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Old July 20th, 2004, 03:25 PM
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but if there is a damage roll have their mages enough hitpoints that they only suffer a chestwound and nothing more ?
There is a damage roll, and it appears to be similar to an arrow fired from a magical bow. I'm not sure whether it's a longbow or shortbow however.
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Old July 20th, 2004, 03:40 PM
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but if there is a damage roll have their mages enough hitpoints that they only suffer a chestwound and nothing more ?
There is a damage roll, and it appears to be similar to an arrow fired from a magical bow. I'm not sure whether it's a longbow or shortbow however.
thnx for the info graeme

hm according to zen's miqr a longbow of accuracy does 14 damage without strenghtsbonus .
so it is 14 + 2d6 oe right ?

a jotun skratti e.g. has 32 hp , 9 protection .
even if he had 0 protection he could only be killed if the 2d6 throw is oe right ?

so even unequipped jotun and pangenea standard mages and others with many hitpoints and / or good protection can only be hit by a lucky open ended throw so not very often while e.g. a pythium arch theurg has almost no chance to survive ?
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Sunray's Dom 2 Library extra info on spells says Seeking Arrow does 5-15 damage. Anti-missile items and etherealness offer protection. Also, Perpetual Storm will blow 75% of Seeking Arrows off course. Province shielding spells should work, since it's an incoming spell.
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Old July 20th, 2004, 03:55 PM
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hm according to zen's miqr a longbow of accuracy does 14 damage without strenghtsbonus .
so it is 14 + 2d6 oe right ?
I have no idea. Like I said, the damage is somewhere between a longbow and a shortbow, ie. from 10 to 13 plus whatever random modifiers show up.

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so even unequipped jotun and pangenea standard mages and others with many hitpoints and / or good protection can only be hit by a lucky open ended throw so not very often while e.g. a pythium arch theurg has almost no chance to survive ?
Yes, this is what happens to all unarmored humans in the game when they are hit byvarious weapons.
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Old July 20th, 2004, 04:13 PM
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Sunray's Dom 2 Library extra info on spells says Seeking Arrow does 5-15 damage. Anti-missile items and etherealness offer protection. Also, Perpetual Storm will blow 75% of Seeking Arrows off course. Province shielding spells should work, since it's an incoming spell.
do you know if it is 5-15 oe ?
i think it must be because in one spgame i played as pythium the ai got the idea at turn 10 or so to seeking arrow me for about 5 turns and none of my theurgs / archtheurgs survived

does the glamour ability of vanheim help too ? or their mirror images ?

spectators + dusk elders are both etheral so it seems that most nations are quite vulnerable early-midgame against it expect jotun , pangenea , ermor a bit because of etheralness and a few i am not so familiar with

for pythium or tien chi e.g. it seems extremely devastating ihmo if they get seeking missiled early .
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does the glamour ability of vanheim help too ? or their mirror images ?

for pythium or tien chi e.g. it seems extremely devastating ihmo if they get seeking missiled early .
Glamour does not, but sneaking does. Atleast I think so. Not very useable, but in a desperate situation...

Also, as both Pythium and T'ien C'hi have air mages themselves they can search for gems and make some Robes (or Amulets) of Missile Protection, Weightless (kite/tower) Shields and/or Llightweight/ weightless scale mails. All of these items are available at Construction 2, and only amulet of missile protection and weightless scale mail require Air 2, others only need skill level of one (and 5 gems).
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robe of missile protection is the cheapest counter. that, and a bunch of non-hidden scouts. Really, all you have to do is make it not cost-effective for the casting player.
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