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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: shorty13 on February 12, 2005, 02:29:45 am

Title: magic against weapon
Post by: shorty13 on February 12, 2005, 02:29:45 am

I was just wondering,:
If I had 3 levels in a given way of magic, and 3 levels in swords, what would deal more damage?  Do swords do more damage?

Please answer my question.  Last time I asked something, I was just ridiculed.  Thanks to those who answer me. :)

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Post by: Kaseijin on February 12, 2005, 02:39:12 am

prepare to be ridiculed.... by someone else

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Post by: Incenjucar on February 12, 2005, 02:39:26 am

In most RPGs, magic hits harder, because it has the mana issue.

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Post by: shorty13 on February 12, 2005, 02:49:10 am

but how bout this game?

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Post by: blubasso on February 12, 2005, 03:03:03 am

Sorry but this question is like: is Zorro stronger than Batman?

I think it depend on the strenght (a mix of strenght itself + ability+endurance) and/or the mana (a mix of charisma and will and intelligence) so a character who have skill 3 on magic way and skill 3 on weapons way will hit differently due his main \"way of thinking\". A warrior will hit more with weapons because he will has more strenght than mental ways and so on...
This is my opinion but this one is empiric and logical and i could do mistakes

Shannath

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Post by: Gilibran on February 12, 2005, 04:01:08 am

this reminds me of the story I read somewhere. There once was this \"Uber\" Paladin with disspell magic armour lvl 1200k+ and magic mighty devine twohanded + triple 1200k sword in Ad&d (very obvious) he was very very disliked by his rp group (even more obvious) this is how they got rid of him. They picked a fight with him harrased him long enough and even turned there characters to evil allignment so he had to attack them. Now there was this lvl 2 or 3 magic user. he chose a large, very large boulder and cast some spells on it wich made the size and weight of the boulder same as a pebble. next thing this guy passed the pebble onto the halfling in the group who was very good with the sling.

hehehehehe. the halfling threw the \"pebble\" at the palladin who laughed at the puny attempt they made to hit him. That was untill the pebble entered the disspel magic zone of his superduper armor and turned it back again in a ten ton boulder. ROFLOL

so it shows even a lvl 3 magic user can kill a 1200+ superwarrior as long as he uses his brain.

Typing this i completely lost what this actually has to do with you\'re question. lol but hell let it be a lesson.

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Post by: Lutz on February 12, 2005, 05:10:35 am

and a very good lesson it is...I love it and will marry it :D

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Post by: John_Thazer on February 13, 2005, 12:41:45 am

Well, it\'s a bit hard to say, depends on many factors, for example I got massive Strength but low Agility so I am being hit hard all the time, if that happens I am using magic, even though it takes a lot more time, you can kill monsters that you couldn\'t kill in close combat, you just run around casting a spell..:D

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Post by: ramlambmoo on February 13, 2005, 04:44:35 pm

In terms of damage done, level 3 sword does alot more. But level 3 magic you can attack from a distance, so if you\'re clever you can attack and kill much harder monsters than with level 3 sword, but trapping them and then just casting until they die.  So its a trade off.