Remember casting your 1st lightningbolt?

Ah, yes. My first bolt was way back in BG1. My party and I were walking through the mountains on our way to a gnoll stronghold when Minsc and Boo noticed a crevice with evil. Inside the cave was a bear, and my mage figured it'd be a good idea to fry the beast. Sooo, the bear took some damage as did most of my party. Luckily they all survived so we managed too kill the bear and cook it. Afterwards we returned to Nashkell for some healing...


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The last arrow of Legolas kindled in the air as it flew,
and plunged burning into the heart of a great wolf-chieftain.
All the others fled. -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

[Sigmar]

Lightning bolts cause forest fires.


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Sigmar has only one foe,
and he is Tiax!

[This message has been edited by Sigmar (edited 06-07-2001).]

[jabidas]

I remember in bg1 the thing hoped of the wall and killed the mage who casted it very annoying

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[antonius]

Hey! I thought I was the only one stupid enough to kill my _entire_ party that way. I got Baldur's Gate and instantly remembered "Eye of the Beholder" where fireball fried everything in front of you. I forgot about "progress"

S'Funny tho.

Originally posted by antonius: Hey! I thought I was the only one stupid enough to kill my _entire_ party that way. I got Baldur's Gate and instantly remembered "Eye of the Beholder" where fireball fried everything in front of you. I forgot about "progress" S'Funny tho.

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In Dungeon Master, if you were unencumberd, you could overtake your own fireballs, turn around and get hit in the mush with them (that was FUN!) - I did that on purpose to find out which spells generally did the most damage


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[Sparhawk]

If you ´ve ever played pool...then you´ll be the perfect lightningmaster


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[antonius]

Originally posted by Sparhawk: If you ´ve ever played pool...then you´ll be the perfect lightningmaster

RWP (Real world physics) is a little bit more reliable - I can never work out those angles or the random rebounds back into my mages' face.
Actually, since I only play pool after numerous alcoholic beverages it's pretty much the same

[Throntar]

Ugh! Lightning bolt **shivers**

Even worse...Wand of Lightning bolts...6 separate bolts at one time. Yikes!

The only time I've had a lightning bolt work well for me is either when outside or if I can cast it into a small room and slam the door shut before it rebounds. Hee-hee! Toasted Umber hulk anyone?!

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Now where did I leave that doughnut?!

This reminds me of a nother bloody annoying experience.
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At one point in the gaqme, some attackers may confront you in Athkatla streets. One of them casts Lightning Bolt. I had the Cloak of Mirrors at the time.
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HOWEVER, when you reflect an attack, you take ownership of it. So, when this lightning bolt killed 3 citizens, I LOST SHIT LOADS OF REP!!!
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I reloaded and used protection from lightning (and took the cloak off)

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[Gimmick]

Lord Shield, I had something similar happen to me...

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I had just returned from the Underdark with my evil party, who'd never payed the cowled wizards for a magic liscense. My first stop was the slums. The githyanki showed up wanting their sword back. Naturally, fighting broke out. Having been away from town so long, I'd forgotten about the cowled wizards, and cast a spell. So, now the githyanki and cowled wizards are both attacking me. To compound the matter, a lightning bolt bounced off one of my guys, and killed a peasant. My rep was already low to begin with, so guards & knights from the Order of the Radiant Heart showed up to kill me also. Pure chaos.