Maggots

NTJedi · #1 July 30th, 2007, 04:59 PM

Recently my ghost king pretender had the spell maggots casted on him while in battle, and it almost killed him. Does the spell maggots assign poison damage to its target or is it another type of damage?

tibbs · #2 July 30th, 2007, 06:05 PM

Good question. I was considering using this spell on several Bane Lords in a game, but then I read it was a poison attack and I believe Banes are immune to poison.

Taqwus · #3 July 30th, 2007, 06:09 PM

I'd be surprised if it weren't purely physical damage, considering that it's purely an anti-undead spell and almost all undead (if not all) laugh at poison.

Shovah32 · #4 July 30th, 2007, 06:16 PM

Well its an anti-undead spell and most undead are immune to poison so im going to guess another type.

edit: damn, beaten to the punch by two people.

llamabeast · #5 July 30th, 2007, 06:39 PM

It does poison-like damage that isn't poison. As in, it's damage over time, but isn't poison. Otherwise it'd be pointless!

llamabeast · #6 July 30th, 2007, 06:40 PM

A very deadly counter to undead thugs by the way. Tyrant killed a beloved wraithlord of mine like that once.

Stryke11 · #7 July 30th, 2007, 07:46 PM

But on a ghost king? Shouldn't maggots have a hard time chewing through something that is incorporeal?

Kristoffer O · #8 July 30th, 2007, 08:14 PM

Hmm, strange, I answered this a while ago, but I guess something went wrong.

Llama is right. Poison effect (over time dmg) without poison attribute (not resistable).

Ethereality gives a bit of protection IIRC. Can't remember if it is the normal 1/4 chance or if it is something else.

Bananadine · #9 April 21st, 2010, 12:22 PM

I tried using this spell for the first time recently, and was baffled. It seemed to cause a curse and a curse of stones and nothing else. So I tested it in a test game, on some commanding Soulless and such, which I dressed in heavy armor and commanded to stand still for as long as possible, so as to see what the spell might do to them without interference from other attacks. And... it caused a curse, and a curse of stones. The commanders were not damaged.

This may have been under CBM... did CBM completely change the spell? Or do I just live in a totally different universe from the rest of you?

Bananadine · #10 April 21st, 2010, 12:43 PM

No, I've just tried it without CBM. There's a third effect I forgot: It feels like something is missing.

I cast it on a Mound King. He survived nine rounds of battle, and he won the battle so he presumably went through several post-victory rounds as well. He suffered much fatigue but no damage (other than the curse). The mysterious affliction and curse of stones are temporary.

On what are y'all basing your claims of poisonlike damage? It sounds like you know this spell better than I do; I've only cast it like four times ever. But shouldn't it remove at least one hit point after 9+ rounds, if it does poisonlike damage and isn't total crap? Irresistible curse of stones plus curse is good enough for me, but it's not what you guys are saying the spell does. And also, it doesn't have a lot to do with what the spell's description says the spell does....