Devourer of souls

Reverend Zombie · #1 August 29th, 2007, 08:43 PM

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RamsHead said:
No, I wouldn't say that it is worth thirty death gems since you will have to bring mage support to ensure that he can hit the SC.

I've been told the Devour Soul effect always hits (even if the bite doesn't) and it is irresistible.

GoR him for some extra scripting control.

RamsHead · #2 August 29th, 2007, 09:32 PM

The soul death effect is tagged as a secondary effect, which means that the bite must hit for it to take effect. Either you are misinformed or there is some special mechanic for the devourer. The effect is irresistible though, like you said. The devourer is not a bad unit, but it is a bit expensive.

mathusalem · #3 August 30th, 2007, 04:37 AM

try gift of reason on the devourer, equip with pendant of luck and another boosting armor / defence.
with a good bless he is pretty effective.

Reverend Zombie · #4 August 30th, 2007, 10:11 AM

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RamsHead said:
The soul death effect is tagged as a secondary effect, which means that the bite must hit for it to take effect. Either you are misinformed or there is some special mechanic for the devourer.

Isn't there an "always hits" attribute for some secondary effects?

llamabeast · #5 August 30th, 2007, 10:33 AM

Yep, there is. The mod command is #secondaryeffectalways.

RonD · #6 August 30th, 2007, 10:48 AM

He would certainly be worth the gems if he was a 19-foot long Allipotomus.

Caduceus · #7 August 30th, 2007, 11:25 AM

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RonD said:
He would certainly be worth the gems if he was a 19-foot long Allipotomus.

Hah! Everyone around me thinks I'm crazy, muttering and chuckling about allipotomuses.

Reverend Zombie · #8 August 30th, 2007, 11:40 AM

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llamabeast said:
Yep, there is. The mod command is #secondaryeffectalways.

The question now is whether that is the attribute of the Devourer's Devour Soul effect. I have neither the knowledge to check that, nor the time to acquire it.

Xietor · #9 August 30th, 2007, 12:12 PM

In my very limited test, it did not always hit. and since it died so fast, was hard to get much data about it.

And you can only have 1 summoned at a time. I hope that is for some thematic reason and not because these things are considered overpowered. Not only are they not overpowered, id never spend 30 d gems to own one in a real game. Their attack is not even ranged.

And despite KO saying it has a name, it is not even a commander. If memory serves it was also a magic being, meaning it can be dispatched fairly easily by a thug dual wielding elf banes. But that is unnecessary, because in my test it died to castle bought units.

Valandil · #10 August 30th, 2007, 02:22 PM

If you quicken it, it kills TWO militia a turn.