Need help with Balor's (Fomora Hero) Gaze Of Death

Calahan · #1 August 4th, 2008, 03:21 PM

Hello, I am having problems getting Balor (the Fomoria Hero) to use his special ability 'Gaze of Death', and I am out of ideas as to what to try next. I have tried the following with his scripting, but he still seems reluctant to use his God given talents.

1. No script = He just stands there and casts spells such as Sermon of Courage, Holy Avenger, Raise Skeletons etc.

2. Attack = He simply attacks using his melee weapons, but does not use 'Gaze of Death' at all.

3. Cast spells = Same a 1 above, he simply casts the usual range of AI selected spells.

4. Stay behind troops = Exactly the same as 3.

In all the above cases there have been plenty of enemies within range (20) of 'Gaze of Death', but he simply won't use it. Not sure what else to try, so hoping someone with far more knowledge and experience than me knows how to get the best out of this guy.

Thanks in Advance for any responces.

NTJedi · #2 August 4th, 2008, 03:26 PM

It's a ranged attack... so script with "Fire at Closest" or "Fire at none".

Ewierl · #3 August 4th, 2008, 03:56 PM

NTJedi is correct. Also, keep in mind that there's no graphic for Gaze of Death, no projectile to watch flying through the air: however, if you're doing it right, you should be able to spot a big splash of blood and damage on a group of low-MR enemies!

Calahan · #4 August 4th, 2008, 03:58 PM

Ha!! I can't believe I didn't see the extra 'fire' options available. Thanks for pointing out the blindingly obvious to me NT Jedi :-)

I was hoping too much that he'd use Gaze of Death as a 'pure extra' ability while still doing either melee or spell casting. Guess you really can't have your cake and eat it :-)

JimMorrison · #5 August 4th, 2008, 06:32 PM

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Calahan said:
Ha!! I can't believe I didn't see the extra 'fire' options available. Thanks for pointing out the blindingly obvious to me NT Jedi :-)

I was hoping too much that he'd use Gaze of Death as a 'pure extra' ability while still doing either melee or spell casting. Guess you really can't have your cake and eat it :-)

Sort of depends. If you give him a really nasty bow and get a Quickness on him - you'll have your cake and eat your enemy too.

Calahan · #6 August 5th, 2008, 05:12 AM

I like the ideas that go on in your head JimM :-) I'm sure a 'Thunder Bow' can be put to some good use combined with Balor's giant strength.

Tifone · #7 August 5th, 2008, 05:16 AM

Even 2 fire bolas (one per hand), with the giant strenght and possibly Quickness, would make good fun IMHO

Oor-tael · #8 March 21st, 2013, 05:44 AM

Hello everyone,
I have a question about the ability "gaze of death". Does it work on undeads ? It appears that it doesn't : yesterday my longdead horsemen appeared immune to the multiple gazes of death of a pack of 6 Catoblepas, despite their low MR (10) and low HP (4). They just slaughtered the poor "terrifying" beasts...

Is anyone able to confirm this ? What tags give immunity to gaze of death ? Undead ? Lifeless ? Demon ? Other ?
Last question, do we know precisely oh much is the roll of GoD against MR ? Is it the default 12 ?

Thank you for your answers.

Fantomen · #9 March 21st, 2013, 02:17 PM

I'm not sure but I would guess it's the "lifeless" tag that gives immunity.