Posted by Joshu [Bored at work] on August 22, 1999 at 22:44:51:
Basically remove hold person, and make slow take it's place. Make it so that when you're slowed you not only tank worse and have -dex, but you also get prompts slower. And then make slow stackable, so if you're hit with 4-5 slows you're in effect held. This way hold/halt isn't such a cheesy one-shot attack, and slowed mages will have a tradeoff for the other benefits of slow. -Joshu