Power of Astral Corruption

PDF · #1 June 13th, 2004, 04:50 PM

I wonder if it's worth casting... What's the chance of mages being attacked by Horrors like ?

Cohen · #2 June 13th, 2004, 05:05 PM

I don't know the chance exactly, but on about 20 mages casting/forging in a turn, I got 3-5 attacked.

I had only 2 experience with that spell, as victim ^^

Teraswaerto · #3 June 13th, 2004, 05:12 PM

It's pretty hard to use since blood magic isn't too good without secondary paths, which will trigger horror attacks just like the non-blood spells.

PDF · #4 June 13th, 2004, 05:32 PM

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Originally posted by Teraswaerto:
It's pretty hard to use since blood magic isn't too good without secondary paths, which will trigger horror attacks just like the non-blood spells.

Except Astral ...and I'm playing Abysia

Taqwus · #5 June 13th, 2004, 08:56 PM

Attack chance and ferocity (lesser horror versus doom horror, say) depends on how much non-blood magical resource was used, I think. Casting a global with quadruple normal cost for boosting would probably draw a doom horror, while making trinkets might be relatively safe.

Attacks occur after forging/cast, if memory serves, so that even if an item forger is killed the item will still be in the lab. Not bad if your forging mage is an immortal like a demilich.

Yossar · #6 June 13th, 2004, 09:24 PM

Astral Corruption is great when you're leading in terms of magic, have a sufficient supply of forged items, and want to lock things down in their current condition. Almost any global cast will draw a Doom Horror and it stops people from casting or forging anything that they really don't need. Would Returning save you from an attack? I haven't tried that.

DLC · #7 June 14th, 2004, 12:22 AM

real nice against global spellcasting

Ighalli · #8 June 14th, 2004, 07:33 AM

Returning would save you unless the horror kills you in the initial attack, I believe. Don't recall doom horror stats off the top of my head, but I wouldn't bank on it...

Yossar · #9 June 14th, 2004, 08:56 AM

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Originally posted by Ighalli:
Returning would save you unless the horror kills you in the initial attack, I believe. Don't recall doom horror stats off the top of my head, but I wouldn't bank on it...

You wouldn't act before the horror?

Endoperez · #10 June 14th, 2004, 11:38 AM

At first I thought you meant Ritual of Returning, and it seems Igahalli did the same... I think Returning would do it.