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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmu1" data-source="post: 2554450" data-attributes="member: 319">I was actually rather unhappy with that aspect of Ratchis' personality (which I knew about from reading some of the story hour) when I entered the game, since it made playing a Bard impossible as far as I was concerned, and it was one of my top character ideas. (What's the point of playing one if one of your party members will get furious with and refuse to associate with you for using mental compulsion of any kind?)Kazrack and Ratchis are definitely the two most powerful characters - they're both warriors with 18 Str who also happen to be able to cast Bull's Strength on themselves in a world where stat-boosting items are extremely rare, they can heal, and they have darkvision. (Kazrack is ahead numerically in everything but skills, though - most notably in terms of AC and hitpoints, IIRC) I have to admit I'm probably unnecessarily competitive when it comes to this game, but at times I felt like my character was a sidekick - not quite as far behind as Dorn, but... Though what really hurt was that Gunthar, too, was both higher level and had higher stats - bullies and thugs are easier to put up with if you're not weaker than they are...</blockquote>