>One of the other honorable mentions said he got nothing as a
>reward. That I am certain of. I'll try and find the link if
>you care to read it. If not I won't bother.

Sure, dig it up if you can and we'll see if we can set the record straight. Obviously the note Dalteric wrote to that person to tell them what their reward was won't still be around, but I hope his or our notes are still good on that count.

>Only an AP's spells are highly dependant on INT. I see int
>points above racial max as a huge deal. If not, why bother
>even having racial maxes?

It's a prize; it's not nothing. But it's equally not as good as, say, +1 charisma on a bard (which has gone out half a dozen times), +1dex on a class that has dodge, etc.

I might think of this differently if it were +int on, say, an arial or d-elf a-p, a character that's already got a strong point there... but the difference between fire and duergar a-p spellcasting is just not that big... and it's not even that much of a difference, because a real duergar a-p still has that much more wisdom than a fire giant.

To put it another way, how good would +1 racial max con on a d-elf warrior be, assuming you got it at level 30 or so and had already picked your specs, etc. assuming you would have the normal 16 con? It's not nothing, but it's not game breaking either.