Immunities

SpongeBobTheDestoyer · 02-03-2003, 01:18 AM

How would I get my fighter/mage to be completely immune to cold and fire? I was thinking it might be an advantage to fight in an icestorm and firestorm being immune to the damage while enemies aren't. Would this be worth it though? I mean I would have to sacrifice other items like rings and boots and stuff.

LennonCook · 02-03-2003, 01:31 AM

Ring of Fire Protection + Mage Robe of Protection from Fire + Fireshield: Red I *think* has the fire covered... as for cold, that could take a bit of doing.
And yeah, it`s worth it. The way elemental resistance works, if you have >100% resistance to it, you will be healed by it...

SpongeBobTheDestoyer · 02-03-2003, 02:14 AM

IIRC ring is 50%, the robe 20% and the fireshield adds a good amount, so that's fire covered. For cold I was thinking about the boots of cold Pro. but don't know what else. Oh...firesheild blue, duh. Any others?

Olorin · 02-03-2003, 02:33 AM

Try various combos of fire/cold resistant equipment.

Fire Resistant Items(Highlight for %Resistance):
20% Mage robes of fire resistance
50% Red Dragon Scale
15% Aeger's Hide (Leather)
20% Darkmail (Chain)
20% Helm of Defense
25% Dragon Helm
25% Dragon Scale Shield
40% Ring of Fire Resistance
50% Ring of Fire Control
50% Taragarth (Bastard Sword)

Cold Resistant Items
20% Mage Robes of Cold Resistance
15% Aeger's Hide (Leather)
20% Helm of Defense
25% Dragon Helm
25% Dragon Scale Shield
50% Boots of the North

Level 3 Cleric or Mage spell Protection from Fire is useful until you have enough items (then learn more fireballs!)

Also, I have heard that the spell Sunfire sets your fire resistance to 100% for a short duration (I think that's how your mage is unaffected by it). Don't know how long that lasts since my cleric/mage was using items anyway.

I would recommend pumping your immunity to fire
a) more enemies cast fire spells than ice ones
b) your own fire spells are more useful since they don't risk destroying items

An annoying effect (or bug) that I found was that if I had my party lob extra fireballs into the melee (since I was immune), they still interupted my castings and made me say "ugh" in pain. So don't be surprised if Imoen's fireball causes you to mess up your casting of sunfire.

Just imagine the carnage if you had over 100% fire resistance and your party was casting various fireballs, firestorms, incendiary clouds, etc. at you and a mess of enemies. You'll be effectively regenerating while they turn into charcoal.

mrxian · 02-03-2003, 02:59 AM

i once lobbed a couple of fireballs (three mages) into a melee where i had a couple of fighters (nearly) immune to fire due to different items.

then my mages died, because i had forgotten that i wore the cloak of deflection.....

SixOfSpades · 02-03-2003, 04:51 PM

Olorin: Sadly, the Taragarth bastard sword was not included in the game, although you can still hack it in if you want. A shame, really, it's not like there was a huge mass of good Bastard Swords in the first 4 chapters of SoA.

Sythe · 02-03-2003, 05:59 PM

What if there was a helm or something that gave you 100 percent ressitance to all elements and too magic

Fighter+Magic Reistance= Wizard Killer

02-03-2003, 01:18 AM	#1
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02-03-2003, 02:14 AM	#3
SpongeBobTheDestoyer Avatar Join Date: August 2, 2002 Location: St. Louis Age: 50 Posts: 529	IIRC ring is 50%, the robe 20% and the fireshield adds a good amount, so that's fire covered. For cold I was thinking about the boots of cold Pro. but don't know what else. Oh...firesheild blue, duh. Any others? __________________ [img]\"http://membres.lycos.fr/th8or/JubeiSigSig.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

02-03-2003, 02:33 AM	#4
Olorin Avatar Join Date: May 27, 2002 Location: Boulder, CO Age: 49 Posts: 544	Try various combos of fire/cold resistant equipment. Fire Resistant Items(Highlight for %Resistance): 20% Mage robes of fire resistance 50% Red Dragon Scale 15% Aeger's Hide (Leather) 20% Darkmail (Chain) 20% Helm of Defense 25% Dragon Helm 25% Dragon Scale Shield 40% Ring of Fire Resistance 50% Ring of Fire Control 50% Taragarth (Bastard Sword) Cold Resistant Items 20% Mage Robes of Cold Resistance 15% Aeger's Hide (Leather) 20% Helm of Defense 25% Dragon Helm 25% Dragon Scale Shield 50% Boots of the North Level 3 Cleric or Mage spell Protection from Fire is useful until you have enough items (then learn more fireballs!) Also, I have heard that the spell Sunfire sets your fire resistance to 100% for a short duration (I think that's how your mage is unaffected by it). Don't know how long that lasts since my cleric/mage was using items anyway. I would recommend pumping your immunity to fire a) more enemies cast fire spells than ice ones b) your own fire spells are more useful since they don't risk destroying items An annoying effect (or bug) that I found was that if I had my party lob extra fireballs into the melee (since I was immune), they still interupted my castings and made me say "ugh" in pain. So don't be surprised if Imoen's fireball causes you to mess up your casting of sunfire. Just imagine the carnage if you had over 100% fire resistance and your party was casting various fireballs, firestorms, incendiary clouds, etc. at you and a mess of enemies. You'll be effectively regenerating while they turn into charcoal. __________________ "Many are my names in many countries. Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkun to the Dwarves; Olorin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incanus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not" --The Two Towers

02-03-2003, 04:51 PM	#6
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 48 Posts: 6,901	Olorin: Sadly, the Taragarth bastard sword was not included in the game, although you can still hack it in if you want. A shame, really, it's not like there was a huge mass of good Bastard Swords in the first 4 chapters of SoA. __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.

02-03-2003, 05:59 PM	#7
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02-03-2003, 01:31 AM	#2
LennonCook Jack Burton Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux Age: 38 Posts: 5,452	Ring of Fire Protection + Mage Robe of Protection from Fire + Fireshield: Red I think has the fire covered... as for cold, that could take a bit of doing. And yeah, it`s worth it. The way elemental resistance works, if you have >100% resistance to it, you will be healed by it...

02-03-2003, 02:59 AM	#5
mrxian Dungeon Master Join Date: April 27, 2002 Location: netherlands Posts: 69	i once lobbed a couple of fireballs (three mages) into a melee where i had a couple of fighters (nearly) immune to fire due to different items. then my mages died, because i had forgotten that i wore the cloak of deflection.....

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