road to Koargard
The only thing to tweak from Ardkor's build is getting 225 a bit sooner, but the same basics apply. Forest gnome and dark elf are other possible high WIS races if you aren't worried about dying, which would have slightly different optimum stats from a dwarf. Get to 50 and then fixskill for chrism making.
A CS build allows you to have the best raise (and never need to worry about spirit loss from raising) at level 18 which is why you should do that.
Voln is the best society for mana at low level, plus you get to fog the bodies you rescue earlier than you'd learn 130, which is why you should do that.
The main drawback of a smite build is that you run out of interesting ways to play very fast, and decent targets around mid game, but if level 50 and 100% chrisms is as far as you want to go, its the most effective way to get there. Weapons and spell aim are mechanically inferior options but you need the variety on a main character.
http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/Combat,%20Magic,%20and%20Character%20Mechanics/HARDCORE%20Mode/view/267 and subsequent posts in the thread on The Road to Koargard
The only thing to tweak from Ardkor's build is getting 225 a bit sooner, but the same basics apply. Forest gnome and dark elf are other possible high WIS races if you aren't worried about dying, which would have slightly different optimum stats from a dwarf. Get to 50 and then fixskill for chrism making.
A CS build allows you to have the best raise (and never need to worry about spirit loss from raising) at level 18 which is why you should do that.
Voln is the best society for mana at low level, plus you get to fog the bodies you rescue earlier than you'd learn 130, which is why you should do that.
The main drawback of a smite build is that you run out of interesting ways to play very fast, and decent targets around mid game, but if level 50 and 100% chrisms is as far as you want to go, its the most effective way to get there. Weapons and spell aim are mechanically inferior options but you need the variety on a main character.
>Primarily a cleric that would be able to rescue and raise??
>>Forest gnome and dark elf are other possible high WIS races if you aren't worried about dying, which would have slightly different optimum stats from a dwarf.
I'd suggest one of the bigger/heavier races if you want to be good rescuer. Dragging an encumbered giantman to get healed is exceedingly difficult for a gnome, and you'll be doing it pretty often even after you can fog back to town. In my experience, dark elves and dwarves are marginal at dragging unless their str/con stats are very high.
>>Forest gnome and dark elf are other possible high WIS races if you aren't worried about dying, which would have slightly different optimum stats from a dwarf.
I'd suggest one of the bigger/heavier races if you want to be good rescuer. Dragging an encumbered giantman to get healed is exceedingly difficult for a gnome, and you'll be doing it pretty often even after you can fog back to town. In my experience, dark elves and dwarves are marginal at dragging unless their str/con stats are very high.
>I'd suggest one of the bigger/heavier races if you want to be good rescuer. Dragging an encumbered giantman to get healed is exceedingly difficult for a gnome, and you'll be doing it pretty often even after you can fog back to town.
Dragging is for warriors. Clerics (and sorcerers) make the bodies do the walking. ;)
I can think of a few specific field raise situations where dragging might be an advantage, due to sanct and fog restrictions, but no way am I dragging a body around town when I can make it do the walking.
Dragging is for warriors. Clerics (and sorcerers) make the bodies do the walking. ;)
I can think of a few specific field raise situations where dragging might be an advantage, due to sanct and fog restrictions, but no way am I dragging a body around town when I can make it do the walking.
