Question on "Severing the Silvery Cord"

pole_shift · #1 January 19th, 2004, 05:24 PM

Yeah thats been my experience too but I haven't done it enough to be sure. I would like to here from one of the developers on this.

Jasper · #2 January 19th, 2004, 07:18 PM

Hmmmm. I'm pretty sure that I've succesfully Mind Hunted with Seithkona's (1 Astral) present... Actually, it was against you Wendigo. I was playing as Arcoscephale and had priestesses handy, so I wasn't too worried about the risk.

Maybe I got feebleminded, and then immediately healed? But the Mind Hunt was sucessfull...

Alternately, I may be misremembering as it's been a few months. Perhaps the Seithkona had just arrived, right after Mind Hunt was cast?

In general though I've had bad luck with Mind Hunting when Astral Mages are present. A difficult spell to use unless you have access to Recuperation.

Wendigo · #3 January 20th, 2004, 12:22 PM

Weird, cannot confirm/deny this as sometimes it's hard to have an idea of where a lesser commander was killed by a mind hunt (too many scouts & the like around, & no info on the province it happened AFAIK).

Maybe the witch moved in that turn as you suggest (I used to move & patrol small squads of them around a lot by the end of that game, looking for your Harvester).

Kristoffer O · #4 January 20th, 2004, 07:01 PM

I believe it is 100% if astral mage is present.

Huntsman · #5 February 3rd, 2005, 05:51 PM

Is it a 0% chance if no astral mage is present? Or is there always some small chance?

Edit: Oh, and do Spell Penetration bonuses apply, for instance, if the caster has a Spell Focus amulet on?

Vicious Love · #6 February 3rd, 2005, 07:55 PM

To the furtehst of my knowledge, which I sincerely hope is less complete than Kristoffer O's, yes. The presence of an astral mage will automatically feeblemind the caster, but the abscence of such a mage guarantees the caster's safety.