Caster Empath

[Aralin]

So I am new to GS4 and am interested in playing a caster empath. I don't want to just sit around in town and heal people for xp and my husband plays with me so we go out and hunt together often. I am trying to get an idea of what I should do with my stats, especially since I am still in the time period of when I can change them around.

These are my current skills/stats. Any advice would greatly be appreciated. I do use a runestaff currently.

Race: Dark Elf Profession: Empath

Strength (STR): 56 (3) ... 56 (3)
Constitution (CON): 44 (-8) ... 44 (-8)
Dexterity (DEX): 72 (21) ... 72 (21)
Agility (AGI): 54 (7) ... 54 (7)
Discipline (DIS): 82 (6) ... 82 (6)
Aura (AUR): 82 (26) ... 82 (26)
Logic (LOG): 82 (16) ... 82 (16)
Intuition (INT): 54 (7) ... 54 (7)
Wisdom (WIS): 89 (24) ... 89 (24)
Influence (INF): 74 (7) ... 74 (7)

Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 20 4
Physical Fitness...................| 45 9
Arcane Symbols.....................| 45 9
Magic Item Use.....................| 45 9
Spell Aiming.......................| 82 18
Harness Power......................| 82 18
Spirit Mana Control................| 45 9
Mental Lore - Manipulation.........| 45 9
Climbing...........................| 45 9
Swimming...........................| 45 9

Spell Lists
Major Spirit.......................| 5

Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 8

Spell Lists
Empath.............................| 9

[Lord Orbstar]

Are you wedded to the idea of a dark elf? I recommend open hand casting (shield and brawl when u get higher level), council of light and a race that has decent spirit regen. If you are able to reroll, you may consider it.

[WRoss]

Dark elf empath isn't bad, especially if you go GOS. With a little blessing lore you can pretty much have infinite mana. Anyways, you should decide whether you want to bolt or cast. Bolting is really hard as an empath early on. I'd suggest casting for the first year at least.

[Buckwheet]

Dark elf empath isn't bad, especially if you go GOS. With a little blessing lore you can pretty much have infinite mana. Anyways, you should decide whether you want to bolt or cast. Bolting is really hard as an empath early on. I'd suggest casting for the first year at least.

Pretty much this. I was having a blast with my dwarf empath with 13 spirit +3 regen using heavy padded double chain and CoL. Getting the padding for "free"and not having to use the enhansives by being in GoS would be even better.

I have debated many times in switching.

[WRoss]

Pretty much this. I was having a blast with my dwarf empath with 13 spirit +3 regen using heavy padded double chain and CoL. Getting the padding for "free"and not having to use the enhansives by being in GoS would be even better.

I have debated many times in switching.

I have Rogane in COL and at 12m exp now. I use a +22 runestaff and 4x doubles. That's all he needs to survive.

[Buckwheet]

I have Rogane in COL and at 12m exp now. I use a +22 runestaff and 4x doubles. That's all he needs to survive.

Yeah, thats 2m more xp than me, and I remember you went with less lores than I have for other reasons, and I think you might have had less mana.

It was important for me to keep 215/211 running for my entire group at all times. Also, Zealot forces my entire team to be perma offensive.

[WRoss]

Yeah, thats 2m more xp than me, and I remember you went with less lores than I have for other reasons, and I think you might have had less mana.

It was important for me to keep 215/211 running for my entire group at all times. Also, Zealot forces my entire team to be perma offensive.

Yeah, I was trained completely different when I had a group going. With my CS and mental lore, 1106 is pretty unstoppable, plus I have a little summoning for wither.

It's actually 11.1m exp, but this could give you the general idea of a casting empath. I was doing spell aiming, but decided to get enough transformation to drop all heal RT, then I'll go back to spell aiming.

Rogane (at level 100), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 130 35
Combat Maneuvers...................| 178 78
Physical Fitness...................| 308 208
Arcane Symbols.....................| 201 101
Magic Item Use.....................| 201 101
Spell Aiming.......................| 141 41
Harness Power......................| 201 101
Mental Mana Control................| 201 101
Spirit Mana Control................| 201 101
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 120 30
Mental Lore - Transformation.......| 105 25
Perception.........................| 201 101
Climbing...........................| 149 49
Swimming...........................| 150 50
First Aid..........................| 201 101

Spell Lists
Major Spirit.......................| 67

Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 67

Spell Lists
Empath.............................| 169

[Jace Solo]

I'm a warpath with a maul after Rogane's previous build.
Went dwarf and GoS and I'm loving it. Only 42 trains but I can wait for 65 blessing. It's coming!

[Lord Orbstar]

How do you down.war griffins without web bolt? I web bolt then firespirit them and bone shatter till dead...or wither if i want to see the nice messaging to break it up. i had trans lore and dropped it down some for spell aim.

[WRoss]

118 has a -25 TD when cast as a spell. I used that to full advantage when I was only 202 spells.

[Nilandia]

I'll add my own caster empath build to the mix, as a sylvan Sunfist master. I'm just recently capped, and I'm working on my telepathy lore to try to get the master telepath title. I believe I'll be picking up a few ranks of MOC after that, and then maybe some more spells. My training stops at multiples of 100, mostly because I like even numbers.

I really like where I am at the moment. I have the CS to take down pretty much anything, but also the spell aim and summoning to keep my options open. Focusing solely on CS and bone shatter is a bit too boring for me, so I enjoy experimenting with spells and finding what works best.

Nilandia (at level 100), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 40 8
Physical Fitness...................| 300 200
Arcane Symbols.....................| 200 100
Magic Item Use.....................| 200 100
Spell Aiming.......................| 300 200
Harness Power......................| 300 200
Elemental Mana Control.............| 102 24
Mental Mana Control................| 200 100
Spirit Mana Control................| 200 100
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 200 100
Mental Lore - Telepathy............| 153 53
Mental Lore - Transformation.......| 163 63
Perception.........................| 120 30
Climbing...........................| 120 30
Swimming...........................| 150 50
First Aid..........................| 300 200

Spell Lists
Major Spirit.......................| 50

Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 45

Spell Lists
Empath.............................| 121

Gretchen

[WRoss]

Nice build. I'm strongly considering going GOS at fixskill and switching my lore back to blessing. Who knows, maybe I'll go THW again.