Humans get two bonus feats and mantis attack at a rate that is unachievable by any other race. Maybe other races have hidden benefits, but I can't see myself using a centaur for his pitiful damage bonus during a charge or an half-salamander for 1d6 fire damage.
Are those search checks worth it? I'm playing with an human wizard and I don't really know what I am missing out on.
The difficult is 22. your int needs to be 22 or higher. Elves get +2 bonus so 20 is enough.
In the first map you'll get 200 gold coins, a +1 holy short sword and 200XP for each check.
I just started playing but low level Druid is amazing. He can cast animal Summon as move action and Quicksand as standard in the same round. And with his Nature checks already gave surprise round twice on the first map.
Entangle, Summon Wolf, Summon Crocodile and Quicksand are amazing. He can also cast some protection spells as a move action and that comes in handy sometimes.
Don't forget Longstrider spell for a permanent +10 to speed.
Seeing how you rage for this , i highly recomend you to keep going on, there's wonders to be seen . Wonders only a few chosen codexers were allowed to behold.
Maybe it's my inner masochist talking, but I don't have any problem with the "pay to level up" mechanic. It forces you to think twice about spending money on merchants' stuff and everything that forces me to make a decision is a welcomed addition.
If don't fight the rat people they give you a magic item you can sell right back to them to afford leveling all your guys to 3. Their leader guy is a merchant.
Well, there's more to the game than chapter 1.
The level 10 minotaur mage is what convinced me Pierre, despite obviously giving a lot of thought to his twist on 3E stuff, nonetheless had no idea what he was doing.
