Endgame Diversity Mod - v1.2 released

[Valerius]

Originally Posted by rdonj

By the way, sidhe thugs should never be going up against shishi without an ideal weapon at minimum, because they just plain have no need not to. They can't be jumped on by the shishi, but they can return the favor easily. So all these tests where the sidhe were using frost brands were really suboptimal. Something like a sword of sharpness would make much more sense for these tests.

Well, it's not that bad. The frost brand does 16 damage, the sword of sharpness 8. With the Sidhe Lords strength of 13 and the Shishi's protection of 20 that's an 11 point difference for the sword of sharpness and a 9 point difference for the frost brand. When you factor in the 3 point advantage in attack of the frost brand I think it comes out ahead. I also think there's a value in having the weapon with an AOE attack in case you unexpectedly need to deal with a crowd or just want to immediately move on to the next fight without having to change equipment. Having said that, a Fire Brand would beat both the Frost Brand and Sword of Sharpness handily - the only drawback being that with this build you won't be able to equip a CR 50+ item so that you can get to CR 100 with elemental fortitude.

But you bring up a good point that these aren't real in-game situations. The Sidhe Lords can choose when to fight and when to sneak away. The Shishi's will have to deal with a counterattack. And I think this is when their limited slots come into play since you won't be able to cover both MR and elemental weaknesses.

[rdonj]

Hmm, you have a point also. I should have said an axe of sharpness, or possibly an axe of hate. I would definitely have gone with fire brand, but was trying to stick to national paths. A fire brand equipped sidhe would easily carve its way through a shishi. Anyway I suppose the initial tests weren't so bad, in retrospect!

[Valerius]

Originally Posted by rdonj

I would definitely have gone with fire brand, but was trying to stick to national paths.

No, you're right about that. I was trying to do the same: the Skratti's equipment was all stuff Jotun could forge but I bent the rules a bit on the Sidhe Lord by giving him the Luck Pendant (I usually try to give them one but of course need indies to forge them). Anyway, the Fire Brand came to mind when I was thinking about multi-purpose weapons.