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Old October 27th, 2005, 06:35 AM
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Default blind spell / need some advice

in my last game (i was playing arcoscephale) i built a huge army of lifeless/mindless beings, mostly statues and siege golems. everything worked well and i even won he game, but there's still something that makes me wonder:
during the last battles the enemy (in this case it was a difficult marignon AI) did cast "blind" on most my siege golems.
here are my questions...

1. why aren't golems immune to blindness ?
2. is there a way to make them immune to blindness ?
3. is there any way to cure their blindness in battle ?
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Old October 27th, 2005, 08:35 AM
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Default Re: blind spell / need some advice

1. because, technically, they have eyes (you could GiftofReason a golem to make it a commander; it would be able to use the magic eyes in the misc slot)

2. no (other than high magic resistance)

3. in battle - no
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Old October 27th, 2005, 08:45 AM
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Default Re: blind spell / need some advice

Related Question:What about magical eyes and creatures being eyless or having multiple eyes? Will the magical eyes work too? Will two magical eyes make them go blind nonetheless?
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Old October 27th, 2005, 08:57 AM
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Default Re: blind spell / need some advice

thats exactly what i wanted to ask next ^^
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Old October 27th, 2005, 10:51 AM
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Default Re: blind spell / need some advice

Two magical eyes certainly makes two-eyed critters blind. I think that with more eyes, the unit will lose two eyes but won't go blind.
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Old October 27th, 2005, 01:17 PM
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Default Re: blind spell / need some advice

With enough strength, it seems that two mechanical eyes can fit one eye hole .

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Default Re: blind spell / need some advice

lol!!
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Default Re: blind spell / need some advice

i dont think there is a limit to how many magical eyes you may have but having more of them than you have actual eyes will make you blind
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Old October 28th, 2005, 07:33 AM
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Default Re: blind spell / need some advice

Hilarious! There ought to be a story about a Cyclops who forged himself two magical eyes to see better and who was then rewarded with blindness for his eagerness...maybe he got an ill-formed forging recipe from a malignant witch that cheated him...
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Default Re: blind spell / need some advice

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With enough strength, it seems that two mechanical eyes can fit one eye hole .

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That's nothing! Zirru the Grand Thaumaturg can use three eyes at once. He presumably keeps one on the tip of his tail.
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