Chaosmongler
09-16-2004, 08:18 PM
Okay, been hunting lesser ice giants and their friends outside of Icemule's east gate. This has been pretty uneventful until lately with the critter spells going into effect, where Drew and I have noticed some odd things. Going to post a log (edited for stuff that didn't matter) of a fight with one, is this normal?
A lesser ice giant lumbers in, followed by a hailing icestorm!
You gesture at a lesser ice giant.
A lesser ice giant seems to be distracted by something.
Okay, starts out normal with a nice cast of 607, time to pwn this thing!
A lesser ice giant spits several pieces of ice into the air.
You are struck by a large chunk of ice!
... 10 points of damage!
You're not getting cold feet now, are you?
A lesser ice giant's eyes glow with an glacial cold blue light!
A lesser ice giant swings a massive icicle at you!
AS: +374 vs DS: +351 with AvD: +35 + d100 roll: +30 = +88
A clean miss.
Egads! That AS is huge for one of these! Oh well, since it just blasted me with ice and then swung, it HAS to be in offensive, right? Right?!?
You gesture.
An invisible force guides you.
You're now aiming at the left eye of your target when using a ranged weapon, or while ambushing.
You fire a silvery white arrow at a lesser ice giant!
AS: +352 vs DS: +269 with AvD: +23 + d100 roll: +9 = +115
... and hit for 5 points of damage!
Attack bumps an eyebrow.
Oh! So close!
The guiding force leaves you.
The scintillating white light surrounding the arrow fades some.
The silvery white arrow ricochets away from a lesser ice giant, landing nearby.
Roundtime: 4 sec.
269? WITH sounds? Jeez, what the heck?
You gesture.
An invisible force guides you.
A lesser ice giant swings a massive icicle at you!
You evade the attack!
You are now in an offensive stance.
You fire a silvery white arrow at a lesser ice giant!
AS: +352 vs DS: +194 with AvD: +23 + d100 roll: +63 = +244
... and hit for 75 points of damage!
Incredible shot to the eye penetrates deep into skull!
The ice giant falls to the ground motionless.
A lesser ice giant no longer seems distracted.
The guiding force leaves you.
The silvery white arrow sticks in a lesser ice giant's left eye!
Roundtime: 4 sec.
Okay check that out, its DS was far lower than it was before. Is that 'glacial cold light' a critter form of spirit strike? Note that the monster had no spells on when I killed it (besides sounds). It seems that the only 'uber' lessers are the ones sans spells. Anyone else hunt up there have similar findings?
A lesser ice giant lumbers in, followed by a hailing icestorm!
You gesture at a lesser ice giant.
A lesser ice giant seems to be distracted by something.
Okay, starts out normal with a nice cast of 607, time to pwn this thing!
A lesser ice giant spits several pieces of ice into the air.
You are struck by a large chunk of ice!
... 10 points of damage!
You're not getting cold feet now, are you?
A lesser ice giant's eyes glow with an glacial cold blue light!
A lesser ice giant swings a massive icicle at you!
AS: +374 vs DS: +351 with AvD: +35 + d100 roll: +30 = +88
A clean miss.
Egads! That AS is huge for one of these! Oh well, since it just blasted me with ice and then swung, it HAS to be in offensive, right? Right?!?
You gesture.
An invisible force guides you.
You're now aiming at the left eye of your target when using a ranged weapon, or while ambushing.
You fire a silvery white arrow at a lesser ice giant!
AS: +352 vs DS: +269 with AvD: +23 + d100 roll: +9 = +115
... and hit for 5 points of damage!
Attack bumps an eyebrow.
Oh! So close!
The guiding force leaves you.
The scintillating white light surrounding the arrow fades some.
The silvery white arrow ricochets away from a lesser ice giant, landing nearby.
Roundtime: 4 sec.
269? WITH sounds? Jeez, what the heck?
You gesture.
An invisible force guides you.
A lesser ice giant swings a massive icicle at you!
You evade the attack!
You are now in an offensive stance.
You fire a silvery white arrow at a lesser ice giant!
AS: +352 vs DS: +194 with AvD: +23 + d100 roll: +63 = +244
... and hit for 75 points of damage!
Incredible shot to the eye penetrates deep into skull!
The ice giant falls to the ground motionless.
A lesser ice giant no longer seems distracted.
The guiding force leaves you.
The silvery white arrow sticks in a lesser ice giant's left eye!
Roundtime: 4 sec.
Okay check that out, its DS was far lower than it was before. Is that 'glacial cold light' a critter form of spirit strike? Note that the monster had no spells on when I killed it (besides sounds). It seems that the only 'uber' lessers are the ones sans spells. Anyone else hunt up there have similar findings?