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There's privatization advocates (either vocally or via their votes) on both sides, not just republican. Dovetails nicely (somehow!) into that "tough of crime" utter bullshit both sides like to shovel occasionally to avoid losing votes or whatev'. Republican elements are a bit more shrill about it, but that's about it.

And, of course, the private prisons themselves have a nice chunk of lobbying money. It gets spread around. Leans republican, sure, but lots of folks get fed a bit from it.

Stats wise, you want to max magic first, but not neglect willpower. Will qualifies for some talents and, in general, makes PMs safer. Magic (spellpower, anyway, which magic boosts) just makes most things (especially damage) better. If you luck out with some heavy spellpower kit early-ish, you might even be able to neglect magic a bit (though you'll still max it, eventually) in order to bump up willpower or con.

As for more general or comprehensive strategy/build stuff, check out this thread over on the t4 forums. It's a pretty decent one as far as PM banter goes. I chime in, but I'd take most things I say about paradox magi with a grain of salt. Haven't played them much.

As for inscriptions, basically anything you'd normally take on a caster. Some healing or damage mitigation (shield runes), some utility (probably a wild infusion, but PMs have at least one talent for dealing with debuffs, iirc), some escape (TP or movement). Like TWs, they benefit uniquely from the rune of the rift, though there's currently an issue (it'll randomly level up stuff you hit with it, granting them a full heal in the process) with time skip (and thus the rune) that makes using it kinda' iffy.

Economy, education, infrastructure, invention, corruption. The less tangible stuff, barring that last one Obviously bending the meaning of the word to suit, but still.

Their lack or excess, in any case. At least the improvement of the situation regarding all of those and a bit extra is a much better foe than whatever fearmongering bullshit the latest politicos are vomiting all over the airwaves about.

Maybe the (domestic) terrorism or extremist group stuff, but frankly we seem to be doing pretty good on that front, all in all, and especially comparatively (even moreso considering how hard we seem to try to piss so many foreign groups off ). I've been rating that as a comparatively minor concern for like... a while now, personally.

Chickens eat just about g'damn anything organic. They're mobile trash compactors that feed you breakfast. Also an alarm clock! Versatile little monstrosities. Except the big ones.

None of those worked except the breathing manually (which is usually habitual at this point ) and topic line bits

It's mostly an "any race" class. Dwarf (for added defenses, which corruptors are a little low on, not that it matters much) or shalore would be my primary picks, though. Undead work well enough as well, for the same reason as dwarves do. Shalore's 10% crit racial is particularly good on them, though, as corruptors naturally lean toward a crit build later in the game. The global proc doesn't hurt either, though you probably won't be pumping dex to really benefit from it.

Stats wise, you max magic, get willpower to maybe 20-30 (vim regen on kill is boosted by willpower), then split between con and cun, leaning toward cunning. Maybe get enough strength together to wear platemail if you're feeling frisky -- vim is one of the few resources completely uneffected by fatigue. The particularly sexy late game armors for blast-casters are both robes, though (black robe and firewalker, iirc. They've got trigger-on-spell abilities.).

Talent wise, they're not very complicated. You don't have many generic talents, and of the curses and hexes, pacification and domination, and death and vulnerability are the particularly good ones. Domination can be left alone if you feel like it, but pacification is incredible (especially maxed), vulnerability is one of your relative few native methods of resistance reduction, and the curse of death is just g'damn painful (not to mention buggers up healing).

Class wise, you mainly just throw points into junk that does damage, especially the direct AoE stuff. You can go into diseases or not, as you please, with a similar lean toward bone (though bone shield is somewhat useful in the later game -- though only against certain enemies -- and spear and nova gives some alright damage diversity from your normal blight/acid kit) being up to you. The fearscape tree is another up in the air thing... it can bring some amazing tools to your table (especially if you're a skeleton and can properly abuse wraithform), but its really good stuff (flames of U-whatever and fearscape) are very expensive. Willful tormenter helps out a bit with that, nowadays. Regardless, it's usually better saved for your 20 or 30 cat point.

Mostly you just stack on the pain and pick up the few defensive-type talents you can manage when the opportunity presents itself. Corruptors are largely all-dakka all the time, heh. 'Bout to turn in for the night, but I can probably write up a bit better point-by-point sometime tomorrow, when I'm more aware and hopefully using a proper keyboard. If someone doesn't ninja me to it

Fruit and despair, people, fruit and despair.

...Why do I find nonsense-filled stuff like this amusing, anyways?

No clue, when compared to the laughing gnu.

Banzai!

Though I'm sorta' mixed about the minotaur. I pretty much... never have problems with the guy, even with all the debuffs he spews out. But dude kills a lot of people so I'unno. Some confusion resist or a mental wild would help, maybe. Somewhat. A little. Debuff him first