Unexpected death of the ettin.

[Argitoth]

C'tis mage VS a single archer and an ettin.

round 1: archer fires, mage raises skeleton, ettin stands there.

round 2: archer fires, mage raises skeleton, ettin stands there.

round 3: archer fires, mage raises skeleton, ettin stands there.

round 4: archer fires, mage raises skeleton, ettin stands there.

round 5: archer fires, mage raises skeleton, ettin stands there.

this keeps happening for a long time...

Finally the archer is killed, ettin makes a morale check and fails, ettin runs while getting attacked by skeletons.

Ettin is down to 63 health, no skeletons can keep up with him as he runs too fast.

He still has 63 health... he's running... My mage has fainted, he ain't doing anything...

As soon as the ettin runs into the end of the field, he dies. No poison, nothing near attacking him, no enchantments, not battle enchantments, no curses, etc. My mage is fainted, didn't cast anymore skeletons, still unconcious. The ettin had 63 health before he died, no skeletons were near him...

ETC ETC ETC........ And yes, the ettin was a mercenary... he just... died...

[Norfleet]

It happens for a long time? I know that one annoying feature is that if a combat drags on forever, everyone will be auto-killed. This can happen if everyone on the battlefield becomes paralyzed or otherwise has fallen and can't get up, yet isn't dead. This is why an SC should avoid having things like heat/cold auras that cause fatigue, astral shield, and other paralysis effects.

[PvK]

Originally posted by Argitoth:
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ETC ETC ETC........ And yes, the ettin was a mercenary... he just... died...

Your Last line holds the answer. Mercenaries are always removed from the game once they rout. There are several possible interpretations of this, and I'm not sure which the devs had in mind.

PvK

[ January 31, 2004, 20:19: Message edited by: PvK ]

[johan osterman]

Originally posted by Argitoth:
C'tis mage VS a single archer and an ettin.

round 1: archer fires, mage raises skeleton, ettin stands there.

round 2: archer fires, mage raises skeleton, ettin stands there.

round 3: archer fires, mage raises skeleton, ettin stands there.

round 4: archer fires, mage raises skeleton, ettin stands there.

round 5: archer fires, mage raises skeleton, ettin stands there.

this keeps happening for a long time...

Finally the archer is killed, ettin makes a morale check and fails, ettin runs while getting attacked by skeletons.

Ettin is down to 63 health, no skeletons can keep up with him as he runs too fast.

He still has 63 health... he's running... My mage has fainted, he ain't doing anything...

As soon as the ettin runs into the end of the field, he dies. No poison, nothing near attacking him, no enchantments, not battle enchantments, no curses, etc. My mage is fainted, didn't cast anymore skeletons, still unconcious. The ettin had 63 health before he died, no skeletons were near him...

ETC ETC ETC........ And yes, the ettin was a mercenary... he just... died...

Mercenaries that flees die. No matter if there are neighbouring friendly provinces or not.

[Argitoth]

arrite thanks

[FordPrefect]

my poor ittle ettin, it never hurt anyone...