Various questions

[Finalgenesis]

Seems I have nothing but questions... Here's another.

If I intend to stick 2 stone bird (okay maybe not so economical...), is there a way to control what weapon a thug use first? e.g. I want the 8x attack to hit the enemy before I use the main, -16 defense should open any thug/sc up...

Also when using dual stone bird, do I get 2x 6-range repel defense? Be nice if it the thug is also a little bit raid-able.

Also I read somewhere that D9 bless gives an 100% auto disease effect. Does using Shroud saint mage dropping ritual spells (fires afar, murder winter, flames from sky ...etc) and battlefield spell confer 100% disease? I already know it should drop tons of affliction This seemed crazy to me at first until I realized there's a little spell called leprosy...

Finally, do +penetrate item confer the bonus to base attacks / seductions ...etc? Say mind blast, mind control (aboleth hero), life drain, Petrification, vengeance, fear, awe ...etc.

[RadicalTurnip]

Originally Posted by Finalgenesis

Also I read somewhere that D9 bless gives an 100% auto disease effect. Does using Shroud saint mage dropping ritual spells (fires afar, murder winter, flames from sky ...etc) and battlefield spell confer 100% disease? I already know it should drop tons of affliction This seemed crazy to me at first until I realized there's a little spell called leprosy...

A Death 9 bless doesn't give a disease effect, it gives a resistable 2 Armor Negating Damage on top of any other damage. I'm uncertain whether it's conferable like the primary (not the 2 AN damage) Death bless is. I doubt it.

Originally Posted by Finalgenesis

Finally, do +penetrate item confer the bonus to base attacks / seductions ...etc? Say mind blast, mind control (aboleth hero), life drain, Petrification, vengeance, fear, awe ...etc.

They don't confer to attacks. I think they *may* to seduction, but I'm not certain. I always wanted +pen to do stuff too, like help with dispelling globals and stuff, but it doesn't quite work that way, apparently.

[Kadelake]

Originally Posted by Finalgenesis

Also I read somewhere that D9 bless gives an 100% auto disease effect. Does using Shroud saint mage dropping ritual spells (fires afar, murder winter, flames from sky ...etc) and battlefield spell confer 100% disease?

Maybe you're thinking about the bonus to affliction rate? A unit with a death bless will have a bonus (+100% at D4, +350% at D9) to the chance of causing afflictions. So if you have a high death bless it's a really good idea to use the shroud when casting overland damage spells