Re: water mages

["Sean L. McLane" <zodo@laf.cioe.com>]

> From kcollins@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu Tue Oct 26 14:59:02 1999
> Subject: water mages
>
> I have never seen a water mage that is threatening in combat.  They aren't 
> combat effective in melee, and most of their offensive spells are fairly
> harmless (short range, low RC, whatever).  I am not saying that all water
> mages are useless in combat, they should just know their limitations.
> I know that Mindra is high rating (above rate 30 is high), but a warrior or
> marine of 1/4 her rating would walk all over her.
> Seeing Mindra try to fight Mogradin would be amusing.
>
> Kevin
>

That's because you are considering the way a water mage would be in a 
one-on-one hand to hand combat. In that type of fight, yes, a water
mage is going to get a good butt-kicking. They are better suited for 
second rank support in combat, and with finesses the charm spells are
very handy when used on multiple targets. Then you should consider spell 
combinations, like Frostfeet and Hail. 

No, water mages can't deal out big piles of instantaneous damage like
Air and Fire mages, but if one puts a little intelligent thought into 
the way one goes into combat, they can be quite effective.

And if they were completely worthless, they wouldn't be so popular for
their Mutate and Transmogrify spells, which are almost always used to
alter other Characters to make them moer effective in combat.

In fact, isn't Mogradin mutated a few times?

Hmmm

-Sean