I have made a hybrid character
110 swordsmanship
110 meditation
110 necromancy
100 bushido
100 resisting spells
100 spiritspeak
90 poisoning
720 total, if you can have only 700 then lose 10 poisoning and 10 spiritspeak
80str, 80dex, 80int
Elf char = +20 mana = 100 mana
Necromancy -> Vampiric embrace
means poison immunity up to lvl4 and the equivalent of 80 focus
additionally you have life steal (which is not really worth it because of the lack of anatomy/tactics)
Fighting tactics :
- start with blood oath
blood oath means people take the same damage they deliver to you, but it's both damage compared to resists (so 100 physical damage may to 60 damage to you if you have 40 physical resist but 30 damage to the attacker if he has 70 physical resist, still every bit counts).
- follow up with corpse skin
this lowers poison resist by up to 20 points, allowing your poison hits and spells to do 20% more damage, works like a charm with poison strike!
- strangle/bleed/poison all disrupt spellcasting and healing and if you use shuriken then both strangle and poison can be inflicted from a distance
- mindrot effectively increases the mana cost of special moves and spells of your opponent, depending on his ability to resist spells
Damage over time attacks mean you can pull out to heal as you cannot be interrupted while doing this (this is your weakness). A well-timed combo of Confidence + Spiritspeak can heal up to 65 damage in less than 4 seconds, but you must stay clear of your enemy while doing this.
The problem with this template though is that you have tonnes and tonnes of macros. You need to memorize them and be able to activate the right macro at the right time, needless to say this requires quite some concentration when fighting. When you do maximize your macros though then this template is unbeatable in one vs one combat. Ecspecially mages are made short work of easily!
Another problem is that as soon as you have more than one attacker or you are in a group fight, you are screwed. Seeing as you cannot cross-heal and must have some distance between you and your opponent in order to succesfully heal, the strength of this template is really in one vs one battles and tournaments.
Having tested this template, I can say it's immensely powerful, but unless you use clever tactics, it's a bugger to play with. Also, invisibility potions are your best friend!!
So to answer your question : Reality, albeit a bit warped
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