The Ultimate Shaper

Kyshakk Koan · March 31, 2006

I decided that my Agent is just about the most powerful Shaper you could have. She's equipped with:

Agent Cloak (general magic)
Essence Aegis (spellcraft, healing, intelligence)
Lightning Girdle (+1 AP, lots of parry/dexterity)
Guardian Claymore (strength and quick action)
Quicksilver Sandals (+1 AP, worth strength penalty)
Talisman of Might (+4 strength!)
Emerald Chestguard (+2 AP! Also great protection stats)
Gloves of the Rock (+4 endurance!)
Avenger's Ring (melee weapons, lots of quick action)
Gazerskin Vambraces (melee weapons)

Granted, it took me until the Monastery Caves (and thus, Benerii-Eo) to craft all of these fine items, all of which are enhanced by Golden Crystals (the Guardian Claymore isn't blessed yet). Although I'm not sure precisely how level-ups and canisters have affected Esther (she's level 40), her stats are as follows:

92% Armor
Resistances<ul type="square">
79% Fire
79% Cold (Isle of Spears didn't damage me once that I can remember)
79% Energy
140% Stun (only the Shambling Rotbeasts could stun me)
118% Mental (effectively immune)
110% Poison (effectively immune)
92% Acid (still got covered a lot, not damaged much though)

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[*]Health 378 (569 after Augmentation and Essence Armor)

[*]Essence 436

[*]Spell Energy 1010

[*]Action Points 12 (18 when hasted)

[*]Skills

Base Skills<ul type="square">
13 Strength
12 Dexterity
14 Intelligence
14 Endurance

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[*]Combat Skills

10 Melee
8 Missile Weapons
14 Quick Action
10 Parry

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[*]Magic Skills

11 Battle Magic
9 Mental Magic
8 Blessing Magic
9 Spellcraft

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[*]Shaping Skills

0 Fire Shaping
0 Battle Shaping
1 Magic Shaping
12 Healing Craft

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[*]General Skills

12 Leadership (21 when appropriately equipped)
12 Mechanics (20 when appropriately equipped)
4 Luck

</li></ul></li></ul>Pretty much unlimited staying power as far as spell energy is concerned. Encumbered at 154 lbs, far more than enough to carry infiltrator's/tinker's gear along. Most interesting, however, is Esther's speed. She gets 12 AP per battle round. This is enough to run away a little and cast two powerful spells; run, use two items, and cast a spell; or use four items. If she's hasted, it's really nasty. 18AP, enough to cast three spells on top of an item or some running, or, of course, use 6 items. I also noticed that 18 AP is enough to run between 1/3 and 1/2 of the way across a zone.

My typical strategy: bless myself to the max stats when I enter a zone (140 essence). When I smell battle, I cast Mass Energize and Protection (160 energy, 23 essence), and then rush out and (if there's a crowd) cast Mass Madness (200 energy, 20 essence). This leaves me with two more attacks (and 750 spell energy) to weed out anything that might slow me down (a Glaahk, Rotghroth, Submission Turret). From here, I can burn down the remaining enemies with whatever they're weakest against (typically Essence Orbs). My healing magic, though powerful, is seldom necessary; usually, everything is dead by the third turn in battle (8 attacks).

Does anyone have a tougher Shaper? Can we beat that? Do I need to make a MMORPG that loads Geneforge data so we can find out for sure?

Unflappable Drayk · March 31, 2006

My Guardian:

He's equipped with:

Simbiotic Cloak
Quicksilver Bulkward
Lightning Girdle
Puresteel Soulblade
Gazerskin Sandals
Talisman of Might
Emerald Chestguard
Ornkskin Gloves
Infiltrator's Ring
Gazerskin Vambraces

And: (Matteo is lvl.42)

108% Armor
Resistances<ul type="square">
97% Fire
97% Cold
97% Energy
188% Stun
116% Mental
108% Poison
110% Acid

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[*]Health 402

[*]Essence 384

[*]Spell Energy 258

[*]Action Points ? (11 I think, 16 when Hasted)

[*]Skills

Base Skills<ul type="square">
16 Strength
14 Dexterity
12 Intelligence
13 Endurance

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[*]Combat Skills

14 Melee
5 Missile Weapons
16 Quick Action
20 Parry

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[*]Magic Skills

2 Battle Magic
1 Mental Magic
5 Blessing Magic
4 Spellcraft

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[*]Shaping Skills

7 Fire Shaping
7 Battle Shaping
7 Magic Shaping
16 Healing Craft

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[*]General Skills

13 Leadership
14 Mechanics
8 Luck

</li></ul></li></li></ul>Also, I have 180 LT .

Kyshakk Koan · March 31, 2006

Your stats are mildly superior, and your creations would be helpful. Unless I Charm them and cast Searer to poison the crap out of you, I'd have to rely on running away a lot. But isn't that a Guardian's weakness?

Unflappable Drayk · April 1, 2006

Quote:

Originally written by Nick Ringer:
Your stats are mildly superior, and your creations would be helpful. Unless I Charm them and cast Searer to poison the crap out of you, I'd have to rely on running away a lot. But isn't that a Guardian's weakness?

Maybe yes. But if I haste myself I can always attack missiles-based-creations or running-creation.

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