insane damage mayhem!!

kingpats · 01-22-2003, 07:39 AM

i am currently playing through the game with an evil party, but my friend who is also playng through the game but with a good party was in the graveyard about to embark on the final battle with bodhi. when she summuned up that squad of vampires, he used the daystar to cast sunray and killed them all. under inspection it seems that one of the vampires took a massive 1040 hp of damage in one go before they died. is this an error or just a huge amount of damage liad down by the forces of good.....?

andrewas · 01-22-2003, 07:42 AM

Sunray does that when the undead fail their save - to ensure they die as they're supposed to. No bug.

Raistlin Majere · 01-22-2003, 07:52 AM

you should try sunray in windspear hills. sometimes after you sleep, a squad of shadow fiends appear. i once used sunray and they all took that massive damage. looked kinda cool

Butterfingers · 01-22-2003, 09:53 AM

I like to call Daystar the Portable Undead Nuke. It is always a great thing to carry around at night, not only does it act like a flashlight, but, it kills those random vampires dead as a doorknob. With out any chance to damage the innocent folks standing around.

Just a hint. There a a few creatures that Sunray works on even though they are not undead. Try it sometime

Alson · 01-22-2003, 10:59 AM

It's not a bug - it's just the designers way of bypassing the Undeadish immunity to SLAY effects.

Many Undead monsters are immune to insta-kill effects - a la Vorpal hits, Finger of Death and Sunray's effect on a failed save. To bypass that, and to make sure that the Undead are destroyed on a failed save, the desingers came up with the 1042 damage idea... Quite inelegant, though, in my opinion.

Raistlin Majere · 01-22-2003, 11:05 AM

doesnt it work on all creatures. It just deals extra on the Undead beings.

Butterfingers · 01-22-2003, 02:18 PM

Also works on creatures of Shadow. Hint hint...

Dundee Slaytern · 01-22-2003, 10:37 PM

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Originally posted by Butterfingers:
Also works on creatures of Shadow. Hint hint...

If you are telling me that it will vape poor constantly-suffering Thax' as well, I am going to balk. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Pyrenk · 01-23-2003, 06:52 AM

It would be cool if you could vaporize that annoying dragon...

01-22-2003, 07:42 AM	#2
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 43 Posts: 4,774	Sunray does that when the undead fail their save - to ensure they die as they're supposed to. No bug. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

01-22-2003, 07:52 AM	#3
Raistlin Majere Ra Join Date: March 26, 2002 Location: Finland Age: 37 Posts: 2,323	you should try sunray in windspear hills. sometimes after you sleep, a squad of shadow fiends appear. i once used sunray and they all took that massive damage. looked kinda cool __________________ If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst forth at once in the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One. "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

01-22-2003, 11:05 AM	#6
Raistlin Majere Ra Join Date: March 26, 2002 Location: Finland Age: 37 Posts: 2,323	doesnt it work on all creatures. It just deals extra on the Undead beings. __________________ If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst forth at once in the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One. "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

01-23-2003, 06:52 AM	#9
Pyrenk Symbol of Cyric Join Date: January 2, 2003 Location: Old Bethpage, Long Island Age: 37 Posts: 1,156	It would be cool if you could vaporize that annoying dragon... __________________

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01-22-2003, 07:39 AM	#1
kingpats Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: October 16, 2001 Location: a galaxy far away. Posts: 49	i am currently playing through the game with an evil party, but my friend who is also playng through the game but with a good party was in the graveyard about to embark on the final battle with bodhi. when she summuned up that squad of vampires, he used the daystar to cast sunray and killed them all. under inspection it seems that one of the vampires took a massive 1040 hp of damage in one go before they died. is this an error or just a huge amount of damage liad down by the forces of good.....?

01-22-2003, 09:53 AM	#4
Butterfingers Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: November 30, 2002 Location: Five Flagons Inn Posts: 633	I like to call Daystar the Portable Undead Nuke. It is always a great thing to carry around at night, not only does it act like a flashlight, but, it kills those random vampires dead as a doorknob. With out any chance to damage the innocent folks standing around. Just a hint. There a a few creatures that Sunray works on even though they are not undead. Try it sometime

01-22-2003, 10:59 AM	#5
Alson Galvatron Join Date: December 14, 2001 Location: Israel Age: 38 Posts: 2,187	It's not a bug - it's just the designers way of bypassing the Undeadish immunity to SLAY effects. Many Undead monsters are immune to insta-kill effects - a la Vorpal hits, Finger of Death and Sunray's effect on a failed save. To bypass that, and to make sure that the Undead are destroyed on a failed save, the desingers came up with the 1042 damage idea... Quite inelegant, though, in my opinion.

01-22-2003, 02:18 PM	#7
Butterfingers Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: November 30, 2002 Location: Five Flagons Inn Posts: 633	Also works on creatures of Shadow. Hint hint...

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