Talk:Fighter/@comment-81.104.204.181-20180303204027

I am considering (as part of a wider theme) doing a Human Fighter->mage. Now, I *know* that the standard option here is to do a Kensai-> mage as of course the Kensai is a fighter who doesn't wear armour. However the Fighter-> Mage option is still there. Now from a pure EXP path, it would be best to do the switch at level 9, as that will only cost a single Mage level if you go all the way to the maximum cap. But from a gameplay point of view, that would already be well into BGII. In which case it would appear best to switch to a mage almost immediately. If you are never going to use the fighter abilities, switching immediately would make sense. This of course begs the question "why even bother being a fighter to begin with?" well with a CON of 16, a level 3 fighter becoming a level 1 mage would have a maximum of 36 of health. With a CON of 18 this would be 42. A Level 1 mage has a maximum of just 6 health. So you get a 30 or 36 bonus to health when you need it most - when the mage is low level and vulnerable, you can then continue to level up and play as a mage almost from the beginning of the game.