Does 40 defence protect against arrows?

Jazzepi · #1 April 13th, 2008, 10:25 PM

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Argitoth said:
does ethereal crossbows go through magic resistance?

No, it forces the person hit by the ethereal crossbow bolt to make a save or die.

It's basically Soul Slay built into a crossbow.

Jazzepi

Argitoth · #2 April 14th, 2008, 12:22 AM

Renojustin · #3 April 15th, 2008, 04:03 AM

Or more accurately, Soul Slay built into a crossbow bolt.

fantasma · #4 April 15th, 2008, 04:46 AM

does it do any regular damage if it hits but the target makes his (MR based, I suppose?) save roll?

Sombre · #5 April 15th, 2008, 08:59 AM

Nope.

Sombre · #6 April 18th, 2008, 09:08 AM

To follow up on this, when a projectile is parried by a shield does that make use of the base def value of the parrying unit?

Would a guy with 40 defence have a better chance of parrying a missile using a standard shield than a guy with 5 defence? I know in melee the parry chance is the same (if you have high def you are just more likely to dodge and not need to parry) but I wonder about ranged.

Agema · #7 April 18th, 2008, 09:24 AM

No.

Defence is a completely useless statistic against missile fire. The only thing that determines whether a hit is scored is size of the target and its shield parry value.