Question re dwarf tree

[catouse9]

Sorry if this has been answered before could not find it after searching-Kind of new to the game and was thinking of starting a dwarf build that would use constitution for damage and wear heavy armor shield and use dwarven axes but I was wondering what this means?

Stand Like Stone: Action Boost: For 12/15/20 seconds you gain +10/+20/+30 Balance, Physical Resistance Rating, and stacking Energy Resistance, but have a 50% penalty to movement speed, sink in water, and cannot fly. (Cooldown: 3 minutes.)

Mostly the part about not being able to fly? I did not think any one could fly in this game?

any build's woudl be appreciated-not sure if i shoudl go pure fighter or paladin or what?

thanks in advance guys!

[unbongwah]

Mostly the part about not being able to fly? I did not think any one could fly in this game?

In The Reaver's Fate, the Stormreaver casts the Fly spell on party members, which is necessary to finish the raid. I think he also casts it in Reaver's Refuge, IIRC; been a loooong time since I've been there. I don't remember if Stand Like Stone cancels out Feather Fall, but it probably does.

any build's woudl be appreciated-not sure if i shoudl go pure fighter or paladin or what?

Right now pure pallies are a lot better than they were pre-U23, thanks to various improvements in the PrEs and esp. Holy Sword. There's not much point in going CON-based on a pally, though, since they get Div Might (+STR bonus based on CHA). Actually, there's not much point in going CON-based on a pure ftr, either, since there are still more ways of boosting STR than CON and the only benefits of being CON-based are higher HPs and Fort saves. But dwarf is still a solid choice for S&B build if you can afford the APs to max out Dwarf Fortress (up to +7% S&B DPS).

I've not yet updated it for U23, but see my Dwarven Defender thread. I've also posted a pure dwarf pally build here, though the Enhancements need respeccing.

[catouse9]

In The Reaver's Fate, the Stormreaver casts the Fly spell on party members, which is necessary to finish the raid. I think he also casts it in Reaver's Refuge, IIRC; been a loooong time since I've been there. I don't remember if Stand Like Stone cancels out Feather Fall, but it probably does.

Right now pure pallies are a lot better than they were pre-U23, thanks to various improvements in the PrEs and esp. Holy Sword. There's not much point in going CON-based on a pally, though, since they get Div Might (+STR bonus based on CHA). Actually, there's not much point in going CON-based on a pure ftr, either, since there are still more ways of boosting STR than CON and the only benefits of being CON-based are higher HPs and Fort saves. But dwarf is still a solid choice for S&B build if you can afford the APs to max out Dwarf Fortress (up to +7% S&B DPS).

I've not yet updated it for U23, but see my Dwarven Defender thread. I've also posted a pure dwarf pally build here, though the Enhancements need respeccing.

Thanks for the HELP!