On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Ryan Honeyman wrote:

>
> With similar AC, hp, defense, dodge... and much much better melee
> skills and dual wield, I don't understand why this conversation
> continues =) In fact it's becoming pointless. We usually fight
> monsters, not other druids/shaman/clerics. <g>

Well, the way I'd originally cast it, I was comparing bard
effectiveness against any monster, vs. cleric effectiveness
against any monster. Somehow we lost the "effectiveness
against any monster" part and it became bard vs. cleric. I
dunno how it became a melee-only contest too, maybe because I
was comparing defensive melee skills and someone dropped the
"defensive" part.

Since our offensive capability is melee-based whereas a
clerics is a magic/melee mix, I felt (and still feel) our
defensive melee capability needs to be better than theirs by
more than 45 dodge points.

--
John H. Kim
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