Benefit to Level 6 Priesthood?

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Cainehill:
Level 5 seems more iffey - 100 accuracy in a spell doesn't mean what I thought it meant, as my arch-theurg prophets call down bolts of lightning with incredible accuracy - on empty tracts of land. Smite just doesn't seem worth it, given that I've watched battles where 5 of 5 castings didn't hit anything. (Bug? Or do I just not understand accuracy?)

Bug indeed. Clearly, your prophet fancies himself an exterminator and is misusing his powers to smite ants, which are too small to be seen in the battle screen. Rest assured that the ants are being smitten with great accuracy, though.

Originally posted by archaeolept:
I believe smite has a magic resistance roll to avoid smittenness. that's likely what happened in your battles.

It does, but that shouldn't affect the hit-or-miss vfx. I've seen spells that "hit" me, but fail to cause an effect due to MR or other factors, but still produce an effect that looks like a hit, rather than a flat out miss.

[ March 15, 2004, 03:08: Message edited by: Norfleet ]