Poison weapons

[Kristoffer O]

I thought that 1 p dmg was needed. Does the same apply to other secondary poison effects, or is this just a mistyping on the poison bow data?

[Sombre]

I'm 90% sure this applies to all weapons with a poison as a secondaryeffect. Give me 5 minutes and I'll test it though.

-5 minutes later-

I can say for sure that weak poison as a secondaryeffect on a missile weapon works even if it's parried and even if the missile weapon does 0 actual damage. I can't imagine the other poisons are different, nor stuff like flaming arrows damage.

Regarding poison as a secondaryeffect on melee weapons,.. I'm not sure. I'll test that next and post up my findings.

[Sombre]

Ok judging for a quick test, melee weapons DO require at least one point of damage to be dealt before the secondaryeffect of poison will be applied.

So I have no issue with how they work at all, only with missile weapons.

[calmon]

We should also discuss the hit chances to targets with shield.

Its nearly impossible to hit a commander with a parry 8+ shield.

There should be a malus for other every arrow hitting the field. Something like the -2 defence in melee per attacker beyond the first.

[Hadrian_II]

calmon said:
There should be a malus for other every arrow hitting the field. Something like the -2 defence in melee per attacker beyond the first.

I'd love that, massed xbows would become a valid SC counter

[Taqwus]

Hadrian_II said:

I'd love that, massed xbows would become a valid SC counter

In some cases, there'd also be grounds for giving a penalty to the shield that lasts more than just that turn. It's going to be a bit more unwieldy to use a shield if there's a large spear or throwing axe embedded in it, for instance.

[elbnar]

This doesn't only apply to poisons. It also applies to the aging effect from skeletal archer banefire bows, insanity from the black bow, etc.

Question: does air shield protect from missile weapons' secondaryeffect?