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Old February 28th, 2004, 09:47 PM

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Default Re: Black Company Mod

Thumbs up for the nice work. Still a lot of work to be done, but you are obviously getting there.

Since the Black General is now described as being basically a more powerful Black Captain, he should probably no longer be marked as undead.

The Black Witch is definitely underpriced at 200 gold. With 8 magic picks, FAWEDDN?, 15 MR, 10 basic precision, 10/10/10 st/at/def, and a built in Shield of the Accursed that gives her a basic 16 def, 4 prot (+earth bonus) she is the most accomplished magician that can be recruited in any race bar none. No one else even gets close.

Going by the modding guidelines, we notice that her basic stats probably makes for a 40g (no leadership, but all her stats are above average), with the Shield of the Accursed, a greater magic item, boosting it by at least, say, 40g. (I would tend to put it much higher, but that might be overreacting, but it is a VERY nice item)

Regarding magic, there is 1/8 chance that she will have 3D and 5 L1 paths, 5/8 chance that she will have 2D, a second L2 path, and 4 L1 paths, and 2/8 chance that she will have 2D and 6 L1 paths. The modding guidelines provide some useful pointers for magic cost:

Avg. Magic Cost: 1/8 * (150+20+4*10) + 5/8 * (90+60+4*10) + 2/8 * (90+20+4*10) = 182.5

So, a better price for her skills would probably be 260g (~40+40+182.5)

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As expected, the Taken heroes are powerful beyond belief, but then, we knew that. Their power just about guarantees that this mod is for SP only. They are, in fact, more powerful than most pretender gods, being comparable in power to a Prince of Darkness given immortality, regeneration, and morale boosting

I am not sure which one is the most powerful one, though.

The Shapeshifter? Extremely high regeneration and hitpoints, exceptionally good skills, fire 2, nature 2, unholy 4, immortal, and fear(9)!

The Limper? Fire 6, Death 2, Unholy 4, standard(20), regenerating, immortal, a base precision of 15!? and fear(16)

The Howler? Air 4, Fire 4, Unholy 4, standard(20), regenerating, immortal, flying, good stats and HP, AND FEAR(19)

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