Blaze said:
Nope, it's checked.
Edit: Nevermind, I just got rid of them all. Doing 1,000+ damage through maximum armor/shield is something I won't miss anyway.
The wizard flame weapon is dangerous. I'll switch it with the water pistol and see if its more comfortable.
Magic has an initial damage plus a seperate scripted damage that ignores armor at the moment, but the effect is set to be small, in the range of 20-30 points
for the part that ignores armor.
I should say: the flame weapons are dangerous to the caster especially. If you walk backwards they tend to point blank explode and wipe you and your troops instead of the enemy. This was why I wanted to explore so many combinations with premade charachters. I found thunder javelins ineffective, drow missiles were OK but you cant stack them with anything else that has a magic effect, such as the flashbang or wounding curse crossbows. Those are fine so long as they fire normal bolts but putting a special two part bolt on them makes them go off in your face. The grenades SHOULD be working but do about half damage, so they won't wipe out so many troops at a time. I'd like to finish magic resistance and then armor can be more nuanced than before. I am talking TEST E; in TEST A there was an "all hit points except 1" effect to many magics; if you had 1000 hit points they would damage 999. For Test E that was changed. Test E has an annoying double spawn in the village elder, at tavern mercs, and adding scenes to correct missing ones at some villages broke savegame. The next patch should be a hot patch that does not ruin savegame.
The item based magic will eventually be replaced; it is a place holder waiting for a more serious system, with presentation based spell selection, npc casting, npc heals, and a real magic defense that adjusts to the type of armor worn (so plate mail is a handicap in a shower of sparks but gives some protection against grenades, and does fairly well against acid - but so might leather.) Fire, cold, unholy, divine, acid; these at least are likely attacks, besides blunt, piercing, and cutting.
- GS