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I just finger of death a dragon in BG2

IkMarcIkMarc Member Posts: 552
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Instant kill. How stupid is that?


(In Watcher's Keep level 5)
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,675
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  • mjsmjs Member Posts: 742
    1st time?! :O finger of death never worked for me

    but i guess if you think it's stupid...don't use it?
  • griever0483griever0483 Member Posts: 129
    You just used up all your luck for your current life. Try again next time! :D
  • ReadingRamboReadingRambo Member Posts: 598
    I just toe of despair'd a demilich! (Stupid joke)
  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    That happens... you can also kill them with the monk's quivering palm if you're lucky...
  • CorvinoCorvino Member Posts: 2,269
    It's more humiliating if you chromatic orb them, but the end result is the same ;)
  • bigdogchrisbigdogchris Member Posts: 1,336
    Lack of immunity vs death magic is OK in PnP but it doesn't work in video games where "reloading until you get it" is easy to do.
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  • DJKajuruDJKajuru Member Posts: 3,300
    bigdogchris said:

    Lack of immunity vs death magic is OK in PnP but it doesn't work in video games where "reloading until you get it" is easy to do.

    In 3rd edition , as far as I remember, dragons would have fortitude saves sufficiently high to resist any fingers!
  • trinittrinit Member Posts: 705
    yap, chromatic orb is for the real men. it's a very short fight. (true story :/ )
  • MadhaxMadhax Member Posts: 1,416
    I once found myself in dire straits against the Pit Fiend you can fight in the Underdark, and I managed to beat my with a desperation Emotion spell that actually landed. Had to pummel him with Lower Resistance and Greater Malison spells first, though.
  • ErgErg Member Posts: 1,756
    mlnevese said:

    That happens... you can also kill them with the monk's quivering palm if you're lucky...

    Actually I did it on my first monk playthrough.

    Firkraag died before the end of the first round.

    I even reloaded to try again several times, but he always saved after my first successful attempt.
  • IkMarcIkMarc Member Posts: 552
    mjs said:

    1st time?! :O finger of death never worked for me

    but i guess if you think it's stupid...don't use it?

    Yes first finger of death that hit him.

    I was basically going all in with a casting barrage and was aiming to get the 2d8+1 damage from finger of death. Then he suddenly dropped death and I was like... what the hell just happened?
  • NocturneNNocturneN Member Posts: 123
    What @mjs said, though I understand the temptation - I love the Death Spell myself. :)

    A more solid solution is to add a mod that changes it, for example I use SCSII which (among other things) gives ALL dragons permanent Death Ward. :)
  • ErgErg Member Posts: 1,756
    Corvino said:

    It's more humiliating if you chromatic orb them, but the end result is the same ;)

    I haven't managed, so far, to pull this out, though. Not even with the combo Doom+Chromatic Orb in a Minor Sequencer (with Aerie and/or a Cleric/Mage CHARNAME).
  • IkMarcIkMarc Member Posts: 552
    NocturneN said:

    What @mjs said, though I understand the temptation - I love the Death Spell myself. :)

    A more solid solution is to add a mod that changes it, for example I use SCSII which (among other things) gives ALL dragons permanent Death Ward. :)

    Well I was actually under the impression that all bosses had something like that, since this is just... lame
  • LifatLifat Member Posts: 353
    DJKajuru said:

    bigdogchris said:

    Lack of immunity vs death magic is OK in PnP but it doesn't work in video games where "reloading until you get it" is easy to do.

    In 3rd edition , as far as I remember, dragons would have fortitude saves sufficiently high to resist any fingers!
    Not true. In 3rd edition a natural 1 on any save is automatic failure. But most big dragons would be using "death ward"

  • IkMarcIkMarc Member Posts: 552
    edited January 2013
    moopy said:

    You fingered the dragon to death?

    That's sexual harassment.

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    Edit: the hell is wrong with image embedding?
  • moopymoopy Member Posts: 938
    edited January 2013
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  • mlnevesemlnevese Member, Moderator Posts: 10,214
    @IkMarc you had a / in your html... I fixed it for you :)
  • IkMarcIkMarc Member Posts: 552
    moopy said:

    You fingered the dragon to death?

    That's sexual harassment.

    My fingers work magic
  • IkMarcIkMarc Member Posts: 552
    moopy said:

    I played piano growing up, and the first time my mom met my wife she was talking about that, and said I had magic fingers.

    My wife grinned and said, "I know." It was awkward.

    But you didn't finger her to death?
  • QuartzQuartz Member Posts: 3,853
    edited January 2013
    moopy said:

    I played piano growing up, and the first time my mom met my wife she was talking about that, and said I had magic fingers.

    My wife grinned and said, "I know." It was awkward.

    That's not awkward, that's badass. Props

    (Yes I do get the real implication. I just don't see that as awkward. If anyone bragged about my prowess in bed I would feel awesome)
  • IkMarcIkMarc Member Posts: 552
    Quartz said:

    moopy said:

    I played piano growing up, and the first time my mom met my wife she was talking about that, and said I had magic fingers.

    My wife grinned and said, "I know." It was awkward.

    That's not awkward, that's badass. Props

    (Yes I do get the real implication. I just don't see that as awkward. If anyone bragged about my prowess in bed I would feel badass not awkward.)
    Not when your mom is involved in the conversation dude....
  • SpaceInvaderSpaceInvader Member Posts: 2,125
    Stupid?
    Remove "of death" from the title of the topic.
  • SpaceInvaderSpaceInvader Member Posts: 2,125
    edited January 2013
    Damn you moopy, I just read your post QQ
  • AranthysAranthys Member Posts: 722
    edited January 2013
    IkMarc said:

    Instant kill. How stupid is that?

    (In Watcher's Keep level 5)

    Let's take for example FIrekraag (I believe the WK dragon should have about the same stats)
    He has 65% MR, and his save vs magic is 6.
    So.
    You had
    35% chance to overcome the MR
    He has to roll 8 or better to save against your spell, so 35% chance for him to fail the save.

    0.35*0.35 = 12,25% chance to work

    You just got lucky, that's all. I actually find that awesome that you can use these kind of spells against dragons, rather than having them be useless.

    Edit.: Also note that to cast level 7 spells, your Wizard has to be level 15. Surely worth of a dragon.
    Also note that to ensure the death of the dragon, you'd need :
    3xLower MR
    1xCurse
    1xDoom

    To lower his MR to 0 and his saves to 12.
    Leaving you with a 65% chance to kill him by casting finger of death.
  • moopymoopy Member Posts: 938
    edited January 2013
    @Quartz

    What IkMarc said. SUPER awkward. And this was like the first time my mom had met my now wife, when we were dating. First impressions yaaaaaaaaaaaaay :P
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