Does 40 defence protect against arrows?

[Argitoth]

Does defence protect you against arrows at all?

[Renojustin]

Negative.

[Lingchih]

Shields are what stops arrows. And armor helps, of course.

[Argitoth]

does ethereal crossbows go through magic resistance?

[Jazzepi]

Argitoth said:
does ethereal crossbows go through magic resistance?



No, it forces the person hit by the ethereal crossbow bolt to make a save or die.

It's basically Soul Slay built into a crossbow.

Jazzepi

[Argitoth]

dam.

[Renojustin]

Or more accurately, Soul Slay built into a crossbow bolt.

[fantasma]

does it do any regular damage if it hits but the target makes his (MR based, I suppose?) save roll?

[Sombre]

Nope.

[Sombre]

To follow up on this, when a projectile is parried by a shield does that make use of the base def value of the parrying unit?

Would a guy with 40 defence have a better chance of parrying a missile using a standard shield than a guy with 5 defence? I know in melee the parry chance is the same (if you have high def you are just more likely to dodge and not need to parry) but I wonder about ranged.

[Agema]

No.

Defence is a completely useless statistic against missile fire. The only thing that determines whether a hit is scored is size of the target and its shield parry value.