Utterly Mad

Did any of the vanilla classes have a projectile based flechette? What I mean to ask is, did the warrior have a throwing flechette? I know the cleric has the gas bombs (very effective for killing the midboss) and the wizard had plain old explosions. I would say something it could toss with a mid range AoE.

As a side note, the maultaurs piss me right the fuck off with their shields deflecting mah serpent rod. Only gets worse when they get the ranged attack.