Poll: Which do you use more often - Fireball or Skull Trap?

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 4:05 am

Personally I like Skull Trap better. Much cheesier. One big drawback: its range is only barely larger than its area radius...

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 4:16 am

Skull trap. Due to it's magic damage compared to the fireballs (duh) fire damage.

Besides, skull trap doesn't hit a maximum... always increases with level of caster.

Angelus · Post by **Angelus** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 4:26 am

At higher levels Scull Trap, it just does more damage than Fireball.
I use Fireball mostly to kill off bands of low level nasties like kobolds or goblins.

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 4:44 am

Fireball, easily...
It's one of those really popular spells like magic missle etc. The name itself makes you want to use it often. FIREBALL!!!

And this is a personal opinion, but I for one can't trust my NPC's while their in battle. They tend to wonder over into cloud kill area's. Therefore my sorc, never chose out skull trap.

[ 06-16-2001: Message edited by: Tamerlane ]

GrimReaper · Post by **GrimReaper** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 5:35 am

Personally I don't really use that many area effect spells if I'm in a party, and if I do it's always fireball out of these two because of it's longer range and I stop using it at higher levels, so it works pretty well. When I solo with a sorcerer, though, I use skull trap all the time.

Zyx · Post by **Zyx** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 5:38 am

Two thumbs up for fireball...

Astafas · Post by **Astafas** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 6:08 am

Fireballs. One of my favourite technics is to run in a Fighter with Boots of Speed and the full Red Dragon Suit into melee, then start fireballing with two Mages and a Bard. The result is pretty obvious...

Macros · Post by **Macros** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 7:58 am

erm..skulltrap absolutely owns fireball in every way shape and form. Fireball is good early game though, to kill stuff. But skulltrap is a far better investment for a sorcerer imho. for a mage....who cares?use both. Use fireball early and skulltrap later. Skulltrap with lower resist = yummy.

Ares2382 · Post by **Ares2382** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 2:28 pm

I'm pretty sure that skull trap inflicts physical damage so it's really good against mages who have protection from magic and all that crap, skull trap can penetrate those, so go skull trap!

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 3:56 pm

Both Skull Trap and Fireball blast through Stoneskin/Mantle/Prot from Magic Weapons etc.

Skull Trap is (AFAIK) only stopped by:
[*]Spell Immunity - Necromancy
[*]The Globes of Invulnerability
[*]Protection from Magic Energy
[*]Protection from Energy
[*]Mirror Image

Fireball by more than that.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Jun 16, 2001 8:00 pm

Skulltrap, by far. Physical damage, increasing with level. I've had some minor accidents though, because of the range/area being so close.

Panda · Post by **Panda** » Sun Jun 17, 2001 1:55 pm

Fireball! One of my favourite spells!

jailbait · Post by **jailbait** » Sun Jun 17, 2001 4:12 pm

Me again,

In my spell book goes skull trap, but I use fireballs more, because of the wand of fire. Also most spell protections that stop either of these spells damage are removed with breach.
Favorite high level mage destroyer tactic:
Cast breach right off, cast web, cast cloud kill, then do what you want. [pure mage solution]