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konny666
Noble Knight
Joined: 03 Jul 2003
Posts: 219
Location: Babylon 6 |
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Do the different type of weapons matter vs. particular creature types? For example, do skeletons take more damage against clubs and axes rather than swords, things like that?
So if I had a double-bladed axe and a longsword with exact same stats... any point in picking one over the other? |
Sat Jul 05, 2003 3:44 am |
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Uriziel
Grand Mage
Joined: 17 May 2002
Posts: 735
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Yes, some weapon/baddie combo's are better. For instance arrows won't do diddly to a skeleton, but any sword, axe etc of the same hitpoint values are interchangable.
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Sat Jul 05, 2003 5:01 am |
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konny666
Noble Knight
Joined: 03 Jul 2003
Posts: 219
Location: Babylon 6 |
Hmm, actually I think you might have misread my post. I already know about the difference between long-range and close-combat... hence the Armor has different values for both. If I somehow could wear ten +10 Arrow-Armor protection rings somehow and was naked, I'd have 100 protection against arrows and they wouldn't do too much damage to me while a sword might kill me with one thrust.....
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I'm talking about the difference that I cited specifically in my example.. an axe and a sword with EXACT same stats, will they be different in any way. Of course a sword will do differently to a skeleton compared to an arrow, they both attack the target using completely different armor classes. But all melee weapons hit against the same "armor type" so I wanted to know if there was some *hidden game mechanics* to deal with different weapons on armor/creatures.
Like in AD&D, there's pierce, bash, and slash... or something like that. one of the optional rules for second edition anyways |
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Sat Jul 05, 2003 7:24 am |
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cptmaxon
High Emperor
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Posts: 557
Location: Israel |
no as far as i know the damage is the same in everything
the only place I found that was diffrent was the magic golem that needed a special weapon.
I think PB could have given the subject a lot more than they did
only spells have differnt damage on differnt critters e.g a fireball can damage an ice golem but means nothing to a fire one
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Sat Jul 05, 2003 9:03 am |
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konny666
Noble Knight
Joined: 03 Jul 2003
Posts: 219
Location: Babylon 6 |
OK well that sounds good enough for me. I wonder if anyone has posted a list or something regarding which spells have the best effects on which monsters and so forth... I'm in the mood to hunt some golems |
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Sat Jul 05, 2003 11:17 am |
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Der_Schnitter_t
Captain of the Guard
Joined: 29 Jun 2003
Posts: 178
Location: Germania |
You also will have no problem taking down a skeleton with a bow, you just need a powerful bow, a lot of percentage in the bow skill and a high Dexterity, then the bow will have a large effect on the skeleton, too. Just as the strenght is added to the weapon strenght when you do a critical hit with a close combat weapon, so will the dexterity be added to the damage of the bow when it does a critical hit. And, as you know, the critical hit rate is the same as the skill percentage for the particular weapontype. |
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Sat Jul 05, 2003 2:00 pm |
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Pikkon
A Hadou Master And A Skilled Thief
Joined: 29 Jun 2003
Posts: 2325
Location: Where the sea is salt and the pool is not... |
Actually i think the orc slayer is better against orcs more than a weapon with the same damege cos i had a weapon that wasnt weeker in a lot of damege and the orc slayer did A LOT more damege but only for the orcs normal monsters i hit a little more... becose im a paladin i now have a holy arrow rune it does 150 damege and only cost 5 mana!!! (it works only against evil: orcs, wargs, dragons, undead, seekers and more...). |
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Sat Jul 05, 2003 8:05 pm |
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konny666
Noble Knight
Joined: 03 Jul 2003
Posts: 219
Location: Babylon 6 |
I dunno... maybe you are just seeing things 
I'm using the orc slayer sword in the valley of mines now, it doesn't seem to make a huge amount of difference over my previous sword, "fine bastard sword" or something. |
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