Lich abilities

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charmane
Lich abilities
Monday, January 4th, 2010 at 12:27 amEdits: 2   Last Edit: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:42 am
Just a few thoughts and some revisited thoughts.

1) Lich natural r-m does not stack with spell r-m. Can stacking be considered so that r-m can be more balanced in a lich's favor? Also, any thoughts as to how to rebalance lich r-m in general (both natural and spell) so that I am not being penalized because spell r-m is still based partly on piety?

Example on lich r-m's current status (lvl 37, 31/6 int/pie):

No spell r-m:

Your negative aura repelled some of the damage.
Carpathia casts a whirlwind spell on you for 10 damage.
(217 H): You avoided full damage!
Your negative aura repelled some of the damage.
Carpathia casts a whirlwind spell on you for 11 damage.
(206 H): Your negative aura repelled some of the damage.
Carpathia casts a whirlwind spell on you for 19 damage.
(187 H): You avoided full damage!
Your negative aura repelled some of the damage.
Carpathia casts a whirlwind spell on you for 10 damage.

With r-m casted:

(250 H): Carpathia casts a whirlwind spell on you for 11 damage.
(239 H): Carpathia casts a whirlwind spell on you for 11 damage.
(228 H): Carpathia casts a whirlwind spell on you for 10 damage.

Compare with Kefka (lvl 31, 23/20 int/pie):

No r-m (with save throw):

(166 H 104 M): Carpathia casts a whirlwind spell on Kefka.
Carpathia cast a whirlwind spell on Kefka for 21 damage, he's a little battered.
(166 H 104 M): Carpathia casts a whirlwind spell on Kefka.
Carpathia cast a whirlwind spell on Kefka for 19 damage, he's getting bruised.
(166 H 104 M): Carpathia casts a whirlwind spell on Kefka.
Carpathia cast a whirlwind spell on Kefka for 21 damage, he's noticeably bleeding.

r-m spell on:

(166 H 104 M): Carpathia casts a whirlwind spell on Kefka.
Carpathia cast a whirlwind spell on Kefka for 6 damage, he's relatively unscathed.
(166 H 104 M): Carpathia casts a whirlwind spell on Kefka.
Carpathia cast a whirlwind spell on Kefka for 6 damage, he's relatively unscathed.
(166 H 104 M): Carpathia casts a whirlwind spell on Kefka.
Carpathia cast a whirlwind spell on Kefka for 6 damage, he's relatively unscathed.
Carpathia cast a whirlwind spell on Kefka for 6 damage, he's a little battered.

So basically, lvl 37 lich negative aura acts about as strong as having resist-magic spell on (with int/pie formula). However, if the spell is actually on, it basically has no benefit - thus a lich penalty due to int/pie formula when a lich should achieve even stronger r-m. Roleplaying wise, a lich should have strongest r-m of all classes, with or without resist-magic spell. In the current setup, many classes with decent int/pie can resist magic stronger than a lich using the spell.

2) Can consideration be made for liches to have the following spells/abilities:
- armor
- comprehend languages (I'm not sure lich has this b/c I don't have the spell)
- transmute wands (like mages)
- wear rings and bucklers (like mages)

3) Any updates on if a lich can enchant better than +1s yet? Like I previously said, I can't enchant anything past +1. The help file says it's based off of level.

4) Although skills have been "tweaked", I am still having the hardest time raising my Regenerate skill. I am at 300 skill right now (just got 300 today). It raises almost never...I can be playing and regenerating all day and it won't go up. Like once every 2 days if I'm lucky. It only raises 1 or 2 times per level now...I was at around 285 at level 30...and ever since level 30 it's been abnormally slow.

5) More daily teleports for liches and mages?

6) Thanks.