playing a female warrior right now and i've been reloading and saving whenever i get along to killing a tough character (to get the best loot...) and i got myself a minor dilemma... after killing the first skeleton summoner (damn hard without using any projectile weapons, potions or long distance spells - although i did use that physical shield spell) a bunch of times i've ended up with a variety of loot, the best of which being #1. a metal buckler with 9 durability, ac 80, 30% chance of absorbing hit with +14 to magic and +1 to hearing (requires 20 strength) and #2. a composite bow that has 23 durability that does 6-67 damage and features +1 to agility and +2 to offense (requires 25 agility)
actually i have a third option i'm considering, a small bow that does 9-32 damage with 26 durability that features +2 to agility and +2 to offense (and only requires 15 agility)... but if i were to go with one of the bows, i think the composite bow would make a better choice (kills "crossbow" skeletons in 1-2 hits vs 3 hits with the small bow)
currently those extra 14 points of magic would be really helpful (one extra summon of that shield plus 4 repairs <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> ) but so would having a nice, powerful bow...
help me decide which i should choose! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
PS: currently also have a (crapola) crossbow that fires slowly and isn't nearly powerful enough to compensate for it's slow reload time... so i'm not entirely without projectle weapons but the ones i have seem pretty much worthless (also have 2 EXTREMELY weak bows... totally useless...)...
