Finger of death sucks

antich · Post by **antich** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 3:07 am

Anyway, I just finished Senai and was feeling kinda nasty upon my return to Ankethlan.. So I noticed three cows walking about and cast finger of death on one of them with my 21 level Sorcerer... Oh my.

Hold your breath - the cow saves and i read that i did 12 damage to the cow and now it runs circles in fear!
So much for the 8th level death spell.. If you can't manage to kill a cow with it what use in it at all

Anyway, I laughed my pants off

Quitch · Post by **Quitch** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 4:19 am

LOL! Go cow go!

Finger of Death does indeed suck, though I did kill something important with it once. Woo!

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 5:34 am

It does have a cool animation though

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 6:08 am

Finger of Death SUCKS?????!!!!!

Geez... dunno about that but I'm mighty sure that that is ONE finger I aint gonna suck!

Will try that too (I mean, the spell the cow

) and see for myself what it's all about...

antich · Post by **antich** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 6:22 am

Well, Maharlika, definetely i believe it was just pure luck for that poor cow, since it rolled 18 to save.. But the fact was really funny

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 6:28 am

Originally posted by Rentgen:
Well, Maharlika, definetely i believe it was just pure luck for that poor cow, since it rolled 18 to save.. But the fact was really funny

I guess Mr. Sleep's cow was darn lucky too!

He must have fed his cows with one of his placebo stuff he uses for his pipe...

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 6:48 am

FoD can be a very effective spell. It's like any of those which engage a save for spells: just lower the resistance of your opponent, first.

Frequently this is time-consuming, but it's amazing how effectively and quickly it will work on occasion. I once lowered the resistance of a big demon while doing the Planar Sphere Quest, and cast that miserable level 2 aging spell on it. Believe it or not, the thing took! A summoned monster gave it a tiny cut, about 3 hitpoints of damage, and it keeled over. Probably cholesterol-clogged veins, IMO.

antich · Post by **antich** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 7:05 am

Well sure, everybody knows that, and some nasty casters kill dragons this way (time stop, improved alacrity, 7 lower resistance, time stop, improved alacrity, lots of nasty damaging spells

) -- but the COW!!!!!

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 7:12 am

Originally posted by Rentgen:
Well sure, everybody knows that, and some nasty casters kill dragons this way (time stop, improved alacrity, 7 lower resistance, time stop, improved alacrity, lots of nasty damaging spells ) -- but the COW!!!!!

That cow probably survived and resistant from that Mad Cow disease...

Hey, Rentgen! Better get a DNA sample of that COW. You'd probably get a Nobel Peace Prize for that!

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 1:19 pm

And talking about death spells why use wail of the banshee?

Loredweller · Post by **Loredweller** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 1:23 pm

Originally posted by Rentgen:
Hold your breath - the cow saves and i read that i did 12 damage to the cow and now it runs circles in fear!
So much for the 8th level death spell.. If you can't manage to kill a cow with it what use in it at all
Anyway, I laughed my pants off

Just wonder, why couldn't a cow have saving throw? ..it happens, you know.

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 1:33 pm

i wonder how a cow jumps out of the way of a FB spell

Xithias · Post by **Xithias** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 2:21 pm

Its a druid that chose his animal spirit to be a cow. All fear the great were cow.

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 2:57 pm

so will we see totemic animal, Spirit Cow?

With the infamous cow dropping on you from above as attack? This is a wild surge effect, ya know...

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 3:15 pm

Any spell that depends on a failed save should better have something to make up for it... In the case of Finger of Death, this is a -2 save penalty, insta-kill, and a bit of damage if the save passes. This is not worth a level 8 slot, IMO. Polymorph Other also insta-kills on a failed save, but is only a level 4 spell.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 3:35 pm

I'd have to agree with Xyx. Much as FoD is a fun spell to use, there just aren't that many 8th level slots for the enterprising young mage or sorc, and there are far better options out there.

Nice guide, btw, Xyx. Reminds me of something I did back when I played Gemstone III. Ah, those days of endlessly obsessing gameplay...

ParadoxIncarnate · Post by **ParadoxIncarnate** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 4:15 pm

no doubt, fable.

i <3 my computer games. every now and then some form of a "life" will manifest itself and i will go weeks without the computer. dont take for granted the "nothing better to do" factor. its a blessing. really.

Curdis · Post by **Curdis** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 4:57 pm

Forget the cow making it's save. I want to know how it has more than 12 H.P.! - Curdis

Cows with guns.......

Loredweller · Post by **Loredweller** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 11:38 pm

Well, there are 3 types of cows in the game. Two types have only 6 HP, so they do not count. Nevertheless there is type of cow with 60 HP, 50% resistnce to slashing, AC 5 and 18 for all saves. I guess, you've got one

Moreover, all cows are level 1 mages

without spells, though

Not mentioning that all they are males

[ 10-05-2001: Message edited by: Loredweller ]

General · Post by **General** » Thu Oct 04, 2001 11:42 pm

*tries not to say anything in response to someone actually bothering to examine the cows of BG2*