Decay

[Tolkien]

If decay was, say, AoE-1, it might have much more early-game use. Until then: not so much.

[Sombre]

Yep, pretty much useless.

[Kuritza]

Indie lich killed a whole troop of my skinshifters with Winds of death once, the mass-decay spell. He cast it twice, so nearly all my skinshifters started decaying, and by the time they broke through lich's skellies they started dying from old age.
Once WoD inflicted heavy casualties on my LA Man crossbowmen, too. Useless in small in fast combats, it gets quite dangerous in epic battles with 200+ units on each side.

Single-target decay is not useless enough though.

[Fantomen]

It´s pretty ok against Abysia with their short lifespans

[Quitti]

Well, like stated, the normal decay is somewhat useless. If it were aoe1 or even aoe1+ it'd probably see more use. Perhaps an idea someone should post to the CBM thread ?

[happygeek]

Sorry, is the Death-9 bless effect "Death Weapons" actually a decay effect? In the manual, it says that "many" of the bless effects are actually spells (Flaming Weapons, Air Shield), but I see no spell with the name Death Weapons, so I thought maybe it would be that. In the current game I am playing, Jotun AI has Death Weapons bless, but I still cant figure out what it means.

[Fantomen]

No, it is a special mechanic as far as I know. No decay. One that causes + X% afflictions and works with most attacks including archers and battle magic. The other is 2AN damage with mr resists that only works for melee attacks.

[Sombre]

Flaming weapons isn't a spell. Twist fate is though. So are shockres and regen I suppose.

[happygeek]

Sorry, I guess I was thinking of Flaming Arrows. I was merely refering to what Bruce Geryk wrote on the page in which he covered bless effects, perhaps he was confused too.
I cannot find any documentation about its function in the manual.

Are you saying that Death Weapons is a 2+ an mr effect on all ranged and melee weapons, or flaming weapons?

[thejeff]

Both Death Weapons and Flaming Weapons apply only to melee weapons.

The lesser Death bless, +x% chance of afflictions, also applies to ranged weapons and spells.