Does Fire Resistance protect from Flambeau?

[pole_shift]

The Subject should say it all. My VQ is getting stomped by Angel-types using Flambeaus but will Fire Resistance spell or item protect from it? Hoping so ... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Originally posted by pole_shift:
The Subject should say it all. My VQ is getting stomped by Angel-types using Flambeaus but will Fire Resistance spell or item protect from it? Hoping so ... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">The problem is that Flambeau does triple damage (total 39) vs undead, which the V.Q. is. (Note: Haven't used this pretender design yet so I might have something wrong here...) Undead hit by Flambeaux are quickly declared... re-dead. C'est la non-vie. Fire resistance was the least of your problems...

[Gateway103]

Only if Flambeau do fire damages only, otherwise the x3 will quickly slay your undead queen dead (that sounds paradoxical, lol) Why don't you equip a cheap undead with fire resistant item, and test him out, or test it out with you queen in friendly dominion?

-Gateway103

[ April 19, 2004, 05:35: Message edited by: Gateway103 ]

[pole_shift]

Yes I need to test it. Its not clear. Its just that I needed to know quickly as I was in the middle of an MP game and it was (very) relevant. Game Over (I lost) and I never got the chance to try it but now I need to satisfy my curiousity. I will post my results.

[Yossar]

I may be wrong but my best guess is that a flambeau does normal damage (x3 vs undead) with an added chance to set the enemy on fire. You'd be immune to the extra fire, but the sword would still hurt a fire immune creature.