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<blockquote data-quote="Mal Malenkirk" data-source="post: 4641174" data-attributes="member: 834"><p>A few monsters concede only a 2 points advantage between their AC and lowest defense. Heck, the Beholder is a rarity; his AC is his lowest defense! He continues his tradition of being a spellcaster's nightmare. </p><p></p><p>But the average monster concede <em>at least</em> 3 points between his AC and lowest defense.</p><p></p><p>Random check; </p><p></p><p>Fire Giant ; reflex and will is 6 point lower than AC</p><p>Phantom Warrior ; reflex is -3</p><p>Ghoul ; Will is -4</p><p>Ettin ; reflex is -10 (!)</p><p></p><p>That's just flipping page randomly. Some classics;</p><p></p><p>Most dragons only concede -2 to -4 but the black dragons have very bad will. The Ancient black concede -12 on his will!</p><p></p><p>Good old Pit fiend concede -6 on reflex while the Balor only concedes -3.</p><p></p><p>Fan's favorite the Death Knight, concede 9 points on reflex and 8 on will.</p><p></p><p>I could go on but you get the idea. It might take some testing (or monster knowledge check), but attacking non AC defense can translate to a lot more than -2. Hence the importance of trying to vary which defense your spells target.</p><p></p><p>A cunning warlock won't miss nearly as often as a ranger if he keeps hammering on the achilles heel of every monster he meets. </p><p></p><p>---</p><p></p><p>One of the reason I prefer warlock to archer are the better effects, right from level 1. Tagging a tough monster with -4 to hit with witchfire is just great and well worth doing less damage. And diabolic grasp can be used to toss a monster in the area zone of the wizard in a nice arcane tag team. Diabolic Grasp + burning hand = More damage than a ranger alone of level 1 can do.</p><p></p><p>I feel the warlock synergize better with other PCs. And the melee rangers helps the team mroe by relieving the defender a bit and improving their marking powers. The archer ranger on the other hand... Meh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mal Malenkirk, post: 4641174, member: 834"] A few monsters concede only a 2 points advantage between their AC and lowest defense. Heck, the Beholder is a rarity; his AC is his lowest defense! He continues his tradition of being a spellcaster's nightmare. But the average monster concede [I]at least[/I] 3 points between his AC and lowest defense. Random check; Fire Giant ; reflex and will is 6 point lower than AC Phantom Warrior ; reflex is -3 Ghoul ; Will is -4 Ettin ; reflex is -10 (!) That's just flipping page randomly. Some classics; Most dragons only concede -2 to -4 but the black dragons have very bad will. The Ancient black concede -12 on his will! Good old Pit fiend concede -6 on reflex while the Balor only concedes -3. Fan's favorite the Death Knight, concede 9 points on reflex and 8 on will. I could go on but you get the idea. It might take some testing (or monster knowledge check), but attacking non AC defense can translate to a lot more than -2. Hence the importance of trying to vary which defense your spells target. A cunning warlock won't miss nearly as often as a ranger if he keeps hammering on the achilles heel of every monster he meets. --- One of the reason I prefer warlock to archer are the better effects, right from level 1. Tagging a tough monster with -4 to hit with witchfire is just great and well worth doing less damage. And diabolic grasp can be used to toss a monster in the area zone of the wizard in a nice arcane tag team. Diabolic Grasp + burning hand = More damage than a ranger alone of level 1 can do. I feel the warlock synergize better with other PCs. And the melee rangers helps the team mroe by relieving the defender a bit and improving their marking powers. The archer ranger on the other hand... Meh. [/QUOTE]
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