BlackRazor

Sikorsky · February 2016

I've got a question about players who get this weapon in BG2EE. Is this sword still working like disintegration after drain all levels from enemy? I mean is it destroying all loot?

lunar · February 2016

When a creature is killed by level drain, there is a good chance it will go poof:turn into ash and dissolve from the negative energy, along with the items he carries. Technically it is not disintegrate effect but the end result is the same. It is the same for all spells/items and monsters that drain levels.

In pnp, once a lvl draining creature slays a living being, the victim is doomed to rise as a spawn of the monster that killed him. This is scary, as a wraith/spectre or vampire can decimate a normal non-hero human being (lvl 0 or 1) with a single touch, and will spawn another of its own. The victim is irreversibly gone, raise/res won't work, only a wish or quest may restore the doomed character. I guess that is one way of implementing it in the game. (without the wish/quest aspect)

Sikorsky · February 2016

I do not agree. Body should turn into ash but not the items creature carries. The sword is draining from the creatures soul and flash, why this has impact on weapons, armor and other staff. Disintegration spell I understand. But when it comes to level drain it should only affect body, not inventory.

Tresset · February 2016

Yes, death by level drain does still destroy loot...

BUT there is a catch! If you turn off the "Gore" setting then all forms of loot destruction in the game are blocked! This includes from disintegration, petrification, cold damage, and level drain. It will not prevent loss of loot due to Imprisonment however.

Sikorsky · February 2016

Tresset said:
Yes, death by level drain does still destroy loot...

BUT there is a catch! If you turn off the "Gore" setting then all forms of loot destruction in the game are blocked! This includes from disintegration, petrification, cold damage, and level drain. It will not prevent loss of loot due to Imprisonment however.

Too bad it still destroy loot

But thank you, didn't know that "Gore" setting affects that. If I turn it off that's not cheating right?

Tresset · February 2016

What constitutes cheating is very subjective in a game like this. I personally would say that toggling the gore setting is not cheating but you would ultimately have to answer the question for yourself.

One thing I will say is that the game isn't as aesthetically pleasing to me without gore turned on.

lunar · February 2016

I find it nice visually, and threatening game play wise. In horror movies, like The Pulse and The Haunted Hill, the shadowy-wispy evil ghost things (like a wraith or spectre) embrace their victims, and the victims scream and dissolve into ash. But not like burned. More like, rotted.