Question about Horrors

Bowlingballhead · #1 February 6th, 2004, 04:32 PM

I've never even seen a Doom Horror in action, but I've seen Lesser Horrors, and their capacity to kill was scary. Doom Horrors dwarf Lesser Horrors, so...

Graeme Dice · #2 February 6th, 2004, 05:00 PM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Doom horror is why there are no sneak items. Could you see a Doom Horror with a "sneak ring" and a "black heart"?
*shiver* a Doom Horror Assassin.

If you can get doom horrors, then you can also get a lord of the night, and he's stealthy, flying, autogenerates two fiends of darkness, and is size 6.

mivayan · #3 February 6th, 2004, 05:31 PM

I played with wishing for doom horrors, and equipping them with amulet of antimagic and ring of regeneration. I lost one to a province with 50 mandragoras - undead, lifeless(?), 12 attacks doing 33 stun damage (mr negates). Neither life steal or blood vengeance is particulary usefull in that situation. It took a long time, but eventually the doom horror and half the enemies were dead.

void · #4 February 7th, 2004, 02:38 AM

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Originally posted by mivayan:
I played with wishing for doom horrors, and equipping them with amulet of antimagic and ring of regeneration. I lost one to a province with 50 mandragoras - undead, lifeless(?), 12 attacks doing 33 stun damage (mr negates). Neither life steal or blood vengeance is particulary usefull in that situation. It took a long time, but eventually the doom horror and half the enemies were dead.

so a lucky pendant is a better choice

i had my doom horror killed by 7 bard. yes...Man Bard,nature 1 magi. Haunted forest+Swarm,repeat*n...horror gone.

Graeme Dice · #5 February 7th, 2004, 10:00 AM

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Originally posted by void:
i had my doom horror killed by 7 bard. yes...Man Bard,nature 1 magi. Haunted forest+Swarm,repeat*n...horror gone.

If you have to deal with large amounts of undead, then you would probably be better off summoning archangels with your pearls as a first guess.

void · #6 February 7th, 2004, 11:36 AM

It's a SUPRISE. ^^

Never noticed that the haunted forest has been created, and the military report told me that the defenders are "LONGBOW*30"(it's a rich province near enemy' capital, far away from the battleline). It's a good target for a doom horror i believe, so i attack...and lose it.

Norfleet · #7 February 9th, 2004, 07:24 AM

It's worth mentioning that Doom Horrors appear to cause Bad Events to occur. In my most recent game, after hearing all about Doom Horrors, I set up a Doom Horror Factory where I would mass produce Doom Horrors at 2-3 per turn.

Unfortunately, horrible things would constantly befall the aforementioned province. And the lab would burn down every other turn. Convinced that the AI was somehow responsible for this, I went with my classically heavy-handed overkill approach: I stuck up all of the arcane shielding domes I could cast, 4 or 5 or so. NOTHING was going to get through that.

The woes continued. Often multiple times per turn. I was utterly perplexed, and was planning on reporting this as a bug...right after I finished that game.

It all came to a head at the end game, where my masses of Doom Horrors congregated in massive packs of 20-30 in the home provinces of my enemies....

And immediately, about 8 bad events occurred in that province. It *HAD* to be the Doom Horrors. I'm sure of it now.