Sunfire
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2002 2:47 am
Hail All!
I've just resently run through the game with a fighter/mage, and I noted something that just might get you pure spellcasters attention:
The 5th level spell Sunfire seemed to ignore magic resistance.
I tested it in the Underdark and in Sendais Enclave, and every drow took damage everytime I casted this spell.
The strange thing is, that when the drow mages themselves casted sunfire, his fellow drow resisted it.
I checked the spellfile in Near Infinity and the spell should apparently not bypass resistances, yet the drow got hit everytime I casted it.
Strange, no? Yet very useful as it a relative lowlevel spell and does good damage (15d6 at 15th level, with save 8d6).
Of course you have to be careful if you have a big party, as the "fireball" it's centered on the caster.
Another "trick" with this spell is that you become totally immune to fire when you cast it. I succesfully resisted Firkraags dragonbreath (which would otherwise surely have killed me) as I casted it the moment before the breath hit me...again this is only a "last resort" if not your party members are around.
-Sylvanerian
I've just resently run through the game with a fighter/mage, and I noted something that just might get you pure spellcasters attention:
The 5th level spell Sunfire seemed to ignore magic resistance.
I tested it in the Underdark and in Sendais Enclave, and every drow took damage everytime I casted this spell.
The strange thing is, that when the drow mages themselves casted sunfire, his fellow drow resisted it.
I checked the spellfile in Near Infinity and the spell should apparently not bypass resistances, yet the drow got hit everytime I casted it.
Strange, no? Yet very useful as it a relative lowlevel spell and does good damage (15d6 at 15th level, with save 8d6).
Of course you have to be careful if you have a big party, as the "fireball" it's centered on the caster.
Another "trick" with this spell is that you become totally immune to fire when you cast it. I succesfully resisted Firkraags dragonbreath (which would otherwise surely have killed me) as I casted it the moment before the breath hit me...again this is only a "last resort" if not your party members are around.
-Sylvanerian