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Silly Spell-bugs

Discussion in 'The Temple of Elemental Evil' started by Damwa, Mar 13, 2007.

  1. Damwa Gems: 1/31
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    Just musing/ranting/whining over silly bugs, which alter or annul the utility of spells.
    Personally I have on several occassions been vexed by spells, which were clearly not doing what they were suppossed to be doing. The most recent, and the reason I got so steamed up that I am writing this: O's Resilient Sphere.
    I sometimes (on rare occasions) use the spell to "time-out" one of my own partymembers. E.g. I am going into a fight with a creature who casts loads of area-effect spells; I designate a "closer" and put him in the box. At the end of the fight when none of the others are in any state to do melee, he pops out, closes in on the "perp" and kills him off. - At least, that is the idea.
    I was trying this tactic out with the Balor, only to discover that "Suggestion" apparently is NOT stopped by the (for all practical intents and purposes) supposedly IMPENETRABLE sphere.
    OH GOODY! A charmed fighter in a box! How clever.
    Another example is "Invisibility 10'radius" (or whatever the present term). This is supposed to be an effect that follows you around.. only it doesn't! In effect the spell simply is an alternative to cleaning. Cast the spell in a corner, and then shove anything you don't want to see into the same corner: Out of sight and out of mind.
    But forget about using it for sneaking around 'cause you can't sneak anywhere: the invisibility sphere is completely STATIONARY!

    Well, I am not fishing for fixes or workarounds, I am just musing over the many-splendored thing that is ToEE.
    Thought that you might have some amusing; spells-that-do-something-completely-different stories.

    "Remove Fear" might give the impression of a spell that, I don't know... removes fear effects. Of course, that is not necessarily the case.

    [ March 14, 2007, 00:00: Message edited by: Damwa ]
     
    Damwa, Mar 13, 2007
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    not really a "spells-that-do-something-completely-different" story, but I've often 'suffered' from the "infinite" (usually 311 missiles - from level 1) Magic Missiles bug :p . This bugs was fixed with the co8 mod though (well moebius', but implemented).
     
    olimikrig, Mar 14, 2007
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    Sure you don't mean produce flame? My druid usually didn't need any other attack ;)
     
    bugmenot, Mar 15, 2007
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    There's a similar bug with MM ;) .
     
    olimikrig, Mar 16, 2007
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