SK Race question + item help (have never played a tank)

[Danth]

Those three races are pretty close for the shadow knight. Between them, appearance is probably the most important deciding factor.

--Erudite has glitchy-looking Velious helmets. It has the highest intelligence. Remember to put five points into agility so as to bring it to 75. Worst effective starting strength makes them more of a hassle to start with if wearing mediocre equipment.

--Human has the highest starting strength of the three, which can be a factor if you don't have good equipment, especially since your cleric partner cannot meaningfully buff it and his class usually has STR issues of its own. This advantage wanes over time as equipment improves and human has no particular advantage at higher levels.

--Dark elves start with excellent night vision; the class gets a vision spell anyway at level 22 but it's a great bonus for starting out. Easy access to reaper of the dead quest is a plus. Different faction alignments than the other two, able to use the ogre and troll cities to some extent but worse with most of the others.


Danth