[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by Demosthenes:
How can you use a PoD effectively as an early combatant taking only Death?

C'tis has an easy time with a heavy Death PoD because of Terror, but if you really mean melee here, you'd better look at Ulm, Arco (especially GE) , Machaka or Vanheim, who have the gems and the mages you need to equip your prentender with decent early items. Use him as a flying trampler, and get his PROT and DEF as high as you can.

Eventually your PoD will be loaded with tons of afflictions he'll probably never heal, but as long as you don't get Feeblemind or Mute, that's OK. A crippled, blind, one-arm PoD with lots of Death magic will still be very useful when you reach Conjuration 6 and Summon Ghosts - you get one more Ghost/level of Death magic, so a Death 9 PoD with a simple Skull Staff will summon 10 instead of 2, at no extra gem cost.