Ok, so what obviously superior and befitting of a hybrid weapon do Bard's
get from the plane of fear that makes those pale in comparison? Hmmm,
that's what I thought.

-----Original Message-----
From: Naeeldar [mailto:jackal@...]
Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 2:15 PM
To: eqbards@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Hey this sounded interesting..

From: "Naeeldar" <jackal@...>

Not really most of the high level priest weapons do the same amount of
damage as a high level caster weapon. Look at the stats on the Necro only
staff from PoF it's equal to ther priest weapons. Then again look at mid
level weapons like the staff of the observer pure casters can use this and
it has a extremly good ratio for blunt weapons. There is not much diffrence
in melee between priests and casters.

Naeeldar

-----Original Message-----
From: Blair, Keith (Keith Blair) <kblair@...>
To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
Date: Friday, October 01, 1999 11:45 AM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Hey this sounded interesting..

>From: "Blair, Keith (Keith Blair)" <kblair@...>
>
>> it doesn't mean that they're not pure casters. At level
>> 50, a cleric/shaman/druid will be just as useful meleeing
>> as a wizard is, which is to say, not at all.
>
>That's not the point. A pure caster is a pure caster from
>birth to death. Just because you *choose* not to melee,
>whether it's because you're not as good at it -anymore-
>as you used to be or because you do better in your other
>ability (casting), does not change the fact that you can
>still wear armor, you can still use multiple weapons and
>you can still melee in a pinch better than any caster could
>dream of.
>
>>