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[Shovah32]

If it dosnt work on wyrms then it could be MR related as a pretenders 18 magic resistance(along with him not making a huge number of attacks) tends to protect them from alot of unboosted magics(mindburn cast by 1 or 2 S2 mages for example) and while they can still take damage(squads of bandar Rishis soul slaying my enemies E9 regenerating cyclops for example) they are generally safe from a few basic MR tests.