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Originally Posted by El Quia

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The Sleep spell was always a great low level spell for low level characters. Its usefulness quickly fades away, though, because it can't affect anything with more than 4+3 hd. But meanwhile, those it can affect (any non-undead humanoid with less than 4+3 hd) are affected without any right to saving throw... although magic resistance still applies.. (...)

Well, I can only have one of these at the time for whatever the reason anyway, so it's not a biggie. ^__^

Originally Posted by El Quia

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And white mages aren't useless, it just that they start to be really useful starting at level 5, when they acquire fireball

Aah... Well, let me wait for the level 5 then & we'll see what she's (my mage) cut out of...

Originally Posted by El Quia

And no, I don't think it's the race fault that your half-elven knight dies often. In fact, IIRC, in Krynn the half-elf receive a very nice bonus to dexterity, which adds to its armor class. Maybe you just had bad luck, either with enemies' attack roll or his hit points rolls?

Probably with both. LOL! ^__^ Anyway, it's a bit late to make any changes to the team now, isn't it? Or maybe I should make them whilst it's not to late yet? I don't know, I guess I keep playing with the party I got now & we'll see if I made bad or very bad choices whilst creating them. ^__^

I've reinstalled my Windows & Linux today, so it will take me a day or so to install all the software I use & configure it, but then I'll get back to CoK. Ow, it doesn't take me that long because it's difficult or it's so much of it, it's just the lack of time that's the cause of delay... ^__^

Originally Posted by El Quia

I don't think making your only cleric a multiclass is really wise... that means he will have to divide his experience between all his classes, making him lower level than his companions... and you need all the cure X wounds spells you can get... (...)

I kind of learned that I could use another cleric the hard way. ^__^

Originally Posted by El Quia

The hold person is a nice spell, yes, except that it doesn't work on critters not considered "person" Also, you have to take into account that, while you can target as much as 4 people with it, the less you target the harder is the saving throw. Again, elves and (to a lesser degree) half elves are resistant to this (as it is a charm-like spell), and other critters can have magic resistance. But, without taking that into account, the thing is that targetting 3 or 4 people let's them have a normal saving throw against paralization (remember, clerics have a better saving throw against this than other classes), 2 targets impose a -1 to the saving throw and 1 target is a -3 IIRC. That that into account. Also, silence is GREAT against spellcasters Also, don't forget the Pray spell when you gain access to level 3 spells.

So, what I've understood from that is that the less people I target with Hold person the higher chances I've got to succeed?

Originally Posted by El Quia

And I think that's it. Personally, I don't like making a full thief in these games, seeing as the strong point of this class doesn't merit a full class. Usually I make three warrior-class characters to be on the front line, a cleric in the 4th position, a mage in the 5th (so he is in the middle of the back row) and a cleric/thief (or mage/thief, depending on my mood) on the 6th. (...)

I had a similar idea. Well, I wanted three fighting characters, a mage, a cleric and a thief. I just didn't realise that I'm hardly going to use any of thief's skills. That is judging by what I've encountered in the game so far. Not once have I used him in any special way.

Originally Posted by El Quia

Also, IIRC, elves doesn't make great clerics seeing as their race limits its cleric level to 12 (or was it 9?). But I can't remember if these games used the race limit to class levels...

You seem to be very knowledgeble in terms of CoK and the rules it's World goes by. Thank you for your hints! They sure will not be ignored & even though I am already playing and don't feel like restarting I'll try to keep them in mind and apply where appropriate. ^__^

Thanks again!