Shattered Kingdoms

If you want to rant about a race that is so awesome and yet so much complete crap due to changes in code, its sprites, not dwarves. If you don't agree with me, your stupid.

They need one more point of STR.

(note: this comes from an avid sprite lover)

Having played two GM sprites (shama, necromancer)...I don't really need think they need much help except perhapse in the case of swashes.

Sprites are pretty good. There was a whole ton of them and I see more of them than I do dwarves.

The sprite population has always been high. They're often played by the portion of the player population that isn't serious about PK and leveling, so that may not be a good reference for balance.

I've heard plenty of people praise the defensiveness of the sprite swash. Also a sprite shaman could tank an outer guardian indefinately, sprite necros, sorc, warlocks seem to be pretty decent in my book. Magic resistant race = voodoo protection. Sounds good to me.

The only problematic sprite class is swashbuckler. 22 int 20 wis is good enough for casters. 16 strength and 25 dexterity and 20 charisma sucks. Most races can get really close to 25 dex(except centaurs) with an easily obtained spell(haste). Sprites with giant strength get what, 20 str? Wow, that still sucks. And 20 charisma? Come on, sprites are like the cutest race in SK.

Honestly, in my mind, the only reason to play a sprite over anything else is because the rp is fun.

The only good sprite swashies I've seen were all in a certain Cabal.

And Salandarin's comment is pretty true. Most of the PKers tend to avoid sprites.

Sprites and Centaurs both make crappy fighters.

I would take a centaur over a dwarf.

and to edit, there was a pretty good sprite swash in the hammer once also I heard about a few years back.

May I ask why a centaur makes a crappy fighter? I would think it would be a race suited to a warrior class in a high-fantasy setting.

16 dex. lowest natural max in SK. bash, trip, dirt, combat all relies on dex heavily. No leg armor - aim lower = win. Fire weakness - all priests, paladins, hellions, shamans, warlocks get fire spells. Also weak to energy - sorcs, not sure if negative energy spells also count or not. But divine wrath destroys them.

Basicly they have some nice resistances - cold, acid, fur hide.

But everyone and their mother can still target your weaknesses with ease.


Edit -
Let's compare the fighter races.
Giants - 24 con, 25 str, 18 dex, size giant
Cents - 23 con, 23 str, 16 dex, size large

Giants have a centaur beat in each category.
Other races they compare a little better againts, but not much.