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Character Build: The Paralytic Mage

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  • April 30, 2016

    Ah I appreciate it Rogue, I'm glad you enjoyed the build. 

  • April 30, 2016

    As Golden did say, it is going to be a drawn out battle 80% of the time, running around the enemy dishing out prolonged damage with the Cloaks. I do know that this build could be much more powerful, I could add in Walls for instance, not to mention Jzargo's Cloak which could both massively boost damage.

    But yeah I feel like being able to deal 10000+ damage per Paralyze would be a bit boring, and this build currently is lying just on the edge of OP as all shit. Paralyze itself makes nearly any other build OP, but here it's powerful but it still has weaknesses.

    I tend to aim for balance over pure power, but I do get where your coming from here. 

  • April 30, 2016

    I actually like that you opted to not increase the power Dragonborn. I personally like battles that are a bit more drawn out, where the character really has to keep their wits about them to survive.  None of my builds will ever feature that much math and percentages. I just can't think that way and really admire builders that do. 

    I liked this build. Very interesting concepts. I will be using the Hearth fire homes for two of my future builds as well. One as an alchemist. 

    I am also liking how you added a grinding level in your build. This helps people like me a lot who are not grinders. A low-med level grind is okay. 

    A question, what level did you do Snapleg?

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    April 30, 2016

    Very interesting, not much my style of play, but still, really interesting. Just one thing: I believe the Ebony Mail poison cloak kicks in both when in combat and when sneaking, so I believe you don't need to crouch to get the effect going in battle.

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    April 30, 2016

    Looks good but some of the artwork has been used in other builds. Namely the Nethermancer and The Viridian Witch I believe,.

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    April 30, 2016

    Love it Deebs, very clever. Passive damage and tanking for days! 

  • April 30, 2016

    You sure about that?

  • May 1, 2016

    Ah, the sooner the better really Liss, I can't remember the exact level, but you could probably nick the staff from as low as level 1 or 2 (I think I went at around 4/5). 

    The Grinding Level was just something I decided to add at the end of everything, I was adding the Level and difficult and I thought, oh hey some people hate grinding...Better give them an indication of how much of it I'll need. I'd say that you might need to grind Alteration, but considering how easy that is at any level and I didn't think it would be a real hassle.

    Anyway glad you enjoyed the build, thanks for the like and comment as well. 

  • May 1, 2016

    I wouldn't be surprised, I didn't scroll too far into my searches, and finding mages that aren't actively fighting or casting direct spells can be a bit of a pain. Even these guys were a bit hit and miss.

    I like to think of mine as semi-unique at least, I did alter them in ways that I doubt others would (well not exactly the same anyway). I'm not really worried about it all tbh, I can think of a good half dozen pictures that have been used dozens of times, and I don't think people will really look at the art and think I stole it or anything.

    Anyway, thanks for the comment and like Manik, it's definitely appreciated

  • May 1, 2016

    Thanks Phil 

    To be fair, he isn't the Tankiest character around, if for whatever reason you miss a block (Or need to block) you'll fall pretty quickly on the higher difficulties.