February 17th, 2004, 07:44 AM
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Re: Pretender Design
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Originally posted by Ctennyson:
Well, Zen, my point is sort of that not all Pretenders have 2 misc slots. Nataraja has 1, Divine Emperor has 4, Crone has 4, I am fairly sure I recall an SC with 3 misc, also, but heck if I remember which.
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If you can make a SC out of a Crone or a Divine Emperor, I'd love to see you try. Maybe the definition of a SC is what is missing here. The Natarajah has only 1, which is it's limiting factor.
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I have a pretty good general idea of which items go best on the pretenders, my biggest concern is creating the pretender in the first place. I dislike how some of em look, like the male Titan, so I dont like choosing those ones, and some of the ones I like, Female Titan, for example, seem to have much worse magical choices, depending on what I am trying to do.
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It's been said enough that the Great Mother falls into this aestheticlly displeasing choice. But in actuallity she is an incredible SC. Most of the Titans are very well suited to that role as well.
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My biggest question is how everyone else values the slots themselves, not just what to put IN the slot. Would you rather have 4 hand slots and 1 misc, or 2 hands and 2 misc, no body, but 4 misc, or 1 body and 2 misc. Do you think the regular human form of the Sage is the best? Or prefer the Crones lack of a body but extra misc slots?
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This is defined by what magics you have as much as what slots you have. The more you play the game the more you will fill in slots based on whatever lack of magic is availiable as well as the base gem/mage income to forge the items you need. I can't answer your question because it is far too broad to answer reasonably.
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And I'd love input on the semi-caster/semi SC chars like Bog Mummy/Vamp Queen maybe even Skratti, how do you feel about them?
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I'd consider the Vamp Queen to be a full fledged SC, the only reason she would ever seem to be a caster is if you had alot of points to use on her. A bog mummy makes a decent caster and a mediocre SC. His Immortality more fits him to Battlefield rocking spells in his domain. And the Skratti I don't particularly like. Though this is totally biased in my opinion since I don't play rainbows as they are in my mind, less competitive. I think on average I don't choose more than 3 Paths, and that is very rare and if I have the points to do it. It's much more common for me to pick a pretender that has 1 or 2 paths and either add a path or up the path point to where I need then spend my points on scales.
You might have input more to your playstyle by asking people who play alot of Rainbows and Heavy Point Pretenders.
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