use of bane lords

Taqwus · #1 June 18th, 2007, 03:11 PM

The weapon 'Faithful' can be paired with a Lead Shield. Trades offensive power for defense -- luck and MR, specifically.

A bane lord already radiates cold, if memory serves. If you add another area smackdown, pick a different method like fire or life draining. The same goes for your wraith lords. Your wraith lords will also be ethereal, so that frees up a body slot for, say, Armor of Souls (although you're not using blood, pity), Elemental Armor, Flesh Ward (again, blood), Rainbow Armor (don't need the reinvig that much, unless facing fatigue-causing enemies, but the MR boost might help), Stymphalian Wings... more flexibility than usual.

Note that since your wraith lords start with death magic, you should be able to get them to cast Soul Vortex.

Oh, and beware death mages. Dust to Dust / Wither Bones are unresistable; luck and blood vengeance can help, but armor and MR don't.

Valandil · #2 June 18th, 2007, 03:14 PM

Flesh ward is a bit much, but I guess it would work pretty well. Is there a nice battlefield ench. to reduce enemy MR? I don't remember one.

Taqwus · #3 June 18th, 2007, 03:28 PM

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Valandil said:
Is there a nice battlefield ench. to reduce enemy MR? I don't remember one.

Hm, don't think so. The only way you can hurt an enemy's MR outside of pushing magic scale is by feebleminding, IIRC, and there's no real mass-feebleminding. Nether darts can cause feebleminding to those it hits, and there's the Staff of Kurgi

and the Black Bow of Botulf for smaller-scale feebleminding.

Ironhawk · #4 June 18th, 2007, 04:54 PM

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Valandil said:
Is there a nice battlefield ench. to reduce enemy MR? I don't remember one.

Light of the Northern Star. Although that effects your own MR as well, I believe? Or is that the banner of the northern star? The wielder loses MR... hmm could be getting them mixed up.

Ironhawk · #5 June 18th, 2007, 04:56 PM

Yeah, mork is right. The charcoal shield is the #1 anti-personnel "weapon" for an SC, since it is not limited by the number of attacks of the wielder. The only things that can compare to it are really high level weapons that have area effects like the Stone Sword or the Sickle Whose Crop is Pain.