What's the deal with shadowed creatures?

Aerich · 08-24-2004, 06:07 PM

Specifically the ones in the Severed Hand. I've noticed that they seem to take more damage than I would expect them to - possibly only from piercing and slashing weapons. Am I crazy, or is there something to this?

Regardless, I love fighting them, with the exception of the archers. They're easy XP if you can shield your weaklings from ambushes. On insane, a shadowed goblin warrior that can only take two, maybe three, hits is worth 1600 XP.

silencer · 08-27-2004, 01:34 AM

"Shadow" creatures in the reclamation of Mithril Hall and the ones released by Chaos (DL) all had particular aversions to slashing/piercing weapons.

I could only assume since their essence is corpereal there is little resistance.

Aerich · 08-27-2004, 12:51 PM

Re: the reclamation of Mithril Hall - Is this a game/mod, or are you referring to the Salvatore book Streams of Silver?

If you're talking about the book, I don't remember any such thing. It was torchlight that made them vulnerable to weapons (but I own it, so I can check when I get home).

Your explanation re: corporeality(ness?) makes sense though.

silencer · 08-27-2004, 04:21 PM

Catti-Brie hurt one of them with a sword before they drove them away with torches and Fairy-Fire.

Though it still was a short passage and didn't render much detail, I was mostly going by the ones in DL; blunt weapons had almost no effect whatsoever.

[ 08-27-2004, 04:24 PM: Message edited by: silencer ]

Aerich · 08-27-2004, 04:32 PM

Ok, that makes sense. In IWD (the game), I think blunt weapons still work fine - my Conlan's hammer is effective. But simple arrows quite often do damage in double digits, and I had a paladin in a former party do over 20 on a non-critical hit. So there must be a weakness (negative resistance) to the ol' slashing and piercing.

08-24-2004, 06:07 PM	#1
Aerich Lord Ao Join Date: May 27, 2004 Location: Canada Age: 42 Posts: 2,061	Specifically the ones in the Severed Hand. I've noticed that they seem to take more damage than I would expect them to - possibly only from piercing and slashing weapons. Am I crazy, or is there something to this? Regardless, I love fighting them, with the exception of the archers. They're easy XP if you can shield your weaklings from ambushes. On insane, a shadowed goblin warrior that can only take two, maybe three, hits is worth 1600 XP. __________________ Where there is a great deal of free speech, there is always a certain amount of foolish speech. - Winston S. Churchill

08-27-2004, 12:51 PM	#3
Aerich Lord Ao Join Date: May 27, 2004 Location: Canada Age: 42 Posts: 2,061	Re: the reclamation of Mithril Hall - Is this a game/mod, or are you referring to the Salvatore book Streams of Silver? If you're talking about the book, I don't remember any such thing. It was torchlight that made them vulnerable to weapons (but I own it, so I can check when I get home). Your explanation re: corporeality(ness?) makes sense though. __________________ Where there is a great deal of free speech, there is always a certain amount of foolish speech. - Winston S. Churchill

08-27-2004, 04:32 PM	#5
Aerich Lord Ao Join Date: May 27, 2004 Location: Canada Age: 42 Posts: 2,061	Ok, that makes sense. In IWD (the game), I think blunt weapons still work fine - my Conlan's hammer is effective. But simple arrows quite often do damage in double digits, and I had a paladin in a former party do over 20 on a non-critical hit. So there must be a weakness (negative resistance) to the ol' slashing and piercing. __________________ Where there is a great deal of free speech, there is always a certain amount of foolish speech. - Winston S. Churchill

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08-27-2004, 01:34 AM	#2
silencer Dungeon Master Join Date: July 8, 2004 Location: California, USA Age: 41 Posts: 68	"Shadow" creatures in the reclamation of Mithril Hall and the ones released by Chaos (DL) all had particular aversions to slashing/piercing weapons. I could only assume since their essence is corpereal there is little resistance.

08-27-2004, 04:21 PM	#4
silencer Dungeon Master Join Date: July 8, 2004 Location: California, USA Age: 41 Posts: 68	Catti-Brie hurt one of them with a sword before they drove them away with torches and Fairy-Fire. Though it still was a short passage and didn't render much detail, I was mostly going by the ones in DL; blunt weapons had almost no effect whatsoever. [ 08-27-2004, 04:24 PM: Message edited by: silencer ]

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