Posted by One of those two blades. on September 13, 1999 at 08:31:41:

In Reply to: Re: Classes and balance? ( conjurers ) posted by nagaash on September 13, 1999 at 04:34:52:

> I'm reluctant to post my thoughts on conjurers,
> considering that i haven't had enough time to
> fully explore their strengths and weaknesses in
> in combat. I have had the opportunity to fight
> two, one happened to be a master. The other is
> not worth mentioning. I was along the eastern
> road with three sets of centurions at the 35th
> level, or so. This conjurer starts plowing
> through the centurions. I watch him, with his
> little army. He is sanced, and one of his little
> pets is healing him (I think).

Not only healing his wounds, but they cured his blindness
after he got dusted. (According to my sectmate's report-
I didn't see the curing.) I kept trying to sneak up for a
strangle, and his elemental or angel-thingy would let loose
a nasty area spell (for the centurions) to flush me out.
I was stone-skinned with endure up, all relevant skills mastered,
and his pets spanked me three different times. (flee, bind wounds,
other stuff, go back, get smacked around, flee, bindwounds, etc.)
I was happy to get out in one piece.

Either conjurers are really tough, or this guy knows his stuff.
For one thing, they're the mage that seems to care the least about
getting tigerclawed, and I doubt use my many ways to hurt his limbs
would do much. I used a weapon that wasn't "positive" or "negative"
to my knowledge, to get around those protections. It seemed like all he
did was sit behind sanctuary and transform (I didn't know he was a Master,
actually) and wait for his pets do take care of business. Never got magic
missiles, flashes, or other direct threats from him.

Area attacks like dusting- bad idea. You figure out why, but that
made things a lot worse.

Of course, caught without their pets, they're in big trouble. =)

> Two blades attack
> the conjurer. The Conjurers pets focus on the
> blades, and promptly send them fleeing. The mage
> continued in this fashion, fought two skilled

Thanks! I'm sort of new here, but I'm getting the hang of
things.

> (in my opinion) blades
> and came out with a couple
> disgusting cuts. I have no doubt that they are
> full of weaknesses just waiting to be exploited,
> but right now, they are certainly impressive.
> nagaash

We conferred in between getting our asses kicked,
and tried to vary our openers a bit. I'm willing
to give it another go, but I'm calling in the cavalry
to help next time. =)

It's a little scary when Masters don't even feel the urge
to scourge and mental knife. =)

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