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Jim · 01-22-2002, 06:50 PM

Morgalas,

I've chosen a high STR in relation to the Strong Arm bow which you can buy from Ribald. This bow needs 19 STR and has +3 damage, so I've increased the required strength and damage delt by 2. CON probably could be dropped since archers are not known for their toughness, but I suppose the bow might need a reasonably high degree of hardship from the user in order to generate the defensive bonuses. +1 CON will pretty much guarantee an aditional 9 HP for elves (max CON 17) and humans (max 18) so I think makes up for elven archers initial loss of HP due to this CON so I'm leaving this in.

I don't intend it to be found in chapter 6, in fact, it could be obtained as soon as chapter 2 begins, that is why I've placed the strength and level limitations to prevent low level characters from becoming over powerful. I should have probably re-phrased my original message with regards to obtaining it after chapter 6 to being able to use it effectively only after the underdark.

I'm not sure how to increase the damage for the racial enemy. Damage can be increased against certain creatures, but I can't think of how to manipulate this damage against the racial enemy, as that is a seperate variable. The best I could probably do is add bonus damage for dragons (my archer' racial enemy) which would have the same effect, but using a new char with a different enemy would involve editing the item again. No a big problem really.
Thanx for the input [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 01-22-2002: Message edited by: Jim ]

01-22-2002, 06:50 PM	#10
Jim Quintesson Join Date: May 1, 2001 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Age: 45 Posts: 1,088	Morgalas, I've chosen a high STR in relation to the Strong Arm bow which you can buy from Ribald. This bow needs 19 STR and has +3 damage, so I've increased the required strength and damage delt by 2. CON probably could be dropped since archers are not known for their toughness, but I suppose the bow might need a reasonably high degree of hardship from the user in order to generate the defensive bonuses. +1 CON will pretty much guarantee an aditional 9 HP for elves (max CON 17) and humans (max 18) so I think makes up for elven archers initial loss of HP due to this CON so I'm leaving this in. I don't intend it to be found in chapter 6, in fact, it could be obtained as soon as chapter 2 begins, that is why I've placed the strength and level limitations to prevent low level characters from becoming over powerful. I should have probably re-phrased my original message with regards to obtaining it after chapter 6 to being able to use it effectively only after the underdark. I'm not sure how to increase the damage for the racial enemy. Damage can be increased against certain creatures, but I can't think of how to manipulate this damage against the racial enemy, as that is a seperate variable. The best I could probably do is add bonus damage for dragons (my archer' racial enemy) which would have the same effect, but using a new char with a different enemy would involve editing the item again. No a big problem really. Thanx for the input [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 01-22-2002: Message edited by: Jim ]