Stop the Insanity!

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by mivayan:
I had a starspawn get attacked quite early by a horror: flying, 4 armor-negating attacks with no mr save... nasty! Would ritual of returning have helped? The priest died on the first combat round, but probably survived one or two of the four attacks.

I believe RoR kicks in as soon as you take 1 point of damage, unless that very attack kills you, so in your case the Starspawn should have survived. With the spell Returning, you'd be totally safe - unless you got insanity while attracting that Horror.

the ritual would have to take effect somewhere. Body guards would probably have helped, and maybe a lucky amulet.

If, like I suggest, your Starspawn's first move is to cast Resist Magic, then yes, in that case bodyguards and a Luck pendant would have definitely helped him to survive for a couple more rounds. But I doubt the final outcome would be any different.

BTW, do you guys often see Horrors? I'd say they're even rarer than Vastnesses in my own tests: got 5 Vastnesses (1 hostile), and only 2 Horrors so far.