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What does "luck" actually do?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:11 pm
by Klorox
I read all about luck in the game, but have no idea what it actually does.
TIA
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:37 am
by Dedigan
I'll give you the simple version.
Luck from a spell, bard song or item gives you +1 to every die roll in the game. So saving throws are improved, to-hit rolls are improved and whatever else die rolls attributed to the lucky character are improved. Luck is cumulative for different sources, so a character affected by the bard's song as well as the spell get +2 to every roll.
It's a very very useful thing to have.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:17 am
by Jelaweb
That is not totally true...
TEST - Two Tymora's Loop rings (+3 luck each = +6 luck total) on a character wielding a short sword. The sword will ALWAYS do 6 damage (on a d6 roll).
However, if the sword does "an extra" +1d6 fire damage, for example, luck will NOT cause 6 fire damage. It remains 1-6.
It is the same as critical hits - the "extra" damage won't get multiplied.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:07 pm
by Claudius
I also tried a spellcaster with fireball and luck and after some tests concluded luck wasn't making the fireballs more powerful. Not scientifically done just seemed the median wasn't moved up one.
claudius