[Vger]

Hi,

Well, I'm a newb too, but have done a great deal of reading about D1 before playing D2.

Astral, if you're playing MP (which I haven't and won't) is an all or nothing thing playing versus other people because of the Magic Duel spell. If your pretender has any astral less than, well 9 or 10, I should think, then someone else who has good astral mages (R'lyeh, for example) can cast MD and bLast your pretender to mindless kindom come.

Against the computer, this isn't so much of a problem, though I have seen the CP do some interesting things in my first full game with Difficult level AIs. So I may not be as safe as I thought I was in SP.

Astral has some great and very powerful spells that you'll be hard put to do without at some point, for example, you need astral 3 to cast Dispel. And the first time Ermor or C'tis put up Burden of Time you'll be sorry you don't have SOMEONE with astral 3. But for MP, I would boost a mage or priest, not my pretender.

If you DON'T have any astral then you're not vulnerable to this at all. I'm sure a vet will come along and clean up my mess and give you more details, but that's the gist of it. I think.


Adios,
V'ger gone

[ January 06, 2004, 05:33: Message edited by: Vger ]