Shattered Kingdoms

Oh, well I wouldn't really know about these since I haven't played since the enchant overhaul. Not being allowed to flee out is a serious handicap, though.

Most of the faiths actually have in-game writings that say "as long as you're coming back after a quick regroup/heal/energizer, and aren't leaving allies to die, it's fine to flee." It's just not fine to flee with no intention of returning.

Yes, paladins are amazing.. Rhakeesh, however, sucked due to incompetence on my part during creation. That coupled with a complete inability to revise your stats once made.. don't bother mentioning mentor points. Rhakeesh needed 19 charisma, 8 dex, and 4 str, 1 int, and 1 wis at all times to have max stats. (pretty sure that's roughly accurate).

I rolled him gimpy enough that he couldn't use haste properly as he always had 4 enhancement bonus to dex in order to sit at 16.

I really did just about everything I could wrong when I created, but then kept him around to RP with.. Unfortunately, eventually the fact that the character you've created is utterly atrocious at pvp wins out, and you delete.. what finally tipped me over the edge was that rhakeesh simply didn't have enough slots to make up for his stat deficiencies... throw in weakness or a few chill touches and he'd drop his blade immediately. By the time his stats were modded enough that he could survive melee combat somewhat, I'd been forced to drop all his resist mods, willpower/fort/etc.

What do you do, live and learn.. don't max art and mana on a character who'll be expected to tank.

BOOO

Shame. Rhakeesh was one of the best paladins I've seen. His bad build may have made him even better since you knew that he was going to his death on most encounters. That takes balls and solid RP to pull off.

I only met him a couple of times, I liked the character well played in my opininong, and honestly to me seemed like a beast in battle in the Coliseum battles.

Too bad as there seems to be a recent influx of lighties.

I really only had one meaningful interaction with Rhakeesh, when they first met, but that interaction significantly affected Tavia's mindset regarding lighties and the Hammer (in a positive way). I always enjoy when other characters cause mine to change or grow, and that is exactly what Rhakeesh did. It was nice to just sit and talk with someone, especially then. Tavia had a lot of respect for Rhakeesh because of that. So, thanks, and good luck.

Or any kind of lightie.