I disliked I couldn’t have a NPC that had magic missile…all the characters are excluded from it or have power sets not optimized for it. I restarted my game which I plan to continue once I finish off ATOM’s last battle and bought myself a custom made NPC (for 2000 that scales up fast so buy early if you want one) that specialized in Evocation for pure damage output making magic missile and fireballs even more deadly.
I’ll miss some npc stories keeping her in my party, but the sheer power output is hard for me to let go.
I also have a Paladin btw. I played with a sword and shield last time, but I’m trying two handed this time because my party wasn’t putting out as much damage as I wanted…
New player Advise… focus on abilities that improve your THAC0, as the game is cruel in making enemies have massive ACs