Posted by Lucktey on October 27, 2000 at 09:02:43:
In Reply to: Heh. You got me. Didn't this through enough. Bummer. n/t posted by Lucktey on October 27, 2000 at 06:24:34:
> > 1) against necro/ap > > 2) with sylvan shaman (and generally summoners in sylvan) > > Limitations like "don't put thorns at x-roads" help...
> > you can see them
> > they have a lag after summon and you can react (attack them or run)
> > they have to put a succesful sleep on you (so they have to have first strike
> > on you and your saves check should fail)
> > and even being slept with all shitty spells on you
> > you have the last chance: teleport (potion or spell)
> > Even with all these limitations, summon/sleep combo is nasty
> > considering areas with forest rooms
> > you can't see them
> > they have a lag after summon but often you are lagged too by thorns
> > (because often you are summoned WHILE you are moving through the area)
> > they insect you in combat (they don't need first strike, while you usuualy
> > can't attack them directly)
> > it is usually very hard to escape from sylvan shaman (unless he doesn't
> > want to kill you very much)
> > even if you manage to pass through thorns, you may be just summoned back
> > So usually you have two options: win the combat or die.
> > (ok, being very well prepared/eqiped, you may win/escape )
> > until some sylvan would set thorns at x-roads for YOU personally
> > while he would not do it for the 20 other people... hehe