Stone Sword + Stone Boots?

#1 July 18th, 2010, 06:12 AM

Do the Boots of Stone (and "stoneskin" for that matter) give a unit the #stone-being tag? Or do they in any way make their user immune to the stone sword/petrify?

I searched the threads but the only one I could find about the stone sword was a bit dated and didn't answer my question anyway.

Psycho · #2 July 18th, 2010, 07:16 AM

I seriously doubt it. It's easily testable - just mod a creature with small MR and give it the boots.

Rytek · #3 July 18th, 2010, 11:27 AM

no. look back a few pages and you will see a thread listing all of the units with stone being tag.

Rookierookie · #4 July 18th, 2010, 04:04 PM

No. Your skin turns to stone for stoneskin. You turn entirely into a pile of rock for stone being/petrify.

#5 July 19th, 2010, 05:50 AM

ahhh, thanks for the confirmation. I kinda doubted the boots would give a unit the stonebeing tag.

In fact, I don't know if the game mechanics even allow for an item to give a creature new tags like that.

Stavis_L · #6 July 19th, 2010, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Grijalva

ahhh, thanks for the confirmation. I kinda doubted the boots would give a unit the stonebeing tag.

Here's the thread Rytek mentioned, BTW:
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?p=746174

..and a more complete list from EricM here:
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showp...9&postcount=19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grijalva

In fact, I don't know if the game mechanics even allow for an item to give a creature new tags like that.

They do not. To change unit attributes like that, you'd need to change the base unit type; offhand the only way to do that is via the spells Transformation, Ritual of Rebirth, Twiceborn, and Life After Death, or via the artifact items Pebble Skin Suit and The Ankh. None of those results in a base unit with "stonebeing" tag.

RadicalTurnip · #7 July 20th, 2010, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stavis_L

They do not. To change unit attributes like that, you'd need to change the base unit type; offhand the only way to do that is via the spells Transformation, Ritual of Rebirth, Twiceborn, and Life After Death, or via the artifact items Pebble Skin Suit and The Ankh. None of those results in a base unit with "stonebeing" tag.

or the amulet of lycanthropy...still not made of stone, though.