Seasoned Roamer avok Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk SevenMass Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer avok Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 10x, this is useful to know. By "gives encumbrance" you mean the armor that is "bulky" and gives penalty for to hit chance, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Hume Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I thought you couldn't even cast the low-level ones in A4, but I could be wrong. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk SevenMass Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 The documentation of game mechanics is one of my pet peves. I hope it will be improved in A5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Keep hoping. Most of the old players ignore the documentation and miss the changes that do make it into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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