fun char thats not too item dependentFollow

If you want a newbie server go to Morden Rasp.

That's the youngest server there currently is.

A fun class that is not too item dependent? Hmmm, depends on what you consider fun :-) Druid would probably be a good bet - the class you pick is really determined on how you want to play.

Over and out,
Naero

Edited, Thu Apr 22 15:29:54 2004 by naero

Also good is beastlord. Even if you die and need to CR it's easily possible to just pet cleric. Items are the icing on the beastlord cake - at least if you don't want to melee with your pet :)

I have to agree with Monk. It's not because of the weight restrictions, though. Monks bare handed are very effective. They get good skills and special abilities and don't need 255 in all stats to work well.

You are restricted to 2 races though. Don't know if that matters to you or not.

If you are low on funds, I, personally, would stay away from casting classes like Beastlord and Druid. Gear + Spells = not a lot of plat. :)

Can't offer an opinion on servers since I have only been exposed to one.

Beastlord spells are pretty cheap compared to pure casters. Even the spells in the high 50's that can be bought in PoK are almost never more than 10 pp. And we have very few spells that can't be bought somewhere; until the PoP spells, the only ones I can think of off the top of my head are Spirit of Snow and Spirit of Flame, both very rare Luclin drops that sell for a few thousand plat each in the bazaar when they are actually there. They're great spells, but many Beastlords go without them because of their rarity/price.

Game on,

The Oneiromancer

the only class that fits that bill is a bard.

all a good played bard needs is a good drum, wind instroment, string, and brass item.

give them an ok sword, some semi ok armor and tad amount of INT and CHA you are set.

heck a bard with a nice drum(walrus, MM, TDoK (very pricy, but way hella nice drum for a bard) tanborine(sp?) quest item, etc), store brass, wind, string instroment with nothing more then banded armor (bronze even if you want the extra weight) 1hs and 1hb weapon would be set until mid 50s as long as his int was 120ish (higher = better) and cha is over 100.

heck with less then 2k you could get all of that equipment and set them up in full lambent. old old school armor, but hey better then banded, and does not cost a lot of coin. most of that 2k will go to your drum.

[edit to add] all casters are dependent extreemly heavy on INT/WIS gear. without thier primary casting stat over 200 they are mega gimped, then you also take away all their mana+ gear and you are talking between 60-80% of their total mana pool is gone.

i know with crud for gear on my 60th nec i would lose 60-70% of my mana by going from FM nekkid (CR) to full gear and be sitting at 30-40% mana. that is mega gear dependent. any pure caster will go OOM without their gear in a normal fight in the 40+ level range. and most will go OOM in their 30s without gear.

as for monk. without all that STA and HP+ gear, not to mention AGI gear they are dead meat.



Edited, Thu Apr 22 21:11:00 2004 by Singdall

I have to support Jiggydjay on this one... Bards! A good portion of most casters' mana (and regen at higher levels) comes from their equipment. The vast majority of bard songs don't even use any mana. That can be a big advantage. But beyond that, when you're talking long term, all a bard really needs is a decent drum. Not even a great or even a very good drum, just a decent one.