Re: Save vs Spell

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Posted by Not An Immortal(VIP) on August 24, 2000 at 08:24:26:

In Reply to: Re: Save vs Spell posted by PINI on August 24, 2000 at 08:12:24:

> Save vs spell is the same as armor class, it reduces the amount of dammage dealt to you by a spell, or magical weapon.

> It doesnt make a big diference, for instance lets say a nova will make you 500dam and you have about 50svs then the nova will make about 466dam. (just example, not exact numbers)

Um... no, I'm sorry but that is completely wrong. Without giving away the specific numbers of how it works, each point of -save gives you a percentage chance to either completely ignore a magical attack (such as sleep, blindness, etc), or to take half damage (all damage spells).

so, having -30 spells might give you like a 50% chance to resist or ignore damage from a spellcaster of your same rank. You will gain a penalty from casters who are higher level than yourself.

Of course, that 50% is just made up, and not the true value, but it illustrates that -save gear is not just like AC. The exact numbers aren't important, just know that if you want to take on spellcasters, -save gear is crucial.

P.S. I might add, that AC does not subtract from damage either. I don't know where that came from. The only way to subtract from damage is to employ one of the multitude of resisting spells/wands/objects/skills.

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Ok you said my post was wrong yet, you wrote the same.... and ac does substract dammage, try fighting 200 diference in ac and then come post the results. PINI 18:09:18 8/24/2000 (1)
- No, he didn't. Nepenthe(IMM) 00:11:06 8/25/2000 (0)

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Comments:	> > > Save vs spell is the same as armor class, it reduces the amount of dammage dealt to you by a spell, or magical weapon. > > It doesnt make a big diference, for instance lets say a nova will make you 500dam and you have about 50svs then the nova will make about 466dam. (just example, not exact numbers) > > Um... no, I'm sorry but that is completely wrong. Without giving away the specific numbers of how it works, each point of -save gives you a percentage chance to either completely ignore a magical attack (such as sleep, blindness, etc), or to take half damage (all damage spells). > so, having -30 spells might give you like a 50% chance to resist or ignore damage from a spellcaster of your same rank. You will gain a penalty from casters who are higher level than yourself. > Of course, that 50% is just made up, and not the true value, but it illustrates that -save gear is not just like AC. The exact numbers aren't important, just know that if you want to take on spellcasters, -save gear is crucial. > P.S. I might add, that AC does not subtract from damage either. I don't know where that came from. The only way to subtract from damage is to employ one of the multitude of resisting spells/wands/objects/skills.

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