Master Enslave MR roll

[Alneyan]

Could it be that the pearl increasing the mage level is counted in the "total number of gems a mage can use"? The first pearl your mage used would bring him to level 10, allowing him to use 10 pearls, so two extra. Wouldn't this allow him to (barely) cast the spell?

I am not sure it is intended to work that way, but it seems the most likely explanation to me; that is, if I got my maths right.

[Kristoffer O]

Sunray: 200 is max fatigue. When you have 200 you take damage next time you get fatigue.

Is base penetration 4 for easy resist? I though it was like 7 or so.

[Alneyan]

That's interesting to know: a mage can cast any spell so long as she met the requirements, without having to worry about too much fatigue. An Earth 7 Cyclops can cast the 700 fatigue Army of Lead, and will get down to 195 fatigue on the next round.

I read easy resist meant a +4 bonus to MR checks; that was what Pocus told me at any rate, and what he wrote in his first post.

Kristoffer O said:
Sunray: 200 is max fatigue. When you have 200 you take damage next time you get fatigue.

Interesting. I've always thought that scripted spells > 200 fat are rejected by the AI.

Is base penetration 4 for easy resist? I though it was like 7 or so.

Ach, you're right, I was still using the dom1 manual. In dom2 it is 7, not 4.

It's clearer now. 8 (base 7 +1 for two extra levels) vs 11 (MR of spirits) = 20% chance (27% if the first pearl is use to get 1 extra level). 8 vs 15 (dryads) = 5% (or 7% for the 1st gem).

Against Pocus, the level 12 Oracle had thus a penetration of 7 (base) + 4 (items) + 4 (8 levels above minimum, using 12 gems) = 15, versus a MR of 23 it gives 3,5% chance to enslave (5% if the first pearl = +1). Not bad.

Thanks

[atul]

Fatique is capped at 200, if I've understood correctly the rest should be turned into ordinary damage... ...but I have also seen mage get 200 fatique and no damage in a situation where there should be excess fatique. Maybe something wrong there, and fatique isn't properly converted?

[Alneyan]

There is no damage involved when casting a spell over 200 fatigue; my Cyclops at least whistled, despite casting a 700-fatigue spell. I believe you are supposed to get damage only if you get additional fatigue afterwards, which would require a spell creating fatigue.

[Saber Cherry]

Alneyan said:
There is no damage involved when casting a spell over 200 fatigue; my Cyclops at least whistled, despite casting a 700-fatigue spell. I believe you are supposed to get damage only if you get additional fatigue afterwards, which would require a spell creating fatigue.

Or sleep vines, lifedrain, etc., and communicants getting pushed over 200.