Cleric - which race?

[beentheredonethat]

Hi guys,

Long ago on live I used to play a cleric. It's been a while now of course and just wanted to play one again. Tried a necro here, but everything I do makes me want to play a cleric instead.

What race is a better choice, and how about leveling areas?

Thanks.

[druziil]

halfling gets exp bonus.

dwarves have high str. pick one of those. wis gear is easy to get.

[Kope]

Halflings = xp bonus...but as a clr you'll be leveling in groups pretty much.

Dwarves = best overall stats, highest str.

High Elves = people like elves + highest wis, lowest Str

Dark elves = petty?

Erudites Humans and gnomes - relativley unique.

[beentheredonethat]

Originally Posted by druziil [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

halfling gets exp bonus.

dwarves have high str. pick one of those. wis gear is easy to get.

realistically there will be no gear at least until lvl 12 or so... What about DE or HE?

[Dr4z3r]

Originally Posted by beentheredonethat [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

realistically there will be no gear at least until lvl 12 or so... What about DE or HE?

DE gets hide(+), is KoS is more places(-), and is blue.

[Samoht]

options:
halfling - sneak, hide, +exp modifier
darkelf - ultravision, hide, snare from regent of innoruuk necklace
highelf - infravision, highest wisdom, root from warden of tunare necklace
gnome - tinkering, brell necklaces
dwarf - booze from disciple of brell necklace, 10 str buff from initiate of brell
erudite
human

[DoucLangur]

For true roleplay, I'd go for dwarf cleric.

For usefulness:

Originally Posted by Samoht [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

darkelf - ultravision, hide, snare from regent of innoruuk necklace

I did enjoy that necklace *and* the hide on live a lot. OTOH I was boxing on live, with the necro and cleric, so it was convenient to hide the cleric while medding and the necro could kite his mobs all over the place without danger to the cleric.

But still - hide while medding is awesome to avoid getting jumped by live mobs/spawns. Also for AFKs. Incredibly useful skill imo. Especially since you can confirm success by considering non-indiff mobs. You could even use it to "invis" past roamers with a bit of skill [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Of course, that works for halfling clerics also, but they got furry feet! Yuck!

[Klyre]

Pick the race you are happy with. But yeah Halfling gets bonus and Hide. Dwarves with High strength? please, what does a cleric need for that? Dark elves also can hide and get a snare necklace, but are hated in lots of towns. Others like have higher Wisdom, not a game breaker but nice so you can worry about other stats instead.

But seriously play what your going to have fun with.

[Mardur]

Originally Posted by Klyre [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Dwarves with High strength? please, what does a cleric need for that?

The fact that clerics are the weakest of all plate wearing classes in the game. The first decent armor a cleric sees is usually bronze, and just a few pieces of that stuff will easily encumber a high elf. Being encumbered is at the least an inconvenience and at the worst will get you killed when trying to flee.

[Vohl]

One nice thing about Dark Elves is a high innate Hide skill. Having a 50/50 shot at an instant invis when a huge train shows up can be a nice convenience for you and your group.