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To be honest, I would have started her at level one if it weren't for the rule that everyone must start at level 3 ^^;;;
Edit: Also I figured that with the usual witch-doctor healing/cursing factors that these were just embellishments. did I misunderstand?
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You don't [i]have[/i] to start at level three, that's just the highest you can start at. And yeah, the witch doctor thing is just flavor text and a basic guideline of how they function. By no means do you actually have to be a witchy doctor thematically.