Does 40 defence protect against arrows?
 

Does defence protect you against arrows at all?

Re: Does 40 defence protect against arrows?
 

Negative.

Re: Does 40 defence protect against arrows?
 

Shields are what stops arrows. And armor helps, of course.

Re: Does 40 defence protect against arrows?
 

does ethereal crossbows go through magic resistance?

Re: Does 40 defence protect against arrows?
 

No, it forces the person hit by the ethereal crossbow bolt to make a save or die.

It's basically Soul Slay built into a crossbow.

Jazzepi

Re: Does 40 defence protect against arrows?
 

dam.

Re: Does 40 defence protect against arrows?
 

Or more accurately, Soul Slay built into a crossbow bolt.

Re: Does 40 defence protect against arrows?
 

does it do any regular damage if it hits but the target makes his (MR based, I suppose?) save roll?

Re: Does 40 defence protect against arrows?
 

Nope.

Re: Does 40 defence protect against arrows?
 

To follow up on this, when a projectile is parried by a shield does that make use of the base def value of the parrying unit?

Would a guy with 40 defence have a better chance of parrying a missile using a standard shield than a guy with 5 defence? I know in melee the parry chance is the same (if you have high def you are just more likely to dodge and not need to parry) but I wonder about ranged.

Re: Does 40 defence protect against arrows?
 

No.

Defence is a completely useless statistic against missile fire. The only thing that determines whether a hit is scored is size of the target and its shield parry value.