
Many people are claiming that others aren't respecting the intelligence of a player controlled sorceror, yet their strategies involve stupid fighters that run headlong into attacks, The fighter-type advocates usually seem to have sorceror opponents who simply stand there and cast spells. Remember, there are counters too all our strategies. Here are a few.
Staff of Magi- while it does give invisibility, remember the Book of Infinite spells. It's most useful spell, IMHO, is True seeing, and it is useable by thieves and fighters. However, this only gives them *one* true seeing spell, so the window of opportunity is short.
Why were so many people bringing up contingincies when debating between an assassin and sorceror? One backstab from an assassin and the mage is dead. Period. Contingincies wouldn't matter in this fight.
An assassin's biggest advantage is surprise. A duel is a planned fight, not a surprise. The assassin is at a *huge* disadvantage, here, when fighting a mage. Too bad, too, since assassins are one of my favorite classes.
True seeing doesn't work against hide in shadows when the person is wearing cloak of non-detection. Most smart players would have a number of items to use from inventory.
Keep these debates going. Don't take them personally. I really like talking about the strengths and weaknesses of each class and of different strategies to use. Someday, someone will figure out a forum for these duels.

[This message has been edited by Rail (edited 03-02-2001).]