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With pretenders like the FoB, you build it around its weaknesses. Obviously if I were to, say, build a FoB without teleport capability then I'd be a little pissed off that it couldn't move if I needed it to. But since you knew that from the start, it's not so much "let you down" as already compensated for its weaknesses. If I wanted an SC + blood magic, I would have taken a Moloch, or if that wasn't available, maybe a Wyrm with added blood.

One thing to keep in mind is with only misc slots the FoB can only use certain boosters. No Earth Boots for example, or Starshine Cap. This is more relavent for astral pretenders like the Oracle or the Monolith as it affects how you climb the astral booster tree up to Ring of Wizardry and then to Wish. For other pretenders like the FoB, it can affect what boosters are available for summoning uniques or casting globals.