Detectives for new players

[Scribbler]

I've just started playing IPY2 and have read a little bit about the Detective feature. This was something I always wanted to play back in the old UO days but thought it wasn't really viable back then. The posts I read on here about Detectives are over a year old so I'm not sure if anything has changed. Can someone tell me if these are still fun characters to play?

This is the template I'm thinking of going with...

Forensics Evaluation 100
Detect Hidden 100
Hiding 100
Stealth 100
Fencing 100
Anatomy 90
Tactics 90
Magery 20

How important is Tracking?

[Dubar]

Your template seems kind of all over the place, are you looking to fight murderers as well? or just avoid them while you collect clues?

http://inporylem.com/forum/showthrea...ctive-features
is a good thread with info, it should be mostly still up to date

[PoleGL1985]

I wouldn't bother with detective.. will be very boring and not worth the time to build char.

[Scribbler]

Your template seems kind of all over the place, are you looking to fight murderers as well? or just avoid them while you collect clues?

http://inporylem.com/forum/showthrea...ctive-features
is a good thread with info, it should be mostly still up to date

I thought if I had some combat skills I'd be able to help the NPC bounty hunters fight reds but it looks like a detective isn't part of the posse. I guess I'll drop those for more magery and the tracking skill instead.

Thanks for the link.

[Leonardo Reyas]

My Detective's Template:

Forensics Evaluation
Detect Hidden
Tracking
Hiding
Stealth
Magery
Lockpicking

I'm still working on finishing Stealth, Lockpicking and Magery, but essentially the idea is to use him primarilly as a deep dungeon lockpicker for money-making purposes but can also switch to picking up clues when he finds corpses on his way through a dungeon.