Chaotic commands .... a no-brainer ?

daan · 04-25-2002, 04:12 PM

I allways thought that chaotic commands protected you not only from the mind-flayer's psionic blasts, but also from the intel-drain ....
Though viconia didnt agree on that when she fought them .. heck, she didnt say anything but " ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" after that

So ... is this a bug, and if not .. what do i do to protect myself from the intel. drainage, better plumming ??

P.s. if this is a bug ... that baldurdash fixpack is causing me more problems than before i even had any fixes

thx for any replies [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 04-25-2002, 04:13 PM: Message edited by: daan ]

04-25-2002, 04:29 PM

There's no way to avoid being drained of intelligence. Just try using missle weapons and spells to take illithids out.

Helspanth · 04-25-2002, 05:02 PM

Or use potions of genius to boost up your int

Azred · 04-25-2002, 06:33 PM

The illithid attack has a +2 "enchantment"; you could try using Mantle, Improved Mantle, or Absolute Immunity (at least on your mages). Otherwise, do as Helspanth says--drink potions of genius.

daan · 04-26-2002, 03:36 AM

Thx all [img]smile.gif[/img]

But i have another question [img]smile.gif[/img]
My skeleton warriors are falling to the ground after 2 /3
illithid-hits. Im pretty sure i liked them so much last time, because their minds werent there to be sucked out, and therefore were basically immune to illithids.

Am i (again) remembering wrong ?

How' bout mordekainens sword ?

Lol, i dont remember a thing, too much time in the "real-life" which has been mentioned a few times allready i guess ... it's dangerous i think [img]graemlins/uhoh2.gif[/img]

cyber7 · 04-26-2002, 11:29 AM

thet's not so bad to itel.drain cause it will be back at normal

Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs · 04-26-2002, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by daan:
Thx all [img]smile.gif[/img]

But i have another question [img]smile.gif[/img]
My skeleton warriors are falling to the ground after 2 /3
illithid-hits. Im pretty sure i liked them so much last time, because their minds werent there to be sucked out, and therefore were basically immune to illithids.

Am i (again) remembering wrong ?

How' bout mordekainens sword ?

The illithids don't care if it has a brain or not. the weapon has a special effect of draining 5 pts or so of intelligence with each hit, no save, unaffected by MR. if a creature has intelligence less than what is the minimum required by that race, he/she/it dies. Period. because this death is caused by the world not allowing an impossible creature to exist, the illithid (or mage with Shapechange) gets no points for killing something, because the GAME killed it. thus, gnomes die at 3 INT, half-orcs at 0, everyone else at 2. sorry.

So, potions of genius work well, but bows and arrow work better.

04-26-2002, 03:39 PM

Don't worry, use lots n lots of missle weapons.

F. Gottwald · 04-26-2002, 04:46 PM

illithids tend to have low levels so death spell works reasonably well...

daan · 04-26-2002, 05:13 PM

Sunnis, prince of earth elementals had a little chat with 'em ....
Who cares about a little less intelligence, he knows how to rock the world [img]graemlins/jawdrop.gif[/img]

The globe of blades/ blade barrier -combo is nice too ... one save failed = instant illithid spray-party [img]graemlins/chaos.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/gore.gif[/img]

[img]graemlins/shine.gif[/img] Thx for all the replies [img]graemlins/shine.gif[/img]

04-25-2002, 04:12 PM	#1
daan Silver Dragon Join Date: August 25, 2001 Location: - Age: 40 Posts: 1,644	I allways thought that chaotic commands protected you not only from the mind-flayer's psionic blasts, but also from the intel-drain .... Though viconia didnt agree on that when she fought them .. heck, she didnt say anything but " ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" after that So ... is this a bug, and if not .. what do i do to protect myself from the intel. drainage, better plumming ?? P.s. if this is a bug ... that baldurdash fixpack is causing me more problems than before i even had any fixes thx for any replies [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 04-25-2002, 04:13 PM: Message edited by: daan ] __________________ <strong> Odi et Amo. Quare id faciam facisse requires ? Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior </strong><br /><br /><strong> Amantem cogit amare magis, sed bene velle minus </strong>

04-25-2002, 05:02 PM	#3
Helspanth Quintesson Join Date: January 21, 2002 Location: Thessaloniki,Hellas Age: 43 Posts: 1,050	Or use potions of genius to boost up your int __________________ \"Sorrow is the future tense of love\"

04-25-2002, 06:33 PM	#4
Azred Drow Priestess Join Date: March 13, 2001 Location: a hidden sanctorum high above the metroplex Age: 55 Posts: 4,037	The illithid attack has a +2 "enchantment"; you could try using Mantle, Improved Mantle, or Absolute Immunity (at least on your mages). Otherwise, do as Helspanth says--drink potions of genius. __________________ Everything may be explained by a conspiracy theory. All conspiracy theories are true. No matter how thinly you slice it, it's still bologna.

04-26-2002, 03:36 AM	#5
daan Silver Dragon Join Date: August 25, 2001 Location: - Age: 40 Posts: 1,644	Thx all [img]smile.gif[/img] But i have another question [img]smile.gif[/img] My skeleton warriors are falling to the ground after 2 /3 illithid-hits. Im pretty sure i liked them so much last time, because their minds werent there to be sucked out, and therefore were basically immune to illithids. Am i (again) remembering wrong ? How' bout mordekainens sword ? Lol, i dont remember a thing, too much time in the "real-life" which has been mentioned a few times allready i guess ... it's dangerous i think [img]graemlins/uhoh2.gif[/img] __________________ <strong> Odi et Amo. Quare id faciam facisse requires ? Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior </strong><br /><br /><strong> Amantem cogit amare magis, sed bene velle minus </strong>

04-26-2002, 11:29 AM	#6
cyber7 The Magister Join Date: March 12, 2002 Location: Portugal Posts: 128	thet's not so bad to itel.drain cause it will be back at normal __________________ _cyber7_

04-25-2002, 04:29 PM	#2
Sorcerer Alex Guest Posts: n/a	There's no way to avoid being drained of intelligence. Just try using missle weapons and spells to take illithids out.

04-26-2002, 03:39 PM	#8
SecretMaster Guest Posts: n/a	Don't worry, use lots n lots of missle weapons.

04-26-2002, 04:46 PM	#9
F. Gottwald Manshoon Join Date: January 9, 2002 Location: Göttingen, Germany Posts: 153	illithids tend to have low levels so death spell works reasonably well... __________________ The objective of persecution is persecution. The objective of torture is torture. The objective of power is power.

04-26-2002, 05:13 PM	#10
daan Silver Dragon Join Date: August 25, 2001 Location: - Age: 40 Posts: 1,644	Sunnis, prince of earth elementals had a little chat with 'em .... Who cares about a little less intelligence, he knows how to rock the world [img]graemlins/jawdrop.gif[/img] The globe of blades/ blade barrier -combo is nice too ... one save failed = instant illithid spray-party [img]graemlins/chaos.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/gore.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/shine.gif[/img] Thx for all the replies [img]graemlins/shine.gif[/img] __________________ <strong> Odi et Amo. Quare id faciam facisse requires ? Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior </strong><br /><br /><strong> Amantem cogit amare magis, sed bene velle minus </strong>

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