Kensi/Mage combo question

ghowthoo · Post by **ghowthoo** » Thu May 17, 2001 11:16 pm

hey guys i have a question about this combo..
I am eagerly waiting to play this game if my dumb head would make up its mind on what class i want for my main character... my question is.. for the

Kensi/Mage combo.. will he ever have equipment to use?.. such as when i turn him to a mage.. will he be able to wear robes and such?.. just something that will make him look good on the outside.. hehe =).. i hate looking at the default way they look in the beggining.. it looks sooo plain.. oh and would a
berserker/mage combo work good as well? saying i get the best of both worlds.. if i want to be a fighter and wear armour i can just do that as the berserker and when i want to cast spells i'll just remove the armours.. sounds good?.. or ?.. thank you for your inputs!!..

gw

moriveth · Post by **moriveth** » Thu May 17, 2001 11:32 pm

A Kensai/Mage can use Robes. The Robe of Vecna is the best by far, but you need to get it from the bonus merchants. I remember DSimpson's FAQ at gamefaqs.com has instructions for getting them. Download Shadowkeeper and change the avatar from the fighter avatar to something else--fighters are ugly in robes.

Berserker/Mage is also great, arguably better, and if it's your first run-through I'd play that instead. IMHO the real advantage of the Berserker/Mage is using helmets (other than ioun stones), shields, and bracers, not in wearing armor.

tarax_man · Post by **tarax_man** » Thu May 17, 2001 11:35 pm

As far as i know, u cant change th elook of your current state, this is becuase of how kensais cant wear armour. Also when a kensai mage puts a robe on it looks like he has nothin on him, a way to get around this is to go into shadowkeeper and change the paperdoll, but i could be wrong

ghowthoo · Post by **ghowthoo** » Thu May 17, 2001 11:58 pm

ahh i see.. ok gotcha!.. thanks for the feedback guys, much appreicated!.. i think i will go for the berserker/mage! hehe =)

thanks again!

xFedaykin · Post by **xFedaykin** » Fri May 18, 2001 2:05 am

I'd hate to throw a wrench into your plan

But I'm thinking a berserker cleric would be the best combination since both can wear plate class armor and dual wield. Since the most powerful weapon in the game is a hammer, it'll fit in quite nicely. Plus, a lot of cleric spells are defensive/enhancement in nature, and will serve well to increase the attributes of your already powerful berserker.
As a bonus, you can roleplay a fanatical relgious warrior on a personal crusade to rid the world of good/evil

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Fri May 18, 2001 2:13 am

A beskerker/Cleric is truly devestating, especially due to the fighters low AC and the cleric's turn undead.
I've destroyed 3 liches (the kind you encounter when you are high level - not Kangaxx's lot) ín one go.
My beserker/cleric also cleaned out Bohdi's lair just by walking around with "Turn Undead" without ever getting hit or anything

Talk about powergaming

Edwin · Post by **Edwin** » Fri May 18, 2001 2:15 am

Originally posted by Xandax:
<STRONG>I've destroyed 3 liches (the kind you encounter when you are high level - not Kangaxx's lot) ín one go.
My beserker/cleric also cleaned out Bohdi's lair just by walking around with "Turn Undead" without ever getting hit or anything

Talk about powergaming </STRONG>

moriveth · Post by **moriveth** » Fri May 18, 2001 2:17 am

But a Ranger/Cleric gets you most of the benefits of a Berserker/Cleric with the added bonus of all Druid spells...

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Fri May 18, 2001 2:24 am

But not advance weapon specialisation

Haven't tried a ranger/cleric yet, but I might, would like to get my hands on the insect-spells

I've a fighter from BG1 with 21 Wisdom, wich I uses for these fighter/cleric, maybe I should replay BG1 with a Ranger

[ 05-18-2001: Message edited by: Xandax ]

Radek · Post by **Radek** » Fri May 18, 2001 6:11 am

No advance???!?!? How come! Dual class Ranger/Cleric advances as any other cleric, i.e., 1 proficiency slot per 4 levels. Also, it improves its thac0 as any other cleric. Well, mixed class progresses slowly as any other mixed class character. I daresay the mixed class is a bad idea in this case because the cleric part of the dual class bests the mixed class in the end.

]RiPPeR[ · Post by **]RiPPeR[** » Fri May 18, 2001 8:40 am

just try a stalker dualed to cleric on level 8 , when you reach level 8/20 you can kill alone any dragon in the game(if you know how to use cleric and druid spells well), i just finished the game with one of these (soloing) and it was easier than my solo-socerer wich i had removed the xp cap(with the stalker/cleric i respected the level limits

aVENGER2k · Post by **aVENGER2k** » Fri May 18, 2001 8:48 am

Originally posted by Xandax:
<STRONG>But not advance weapon specialisation </STRONG>

What he meant was that you can't get Grand Mastery in a weapon as a Ranger/Cleric,only Specialization,but this is not very important in BG2 since they've "nerfed" the Proficiency system,so there's not much difference between the two.