Re: Magic duel and R\'lyeh Mind Lords
 

I assume the mind lord died?

So that would seem to indicate that a tie results in both surviving rather than both dieing like the manual spell description clearly states.

I know magic duel works, because I have used it too good effect before against Acro.

Re: Magic duel and R\'lyeh Mind Lords
 

Didn't magic duel become less lethal a while back?

Re: Magic duel and R\'lyeh Mind Lords
 

Yeah, vanished in a puff of blue protoplasm or whatever it is Mind Lords are made of.

I'll create an S3 Oceana pretender instead and run a few tests, I should only have to run it a few times before I get a tie.

Edit: I ran a ton of tests. When it was tied, both died. <font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>
castspell: cnr19 spl271 (Magic Duel) vis3 x37 y15 spldmg999
vis 3 xvis 2
blastsqr: unr252 x37 y15 aoe1 dmg999 eff27 spc8388736 as10225 al9
affectvic vic505 hv0
hitunit 252 505 dmg999 spec8388736 ba-1
damage 505 dmg1006 spec0 ba-1
looseallitems: cnr 22(Geth) unr 505
damage 252 dmg1006 spec0 ba-1
looseallitems: cnr 19(Vukan) unr 252
</pre><hr />

Re: Magic duel and R\'lyeh Mind Lords
 

Last idea: Bob, was the mage who cast Magic Duel holding a Pendant of Luck? Did your mage cast Twist Fate/Personal Luck before Magic Duel? He may have lost the duel, but taken no damage because of the pendant/spells.

Re: Magic duel and R\'lyeh Mind Lords
 

For a truly unlikely idea, does the 999 damage involve open ended die roles?

Re: Magic duel and R\'lyeh Mind Lords
 

Ha ha ha. Yes it does. That's why you see dmg1006 above. I'm guessing the mage had a pendant though.

Re: Magic duel and R\'lyeh Mind Lords
 

Nope, all he had was a astral pearl.

Re: Magic duel and R\'lyeh Mind Lords
 

I was testing out Magic Duel a while ago and I saw in a very small percentage of cases someone just wouldn't die even though the graphic comes up. It might be Luck or Twist Fate, or there might just be a 1% survival chance.

Re: Magic duel and R\'lyeh Mind Lords
 

Does twist fate protect against mind duel? Then you could twist fate before you attempted the spell.