Looking for advice

Natpy · #1 June 25th, 2008, 04:51 PM

How you equip a four-armed sc?

Endoperez · #2 June 25th, 2008, 05:06 PM

Generally, single weapon with Area of Effect is about as useful as huge number of attacks. The SC must use all of its attacks in the same grid square of enemies. If you don't know what I'm talking about, press 'g' while viewing a battle.

Because of the above, one of the one-handed weapons with Area of Effect (Fire Brand, Frost Brand, Shadow Brand) and weapons or shields with good special abilities are probably most useful. Resistances or immunities (from e.g. Scultata Volturnus), protective abilities (Charcoal Shield gives Fire Shield, Vine Shield will drastically lower the amount of attacks your enemies get to make against you) and perhaps an armor-piercing or negating attack (Duskdagger) if you're expecting enemy SCs.
All SCs want Luck and as high magic resistance as possible with as low Encumberance as possible, so you shouldn't go overboard with shields. Depending on what items you want to put on his other slots, you can increase his magic resistance with Lead Shield (which, unfortunately, is heavier than many armors) or give him Faithful the sword, to bring Luck.

HoneyBadger · #3 June 25th, 2008, 05:09 PM

Can you equip a second shield? If so, I'd suggest charcoal shield, shield of awe, shadowbrand, heart-finder sword, then fear helmet, jade armour, winged boots, reinvigoration amulet, and magic resistance amulet.

JimMorrison · #4 June 25th, 2008, 06:09 PM

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HoneyBadger said:
Can you equip a second shield? If so, I'd suggest charcoal shield, shield of awe, shadowbrand, heart-finder sword, then fear helmet, jade armour, winged boots, reinvigoration amulet, and magic resistance amulet.

Even with only 2 hands you can do 2 shields, I believe? With Boots of Trampling.

But 4 handed entities can use multiple shields, or even 2 bows if they like.

Taqwus · #5 June 25th, 2008, 06:18 PM

With four arms, you're probably only getting one miscellaneous slot, and you're also probably not an enc-0 undead.

Blood Thorn + Faithful + Frost Brand + Charcoal Shield

would give you life draining, luck, some cold area damage, and a fire shield. It would also require blood, astral, water, earth and fire IIRC, so not exactly the easiest combo.

Gandalf Parker · #6 June 25th, 2008, 06:38 PM

Hmmm I wonder how many bows you can give one.

lch · #7 June 25th, 2008, 06:55 PM

That's easy to answer, two-handed weapons take two slots.

NTJedi · #8 June 26th, 2008, 03:55 AM

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Natpy said:
How you equip a four-armed sc?

All depends on what turn of the game, what will it be fighting(undead, magical, demons, or regular units), what levels have you researched, does the 4-armed sc have any magic paths, are your opponents human, computer or both, is this your pretender?

More details provide more accurate answers, but I can say that usually 4-armed SCs have only one misc slot which is usually best equipped with an anti-magic amulet. Much depends on the above questions.

Gandalf Parker · #9 June 26th, 2008, 12:11 PM

Im not sure on the horror vs kill thing. My concept wasnt so much as an SC as a barrier/distraction tank with a backup army doing the damage. In that case, the "cannot touch" type of items (cant see, cant hit, flee, etc) would be a usable build.

Ive REALLY got to get the GodMaker program down pat. I would love to add some of these to SemiRand to have them show up against me in a solo game. Im not much for playing SCs but I wouldnt mind coming up against some well-designed ones. Or even set some of them up as "independent pretender without a nation yet" in some designed province guarding a prime chokepoint on the map.