Medusa Sheild is killing blind and undead, bug?

[Folket]

To me it sounds like the Aegis has a gaze attack and is able to look at both blind and mindless.

On the other hand the Gorgon should not turn mindless or blind to stone.

[Reay]

Yes, maybe the Stone Sword is on contact and not vision based. The spell Petrify might also not be vision based so perhaps these two are exceptions to the mindless/blind immunity. The Aegis still seems like you need to see it before petrification occurs.

Hmmm this thread contains high levels of nerdiness.

[sum1lost]

Its MAGIC.

[deadboi]

Folket:
I think that the Aegis and Gorgon would work the same. Both are based on the idea that they are so hideous that the target gets turned to stone. The only difference is that the "unknown maker painted an extremely vivid image of the Medusa" on the Aegis. In Greek Mythology the Aegis, a breast plate, has the actual head of Medusa attached to it and even though the head is dead and inanimate people who see it will still be turned to stone because of it's grotesque appearance.

In Dominions they have taken that idea but made it into a shield and the image is painted on rather then having the physical head attached possibly to avoid the need for blood magic in creating it? *shrug*.

The main factor is that the target has to see the Gorgon/Aegis in order for it to affect them. The Gorgons could not just turn people to stone at will, the people had to look upon them. This allowed Perseus to slay Medusa by only looking at her reflection in his shield.

Reay:
I agree the Stone Sword and the Petrify spell would still affect mindless/blind units because they don't require the target to see the sword or the spell being cast at them for it to work.

sum1lost:
"It's Magic" is a viable option especially if changing how the Gorgon/Aegis petrification works would offset game balance in which case the descriptions for the Gorgon and Aegis should be clarified and possibly made in to an active action rather then a passive affect like the the Illithid Mind Blast ability.

[Argitoth]

If its solely based on vision, mindless beings don't care what they are looking at.

[fictionfan]

Quite a few undead units should be made blind because they don't have eyes. I do not think the are over powered and even if they were. The game should be as accurate as possibly. We can invant counters later. (I do use undead much at all)