Well I was surprised and disappointed to say the least, to see that Stoneskins seems to prevent me from injecting the poison. Don't see how it can be an efficient anti-mage ability if it can't even pierce those. I can tolerate that it wont affect the target if the hits don't connect - which I witnessed when trying to take out the Glabrezu in Irenicus dungeon with a Poison coated Staff +1 (yes I know he's immune to poison, didn't learn that until after I killed Ilyich though) - but I thought it was a given that it, like any other weapon which deals extra non-physical damage, would be useful for countering those annoying layers of stone. I think the poison is in fact quite useless, with the improved mages who cast stoneskin as soon as you enter the area. Sure it might've been useful against enemies other than mages, had it not been for the fact that an Assassin insta-kills with Backstab (mine usually does anyway). Oh well, gonna dual this one to a fighter later on, maybe the poison will prove somewhat useful in combination with GWW.
Anyway, would be nice if someone could confirm that poison is indeed not supposed to pierce stoneskins, or that my game is just bugged.
Also,I'd appreciate it if someone could explain how the Poison really works, since it in my game had a far shorter duration and dealt out far less damage than what it's description indicated.
[ 01-31-2003, 08:04 PM: Message edited by: Rataxes ]