What are the Mechanics Behind Cross Breeding?

vfb · #1 February 15th, 2008, 02:08 AM

Here are two tests from Dom3.14:

(1) Misfortune 3, 10 casts of Cross Breeding:

All Foul Spawn:
Size-4 Spider 27
Size-2 Pink (Life Drain/Leprosy) 46
Size-2 Green (Regenerates/Amphibious/Tentacles/Spit) 88
Size-2 Chaff 56

(2) Luck 3, 10 casts of Cross Breeding:

Foul Spawn:
Size-4 Spider 21
Size-2 Pink (Life Drain/Leprosy) 37
Size-2 Green (Regenerates/Amphibious/Tentacles/Spit) 71
Size-2 Chaff 65

Monsters (Sizes 4-6)
Four claws 1
Cockatrice 2
Grotesque 1
Draco Lion 1
Chimera 1

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So, with misfortune, no super-cool flying poison and fire-spitting monsters were generated in 10 casts. But even with luck-3, it's 50/50 if you'll get one cool creature per cast.

Nearly all the small Foul Spawn are slow and have horrible protection, so will get severely owned by any missile fire including slings and javelins.

But they do have a variety of interesting attributes, like the poison spit or triple armor piercing tentacles, or do-not-eat. And even the smallest are strength 11 and not mindless, so, good luck with that siege!

Saulot · #2 February 15th, 2008, 02:53 AM

Hm, do those results look dissapointing to anyone else?

I guess the follow up is, does anyone use this spell in MP?

Kristoffer O · #3 February 15th, 2008, 03:13 AM

Wick is listing transformation results I believe.

Lingchih · #4 February 15th, 2008, 04:43 AM

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Saulot said:
Hm, do those results look dissapointing to anyone else?

I guess the follow up is, does anyone use this spell in MP?

Yes, I use it, when I am playing Pangaea. The results are usually somewhat underwhelming, but you still get some good troops. As long as your scales are right.