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maciek · 06-24-2004, 11:31 AM

Two quick questions.

1) In the character's record screen, THACO is listed as xx(xx). What is the difference between the two numbers? Is the first the innate one (from stats & level) and the second after equipment bonuses are factored in? That sort of seems to be the case, but for some of my chars this doesn't work out numerically, at least as far as I can tell, and can't find anything in the manual on this.

2) During battle one frequently sees lines of the type "FOO takes xx points damage from BAR (yy points resisted)". What sort of resistance is it talking about? Is this due to monster bonuses, such as say -2 against slashing weapons?

06-24-2004, 11:31 AM	#1
maciek Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: May 22, 2003 Location: Markham, ON, Canada Age: 52 Posts: 17	Two quick questions. 1) In the character's record screen, THACO is listed as xx(xx). What is the difference between the two numbers? Is the first the innate one (from stats & level) and the second after equipment bonuses are factored in? That sort of seems to be the case, but for some of my chars this doesn't work out numerically, at least as far as I can tell, and can't find anything in the manual on this. 2) During battle one frequently sees lines of the type "FOO takes xx points damage from BAR (yy points resisted)". What sort of resistance is it talking about? Is this due to monster bonuses, such as say -2 against slashing weapons?