How does wearing armor affect spell casting
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Apprentice
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written Thursday, April 19 2007 06:19
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The game throws some hints that both are related, but nothing specific. I have a mage wearing some armor and he is not affected so far. He has "Natural mage" trait and it sais that it helps wearing more armor while casting. But how much armor can a mage wear and how spellcasting is affected? Posts: 15 | Registered: Wednesday, December 28 2005 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, April 19 2007 08:35
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Wearing armor will give a chance that a spell fails. That means the mana and action points are wasted and the spell remains un-cast. Any armor that gives encumbrance will increase the fail chance. The natural-mage trait allows up to -20% encumbrance before the fail chance starts to kick in. But I'd take the trait for its bonus rank in mage casting skills more than its anti-encumbrance effect, as my mages usually don't have enough strength to wear heavy armor anyway. -------------------- _ _ _____________________________ _ _ Power to (the) Mas(ses) Posts: 102 | Registered: Friday, April 14 2006 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Thursday, April 19 2007 08:40
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10x, this is useful to know. By "gives encumbrance" you mean the armor that is "bulky" and gives penalty for to hit chance, right? Posts: 15 | Registered: Wednesday, December 28 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, April 19 2007 08:42
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Yes, encumberance is that -X% chance to hit. —Alorael, who isn't quite sure what the conversion is between hit reduction and spellcasting penalty. It might be a 5% chance to miscast for every 5% reduction in accuracy, but it might not be. He's never used enough armor to notice. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, April 19 2007 20:09
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No, there is no casting failure in this game. Encumberance simply prevent you from casting mage spells (with the exception of a few bottom level ones) at all. Without natural mage only 5% is allowed. With will add your tolerance to 25%. It is not as important as you think. In late game, top shields, gauntlets, and helmets no longer encumbrance. Only heavy armors does, except emerald chestguard. So even I have the natural mage trait, My mage ends up with 0 encumbrance. Posts: 122 | Registered: Tuesday, May 31 2005 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Thursday, April 19 2007 20:38
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I thought you couldn't even cast the low-level ones in A4, but I could be wrong. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, April 20 2007 06:05
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The documentation of game mechanics is one of my pet peves. I hope it will be improved in A5. -------------------- _ _ _____________________________ _ _ Power to (the) Mas(ses) Posts: 102 | Registered: Friday, April 14 2006 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, April 20 2007 20:19
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Keep hoping. Most of the old players ignore the documentation and miss the changes that do make it into it. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |