Rogue race and stats

[Kirdan]

Gnome is probably the best performing choice long term if you will have access to Robe of the Azure Sky. The resists are so much better than any other option for rogue, and far more important than any amount of AC. Being shrunk at all times is a significant advantage that is often overlooked. Sometimes you need to camp out and coming back unshrunk gets you killed, sometimes you can't break sneak/hide to cast a shrink, and having wallvision at all times is amazing. It remains an advantage to be a gnome vs just having a gnome mask for those lucky few.

That said, it's a long term choice and not the right choice for most people, really. I think most people would be happiest with halfling because their stats are fine and the xp bonus has a greater impact on the journey 1-60 than anything else.

[sajbert]

Stats: Dwarf, due to high sta and good MR and dex. Barb has higher str + sta but only marginally more sta and str gets capped out on both eventually without putting points into str. Also small race and barrel roll.

Slam: Barbarian. Also has good stats. Keep in mind slam is on same timer as backstab and thus rarely get used. Large race and sometimes has issues fitting in tight places without illusion. Has a small XP penalty.

Wallhack: Gnome. Gets tinkering. Weakest stats.

Vision: Every race can get DE mask easily. Only humans really struggle without it.

XP bonus: Halfling. Largely a wash in groups anyway but perhaps when compared to barb could be of some significance.

As such I think there are only 3 minmax choices. Dwarf, barb, gnome and in that order roughly.

[Samoht]

Originally Posted by Kirdan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Being shrunk at all times is a significant advantage that is often overlooked.

You also cannot walk over the steps in Kael, so being small has disadvantages, too. You could over come the smallness with masks, but you could also pick a better race and use the halfling mask from Chardok when you want to be small.