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chrispedersen
August 8th, 2008, 02:05 AM
Does it, or the shield of valor, work against ryalla's mindblast?

konming
August 8th, 2008, 02:20 AM
No. But Antimagic does.

archaeolept
August 8th, 2008, 10:26 AM
mindblast's are 100 prec auto hit... so not actually a projectile being tossed at you.

chrispedersen
August 8th, 2008, 12:46 PM
So is it defined that a thing precision 100 is an auto hit?
What happens under the effects of storms - where precision is cut in half?

Would an airshield work then?

Ewierl
August 8th, 2008, 01:03 PM
I believe some "projectiles" have the (hidden) "autohit" tag. These include psychic attacks and lightning bolts, not sure what else. These attacks don't use the arrow-style mechanics of 'I landed in the right square, but did I actually hit anyone there?'; instead, they always hit somebody in the square. Air shield does not protect against these sorts of attacks.

MaxWilson
August 8th, 2008, 02:41 PM
I don't think there is an "autohit" tag that's separate from vision. Just as 9999 is a magic value for damage that bypasses luck, 100 is a magic value for Precision that bypasses shields/darkness/etc.

-Max

chrispedersen
August 8th, 2008, 02:50 PM
If vision is reduced, do mind blasts still work?

Taqwus
August 8th, 2008, 06:00 PM
It works even if they're blind.