What...

TheArtisan

Seriously... what... where do these guys get their training...



I... I don't... *facepalm*

(Yeah, been inactive for quite a few months. Thought I'd show something funny with my most recent playthrough. I know I certainly bust a gut laughing when I saw this.)

elminster

Artemius_I said:

Seriously... what... where do these guys get their training...

From a mage8a.bcs script apparently. There is no check to see if the target is human or not.

CaloNord

He got confused in the heat of battle! That dire wolf looks just like my old drill sergeant!! :O Hold Person HOLD PERSON!

Metalloman

Ahahahah! XD

Seriously I think it would be better to point this in the bug section.

CaloNord

Probably not a bad idea. Even though it's only a minor one.

JuliusBorisov

With a thread title like this one would definitely get the attention of the forumites. It's so intriguing;)

And I must confess I'm glad what I've found in this topic xD

CrevsDaak

The script badly needs a check!

kiwidoc

Dare I say it ... that was a pretty dire mistake?

That screen shot makes it look even more funny - cast a spell at a dire wolf, and a wild tiger rolls to save. Hey these animals surely help each other out :P

CaloNord

Chaos! ENTROPY! I CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS!

mlnevese

Maybe the wolf was a polymorphed human? Well, just an idea

Southpaw

Maybe the Militia Wizard was a polymorphed wolf and actually used their own "Hold fellow Wolf" spell (race restriction:wolf), but the engine changed it?

deltago

Hold person is an AoE spell. If his actual target was invisible, directing it at the wolf would be a viable option.

TJ_Hooker

deltago said:

Hold person is an AoE spell. If his actual target was invisible, directing it at the wolf would be a viable option.

Based on that screenshot, it sounds like this happened during an animal attack on Trademeet, and I don't think there's any humans attackers there. I think that militia wizard just genuinely sucks at his job.

DreadKhan

...guess we know why he's a MILITIA wizard and not a Battlemage!

elminster

TJ_Hooker said:

deltago said:

Hold person is an AoE spell. If his actual target was invisible, directing it at the wolf would be a viable option.

Based on that screenshot, it sounds like this happened during an animal attack on Trademeet, and I don't think there's any humans attackers there. I think that militia wizard just genuinely sucks at his job.

Looks like there is a mixup between what spells he actually has memorized and what spells he has available to cast. So just generally his script could be improved as well.

But I mean its such a minor NPC

dustbubsy

I believe he mentions he's just there to provide a little law enforcement among the merchants. In my head that's casting identify on potentially fake goods and maybe a little divination to find out if someone is lying.

All the same when danger called, he answered, heroically defending the town against the wild animal attacks to the best of his ability. So what if he made a few mistakes? What were the Alibakkars and Luraxols doing to save Trademeet?

Let's face it, without the Trademeet Militia, the entire town would be overrun. I think they deserve major props - next time you play, try not to let any of them die, and heal them when the skirmishes are over.

kiwidoc

dustbubsy said:

Let's face it, without the Trademeet Militia, the entire town would be overrun. I think they deserve major props - next time you play, try not to let any of them die, and heal them when the skirmishes are over.

Oh that is so true. And whatever you do, don't copy me - stand back and use missile weapons on the beasties, letting the militia do all the front line fighting and then rob the corpses. That would be very, very naughty!

CaloNord

I didn't even use missile weapons... I just stood there and watched them get eaten. I'm a bad man. I didn't want to scratch my new Dragon Scale armour... not on some dirty wolf... they have rabies you know...