Need help with Balor's (Fomora Hero) Gaze Of Death

[Calahan]

Hello, I am having problems getting Balor (the Fomoria Hero) to use his special ability 'Gaze of Death', and I am out of ideas as to what to try next. I have tried the following with his scripting, but he still seems reluctant to use his God given talents.

1. No script = He just stands there and casts spells such as Sermon of Courage, Holy Avenger, Raise Skeletons etc.

2. Attack = He simply attacks using his melee weapons, but does not use 'Gaze of Death' at all.

3. Cast spells = Same a 1 above, he simply casts the usual range of AI selected spells.

4. Stay behind troops = Exactly the same as 3.

In all the above cases there have been plenty of enemies within range (20) of 'Gaze of Death', but he simply won't use it. Not sure what else to try, so hoping someone with far more knowledge and experience than me knows how to get the best out of this guy.

Thanks in Advance for any responces.

[NTJedi]

It's a ranged attack... so script with "Fire at Closest" or "Fire at none".

[Ewierl]

NTJedi is correct. Also, keep in mind that there's no graphic for Gaze of Death, no projectile to watch flying through the air: however, if you're doing it right, you should be able to spot a big splash of blood and damage on a group of low-MR enemies!

[Calahan]

Ha!! I can't believe I didn't see the extra 'fire' options available. Thanks for pointing out the blindingly obvious to me NT Jedi :-)

I was hoping too much that he'd use Gaze of Death as a 'pure extra' ability while still doing either melee or spell casting. Guess you really can't have your cake and eat it :-)

[JimMorrison]

Calahan said:
Ha!! I can't believe I didn't see the extra 'fire' options available. Thanks for pointing out the blindingly obvious to me NT Jedi :-)

I was hoping too much that he'd use Gaze of Death as a 'pure extra' ability while still doing either melee or spell casting. Guess you really can't have your cake and eat it :-)

Sort of depends. If you give him a really nasty bow and get a Quickness on him - you'll have your cake and eat your enemy too.

[Calahan]

I like the ideas that go on in your head JimM :-) I'm sure a 'Thunder Bow' can be put to some good use combined with Balor's giant strength.

[Tifone]

Even 2 fire bolas (one per hand), with the giant strenght and possibly Quickness, would make good fun IMHO

[JimMorrison]

Oh man that's kind of hilarious, Tifone! 8 )

If only Fomoria had access to Fire magic, natively. In most cases though the Thunder Bow will be best option, and it can be pretty sick in the hands of a Fomorian King, especially with Quickness on him.

And if you're going for pure carnage factor, don't forget the Spirit Helm!

(Bottle of Living Water, and Bag of Winds optional.)

[Calahan]

Nice shout Tifone. I've never really looked at any of the items that have their range linked to strength to be honest, but I guess 28 strength opens up a load of options. And I have always wanted to test those Fire Bolas out!! Could be tricky getting hold of them though, since fire is not an easy to come-by path for Fomoria.

[Tifone]

JimMorrison said:
[...] In most cases though the Thunder Bow will be best option, and it can be pretty sick in the hands of a Fomorian King, especially with Quickness on him.

Probably, but I was just opening up a funny possibility - with the easy reachable boots of quickness, that would be 4 bolas per turn (sent very far for the streng and very precisely for the equally easy to reach Eye of Aiming, Aim, Eagle Eyes btw do they stack? I think they do) and 2 gazes of death I think. Something very close to a machinegun ^_^

About fire access, I think it's not a big issue, maybe he already got it in the pretender for a bless, but I think he can even find some fire mage around easily, don't forget he's in EA and bolas are just F1