Posted by Curious on July 26, 2000 at 23:32:13:
In Reply to: type HELP DAMAGE in game. (it's inside here, too) posted by Zepachu on July 26, 2000 at 22:39:46:
> DAMAGE > miss wound MUTILATE DEMOLISH > And, at the far reaches of damaging power, you can do unspeakable things. >
> When one character attacks another, the severity of the damage is shown in the
> verb used in the damage message. Here are all the damage verbs listed from
> least damage to most damage:
> scratch maul EVISCERATE DEVASTATE
> graze decimate DISMEMBER OBLITERATE
> hit devastate MASSACRE ANNIHILATE
> injure maim MANGLE ERADICATE
> > I never learned the relation of the various damage levels. I don't really care about the exact hp numbers, but is a ***DEVASTATE****
> > twice as strong as a ***DEMOLISH***? And so on..
I know how to read the help file, and am familiar with the different damage verbs. But I wanted to know the relationship between them. How much better/worse is x type of damage. etc