attack percentages

[gwgardner]

I'm new to Spiderweb games, playing Avernum:Escape from the Pit, and enjoying it more than any such game I've played since Diablo 1, which goes back a few years.  

 

Attacks are shown as percentages, and I'm not sure exactly what that refers to.   'Jeff attacks bat (97%)'  Bat takes 2 hits.

 

Does the percentage represent how effecient Jeff was in making the attack?

 

 

[TriRodent]

First, welcome.

 

The percentage is your 'to hit' percent.  In this case you had a 97% chance of hitting said bat (actually, iirc, there is a max of 95% chance to hit in this game - the classic "you rolled a 1 on your d20...").  The percentages are a good thing to keep an eye on.  Later on, if your frontline tank only has a 15% chance of hitting 'x' demon, a better strategy might be to have him dealing out the healing & buffs while your backline magic users beat on him with spells.

 

There are six chapters in the Avernum story (the first three of which have been remade/updated), enjoy the journey...it's a hell of a ride.

[Earth]

On 5/10/2021 at 3:37 PM, TriRodent said:

it's a hell of a ride.

 

very literally.

 

gwgardner: later when you get better equipments which lower your hit chance you'll miss hits due that and enemies have higher chance to evade hits.

[EyeLuvAvernumThxJeff]

Thx for this! I came here to look for this exact question. I'm about 30 hrs in and realized my Tank was missing way too often. I took some of the heavy armor off and it seems to have helped a great deal.

[Edgwyn]

As your tank builds up their skills, you will be able to put that gear back on and still hit a reasonable amount of the time.

[Earth]

unless using full melee party thenas long as casters do dmg and fighters keep enemies away from casters it's fine as long as no magic nullified then it becomes "interesting".