Hello, I was wondering what THAC<u>O</u> meant? i have heard the lower your thaco is the better.. is this true?

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YES, the lower the better, it stands for "To Hit Armor Class 0", it is used in the formula (which I don't recall, but check the BG2 handbook that comes with the game).

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no, this is definately not true.
I met some one in my mutiplayer game, he told me his guy is godlike, and I checked his stats, boy, he had 200 thac0. hehe, he must be from diablo ii. the next thing i did was to duel him and killed him. he was like: WOW


anyway, what THAC0 means is: To Hit Armor Class Zero
you know what Armor Class is? it means how well you are protected (the lower the better)
every time you attack, you make a roll of 1 to 20, and use your THAC0 - AC. if the roll is bigger, then you hit the mark, if the THAC0 - AC is bigger, then you miss.

Ahhhhh, so this is to detirmine weather you have a succesful attack on your enemy?

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Yes.

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Hey 250, are you serious?? 200 THAC0.....that's unreal...... http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

These are just some of the cases where -'ve is actually good in life.....

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In D&d, ThAC0 is the equation of you'r weapon expertise to the armor of the opponent. All players at level 1 start with thac0 of 20. So, to hit a solder with an armor class 0 you need a roll of 20 on a 20 sided dice. An armor of 1 you have to make a roll of 19 OR 20 .. So, less armor, better chance. But still, depends on the class you use, thac0 drop by a -1 when you gain a new level. Fighter has -1 thac0 at each level gained, Thief and Bard -1 at each 2 levels gain, priest -2 at each 3 levels and Mage -1 to every 4 levels. So, you know fighters drop very fast thaco since they are weapon champions and Wizards are better casting spells that fighting with weapons. All the +1 on a magical weapon are added to you'r thaco as well then strengh score and weapon specialisation. Read the manual for more info. You cannot have a thaco of 200, not in d&d. thaco of 20 is poor so imagine 200 ...

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Heh......that's what happens when you switch from one game to another and expect things to be the same.....I cannot imagine what his/her AC is like....500 maybe??

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AC of 500 ? Wow, Even you'r red little fish could Harm you with that AC !!! 10 is poor and -10 is like the natural max ....

red little fish Critical hit ! 1 dmg !!

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Yeah, because the game stats in Diablo 2 is rather huge, for those who thinks D2 and BG2 works the same way will fall into this trap........
e.g. characters in D2's attack rating is in hundreds, so imagine they stuff that figure into a BG2 character's THAC0....well, it won't be so bad if he put it into the damage modifier... Heehee

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