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Does Skald song also buff Summons and Familiars?

Oxford_GuyOxford_Guy Member Posts: 3,729
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I was wondering, does Skald song also buff Summons and Familiars? if so, great way to multiply the power of these! :-)

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  • ZanathKariashiZanathKariashi Member Posts: 2,869
    As far as I know it effects any friendly target, so it should. And Familiars are pretty much NPCs in all but name.
  • Oxford_GuyOxford_Guy Member Posts: 3,729
    ZanathKariashi said:

    As far as I know it effects any friendly target, so it should. And Familiars are pretty much NPCs in all but name.

    Cool! :-)
  • Oxford_GuyOxford_Guy Member Posts: 3,729
    ZanathKariashi said:

    As far as I know it effects any friendly target, so it should. And Familiars are pretty much NPCs in all but name.

    Even undead? e.g. Cleric Animate Dead spell?
  • Oxford_GuyOxford_Guy Member Posts: 3,729
    BTW I did a test, I'm still not 100% if Skald song affects summons, but my Skald's Pseudo Dragon was able to do 5 damage with one of it's claw attacks, and the minimum I saw was 3, so it looks like Skald song is at least giving the familiar +2 damage (and presumably +2 THAC0 and -2 AC). This means a Pseudo Dragon under the influence of Skald Song has a base THAC0 of 11, -4 AC (which would be -7 if it cast it's Blur spell) and does 3-5 damage with it's claws with 2 APR (plus of course the chance to stun opponents), and has 50% magic resistance - that's pretty good for all of BGEE! :-)
  • Oxford_GuyOxford_Guy Member Posts: 3,729
    Oxford_Guy said:

    BTW I did a test, I'm still not 100% if Skald song affects summons, but my Skald's Pseudo Dragon was able to do 5 damage with one of it's claw attacks, and the minimum I saw was 3, so it looks like Skald song is at least giving the familiar +2 damage (and presumably +2 THAC0 and -2 AC). This means a Pseudo Dragon under the influence of Skald Song has a base THAC0 of 11, -4 AC (which would be -7 if it cast it's Blur spell) and does 3-5 damage with it's claws with 2 APR (plus of course the chance to stun opponents), and has 50% magic resistance - that's pretty good for all of BGEE! :-)

    Also my familiar can be buffed further with Bless, Chant etc. along with the rest of the party :-)

  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    it should even work on charmed npcs
  • Oxford_GuyOxford_Guy Member Posts: 3,729
    ajwz said:

    it should even work on charmed npcs

    Haha! Nice one! :-)
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