N:R blessing pools

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Author	Topic: N:R blessing pools
Vagabond Apprentice Member # 9695	written Monday, August 13 2007 07:12 Profile #0 What's the deal about them blessing pools? I've read here in these 3 year old threads about all the neat stuff they used to do in the old version... Now when I use the pool it says that all the equipped weapons will be blessed so they hit more often and do more damage, but then there's no visual proof that anything actually happens - all my weapons stay the same. :confused: [ Monday, August 13, 2007 07:17: Message edited by: heal plz ] Posts: 18 \| Registered: Friday, August 10 2007 07:00
Randomizer Law Bringer Member # 6785	written Monday, August 13 2007 10:03 Profile #1 Read the equipped melee weapon's description by unequipping it and you will see that it now has a line about hitting better and for more damage. I doubt that it's much more than the druid's bless spell made permanent. Still what can you do if you only use the free and reward usages. Posts: 4643 \| Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
Tyranicus Law Bringer Member # 6489	written Monday, August 13 2007 16:50 Profile Homepage #2 Sadly, the old Blessing Pool system is no more. You can't get a stack of 99 Knowledge Brews from Poison Potions anymore. :( -------------------- "Dumbledore returns from the dead and declares it to be hammertime, Harry proceeds to break it down, Voldemort is unable to touch this." —Dintiradan Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 \| Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00
Vagabond Apprentice Member # 9695	written Tuesday, August 14 2007 03:10 Profile #3 Thanks guys. Somehow I missed that one added sentence in item's description... probably because I expected something a bit more impressive, or at least better documentation of those added bonuses - such as added new magic abilities to a weapon, "+X level to melee damage" and "+X% to hit", or something like that. Oh well... [ Tuesday, August 14, 2007 03:12: Message edited by: heal plz ] Posts: 18 \| Registered: Friday, August 10 2007 07:00
wary wanderer Warrior Member # 1668	written Tuesday, August 14 2007 04:10 Profile #4 An additional question about the blessing pools is whether the effect of multiple dunks is additive? It's hard to discern any impact from one dip, truth be known, which makes it hard to be certain whether the weapons that have "double-dipped" get cumulative benefit or not. -------------------- "Mongo only pawn in game of life" -- Mongo Posts: 75 \| Registered: Monday, August 5 2002 07:00
Synergy Shaper Member # 6292	written Tuesday, August 14 2007 06:20 Profile #5 Don't be a double-dipper. I'm almost certain it's a one-time improvement only, and nothing very noticeable at that. -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 \| Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00
Vagabond Apprentice Member # 9695	written Thursday, August 16 2007 05:47 Profile #6 Ya, it's definitely not cumulative. Adds 3 levels of damage and 10% chance to hit. Posts: 18 \| Registered: Friday, August 10 2007 07:00
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, August 16 2007 09:03 Profile Homepage #7 Where does the 3 levels and 10% data come from? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Vagabond Apprentice Member # 9695	written Friday, August 17 2007 11:13 Profile #8 From re-search. Whaddya think, I'm pulling random numbers outta my arse? :rolleyes: Posts: 18 \| Registered: Friday, August 10 2007 07:00
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, August 17 2007 15:41 Profile Homepage #9 It would be helpful to state how you came to that conclusion. Bonuses to levels of damage are hard to accurately evaluate given the range of damage presented. Also +3 levels of damage but only +10% to hit is an unusual combination; most of Jeff's games uniformly bundle +1 with +5% if both bonuses are given. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Vagabond Apprentice Member # 9695	written Friday, August 17 2007 20:27 Profile #10 I'm aware that in SW games 1 level of tohit adds 5% and that on magical items in official campaigns tohit levels are handed out equally with the dmg levels, but in this case it is the way it is. Btw, tohit is the easiest to check as it actually appears in the log area. Give non-blessed and blessed versions of the weapon to someone who doesn't have melee skills and dex = not very high chance to hit so that it doesn't max out at 95% in both cases, and take a whack at something decent. Dmg levels are definitely harder to evaluate by ordinary means, although low skill values (slowly raising them up as necessary) and a weapon with the smallest dmg range (dagger/stick 1-3, or damaged dagger 1-2) still would be the best to start such analysis with. Since it's better to log min and max dmg values in some number of tries (in which you are convinced that no smaller/bigger values would appear) and then try to come up with formulas out of such data, than to pay any attention to average dmg (which is too imprecise kind of data without knowing the exact formulas to begin with). The solution then is to modify corescendata2.txt file, setting some weapon's it_damage_per_level to 1, which means it will do constant damage each hit, which means the total damage will be affected only by other stats of interest, so the number of tries necessary to come up with some conclusion would be defined purely by the complexity of game system and brainpower, unlike the methods of preset number of tries calculating the averages. But the above method isn't the main source of my conclusions, so in any case, you'd have to either trust me on it or not. Whether I'm pulling it out of my ass or from disassembly, or hitting the same wolf 500 times and writing down the numbers, it still boils down to trust. ;) Posts: 18 \| Registered: Friday, August 10 2007 07:00
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, August 17 2007 20:42 Profile Homepage #11 quote: Originally written by heal plz: The solution then is to modify corescendata2.txt file, setting some weapon's it_damage_per_level to 1, which means it will do constant damage each hit, which means the total damage will be affected only by other stats of interest, so the number of tries necessary to come up with some conclusion would be defined purely by the complexity of game system and brainpower, unlike the methods of preset number of tries calculating the averages. A clever idea. However, if Strength and Sword skills interact with the damage per level number differently, as I originally suggested, this method might not reveal it, for obvious reasons. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Ming Warrior Member # 10234	written Monday, September 10 2007 08:48 Profile #12 I thought the same thing but didn't try to unequip it. Perhaps if the graphic or some more obvious description had changed it would have made it easier to tell. Still seems useful, though, if the bonuses stack with the equivalent buff cast spell from your Druids in battle, since I almost always cast that after Shielding. Posts: 102 \| Registered: Monday, September 3 2007 07:00