The Drunken Lizard Pub

Painted Lady wrote: ↑August 15th, 2017, 8:47 am Well, I would probably tweak those stats a little myself. Maybe forget the Divination for a while, and put a point or two in either Unarmed Combat (barrel smashing and emergency defense when low on Mana) or Pick Locks.

Painted Lady wrote: ↑August 15th, 2017, 1:15 pm So, the first question is - what is your difficulty level? If you are going hardcore, you need to be aware of Foraging. You will starve to death without it. Also, Repair is nice but is wasted at this point. Any blacksmith will fix your weapons for a nominal fee.

You will want Divination eventually, but you have precious few points to spare in the beginning. There is a Lock Pick spell, but it normally is not available right off the bat.

Are you going pure Mage or Mage mixed with weapons?

If you are mainly a Mage, you should lower Strength and Speed and raise Endurance and Concentration. Also put more points into Intelligence at first.

SpottedShroom wrote: ↑August 16th, 2017, 2:14 pm That's what I do - 6 to start, actually, if you put 5 in then pick your class. I don't even get foraging, figuring I can learn Create Food before I run out of freely available food. But again, I'm sacrificing an easier early game for a stronger late-game character.

Calathon wrote: ↑April 13th, 2014, 3:33 pm Like the subject says, I finished the game today for the first time playing as a mage. In all the computer games I play (or have played so far) I tend to prefer a warrior or paladin, which means that magic is just something I use to heal my character or improve him now or then for a short period of time. The first solo-player game I ever finished as a mage was EB:III, so I was curious how the second part would feel like when playing as a mage.
Moreover, I created a female character this time (nice physique 0_o) and invested nearly all skill and attribute points in those relevant to mana gain and mana regeneration. I never equipped any armour except for the purpose of getting the Orakur book (the one Saint Gilhelm wants to have in his library) and never had any need for it since melee combat rarely happened to me. At the end of the game, I regenerated 4 MP per move and was able to deliver approximately 85 dmg with Ice Lance per cast, having a total of 255 MP. So this time the the fight against General Ghorr was an easy one, I even did not have any need for the wand the sorceress at Lorewitch gave me (in comparison: the fighter I played before really had problems defeating the General despite using all the wand´s charges).

So, like I once concluded in another topic concerning EB:III: playing as mage is far more easier than playing as a fighter (I have no experiences with playing as a ranger or rogue, though) and I am happy I gave the second part another shot with a different class!