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Originally written by VCH: If you have any archer ability, spell-casters can be shot down in short order.
Exactly; spellcasters make me wish I'd spent more in ranged attacks, which are not a bad investment for singletons.
With a warrior-priest singleton the tactics I have to use are pretty chancy: At least lvl 3 war blessing adds some resistance to their magic, wait to let everyone else move and see if you have enough AP to reach a spellcaster and still cast enough healing to counter the magic, then hit the caster with whatever AP you can get.
If they're accompanied by melee fighters it's rough as hell, because you have to let everyone have a whack at you while you race to snuff the caster. If you have your defensive skills up to advisable levels, they'll mostly miss or leave you with scratches, but one dervish-caliber fighter can make a formidable match with any caster. It's worse if the caster summons; they can build a wall of critters that costs much AP and SP to cut through while they fling magic attacks at you. And many times I've been able to dispatch the caster and found myself half-depleted and swamped by his companions and summonings.