Tips for A newbie Playing as R'lyeh

[shovah]

yes, against fast enemies ethereal is good but otherwise i'd leave it out (twist fate is also amazing, not to useful in most battles but in an assasination it will save you)

[Tharivol_Street_Prince]

My starchildren's targets always seem to resist being killed by astral spells.

[Saber Cherry]

Also note that a Star Child can forge its own Spell Focus... I am not sure if that helps Mind Blast (but I think it does). It certainly will help Astral Shield, and if you give them a Starshine, Mind Burn or Paralyze. Astral Pearls are very cheap for Rlyeh, an Astral/Clam nation.

[shovah]

yes, try him with a focus and a few gems (or better yet, give him a focus and a clam to make his own gems) and blast away with spells (even those he couldnt use before. and yes, spell focus should help mind blast (as should a runesmasher)

[Graeme Dice]

shovah said:
yes, try him with a focus and a few gems (or better yet, give him a focus and a clam to make his own gems) and blast away with spells (even those he couldnt use before. and yes, spell focus should help mind blast (as should a runesmasher)

Magic Resistance penetrators don't affect mindblast.

[shovah]

you sure? mr negates so i dont see why not.

[Daynarr]

Beacuse mind blast is not spell. It's ability.

[Graeme Dice]

shovah said:
you sure? mr negates so i dont see why not.

Penetration boosting items don't affect anything that's not a spell, so they also have no effect on the Aboleth's enslave mind attack, nor do they have any effect on the various attacks that require a MR check to succeed.