Two questions on Quickness -- Special Smite-o-Mat Recipe

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Zen:
The double attack only comes from the Quickness spell AFAIK.

While the Water-9 blessing is supposed to give "Quickness 50%", whatever 50% means (perhaps it's their way of saying it halves the time actions take), it appears to act as a normal Quickness spell in doubling the number of attacks.

Personally, the blessing effect should have said Quickness (2x) or Quickness (+100%). To me, 50% implies 3 attacks per 2 rounds, which I don;t think is what's happening.

[johan osterman]

Originally posted by Arryn:
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To me, 50% implies 3 attacks per 2 rounds, which I don;t think is what's happening.

I think that's exactly what's happening.

[ February 12, 2004, 12:25: Message edited by: johan osterman ]

[Arryn]

Originally posted by johan osterman:

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Originally posted by Arryn:
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To me, 50% implies 3 attacks per 2 rounds, which I don;t think is what's happening.

I think that's exactly what's happening.

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Reason I say what I say is I've observed my Shrouded (W9-blessed) casters attacking in the pattern 2,2,2 rather than the expected 2,1,2. Anyone else see 2,1,2? Or 2,2,2 as I have?

[johan osterman]

IIRC there is a 50% chnce of getting an extra action, so it would quite often not be 2 1 2 1 2 1.

[tinkthank]

Thank you all.
I am unburying this thread for one Last question:

It was said that Quickness from W-9 Blessing does *not* stack with other quicknesses. I am not so sure now with experimenting, but this "50% chance of..." that J.O. mentioned makes it hard to confirm or deny. Although JO also said he is not sure about that.

Question: Does anyone have some hard facts on what forms of quickness stack with which other ones?

thank you very much

[En Forcer]

And I want to know too if speed items can stack. Boots of speed, sword of swiftness, the spell quickness, and the heroic ability.

What stacks and what doesn't?

[Cohen]

Sword of Switfness gives 2 attacks, not quickness.