What is the best spell?

[Sahdrani]

Please select the best spell so I can make a wand for everyone to use.

[Archmagus Micael]

They're all good for different creatures along the way. For example, Ice Spray does more damage to some Vahnatai than Arcane Blow, even though Arcane Blow is immensely powerful, and Acid Spray while useless against most creatures is indispensable against Golems.

 

Maybe there's a way using scripting to create a wand which lets you choose?

 

- Archmagus Micael

[Ephesos]

Um... you only included 6 spells. Why is this? I mean, I personally like the Daze spells, and used them frequently in my games.

 

But in all honesty, my favorite must be RETRIBUTION!!!

[Dintiradan]

Evan's Spiked Tentacles of Forced Intrusion!

 

Oops, wrong game.

 

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I love the smell of bat guano in the morning.

- Vaarsuvius (OotS)

[Sahdrani]

I meant out of those six!

[Dikiyoba]

Dikiyoba voted for divine retribution. Or RETRIBUTION!!!, if you prefer to spell it like that. Dikiyoba rather likes divine fire as well.

 

Edit: In all fairness, though, I was voting uninformed, since my party is still running around in the demo. At least they're making good use of their repel spirit in the mine. Can I get a ridiculously high level repel spirit wand instead?

[Dark chaos]

why have you only incuded 6 spells. all the spells are good but all for diferent things e.g.

repel spirit is awsom if u fighting shades or zombys

[Bomber]

Llamas got a point.

wizards are immune to spells like divine retribution but are effected by spells like fireblast.

Anyway you should have included all spells not just 6.

[Sahdrani]

True. But I wanted the most damage-dealing spells to be asked.

[Bomber]

Then why did you not include icelances.

As far as i know it dose more damage than lightning spray.

[Dikiyoba]

There isn't an Ice Lances spell in Avernum 4. There's Icy Rain but not Ice Lances.

 

Dikiyoba.

 

Edit: Typo.

[Dallerdin with a custom moniker.]

Why not make the wand do several of the above in a row?

 

Or is that not possible. Probably not.

[Sahdrani]

Probably is. I see if anyopne can help me though.

[Randomizer]

Some of these already exist. The divine retribution wand doesn't work too well for high level encounters. Lightning wand is fairly good. The corruption baton covers all monsters with acid spray.

 

All of them work well for low level encounters.

[Donald Hebb]

The best spell is "File: Quit"

[Sahdrani]

I ONLY WANTED PEOPLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THOSE SIX!!!!!!!!

[Ephesos]

Are you done screaming yet?

 

If you're going to go ahead and make the item, and you're only willing to consider those 6 spells, then I see two options. First, you can make a Fireblast wand, since Fireblast tends to be relatively even with Arcane Blow (in my experience). Second, you can make a hyper-charged wand of RETRIBUTION!!!, since the current one is lackluster.

[JP]

I vote for Acid Spray, it does a lot of damage over time and was the way to kill all the pylons on the way to the Basalt Fortress. I like Icy Rain too, Lighting Spray ic nice when 3 foes are close together.

I prefer to avoid high level damage spells, they don't seem to be cost effective.

[Archmagus Micael]

I don't think we're going to be able to make up our minds enough to help you on this one.

 

Just choose, and then if you want make it/them avaliable to the community. Then it's up to them to use it/them or not.

 

- Archmagus Micael

[Kelandon]

As far as wand-making goes, Divine Retribution seems like your best bet. Spray Acid is very cheap to begin with, so there's no point making a wand of it. Divine Retribution does a lot of damage and is very spell-point expensive, so a wand of Divine Retribution makes a lot of sense.

[Sahdrani]

Oh, fine! I will just make a wand for each of those six spells! Heres Fireblast:

 

begindefineitem 494;

import = 0;

it_name = "Apocalypse Wand";

it_graphic_sheet = 8;

it_which_icon_ground = 12;

it_which_icon_inven = 13;

it_weight = 1;

it_ability = 191;

it_value = 999;

it_level = 999;

it_charges = 999;

it_extra_description = -1;

 

Divine Retribution:

 

begindefineitem 495;

import = 0;

it_name = "Apocalypse Wand";

it_graphic_sheet = 8;

it_which_icon_ground = 12;

it_which_icon_inven = 13;

it_weight = 1;

it_ability = 164;

it_value = 999;

it_level = 999;

it_charges = 999;

it_extra_description = -1;

 

Divine Fire:

 

begindefineitem 496;

import = 0;

it_name = "Apocalypse Wand";

it_graphic_sheet = 8;

it_which_icon_ground = 12;

it_which_icon_inven = 13;

it_weight = 1;

it_ability = 193;

it_value = 999;

it_level = 999;

it_charges = 999;

it_extra_description = -1;

 

Arcane Blow

 

begindefineitem 497;

import = 0;

it_name = "Apocalypse Wand";

it_graphic_sheet = 8;

it_which_icon_ground = 12;

it_which_icon_inven = 13;

it_weight = 1;

it_ability = 192;

it_value = 999;

it_level = 999;

it_charges = 999;

it_extra_description = -1;

 

Lightning Spray

 

begindefineitem 498;

import = 0;

it_name = "Apocalypse Wand";

it_graphic_sheet = 8;

it_which_icon_ground = 12;

it_which_icon_inven = 13;

it_weight = 1;

it_ability = 5;

it_value = 999;

it_level = 999;

it_charges = 999;

it_extra_description = -1;

 

Spray Acid

 

begindefineitem 499;

import = 0;

it_name = "Apocalypse Wand";

it_graphic_sheet = 8;

it_which_icon_ground = 12;

it_which_icon_inven = 13;

it_weight = 1;

it_ability = 160;

it_value = 999;

it_level = 999;

it_charges = 999;

it_extra_description = -1;

 

Be sure that all begindefineitem strings have different values. Otherwise, they will overlap with the present items and if you delete the wands, you will have a different item if a slot where it's not supposed to be. I remember when I made my supersword, and it overlapped with a necklace. I had a NECKLACE as a weapon! Can you imagine? Don't answer that question.

[Darkdread]

I am a programming-ignorant Avernum 4 player so could you please tell me how I can put those nice codes into my game to actually see the wand and not a code? And when you tell me the file, should I paste it at the beginning? middle? end? any place is good? Thank you and sorry

[Kelandon]

A4 Files -> Scripts -> av4itemschars.txt

 

Put it at the very end.

[moonear]

Personally I like slow. Why wasn't it included?

[Ephesos]

Don't get him started again...

[moonear]

Quote:

Don't get him started again...

But why not?

[Radix Malorum Est Cupiditas]

Because it's bad form to cause newbs to do noobish actions.

[Radix Malorum Est Cupiditas]

EDIT: crappy computer screwing up on me.

[Insane Scythe Guy]

Yeah, in contrast to previous parts of Avernum series, Slow does work on most enemies, even those elite ones (in Av3 Erika, some mages and other strong enemies usually resisted it).

 

I miss the "curse all" spell, dating back from Exile. Why can't I curse enemies now???

 

Bah, too bad. Gotta do with those jinx blades.