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Hi I have an archer that has a lot of throwing weapon skills and dex. He can deal around 30 - 100 with iron javelin (for example) right now. But the flawless shot battle discipline always reads 20 - 60 damage? Does not matter what ranged weapon I have equiped, different javelins or long bow. The flawless shot description says it has to add damage? The well aimed blow works properly increasing damage a lot over what the equped melee weapon normally deals. Is that a bug in the game?

They are 4-16 and 6-24 So both are 1-4 according to Lilith's system. That clears it out. Thanks guys!

Originally Posted By: Lilith For any weapon, you can just divide the maximum damage by the minimum damage to get the damage per level. So if a weapon says it does 10-40 damage, the damage per level is 1-4. From memory, I think javelins are 1-4. You confused me there a little. Is it depending on the weapon type or only on the actual base damage range. For example is a steel javelin going to do more damage per level than a common one?

You are great man, a living fontain of knowledge Do you know the damage per level of the javelins? Maybe 1-3 as per results I get in damage? And the wands and scrolls? Although for them I get the feeling that the attack strength is not clear. I remember something about throwing weapons + Dex maybe?

Well, what is the per level damage of the melee weapons then? I read someone say the pole weapons are most damaging?

I have an Nephil archer with Dex 5 + Bows 7 + Sharpshooter 5 That is a total of 17 attack strength. His Yew bow has 5-10 base damage, that is an average roll of 7.5 A simple calculation 7.5 times 17 = 127.5 damage average. In reality he deals a miserable 20-30 damage (before armor) even to worms and goblins, wolfs ? WTF? Is there something real at all in those rules in the game help? I am talking about Avernum 6

Originally Posted By: Lilith Yeah, that first description is just wrong. It only affects melee attacks. Thanks Lilith, I suspected so

I notices that no curses are inflicted on enemy when I cast this spell. I only use missile attacks. Could that be the reason? The description of the spell says: "Gives your group attacks a change to put a random curse on the target" The description in the traits menu says "your blades and projectiles have a change of inflicting a curse or other harmful effect" The description in the Avernum 6 Instructions.pdf says "Your melee attacks have a chance of cursing your targets" A bit contradictory, anyone knows where is the truth?

Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S Energy and magic type damage are the same type damage. This is distinct from magical ATTACKS, which are an attack type not a damage type -- that is what the % bonus is for. Poor word choice, eh? Yep, quite confusing. Thanks for clarifying that! I wonder are there any rune stones that can give elemental (fire/cold) protection? I haven't seen such stones yet.

Originally Posted By: avok Thanks Othar, So, then shaman and sourcerer fire and cold attacks are magical attacks? They will get a bonus right? Along with poison and acid attacks maybe? But what about protection? Poison, acid, cold and fire all have their respective resistances. Energy does not? What protects against energy attacks? And what the magical resistance protects against? Anyone has any idea about the protection?

Originally Posted By: Randomizer When Jeff "fixed" the game during beta testing he only changed cold dodging to endurance to decrease the usefulness of dexterity. Ahh yes, but he forgot to change the description

Originally Posted By: Othar Trygvassen: Gentleman 1. Magic damage bonus means all damage from spells and magic attacks (i.e. nearly all sorceress and shaman attacks, and various scarabs). Energy damage is a damage type, which some but not all magic attacks inflict. Your confusion is understandable: some of Jeff's games call the damage type 'magic' and some call it 'energy,' and it's possible that Avadon is inconsistent in its nomenclature because of this. 2. The percentage bonuses aren't listed on weapon/spell damage listings (they only reflect skills, attributes, and the spell/weapon's base damage), but they do work. 3. I'm not sure, actually. Thanks Othar, So, then shaman and sourcerer fire and cold attacks are magical attacks? They will get a bonus right? Along with poison and acid attacks maybe? But what about protection? Poison, acid, cold and fire all have their respective resistances. Energy does not? What protects against energy attacks? And what the magical resistance protects against?

Seems like a bug to me?

I have trouble with some of the wordings used in Avadon to describe the damage types and protection from it. 1. Who inflicts magic damage and what is the energy damage? 2. Is energy damage = magic damage and if yes, why don't the items that give percentage increase in magical damage affect the displayed damage range of my rods? I have both Shaman with energy and sourceress with fire attacks. Both are unaffected. I don't see magic damage in the description of any of their abilities and attacks. I recently had a fight with shade that was using some Dark Bolt ability and the log displayed it as Magical Damage. Am I supposed to play like a shade to be able to have magical attacks 3. When I apply battle rune store to an armor the Enchantment says +4% magic/elemental protection, but in practice it increases only magical resistance percent with 4? Is that a bug? If not, is there a store that increases elemental protection?

Originally Posted By: The Turtle Moves It will be available next time, don't worry. Thanks! That was a relief!