Protection from Cloudkill

I'm just curious about what spell would protect me from Cloudkill?

Also, how does Zone of Sweet Air work?

I'm a fan of AoE spells, and I like to make myself immune to their effects so that I can be trigger happy.

[ZFR]

Originally posted by The Mountain Hare: I'm just curious about what spell would protect me from Cloudkill?

AFAIK there is no way short of magic resistance... the damage is not elemental but magic, rendering most protection spells useless. You can summon undead who are immune to it.

ZoSA instantly removes all cloud spells (cloudkill, deathfog, turnipfart... etc) from the area you're in.

[ister]

There are various items that WILL make you imune to cloudkill. Anything that protects from all poison damage will do the trick. I don't think that any spells make you immune to poison though.

Or you could just animate dead and use them. Undead are naturally immune.

[Lord Brass]

Originally posted by ister: There are various items that WILL make you imune to cloudkill. Anything that protects from all poison damage will do the trick.

I don't think it does does it? I could of sworn that I had Minsc equipped with an item to that effect, but he still took damage from a cloudkill. Maybe it was something else.

Originally posted by ister: I don't think that any spells make you immune to poison though.

Only the green protection scrolls AFAIK.

Originally posted by ister: Or you could just animate dead and use them. Undead are naturally immune.

Yes they are! Skeleton warriors anyone?

[Dundee Slaytern]

Spell Immunity Choose Evocation
Periapt of Proof Against Poison
Ring of Gaxx
Protection from Poison The green scrolls

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[Dundee Slaytern]

Originally posted by Lord Brass: quote: Originally posted by ister: There are various items that WILL make you imune to cloudkill. Anything that protects from all poison damage will do the trick.

I don't think it does does it? I could of sworn that I had Minsc equipped with an item to that effect, but he still took damage from a cloudkill. Maybe it was something else.[/QUOTE]It might have been Death Fog, which deals Acid damage.

[Lord Brass]

Ah yes. Quite possibly.

No. It's occured to me that it was indeed cloudkill because Jan was the one who had cast it mid-fight. Minsc certainly went through the motions of the damage animation, but I couldn't guarantee that he received any actual damage. I just took it as read that he did.

[SixOfSpades]

Originally posted by Dundee Slaytern: Periapt of Proof Against Poison Ring of Gaxx

IIRC, these only grant immunity to the condition of being Poisoned; that is, they prevent you from taking the continual damage from such things as Spider bites, the Dagger of Venom, Arrows of Biting, etc., while the green skull-&-crossbones shows up on your portrait. They do not grant immunity to Poison damage, caused by such things as Cloudkill and Green Dragon Breath, and possibly weapons like the Spear of Withering.

The Ring of Anti-Venom and Item Upgrade's Amulet of Ilmater, however, provide 100% Poison resistance, as does a Cavalier's immunity. These will allow you to ignore a Cloudkill as if it wasn't even there--except that, even with 100% (or greater) resistance to an element, your character will still "hiccup" from the "damage." This is really only relevant to spellcasters, who can still get their spell disrupted by getting hit with an element that they're immune to.

Certain weapons, namely the Corthala Family Blade and Jhor the Bleeder, cause "Bleeding" damage, which is based off of Poison damage--I'm not sure how immunity to Poison or being poisoned affects the extra damage from these weapons, if at all.

[Dundee Slaytern]

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: quote: Originally posted by Dundee Slaytern: Periapt of Proof Against Poison Ring of Gaxx

IIRC, these only grant immunity to the condition of being Poisoned; that is, they prevent you from taking the continual damage from such things as Spider bites, the Dagger of Venom, Arrows of Biting, etc., while the green skull-&-crossbones shows up on your portrait. They do not grant immunity to Poison damage, caused by such things as Cloudkill and Green Dragon Breath, and possibly weapons like the Spear of Withering.

The Ring of Anti-Venom and Item Upgrade's Amulet of Ilmater, however, provide 100% Poison resistance, as does a Cavalier's immunity. These will allow you to ignore a Cloudkill as if it wasn't even there--except that, even with 100% (or greater) resistance to an element, your character will still "hiccup" from the "damage." This is really only relevant to spellcasters, who can still get their spell disrupted by getting hit with an element that they're immune to.

Certain weapons, namely the Corthala Family Blade and Jhor the Bleeder, cause "Bleeding" damage, which is based off of Poison damage--I'm not sure how immunity to Poison or being poisoned affects the extra damage from these weapons, if at all. [/QUOTE]AFAIK, both the Periapt and the Ring of Gaxx set your Poison Resistance to 100%.

[ister]

Well I frequently use the tactic of having a tank wearing the periapt against poison engage in melee combat in the middle of a cloudkill (or multiple cloudkills). So I'm sure that you don't get damage when wearing that item. I don't know for sure about the ring of Gaxx, the poison scroll or Cavaliers natural abilities. I had assumed that they work the same as the periapt.