Man - Pretender template request

[Jasper]

Originally posted by st.patrik:
I gotta disagree with the idea of giving your Man pretender a lot of Air. Frankly I think it's a waste of points when you can forge yourself a Staff of Storms or research to Arrow Fend pretty easily.

I also think Water 9 is nice but not the best idea. Now if you could take Water 9 *and* Air 9 that would be pretty nice, but either one on their own is, IMHO, not the best blessing you can get.

[BTW I am thinking Last of Tuatha here, not so much regular Man]

The great weakness of the Daoine Sidhe is that they fight with spears, which have a very hard time getting through thick armour. IMHO that is the biggest need for a bless effect - greater strength.

However, Blood isn't a great match for Man, so I usually go for Nature (berserk gives +str). That way if the Sidhe are hit they become more dangerous, rather than simply getting killed rather quickly.

Regular Man is a different story - those greatswords have no problem cutting through thick armour just as they are.

I agree, Air just isn't worth it. You Sidhe commanders can cast Air Shield and Resist Lightning. Storms and Arrow Fend can effectively shut missiles down, but even without them IMHO missiles just aren't that much of a threat, and are easily distracted.

I'm not sure I agree that blood or nature blessings are better than water however. I'm curious, have you tried these approaches out, or are you hypothesizing?

[ March 29, 2004, 22:14: Message edited by: Jasper ]