Wow. Paralyze is the Super combatant killer!

apoger · #1 December 23rd, 2003, 06:14 AM

It does have a save.

I have found that paralyze will affect a pretender (unaugmented) about 25% of the time. Not shabby.

In contrast spells like soul slay works about 5% of the time.

Graeme Dice · #2 December 23rd, 2003, 06:18 AM

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Originally posted by Saber Cherry:
Hmmm.... maybe paralysis has no MR save. That would not be good at all. It certainly neutralizes any small army of powerful units against ryleh or any paralyze-casting nation. Completely neutralizes them.

Mind bLast does have a MR save, which is obvious when you watch a replay. Troops often survive a single attack while taking no damage and gaining no paralysis.

Mind bLast has a penetration of 11 or 12, so to get past a MR of 26 takes a lucky roll on the part of one illithid and an unlucky roll on the part of the Lich.

Saber Cherry · #3 December 23rd, 2003, 07:29 AM

Do either of you know the specific formula for MR save rolls?

Pocus · #4 December 23rd, 2003, 08:43 AM

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Originally posted by Saber Cherry:
Do either of you know the specific formula for MR save rolls?

as a regular attack vs defence formula, nothing specific.

Pocus · #5 December 23rd, 2003, 08:44 AM

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Originally posted by Saber Cherry:
Things with "poisoned claws", like ghouls and Ermor priests, have paralyzing poison... but as far as I can tell, it just does fatigue damage (50, perhaps?), not paralysis.

Also, Woodsman Blowdarts do paralyzing poison damage, and I'm not sure which kind. But with 2 AP damage, they can't hit anything armored, anyway...

I'm rather sure that blowdarts add the strength of the unit firing. It comes from my experience where many time the woodmen get past the prot 19 of a group of hoplite (to the point of some were killed by a single shot)

Pocus · #6 December 23rd, 2003, 08:46 AM

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Originally posted by apoger:
It does have a save.

I have found that paralyze will affect a pretender (unaugmented) about 25% of the time. Not shabby.

In contrast spells like soul slay works about 5% of the time.

25% of success vs MR 18 seems to indicate that the penetration bonus is +4 !

NTJedi · #7 December 23rd, 2003, 04:31 PM

I brought one level_2 astral mage into one of my battles to take a castle and had him cast nothing but paralyze. As a result I was able to paralyze 2 out of 3 spellcasters plus other troops.

This spell seems way to powerful.

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