Zen and the art of Thugging

[cleveland]

Baalz, I cannot understand how you ever expect to win another MP game if you keep telling people how you think! Awesome stuff, keep up the good work.

In the spirit of tipping your hand, I'd like to give away my number-one favorite anti-thug item. It's a bit niche, failing against high defense/luck/vine shields...but for those fear/awe/protection/selfbuff guys, it's so devastating, and so deliciously unforseen, and so evil, I can't help but give it away...you guessed it, the Vine Whip!

[crickets]

Oh, you haven't seen a Vine Whip in action? Well, the next time some flying, regenerating, Dom10 Cyclops with 33MR, dual firebrands, and full resistances comes headed your way, calmly (but coolly) forge a Vine Whip, some Winged Shoes, and a Berserker Pelt (17gems+a reinvg item if necessary), and put em on your guy with the highest Attack rating. IED him right in that Cyclop's path.

Practice menacing cackle.

Open new turn file.

Cackle menacingly as the Cyclops spends all 75 turns breaking free from vines, and is annihilated when the hard turn-limit is hit.

Total physical damage dealt: 0 points
Total psychological damage dealt: 15 points
Total style points awarded: 1 million, possibly more

[SlipperyJim]

Originally Posted by cleveland

Cackle menacingly as the Cyclops spends all 75 turns breaking free from vines, and is annihilated when the hard turn-limit is hit.

Total physical damage dealt: 0 points
Total psychological damage dealt: 15 points
Total style points awarded: 1 million, possibly more

That is a neat trick. Most evil!

I often equip my thugs with magic items that assist by bringing other attacks to the party. I'm thinking about Spirit Helmets, Scutata Volturnus, and other gadgets that either:

• attack on their own, or
• summon allies to the battlefield.

Would your whip trick work against a thug or SC with a Spirit Helmet? Can my hat still zap people even when my feet are tangled in vines?

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by SlipperyJim

Would your whip trick work against a thug or SC with a Spirit Helmet? Can my hat still zap people even when my feet are tangled in vines?

Your hat doesn't zap people while you're unconscious. I suspect it will still zap if you're entangled, though, since you still get an action ("break free").

-Max