Nethgul+Crystal Matrix: Can Nethgul Be Trusted?

Folket · #1 September 24th, 2007, 05:33 AM

What spells did Nethgul cast the first five times?

PyroStock · #2 September 24th, 2007, 11:54 AM

Before Communion Slave was up: Soul Slay & Mind Burn.
After Communion Slave was up: Mind Burns, Horror Mark & Body Ethereal. Nethgul also had 2 castings in a row each round, except immediately after this blink occurred it shows him only casting 1 Mind Burn.

sum1lost · #3 September 24th, 2007, 02:02 PM

Single target spells will affect all members of a communion. Blink is single target, I believe.

llamabeast · #4 September 24th, 2007, 02:41 PM

I think single target spells only normally affect the caster and all the communion slaves, but not the other masters.

sum1lost, is that sum1won under a different name?

sum1lost · #5 September 24th, 2007, 02:56 PM

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llamabeast said:
I think single target spells only normally affect the caster and all the communion slaves, but not the other masters.

sum1lost, is that sum1won under a different name?

Yar.

I got whomped in chinchilla and jaguar, and will remain lost until I win one.

Cor2 · #6 September 24th, 2007, 04:43 PM

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sum1lost said:

Yar.

I got whomped in chinchilla and jaguar, and will remain lost until I win one.

No problem just play in in a game, autowin.

NTJedi · #7 September 24th, 2007, 05:52 PM

The Nethgul should definitely not be casting blink... since this spell can easily kill the wielder of the Nethgul, sounds like a bug or bad coding.

PyroStock · #8 September 24th, 2007, 02:42 PM

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sum1lost said:
Single target spells will affect all members of a communion. Blink is single target, I believe.

That's also why I had my enchantresses cast earth power. But why would Nethgul, or any mage, cast an unscripted blink, especially when they have Range:100 spells? I'm guessing this is just some fluke for combining Nethgul with a Crystal Matrix and is not typical of communes or astral mages, unlike Touch of Madness with nature mages.

Jazzepi · #9 September 24th, 2007, 02:50 PM

Nethgul isn't a mage. He's a brain in a jar. I've noticed his spell casting to be extremely random.

Jazzepi

PyroStock · #10 September 24th, 2007, 03:17 PM

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Jazzepi said:
Nethgul isn't a mage. He's a brain in a jar. I've noticed his spell casting to be extremely random.

I thought the matrix may have warped Nethgul's cast list, but if it's just Nethgul then I'm surprised Nethgul wouldn't just get the standard AI astral cast list. Still doesn't explain why it wouldn't show him casting blink in battle when he did.

Note to self: Don't trust brains in jars.