06-30-2004, 07:09 AM
As always I agree with you entirely, Nystul, but just to emphasize your points about rogues' stat distribution:
Dex is the primary and default stat for rogues to raise. Mag is the next -- unless you have a lot of +mag items (aka "reading glasses", like staves, which you may keep just to read books and for nothing else). Otherwise, you will need to raise mag to read books, and personally I hate to waste spell books or carry them around for ever, or wait for those +mag items, absent some kind of weird variant rules (for this reason, I always tend to end up adding more to magic than is generally recommended by any rogue guide). Str is after mag, but I suggest adding str only as needed to equip the bows you find (not -- especially -- armor or any other items). As for vit, it's a dirty rotten stat to which you shouldn't add a single lvl up point until you've maxed everything else, and even then you should think twice about it.
Rogues do fine holding back lvl-up points to allocate depending on what you find.
And, as for the needler, it may be nearly the worst possible bow at lower lvls, but I do think it holds a soft spot in the heart of any true rogue.
Quote:The key to making sure your rogue always hits with a bow is to spend nearly all of your level up points on dexterity, adding to strength and magic only sparingly to meet item or book requirements and saving vitality for last.
Dex is the primary and default stat for rogues to raise. Mag is the next -- unless you have a lot of +mag items (aka "reading glasses", like staves, which you may keep just to read books and for nothing else). Otherwise, you will need to raise mag to read books, and personally I hate to waste spell books or carry them around for ever, or wait for those +mag items, absent some kind of weird variant rules (for this reason, I always tend to end up adding more to magic than is generally recommended by any rogue guide). Str is after mag, but I suggest adding str only as needed to equip the bows you find (not -- especially -- armor or any other items). As for vit, it's a dirty rotten stat to which you shouldn't add a single lvl up point until you've maxed everything else, and even then you should think twice about it.
Rogues do fine holding back lvl-up points to allocate depending on what you find.
And, as for the needler, it may be nearly the worst possible bow at lower lvls, but I do think it holds a soft spot in the heart of any true rogue.