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[jeffindenver]

I found Shale to be worthless (aside from amusing dialogue). Armor class of 4 and dead in seconds.

[HoLyEmperor]

Averna Bagenholt wrote...
This could turn into a very nice philosophical debate on the nature of our 'soul' and how we define masculinity and such.

Except that it's been covered thoroughly by a couple generations of queer theorists.  The best laypeople like me (and probably you) could do would be to formulate poor restatements of ideas that were fully fleshed out three decades ago. 

jeffindenver wrote...

I found Shale to be worthless (aside from amusing dialogue). Armor class of 4 and dead in seconds.

I've used Shale to tank all of a Nightmare playthrough (getting her immediately after Lothering).  If your Armor is 4, you might not be in tank mode.

Shale seemed to work best by cranking the Dex as high as possible (starts with adequate Str and Con).

Modifié par HoLyEmperor, 26 novembre 2009 - 01:56 .

[Faerell Gustani]

Start with Shale in Rock Throwing mode. Chuck rocks at incoming enemies. Use the Petrify attack while they're still trying to get up. Switch to Pulverizing Blows. Use Quake. If anything is still alive, pick them off, they've got to be at low health.

That's how I used Shale. It got to be a bit boring after awhile cause the rest of my party was superfluous for any non-elite fight. People complain about mages being overpowered should really look at how Shale functions.

She's a tank (if you don't do the Dex hotfix, I stupidly did and Shale is rather weak in my version of the game), who has AoE attacks/stuns that only mages have.  So despite her crappy defense due to the hotfix, I still pwned face with her.

Modifié par Faerell Gustani, 26 novembre 2009 - 02:06 .

[HoLyEmperor]

Faerell Gustani wrote...
She's a tank (if you don't do the Dex hotfix, I stupidly did and Shale is rather weak in my version of the game), who has AoE attacks/stuns that only mages have.  So despite her crappy defense due to the hotfix, I still pwned face with her.

Huh, didn't know the dex hotfix affected defense. 

[HoLyEmperor]

Averna Bagenholt wrote...


Does any of that enlighten thoughs who don't frequent books relating to such topics? If no one talks about it then nothing fresh would ever come to the table and through debate you truely experience it. Also, you say 'fully fleshed' out as though the whole thing has been said and with nothing more to add. Far from it ^^b

Correct, except I'm at a loss to add anything other than:

Shale is female because she was born that way.
Shale is female because she acts that way.
Shale is female because she (eventually) sees herself that way.

I think I covered all the bases.  No?

[spy4675]

What attribute levels does Shale need for each better level of crystal?

I have read that DEX makes Shale a uber tank, but Shale needs STR and CON for crystals I have got so far.

Thanks

[kevinwastaken]

Shale has some funny dialogue, but I don't really like using him. He's kind of puny for a golem, and plus he makes loud stomping sounds. I get that he's a heavy pile of stone, but I just don't see the need to have my subwoofer bassing out the whole time he's tagging along.



Also, he should get to use a weapon. His crystal studded fists are lame.