Re: AG: Which spell?

From: baw@grebble.oau.org (Brett Wampner)

Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000

David Hartmann (davidh@z-code.com) wrote:
: So I run a young elf who is finally building up the MP and recharge to
: start considering another spell to complement Cure Party.

: I'm familiar with the benefits of the Protection spell, but I've only seen
: Magic Fury cast twice.  Both times it seemed to do decent damage (it was a
: lvl 4 Magic Fury cast on a bunch of weak humanoids both times).  On the
: downside, the caster did nothing except cast the spell in those battles.
: In other battles she'd run arround doing stuff, but casting MF seemed to
: suck up most of her action points.
Protection is truely awesome.  I went on an adventure with Silencer once,
the nice spell was better than my armor. :-)
Protection is also the only one time charge spell. It is extremely easy to
figure out how much you will spend. :-)

: Also, it appears that MF can go up with use, while Protection can't.
: Anything else I should know?
I have seen several MF characters, but never have run one myself.  I don't
like it personally.  Most characters lose about 2-4 actions casting it.
I would rather see the monsters dazed/vertigoed in the beggining while it
is important.  Also I saw alot of monsters flee when the MF failed to
finish the job. I have never seen, on anyone I know, a free lvl.
Pros: A high lvl, especially with the bauble, will shatter all the gems so
you can start daze/vert/blasting right away.
Several MFs are quite deadly.

: Also, useful though it may be, I'm just not interested in casting Block
: Missiles with this character.
Zod has lvl5 Block Missles now.  It is a great achievement to have a battle
with sharpshooters/archers/bowman/brigands/etc and make it thru without
getting wounded.  I got this spell for personal reasons, not out of
consideration for the group.  After I dropped my 6th time from arrows, I
started to learn the spell.  At lvl4 I went about 90% successful. So far
Lvl 5 has been 100% successful.

I also cast Protection(2), and Cure Party(8).  Most adventures I don't even
chew thru my 7 recharge. UM2 28Cunning.

Brett

: Y.T., Igor, and Homer in Antar
See ya in Azcor's -Krystal

References

AG: Which spell?
davidh@z-code.com (David Hartmann)
Sun, 27 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000

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AG: Which spell?
davidh@z-code.com (David Hartmann)
Sun, 27 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000