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ok, we used to all laugh at most of the quest level warrior abilities except hardiness and greater whirlwind. Death blow may not suck!!!
wont work on greater bosses, like dragons and such, but commoner, who really rocks, just posted a monk with DEATHBLOW...one of the most silly sounding quest ability if you read carefully, since you think, "10th level or lesser, boo hoo, like most creaturers in game are 10th level....you think useless on dragons and such, so you never get it. but use sk, and ALL of the mindflayers cre files via creature view are level 8!!! vampire mindflayers are level 12!!! elder orbs are level 10!!! deathblow, according to commoner, bypasses magic resist and saves, so a exploit suggests itself. send in a skelly or sword, in a mind flayer area with wiz eye or farsight, and set mazzy to guard the summons. use her special abilty improved haste, in her innates tab, and with tulgan bow you have 10 attacks per round. set her to guard teh summons, and close door. now, you are already taking advantage of the close door guard exploit, but you activate death blow, and you should clear the room in seconds!!!! real time!!!
also, lassal, a bodhi major vampire is level 9, nabassu, demons, are level 8 and such. it sure seems a lot of really nasty creatures we have had problmes before are low level, though they can seriously whomp your ass.
so death blow, which is dependent on level only to stick in and kill the buggers, may be a killer ability!!!! use with mazzie, ranged weapon supreme for a seriously killer winnowing of the enemy ranks!!! her special, mazzie only ability, in her innates tab, looks like standard haste, but is improved haste, and her npc ability to get up to 10 attacks per round with tulgan bow, makes her a superb killer. heck, I only used to give her 2-5 whirlwinds, as her special ability imp haste is better, longer duration, and great with smite and critical strike. but death blow, much like specialty purpose death spell, used in right situation, may be much better!!!
every sorc or mage always has death spell for umber hulk removal and summons kill. we never use in anything else, excpet random encounters, cause it does not work anytime else. but seriously, in the right situation, it is finest spell ever, dead reliable if you know waht youre doing.
deathblow, and greater deathblow, used properly, since its target level dependent, may be a superb quest ability.
war cry still sucks, tho....
