Ignoring magic resistance and turn undead levels

[Feral]

Does anyone have a comprehensive list of offensive spells which bypass MR? I've been trying to find one for a while, but with extremely limited success.

Also, does anyone have a list of which "turn undead level" affects which undead in what way?

Thanks in advance.

[Edit on April 6: OK - how about _any_ list? It doesn't have to be comprehensive!]

[ 04-06-2004, 11:33 AM: Message edited by: Feral ]

[weimer]

Cloudkill - No
Sunfire - No
Incendiary Cloud - No
Wilting - No
Meteor Swarm - No

Energy Drain - Yes
Black Blade of Disaster's Striking Level Drain And Slaying Effects - Yes
Fire Storm - Yes
Earthquake - Yes

Good luck.

[ZFR]

A very comprehensive turn undead table is here
http://www.planetbaldursgate.com/bg2...rnundead.shtml


EDIT: ok while it is comprehensive it's only for SoA... not ToB

[ 04-06-2004, 02:47 PM: Message edited by: ZFR ]

[SixOfSpades]

Originally posted by weimer: Sunfire - No

Wait a sec--I thought Sunfire does ignore MR. I never use it myself, but I believe it's Xyx's Spell Reference that specifies the sadistic glory of Sunfire in "making those Drow suffer."

[Pyrenk]

Erm, yes, it does ignore MR...last time I checked, it did, anyway.

[Feral]

Thanks to all - I'm off to fight those pesky magic-resistant critters. I'm tired of just feeding summons to the mindflayers.

[Dundee Slaytern]

IIRC, Sunfire ignores the enemy's MR. It however checks for MR when it hit party members.

[bjorn]

found this in the "solo cleric through Weimer land"-thread..


First number = fear
Second number = death

Skeleton -7 -8
Skeleton Warrior -<13 -16

Ghast -9 -12
Greater Ghast -9 -13
Fell Ghast -9 -13

Ghoul -7 -9
Greater Ghoul -9 -13
Ghoul Lord -12 -13

Zombie -7 -9
Zombie Lord -7 -12
Sea Zombie -7 -9
Sea Zombie Lord -15 -19
Revenant - -

Shadow -7 -10
Shadow Patrick -8 -12
Shadow Fiend -8 -12
Devil Shade -11 -18
Shade Wolf -7 -11
Greater Shade Wolf -8 -12
Shade Lord -20 -27

Mummy -10 -14
Greater Mummy -17 -21

Bone Golem -xx -xx

Lich -11 -18
Elemental Lich -20 -27
Shade Lich -20 -27
Fire Lich -20 -27
Demi-Lich
Kangaxx Lich
Kangaxx Demi Lich -27 -34

[/QB]

[weimer]

The version of Sunfire that appears in the game biffs (SPWI523.SPL in Data\Spells.bif) does not bypass magic resistance. Check out the byte at offset 0x1c7 -- it's 1, or "cannot be dispelled, does not bypass MR", and it applies to the fire damage effect of the first ability header. The other damage effects are all similar (across all headers).

I was surprised because I also remember hearing somewhere that it bypassed MR. However, that doesn't seem to be the case for the default game (some mod may change it, though).

[weimer]

BTW, it's worth noting that the game actually implements Sunfire using the same "projectile" as a normal Fireball spells -- it's just always centered on the caster. The first thing Sunfire does is grant the caster 100% fire resistance. Then it does its fire damage to everyone caught in the projectile.

Based on the rest of the infinity engine, I would be quite surprised to discover that it bypasses MR for enemies caught in the blast but not for party members. Wonders never cease, though.