Re: Need short weapon advice for a healer

<uli2003wien@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dear group,
>
> right now i am addicted to playing gnomish healers. The protection
> racket has become fairly easy for me and afterwards they can go and
> slash everything with their scalpel.
>
> Problems start when heading for the quest or going deep down into
the
> dungeons. Is a high enchanted scalpel the best weapon for them
(being
> rustproof) ? Should i rely on a crysknife ? unicorn horn ?
>
> Of course i know that the healer's artifact is a "Killer" but i need
> some intermediate solution before i can obtain this item.
>
> Regards
>
> Uli (whose healers died in the Castle or on the quest)


If I were you I'd go with the Unihorn, and _definately_ _not_ scalpel,
I also like the sound of the crysknife. But I'd mainly fling daggers
if I were you.
Below is a (spoily) table of weapon damage for a few weapons that look
nice.

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SPOILER
(+hit,Small Damage, Small average damage, Large Damage, Large average,
skill ability).
elven dagger : +2 d5 3.0 d3 2.0 (s)

scalpel : +2 d3 2.0 d3 2.0(e)

crysknife : +3 d10 5.5 d10 5.5(e)

elven short sword : d8 4.5 d8 4.5 (s)

unicorn horn : +1 d12 6.5 d12 6.5 (e)


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