Assasin question
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Assasin question
Does the poison weapon ability applies to bows and other ranged weapon or only for melee weapons?
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Yes, an assassin's poison ability applies to ranged weapons. Just don't use poisoned arrows of detonation around your party...unless you have a lot of antidotes handy.
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There's nothing a little poison couldn't cure...
What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, ... to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if he people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security.
What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, ... to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if he people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security.
I had heard that, too, over at the BGDungeon Tavern, but I never tested it.
There's nothing a little poison couldn't cure...
What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, ... to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if he people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security.
What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, ... to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if he people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security.
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Of course!! When you get that uber-staff in ToB, you can do outrageous backstab damage with it - I've gotten 410 so far.
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There's nothing a little poison couldn't cure...
What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, ... to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if he people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security.
What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, ... to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if he people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security.
That's right! Poison an entire group of enemies with a single shot!! Muahahahaha!!!Originally posted by Skeelo:
<STRONG>Did someone say POISONED ARROWS OF DETONATION???? W00t!</STRONG>
There's nothing a little poison couldn't cure...
What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, ... to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if he people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security.
What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, ... to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if he people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security.
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Thieves can backstab with any melee weapon available to their class. This excludes the Staff of the Magi.
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There's nothing a little poison couldn't cure...
What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, ... to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if he people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security.
What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, ... to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if he people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security.
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imagine a assassin with the staff of magic. instead of a normal strike he will backstab every time he hitsOriginally posted by Sojourner:
<STRONG>Thieves can backstab with any melee weapon available to their class. This excludes the Staff of the Magi.
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This weeks health tips:
Don't eat sharp objects it can be the cause of 7 out of 10 bad stomages.
Don't eat sharp objects it can be the cause of 7 out of 10 bad stomages.
A good thought, but unfortunatley it won't work, as a thief can only backstab with "thief-only" weapons. Since the Staff of the Magi is only for mages, you can't backstab with it, even though you may still use it with the "Use Any Item" ability.
"I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the aged: they choose the wisest person present to speak to." - Gandalf
Of course if you're a Fighter/Thief you can in fact backstab with a stave. I just started a new game with my character being an Elf Fighter/Thief that I imported from BG (Oddly enough his hitpoints doubled on import - started off with 163 - seriously considering using SK to drop his hits to the allowed max.) Anyway, I have been backstabbing just fine with my staff, and once you have 'Use any item' I don't see why you couldn't backstab with the SotM.
Fighter/Thief is a lot of fun. Backstab is an incredibly useful ability imho.
Fighter/Thief is a lot of fun. Backstab is an incredibly useful ability imho.
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- No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style. (Vlad Taltos - in the book Jhereg by Steven Brust)
I find them as random items in various locations. I've even found some right in Irenicus's dungeon in one game. My last game seemed to be virtually throwing them at me. My assassin had a field day.Originally posted by Skeelo:
<STRONG>Where do you even get arrows of detonation in this game? Aren't there only a few?</STRONG>
There's nothing a little poison couldn't cure...
What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, ... to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if he people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security.
What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, ... to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if he people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security.