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SixOfSpades · 04-29-2008, 02:45 PM

Intelligence won't help you if you're vulnerable to their Psionic Blasts. Any character who has been Held or Stunned has no AC: any attacks made against that character automatically hit, the game doesn't even bother rolling the die to determine it. The enemies in the game are smart enough to know this, and if they see a Held or Stunned party member, they will usually ignore all other distractions and focus their attacks on the helpless guy. (The same is not true, oddly enough, of characters who are Unconscious: They only take an AC penalty, and enemies usually ignore them to fight those who are actually a threat.)

So, in brief:
Stun = Death.
Psionic Blast = Stun.
Save vs. Spells (though it might be vs. Death) = not Stun.
Save vs. Spells + decent INT + decent combat abilities = Win.

04-29-2008, 02:45 PM	#3
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 48 Posts: 6,901	Re: Fighting Mindflayers Intelligence won't help you if you're vulnerable to their Psionic Blasts. Any character who has been Held or Stunned has no AC: any attacks made against that character automatically hit, the game doesn't even bother rolling the die to determine it. The enemies in the game are smart enough to know this, and if they see a Held or Stunned party member, they will usually ignore all other distractions and focus their attacks on the helpless guy. (The same is not true, oddly enough, of characters who are Unconscious: They only take an AC penalty, and enemies usually ignore them to fight those who are actually a threat.) So, in brief: Stun = Death. Psionic Blast = Stun. Save vs. Spells (though it might be vs. Death) = not Stun. Save vs. Spells + decent INT + decent combat abilities = Win.