Casting hindrances

[Gan]

I know this has been discussed before, but THIS SUCKS!!!

You gesture at a rotting corpse.
[Spell Hindrance for some deep black rolaren scalemail is 7% with current Armor Use skill, d100= 3]
Your armor prevents the spell from working correctly.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

>bone
*** TypoHelp: Converted "1106" to INCANT 1106.
You focus your thoughts while chanting the mystical phrase for Bone Shatter...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a rotting corpse.
[Spell Hindrance for some deep black rolaren scalemail is 7% with current Armor Use skill, d100= 3]
Your armor prevents the spell from working correctly.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

>bone
*** TypoHelp: Converted "1106" to INCANT 1106.
You focus your thoughts while chanting the mystical phrase for Bone Shatter...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a rotting corpse.
[Spell Hindrance for some deep black rolaren scalemail is 7% with current Armor Use skill, d100= 3]
Your armor prevents the spell from working correctly.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.


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[Bobmuhthol]

omg 1 in 1000000 chance of getting 3 rolls of 3!!!

[Gan]

Thats it, I'm going out and buying a lottery ticket today!

[LeftOverForGood]

Yeah, it always seems fucked up when the spell hinderances under 18% or so always seem to kick in repeatedly when you do fail. I think I had my ranger fail seven or eight times in a row in his brig with 35 ranks in Armor.

Funny thing is I never fail repeatedly with the heavier armors and higher hinderance.

[Kitsun]

Completely off topic but boy your FE layout is goofy looking.

[Gan]

Completely off topic but boy your FE layout is goofy looking.

I bet you say that to all the guys...

[Krinthalis]

omg 1 in 1000000 chance of getting 3 rolls of 3!!!

It always bugs me a little when people say this. Its true the probability of getting 3 rolls of 3 is 1 in a million, but so is the probability of getting any given sequence of three numbers. If I posted a log in which I got a 78, a 27, and a 32, I doubt anyone would be surprised, but the probability of getting exactly those three numbers is the same as the probability of getting 3 3 3.

You have to look at why he's posting - he's pissed cause he failed three times in a row. Thats just (7/100)^3 or about 350 in a million. But you have to ask yourself, how many spells do you cast? I have no idea, but I went and looked it up for my wizard, and its about 30 combat spells per hunt, at about 3 hunts per hour, for about an hour a day or so. So thats about 700 combat spells a week. 350 in a million is like 1 in 3300, so you expect to see three failuers in a row maybe once a month or so depending on much you play. If you play more than a hour a day, you'll probably see more.

I know it sucks, but it probably happens about just as much as you would expect. And also, you can see why you don't get it as often for higher failures - I doubt you're casting 30 combat spells a hunt in mbp.

[Bobmuhthol]

It bugs you when people state facts?

[LeftOverForGood]

I know it sucks, but it probably happens about just as much as you would expect. And also, you can see why you don't get it as often for higher failures - I doubt you're casting 30 combat spells a hunt in mbp.


Why would you doubt that? For someone so interested in accuracy, this seems like a silly assumption. Any mid-level paladin ( in MBP) can easily reach if not exceed a measly 30 combat spells per hunt. I know mine does.

[Fallen]

I know with 6% base hindrance, 4% Minor Elemental and 3%(?) Spiritual I eat a ton of hindrance. Doesn't bother me, though. I would rather have the lower DFs and what not.

I can completely understand why some sorcerers would find it unacceptable. Especially if you are not in COL.

[Gan]

>bone
*** TypoHelp: Converted "1106" to INCANT 1106.
loot
You focus your thoughts while chanting the mystical phrase for Bone Shatter...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a rotting corpse.
[Spell Hindrance for some deep black rolaren scalemail is 7% with current Armor Use skill, d100= 6]
Your armor prevents the spell from working correctly.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>Could not find a valid target to loot.
>
A rotting corpse shambles in!
>bone
*** TypoHelp: Converted "1106" to INCANT 1106.
You focus your thoughts while chanting the mystical phrase for Bone Shatter...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a rotting corpse.
[Spell Hindrance for some deep black rolaren scalemail is 7% with current Armor Use skill, d100= 6]
Your armor prevents the spell from working correctly.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>fire
You are now in an offensive stance.
>
You utter a light chant and raise your hands, beckoning the lesser spirits to aid you with the Fire Spirit spell...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a rotting corpse.
You hurl a roaring ball of fire at a rotting corpse!
AS: +430 vs DS: +169 with AvD: +50 + d100 roll: +18 = +329
... and hit for 88 points of damage!
Right arm scorched so bad it might as well be gone.
The corpse's rusted manacles falls to the ground.
The roaring ball of fire strikes a rotting corpse, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 55 points of damage!
Left eye explodes. Sizzling pieces of brain drip from the empty socket.
You hear a sound like a weeping child as a white glow separates itself from the rotting corpse's body as it rises, disappearing into the heavens.
The rotting corpse falls to the ground, rotting flesh falling from her bones.
A burst of flame from your roaring ball of fire flies off and hits a rotting corpse.
... 65 points of damage!
Left leg completely charred.
A rotting corpse falls to the ground grasping her mangled left leg!
The rotting corpse is stunned!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>
Cast Round Time in effect: Setting stance to guarded.
>loot
You search the rotting corpse.
You discard the corpse's useless equipment.
She had 250 silvers on her.
You gather the remaining 250 coins.
She had nothing else of value.
A rotting corpse rots away, leaving nothing behind.
>loo
>
[Castle Dungeons, Cell]
Three sleeping pallets have been hewn out of stone along each of the cell walls. Etched into the stone above each bed are similar, yet very different runes. One set thin and very precise, another stronger but less artistically drawn. The third set imparts a feeling of foreboding and distress. Set in the center of the room you see a stone pedestal. You also see some rusted manacles and a rotting corpse that appears stunned.
Obvious exits: south
>fire
>
You are now in an offensive stance.
>
You utter a light chant and raise your hands, beckoning the lesser spirits to aid you with the Fire Spirit spell...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a rotting corpse.
[Spell Hindrance for some deep black rolaren scalemail is 6% with current Armor Use skill, d100= 2]
Your armor prevents the spell from working correctly.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>
Cast Round Time in effect: Setting stance to guarded.
>loot
Could not find a valid target to loot.
>bone
*** TypoHelp: Converted "1106" to INCANT 1106.
You focus your thoughts while chanting the mystical phrase for Bone Shatter...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a rotting corpse.
[Spell Hindrance for some deep black rolaren scalemail is 7% with current Armor Use skill, d100= 2]
Your armor prevents the spell from working correctly.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

[Drew]

I blew three casts in a row of 635 the other day, only succeeded on the fourth cast. 140 mana to cast nature's fury.

[StrayRogue]

Lets hope on that successful cast you realized how weak it was and decided never to cast it again.

140 mana well spent.

[Stunseed]

Meh, I follow 635 with an mstrike. It usually does well, considering a lack of lores on the ranger.

[Gan]

I just get the freakiest repeat rolls sometimes. Especially when it involves casting hindrances. :(


ITS A CONSPIRACY MAN!!!

[Stunseed]

I've failed on 635 five times in a row. I'm so glad I don't depend on 616 as much as I blow it on hinderance.