Talk:Garrick/@comment-190.140.157.210-20180829065958

In defense of Garrick, at least on EE. Garrick nicely rounds out a party that uses one of the specialist mages available early in the game (Xzar, Xan, Edwin, or Dynaheir). As these mages can't even use scrolls of the opposition school.

The game also drops a ton of powerful wizard-only consumables throughout, often more than one wizard can burn through effectively, especially early on.

Three pieces of gear available early are strong on Garrick: Army Scythe crossbow, Mail of the Dead chainmail, and to a lesser extent, the +2 short sword. Those first two items aren't particularly useful on any other early NPCs.