Paladin's boring class?

[Sideways]

i now have the highest CL priest i've ever played, at CL27. Orb of Draining is pretty cool when it only costs 7 mana instead of 15. it's mana damage, right? the same as magic missile? because it kills multi-hued dragons.

Orb of Draining is technically its own damage type (holy orb), not mana; nothing resists it, but evil monsters take extra damage from it. Holy orb doesn't destroy items like mana does (it used to destroy cursed items, but I don't think it even does that anymore).

(Magic missile, incidentally, also technically doesn't deal mana damage; if it did, it would destroy items; but it's not the same damage type as the Orb either.)

[Pete Mack]

Magic missile might as well be a Mana bolt, since bolts don't damage stuff on the ground. Orb does double damage to evil monsters, so it's very much worth specializing as a priest.

[Djabanete]

Magic missile might as well be a Mana bolt, since bolts don't damage stuff on the ground. Orb does double damage to evil monsters, so it's very much worth specializing as a priest.

Doesn't Magic Missile have a chance of beaming? I haven't played V in a while so I don't remember if I'm making that up. If it has a beam chance but still doesn't destroy items on beaming, then it must be its own kind of damage. (IIRC fire will destroy scrolls if it beams.)

[Nick]

Magic missile is MISSILE in this list.

[Sky]

i'm waiting on a randart that allows me to breathe time.

[Sky]

does a priest get a speed spell eventually?

[Juutas]

First time playing 4.1.0 with a paladin (played 3.5.1 and frogknows) and I feel like I'm in a Groucho Marx movie. Stumbling from trap to trap; blowing horns, teleporting around, getting confused and falling through trapdoors. I'm just waiting for keystone kops to make a cameo.

[Pete Mack]

Yeah, you pretty much need wand/staff of disarming as a Paladin. And extra Searching isn't amiss either.

[Derakon]

does a priest get a speed spell eventually?

They do not.

[Werbaer]

If it has a beam chance but still doesn't destroy items on beaming, then it must be its own kind of damage. (IIRC fire will destroy scrolls if it beams.)

No beaming bolt spell destroys items on the floor.

[Pete Mack]

So I tried out this class, but with the less usual race of HE. It covers the holes in search, disarm, stealth, and dexterity very nicely. Quite a smooth ride so far. Got above 4 blows very quickly, which can be a problem with mediocre DEX. The EXP penalty just doesn't matter in a pure melee class.