Ioun Stones

01-18-2002, 05:33 PM

I could never figure out whether mages and thieves are supposed to be able to use these stones or not. Sometimes the game will let my mage use them, but other times not. What are the official rules regarding this?

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Morgeruat · 01-18-2002, 06:04 PM

In AD&D 2nd Edition Ioun stones are usable by everyone

AzRaeL StoRmBlaDe · 01-18-2002, 06:26 PM

they are usable by everyone. it might not let you use them due to something with the multiple negative ac modifiers with armor and such, but other then that theres no reason why u cant use them, I love them myself how cool is it to have a stone floating around your head making you faster or stronger or whatever

andrewas · 01-18-2002, 08:11 PM

most ioun stones are usuable by anybody. a few are restricted to a particular class, but their powers are usauly such that nobody outside that class would desire them anyway.

bug with ioun stones (and why mages were not always able to wear them). due to a bug in the infinity engine, anything in a head-slot protects from critical hits, since the head-slot was originaly helmets-only. ioun stones were added later, but this behaviour is still hard-coded. this is a way for mages and monk to avoid critical hits. whether this is good or bad depends on if you want to cheat or not.

01-18-2002, 06:04 PM	#2
Morgeruat Jack Burton Join Date: October 16, 2001 Location: PA Age: 43 Posts: 5,421	In AD&D 2nd Edition Ioun stones are usable by everyone __________________ "Any attempt to cheat, especially with my wife, who is a dirty, dirty, tramp, and I am just gonna snap." Knibb High Principal - Billy Madison

01-18-2002, 06:26 PM	#3
AzRaeL StoRmBlaDe Hathor Join Date: October 11, 2001 Location: At My Computer Age: 43 Posts: 2,217	they are usable by everyone. it might not let you use them due to something with the multiple negative ac modifiers with armor and such, but other then that theres no reason why u cant use them, I love them myself how cool is it to have a stone floating around your head making you faster or stronger or whatever __________________ Now the swinging bridge<br />Is quieted with creepers. . . <br />Like our tendrilled life. -Basho

01-18-2002, 08:11 PM	#4
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 42 Posts: 4,774	most ioun stones are usuable by anybody. a few are restricted to a particular class, but their powers are usauly such that nobody outside that class would desire them anyway. bug with ioun stones (and why mages were not always able to wear them). due to a bug in the infinity engine, anything in a head-slot protects from critical hits, since the head-slot was originaly helmets-only. ioun stones were added later, but this behaviour is still hard-coded. this is a way for mages and monk to avoid critical hits. whether this is good or bad depends on if you want to cheat or not. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

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01-18-2002, 05:33 PM	#1
Sorcerer Alex Guest Posts: n/a	I could never figure out whether mages and thieves are supposed to be able to use these stones or not. Sometimes the game will let my mage use them, but other times not. What are the official rules regarding this? Thanks [img]smile.gif[/img]

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