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Wild Mages: chance of a surge with items?

KloroxKlorox Member Posts: 894
in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Does a wild mage have a chance of a surge when using items like wands and scrolls?

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  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,725
    edited October 2014
    In both BG:EE and BG2:EE I had wild surges when casting from scrolls. This is the thing that is overlooked quite often.

    But according to this report: http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/34915/known-9763-opcodes-146-148-and-wild-surge the behavior of the game when casting from scrolls is inconsistent.

    Meanwhile, the correct behavior is when scrolls are affected by wild surges.

    And wands as well as any other items (rings, amulets and so on) don't give a wild surge effect.
  • KloroxKlorox Member Posts: 894
    Thank you.
  • dreamriderdreamrider Member Posts: 417
    Also, I'm pretty sure that the Identify spell does not risk a Wild Surge, possibly due to the different execution mechanism for the spell. (I've had Neera use Identify at least 200 times - never seen a WS.)
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