* The old gnomish mage sits in his study, pouring over his combat logs and scribbled notes*
"Hmmm," he says to no one in particular, "Nature Giants....according to their online display they seem to be an offshoot of Fire Giants... would you believe it? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] Too bad I have seemed to have lost my screenshots when my system crashed some time after the fight…”
“While these creatures can be hit (I've done it personally...AC 51)...the damage done is always zero! Let’s see… we’ve tried fire, cold, magical, acid, physical (blunt, piercing, slashing and combinations thereof…), electrical, divine, negative (Harm spells are useless) and sonic damage… all reduced to zero…and the creature is immune to Critical Hits, Sneak Attacks and Knockdown…not good, not good at all…”
“The only thing that kept us alive was its weak attack structure. Since it was so far down Undermountain, only epic adventurers with excellent armor (or armor equivalents) were there. The beast would attack slowly (35/30/25) and hit rarely (natural 20’s) for 17-19 damage.”
“Thorgar (ArmpitLint) managed a Devastating Critical on one later. That creature had an attack sequence beginning with 31, was not immune to criticals/cold/physical damage, suggesting it may be a weaker version of the same creature… we will have to investigate”
“I have tried nearly my entire repertoire of spells to no avail... Energy attacks result in zero damage. They (there were at least 2 Nature Giants) have a strong fortitude save (31) but weak reflex save (16)… mind you, if you can absorb a ground zero Delayed Blast Fireball hit, then you do not need a great reflex save…Too bad I could not test their Will saves…Enchantment is not my strong point… being a great Illusionist does have its limitations:evilhaha:…”
“I think I will have my Dwarvish friend with the tough skin and two-handed axe go down there and do some ‘further testing’ on the creatures.”
“Undermountain is unavailable right now… this will have to wait… later…”
* The dwarf’s was willing to “test” the creatures and the scene closes with the mage sending Durnan a note to expect a large shipment of firewood soon…*