fear question

Jazzepi · #1 July 23rd, 2007, 08:42 AM

Just so you know, two horror helms don't stack

I was trying to give my wurm +10 fear

Jazzepi

Edi · #2 July 23rd, 2007, 08:50 AM

All of the fear items give +5 fear, so that equipping any one of them on a non-mage commander will get Fear(0). For a true Fear-monster, think D10 Prince of Death with Horror Helmet, Lantern Shield and the armor that gives fear (don't remember which one that was. Fear(+35) for the win! If you had a non-pretender one like that and got him Legendary Cruelty or Battle Bellow, that would be something...

Kristoffer O · #3 July 23rd, 2007, 08:54 AM

No two identical items stack (like Wine bags).

Edi · #4 July 23rd, 2007, 09:12 AM

Unless you have three or more slots of the same type, so e.g. a Crone with 4 slots can exploit that by putting 2 wine bags and 2 cauldrons in the order WB-C-WB-C and will get the bonuses from all 4 items stacked. That starts to become a problem when it is done with magic boosters, especially multipath boosters.

Damn, I need to add that one to the next bug roundup (due later today).

#5 July 23rd, 2007, 10:36 AM

I actually think that bug (if it's a bug) is quite good. Otherwise the multiple misc slots on certain pretenders are next to useless. Ok, misc slots rock on combatants but most creatures with more than 2 are caster types.

Endoperez · #6 July 23rd, 2007, 10:55 AM

Spell Focus, Amulet of Luck, Amulet of Missile Protection, perhaps Eye of Aiming, Girdle of Might/Amulet of Reinvigoration, Amulet of Antimagic... There are many good items that benefit all mages. It's just that the OFFENSIVE items are much more rare.

Chris_Byler · #7 July 23rd, 2007, 10:56 AM

Also, two of the same weapon stack in the sense that you get to attack with both of them every turn. (If the weapon has other effects like resistance or magic boosting, I think that is not stacked, though. Possible exception for 3+ arms and a similar situation to what Edi describes for miscs.)

If you want more fear than the horror helmet alone, there are several other item options for fear. Implementor axe, skull standard, standard of the damned, both axes of rulership together, lantern shield, aegis, and the black book of secrets all give some fear (some of those are artifacts though - without artifacts, I don't think a humanoid can get more than +5 just from items). The Gift of Kurgi gives a *LOT* of fear, but has some pretty major drawbacks.

jimkehn · #8 July 23rd, 2007, 11:29 AM

Done forget Stympian Wings armor. Not an artifact. Also gives flight, so be careful with it.