Fledgling Fyora Voorok Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Melee weapons are marked with a specific type- melee attack, shortsword, broadsword, stunblade, but appearently nothing else is mentioned about it. What do they mean, exactly? 'stunblade' partially explains itself, but the rest don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 A short sword does a bonus 1-4 points of damage for every level of Strength and Melee Weapons. A broadsword does a bonus 1-5 points of damage for every level of Strength and Melee Weapons. That's the only real difference between them. Later you'll find other special weapons like the Oozing Blade, which are also mostly self-explanatory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Stun blade is supposed to have a better chance of stunning your opponent. Most people upgrade to the steel broadsword since dead opponents don't need to be stunned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 On a similar subject, what does the 'vampiric touch' do? I'm playing a lifecrafter so I can't really use a sword, but I'm just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Vampiric touch gives you some health whenever you hit an enemy. I'm not really sure how useful it is because I spend my time using non-melee weapons, but it's nice. —Alorael, who recommends not getting hurt so you don't need to start sucking the life out of your foes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Vampiric touch gives you a chance of draining health from your enemy, I think equal to the total vampiric touch of your items. This chance happens on any attack. Even non-lethal spells like essence shackles will trigger the message that you drained them. In playing with a thirsting knife, the gloves and greaves that have it I found that I wasn't getting back enough to make it a useful way to play. There are plenty of better items for a lifecrafter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Quote: Originally written by Randomizer:Even non-lethal spells like essence shackles will trigger the message that you drained them. On a related note, wearing vampiric touch gear while attacking or casting a spell on an undead creature seems to damage you instead of healing you. Fortunately, there are so few undead in the game that this isn't *usually* a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hatchling Cockatrice Men are from Slars Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 The Stunning Blade doesn't have a better chance of stunning. It *actually* adds several levels of stunning directly. This is significant because unlike G1-3, where every attack had a good chance of stunning if it did a lot of damage, stunning is rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Quote: Originally written by Hashi the Drug-Sniffing Canine:The Stunning Blade doesn't have a better chance of stunning. It *actually* adds several levels of stunning directly. This is significant because unlike G1-3, where every attack had a good chance of stunning if it did a lot of damage, stunning is rare. Is it just me or do Shock Tralls do the same thing? I know that my servile was getting the hell stunned out of him against Khyryk once he started making Shock Tralls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Men are from Slars Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 The missile attack used by Shock Tralls stuns, as do Stun Wands, Submission Batons, the Stunning Blade, and the melee attacks of Glaahks and Gazers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Walter Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 Personally, as a lifecrafter I just equip a weapon that gives a defensive bonus and never attack with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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