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Base Classes / New to PRC and have questions
« on: September 10, 2009, 03:57:09 AM »
Quote from: ThE LoSt BoY

Don't like the Shaman? It has some nice perks.


I've looked through things pretty thoroughly now.  I was thinking of going healer+warmage>mystic theurge but then I saw that luminous armor/greater luminous armor would allow me to overcome the arcane spell failure restriction and I thought that healer + sorcerer might be better.

The obvious reason that I'm considering these combinations is that they allow for both the divine and arcane spell DC's to be based on the same stat.  In fact as far as I'm aware they're the only such combinations which would allow that (not including bard of course).

Does mage armor turn luminous armor into +4?  I'm assuming it does.  If so then a sorcerer's ability to take this, unlike a warmage who doesn't appear to have mage armor as a spell option (how odd!) is a strong reason to take sorcerer at least early on.  However later on availability of light armors with greater than +4 enchantment would maybe lead one towards war mage but by then it should hardly matter.

All in all I think that sorcerer is a lot more versatile since I'll be able to take some buffing, utility, and defensive spells and damage shields which warmage will just never have.  It hurts to lose out on implosion though.

I picked up practiced spellcaster: healer and I'll pickup the other one at 3rd.  I also picked up spellfire wielder since that's definitely in-character and could come in handy in spell duels. 6th is extend, 9th-12th are the evocation foci, 15th empower, and 18th maximize.

edit:  OK, can anyone tell me why my human level 1 healer is able to use longbows, doubleaxes, and apparently every other weapon?

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Help / character building problem
« on: September 09, 2009, 11:45:51 PM »
Quote from: Stratovarius

You did actually make sure it was pointed at your proper NWN directory, yes? It uses the default unless you do.


OK, well, you see, if you take the "C" in "C drive", turn it around backwards and add a straight line it looks a lot like the "D" in "D drive".  :)

Let's just say that it's not a stretch for me to play 6 int barbarians.

**shakes the funny magic box curiously before throwing it away**  :@

(yes, that was it, thanks)

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Help / character building problem
« on: September 09, 2009, 08:42:17 PM »
Quote from: Stratovarius

Read the manual. Follow the instructions.


Check, will do.

Didn't try that first mostly because I thought the "manual" just covered the PRC material itself, as it appears to do in the online version, as opposed to covering how-to for the installers.

Thanks.

edit:  OK, well, the downloaded manual simply doesn't work at all.  I did find the instructions which I had previously overlooked in the online version here >>

http://www.nwnprc.com/nwn/index.html

However I followed the instructions in minute detail, hit "OK", and it gives me the exact same message:  "No settings information found.  Please run settings.".

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Base Classes / New to PRC and have questions
« on: September 09, 2009, 08:39:22 PM »
OK, thanks, I did check the manulal but it just said "bonus domain" which for all I knew could have meant "one domain" or "as cleric (2) plus one bonus domain (=3)".  With only one domain that does make the choice a little bit harder but i'm still thinking of going mystic.

I generally don't like playing uber races in singleplayer or in general although sometimes I'll play them on PWs mostly for RP's-sake (ex. evil, half-demon, pixie sorceress).

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Base Classes / New to PRC and have questions
« on: September 09, 2009, 06:15:57 PM »
Quote from: Stratovarius

1) It can be done. Not sure it's the best choice, but it can be done.
2) Don't do it around enemies.
3) Cohorts can be called anywhere.
4) They eat a lot of XP.


OK, thanks for the answers.

Regarding #1, the reason I'm thinking of mystic is because I want to go 8 strength & 14 dex then max buff the dex to wear padded armor with a little asfr on it.  This will (eventually) give me an AC just as good as heavy armor but will also reflex buff me and let me avoid the need for the auto-still pathway which would eat up 3 or 4 feats.  With the exception of heavy armor use (which I won't need) and undead turning (which my 8 charisma and very low divine level will make largely meaningless), the mystic seems like a more powerful divine class to me.

One other question about the mystic class: exactly how many domains do they actually get?

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Help / character building problem
« on: September 09, 2009, 06:04:45 PM »
I'm a total newb to PRC and have an even more basic problem.

When I try to run the cc.exe it just tells me "No settings information found, please run settings.".  Then I run settings and get a screen I simply don't understand.  There's no manual, instructions, or faq of any kind to tell me what the heck I'm supposed to do either.  So what do I need to do?

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Help / PRC and CEP2
« on: September 09, 2009, 05:57:20 PM »
I'm a total newb to PRC and I've got some questions.

I downloaded the prcpack/installer and updated all my modules.  On many of these it generated "merge files'.

I then downloaded the prccep2 and manually placed the hif, hak, & tlk files in the hak & tlk folders respectively.

So, my questions are:

Have I done this right or have I totally screwed things up?

If I've totally screwed things up then how do I fix it?

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Base Classes / New to PRC and have questions
« on: September 09, 2009, 05:31:02 PM »
I'm totally new to the PRC and I have some questions I couldn't find answered in the manual.  The main question is about the possibility of a base class + prestige class combo which is why I'm asking here but there are a couple other questions about feats.

1)  Can the mystic base class be combined with mystic theurge prestige class so that you are, for example, a mystic/wizard/mystic theurge?  Do you think that doing so would be a good choice?

2)  Is there anything buggy I should know about the item creation feats before building a character that takes them.  Also, how much time does it take (ex. multiple rests or what?) and are you restricted in the locations you can do this?

3)  Is there anything buggy I should know about the various leadership feats (ex. epic leadership, legendary commander) before building a character that takes them?  Especially, can cohorts be called just anywhere at all (any mod that has the prc installed) or are there limitations on this?  And are the cohorts well-designed builds or what?  How does this work exactly?  Also, do they interfere with other henchies or summons in any way or could you have, say, 2 cohorts, a familiar, a summon, multiple henchies, and an animal companion (from skill-dumped druid or ranger skill) all running around at once?

4)  On the whole, do you think that the item creation feats or leadership feats are really worth it or do they just eat up too much xp, interfere with other henchies, or etc.?  I can see how the item creation feats would be extremely useful in a low magic world (to say the least) but for an ordinary magic world they might not be that great except possibly craft epic arms & armor.

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