Today when I recently started mages again I looked closely at some of the categories I never use. This lead me to look at stone skin and other close combat talents. I noticed that Stone Skin and Phantasmal Shield create an effect very similar the wyrmic ability Icy Skin. So I decided to try to play a mage character like a wyrmic or warrior. So far it bin pretty easy but I have not faced any hard bosses yet. The 2 times I have died was caused by my bad judgment and skeleton mages. Here is the character link:
http://te4.org/characters/931/tome/e0d028f3-25b6-11e0-a46f-001cc000edf0
If any one has any ideas of what I should try I am open to suggestions
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I love that idea, see how far
I love that idea, see how far you can push this :)
As any type of mage, I would
As any type of mage, I would skill Stone Skin too. The armor bonus is really great. Don't forget Blur for defense too...
ive considered doing this
ive considered doing this too! tell me how it goes!
Thoughts on warrior mages
Playing mages like warriors is like playing the game backwards. Instead of putting points into attack spells in the beginning you just focus on defense. When I played I did not put any points into will power because I did not need the mana. If I had gotten to the far east I imagine I would have started pumping willpower. As far a game play went this was very similar to playing a wyrmic. I could ignore melee creatures but feared spell casters. This was what doomed me given I died to elven blood mages in the spellblaze. If I play this way again I think I will a)try to get more beam spells (useful for sniping spellcasters) and b) not play a skeleton (this would allow me to get a few more levels and probably get premonition) other than those 2 things I believe this is a feasible way to play until the far east.