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From: mr-frog@sdcsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Druid spells
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Date: Sun, 8-Apr-84 01:09:02 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr  8 01:09:02 1984
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I know exactly how you feel.  On the average, a Magic User is more
versatile and much more powerful.  Unfortunately, I like playing
mages much more than I do druids, so I haven't gotten around to having
my single druid research any exciting spells.  Now, if you want exciting
(and actually useful) mage spells, I can give you lots of them.

In my opinion, druidical spells are just too specialized - if they're
caught out of a forest-type environment (i.e. underground or city)
they're next to useless.  Everything they can do, other classes do
so much better.  Clerics heal better, mages blow people up better,
and fighters fight better.  Sure, you can state isolated specific
instances where druids are handy -- "the giant-sized motile venus flytrap
is rustling it's leaves hungrily in your direction...what are you doing?",
but generally speaking, in the "average adventure situation" I've
found that the things druids can do are done better by some other
class.

Dave Pare
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