Humans. Stomp. *crunch crunch*

Jazzepi · #1 August 11th, 2007, 07:51 PM

I hope 30 horror marks are enough to summon this guy

Jazzepi

Lazy_Perfectionist · #2 August 11th, 2007, 08:00 PM

I'm interested in seeing how Cursed Luck works in practice.

I'm not exactly afraid though. The combination of 34 defense (12 more or 2% chance) and mirror image may cause Umor a little trouble.

So which of these Horror attacks go up against MR, and which against Defense, and which both?

Endoperez · #3 August 11th, 2007, 08:40 PM

Remember that each attack lowers the defense by 2 until the end of that round. With 5 to 6 attacks, the last ones will have much greater chance of getting through...

The above is true of all attacks, and explains why swarming brings down high-defence units.

Fatigue is another killer.

Zath · #4 August 12th, 2007, 02:05 AM

I've been wondering about this for some time, but is the defense penalty for being swarmed affected by etherealness and luck? In other words, if a unit avoids an attack due to etherealness or luck, will its defense still be reduced by 2 for the next attack?

Aethyr · #5 August 12th, 2007, 02:11 AM

This is a great question, I would like to know the answer as well.

Lazy_Perfectionist · #6 August 12th, 2007, 07:26 AM

Good point about the defense penalty. Well, I can increase my defense further, but can't rely on getting off more than one spell before the Horror's at my feet.

Ironskin's useless with the Armor Penetration/Piercing. Mistform is useless. Earthpower - I'm not likely to have a long battle. That leaves Mirror Image, which I'm unfortunately not quite strong enough in to depend on.

Still, I can count on my defense preventing at least half of the first wave of attacks, barring unusually bad luck. And even with the last attack (though unluck is risky), I'll have at least a 54% chance of not being hit.

Endoperez · #7 August 12th, 2007, 01:08 PM

Chainmail of Displacement (automatic Mirror Image AND +3 def) and Boots of Quickness (Quickenss grants +3 att, 3 def) will increase the defence even further.

IIRC, Swords of Quickness increase defence just as well as Ice Swords, and also grant twice as many attacks.

If you want protective gear, Starshine Skullcap (S2, boosts Astral magic and magic resistance) is much better than Horror Helmet against Doom Horrors.