Posted by SB on May 27, 2000 at 21:05:36:
In Reply to: Never ran a A-P before and was wondering if all could give me advice... posted by Ap looking to be on May 27, 2000 at 18:03:21:
> Mainly was wondering about race to be. Drow looks nice but unsure how exp would effect him, Human can't see in dark, Duergar good but stupid, fire to slow and stupid, Half-elf looks best but I'm worried about that damn Iron penalty (posted earlier and was told most evil weapons are iron). All advice is welcome.
-From best to worst IMHO;
Fire giants: resist weapons, resist fire, high str&con, (easily the best)
Duergar: see hidden(=bane of all theives everywhere), decent stats, only have to watch out for wrathing(ouch)
Human: decent all around stats, no vul, low total exp penalty
halfelf and drow: these two tie, the main reason being that halfelves inabitity to use iron is a MAJOR drawback, and drows low con, mithril vul, and supposed not many more mana points over the other AP races makes them not that useful.
Not considered: Arial and felar I have not heard much information on as well as I have not played them yet. I would guess them to be slightly better than drows and halfelves but not as good as humans.