I'm on Drakensang mountain and those bloody %^#@!!! critters keep on using lightning on my party! ~ 25 VP a shots * 6 or 7 - enough to kill them pronto, esp since you have to close with them to stop them doing that.
I'm trying to buff my party to absorb/resist damage. Part of the problem is that I don't know what various stats like Resist Magic mean - is 13 good? Is Psychic Focus even worth trying? How does it work? is it a percentage chance to resist (in which case 13 is crap)? Does it subtract off damage? And the magic shield - the one meant to absorb damage. Does it collapse after absorbing N points, or will it take N points from every damage spell directed at it? There is no clear description and the rules are very poorly explained in the manual that comes with the standard game. And in the game itself (which has more 'explanation' ironically) This is most frustrating to someone who understand the rules in D&D and go actually build and level up a character sensibly under that rule-set.
And this last slog up the mountain is tedious...reminds of me of the slugfest that was DS2 (at the end...of sweet lord...let it end)
EDIT: And getting back to in-game descriptions: what do all those spell stats mean? They are not explained anywhere! When I do the calculation I almost always get different numbers for given spell points. I;d love to know what's actually going on. I'm sorry, but that;s just crap.
I'm trying to buff my party to absorb/resist damage. Part of the problem is that I don't know what various stats like Resist Magic mean - is 13 good? Is Psychic Focus even worth trying? How does it work? is it a percentage chance to resist (in which case 13 is crap)? Does it subtract off damage? And the magic shield - the one meant to absorb damage. Does it collapse after absorbing N points, or will it take N points from every damage spell directed at it? There is no clear description and the rules are very poorly explained in the manual that comes with the standard game. And in the game itself (which has more 'explanation' ironically) This is most frustrating to someone who understand the rules in D&D and go actually build and level up a character sensibly under that rule-set.
And this last slog up the mountain is tedious...reminds of me of the slugfest that was DS2 (at the end...of sweet lord...let it end)
EDIT: And getting back to in-game descriptions: what do all those spell stats mean? They are not explained anywhere! When I do the calculation I almost always get different numbers for given spell points. I;d love to know what's actually going on. I'm sorry, but that;s just crap.