u/ZappableGiraffe

I'm currently 6 fighter 5 mage, just made it to the trash warrens. I want to play as Mage through most of the game, and make it to level 20 Mage before end-game, but with *just enough* extra hit points and thaco that when I'm out of spells I still function decently in combat. I don't mind if Morte and Vhailor outperform me in combat, but being useless in melee isn't fun for me. What level Fighter should I stop at to reach this goal?

Fight is in an enclosed 10 sq ft ring and when time is up the animal can no longer harm you.

Edit: If you survive the time limit, you are healed of your injuries and guaranteed to live.

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I'm playing BG1 through TOB and I'm currently specialized in Axes and Hammers, and planned to reach High Mastery in both as I progressed. The advantages of hammers like bludgeoning damage being less often resisted and having more powerful late game options are excellent, but I'm wondering if axes are worth it or if I should save the pips. Are there any axes good enough to warrant the expense?

Ork rok lands in Kansas City (looks near center of Coninental US) and starts wreaking havoc. The WAAAAAGH!!! is a ratio of 1 Nob to every 9 Boyz. None of them are wearing Mega Armor, and they are equipped with Shootas, Big Shootas, Choppas, Sluggas, Burnas, and only Nobz have Power Klaws. They start with a few squads of bikers and two dozen Killa Kans, but all other vehicles must be looted or made from scrap by meks.

The US Military is prioritizing civilian life as much as possible, not bombarding cities that have not been evacuated. Can they kill all the Orks before the country is overrun? The Orks can populate with spores, but once fully defeated will not come back.

CLARIFICATION: The orks have meks! They will make the vehicles they don't have. I didn't intend to set the Orks up for failure by giving them no anti-air or planes, I intended to handicap them by not starting with a full complement of planes and artillery, so they weren't an unstoppable force from the get go. The U.S.A. would obviously stand no chance at that point.

Edit: Clarified spore rules