TheX wrote:
I was wondering. The benefit of some smaller races is a high dexterity. With certain bonuses larger races can match or exceed those levels of dexterity negating the bonus of having high natural dexterity. I just wondered if the offset of damage is balanced out by damage avoidance like in certain systems, smaller races being harder to hit while getting smaller damage dice. I suppose the only way to learn fully will be to play with it a while.
if ur trying to be a melee dps with a sprite, gnome, or halfling u r doing it wrong. the only viable builds for those races is tank, but even that is questionable.
people should stick to what works and avoid snowflake and token builds. if u want to play melee on sk u r safe going human and maybe giant (if u know what ur doing). in fact, consider this ur christmas cuz i am going to post a list of viable class/race combos for all the perman00bs out there (not including anything that requires a specific cabal build):
merc - human or giant. spec in bow, massive polearm, or an accurate one-handed wepaon for when u tank w/ shield (pick two of the three and join factions accordingly)
swashbuckler - don't even waste ur time. u will fail more than a throwing axe spec'd merc.
barbarian - giant, human both work if u go MR build. if ur not going MR - make a merc, they r better
priest - halfling, sprite, deep-elf, gnome, elf (u need a race with high int basically - then build around negating any of ur racial weakness if u have any)
paladin - human and elf don't be that guy that goes half-elf or snowflakes giant, centaur or dwarf. just don't do it.
hellion - human, deep-elf, half-elf - giant snowflake actually works for this class, but u will still be avg
shaman - human, gnome, halfling, sprite are all decent
bard - halfling, elf and sprite
rogue - lulz plz do not make a rogue cuz u will be terrible. u will not be orsiphantes and u will fail. if you insist on making one anyway human and half-elf both work and so do snowflake minotaur and giant.
scout - human, giant but ur better off as a merc unless u don't plan to join a tribunal
sorcerer - deep-elf and human. certain factions sprite and gnome can also work.
warlock - why r u punishing urself? play a sorc, kid
necro - see above