So. You can consider me one of those heathens who likes kensai-mages. Why should I try a berzerker mage this time around? Convince me that I -wouldn't- wear a Robe of Vecna or an Item Upgraded Robe of the Archmagi if I were a berzerker anyway. Explain to me how getting to wear bracers makes up for +4 THACO and damage (and no, you can't use your CLUA'd Gauntlets of Can Of Whoopass Specialization as justification)
"Everybody does kensai-mages, they're not original" is not a valid argument. For one, I can't see, nor do I care (once I'm off this board) what other people are playing. Secondly, I don't think berzerker mages can claim any prize for originality at this point either.
By the way, I'm not just being facetious here, I'm about to start a long new game with a fighter that I took through BG1 and I'm looking for reasons to play something other than a kensai mage. Heck, feel free to suggest -anything- that can start out as a level 8 fighter imported from BG1 and whose stats are good enough to dual to anything except a cleric, although if you're going to suggest a Thief dual class, note that I'm waiting till Quest Pack v.2 is complete before trying that out
(Oh, and as a secondary thread topic - can someone give me a gameplay reason -not- to put five proficiencies in Flails? I'm trying to look for any weapon combo that can hold a candle to Flail of Ages/Defender of Easthaven. The only ones I can find that come close you can't get for a LONG time, whereas the FoA/DoE combo you can easily get in Chapter 2. And totally concentrating on slashing/piercing leaves the problem of what to do when you're up against those clay golems...
Yes, as you can tell, I'm falling into a rut where I can only see one obvious choice for most decisions, and I have difficulty deliberately gimping myself for the sake of roleplaying (I wouldn't make that dumb choice if I was really my character and my life depended on it...!). Please, someone, help me break out of it - convince me there's a -good- gameplay reason to not play the same character I did the last two times!)
Qwinn