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A couple of technical questions concerning Thac0

ArunsunArunsun Member Posts: 1,592
edited March 2016 in Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Some items and abilities lower your enemy Thac0/ give them a to-hit penalty.
I can think of:
Improved invisibility effect: -4 to-hit penalty when they try to hit you)
Doom: -2 to-hit penalty
Chant: -1 to-hit penalty
Soul Reaver: Cumulative 2 point penalty for two turns
Blackguard aura of despair: 4 points Thac0 penalty.

I might have forgotten some of course.
So here are my questions:

Can you think of any more such spells/items?

Are there any enemy immune to Thac0 lowering/to-hit penalty?

Concerning Improved Invisibility effect, let's say I have Improved Invisibility. If I am facing an enemy with See Invisible attribute, does the penalty still apply?

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  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,753
    Spirit Ward of the Shaman (only against attacks of certain types of enemies, though):

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  • DurenasDurenas Member Posts: 508
    Arunsun wrote: »
    Some items and abilities lower your enemy Thac0/ give them a to-hit penalty.
    I can think of:
    Improved invisibility effect: -4 to-hit penalty when they try to hit you)
    Doom: -2 to-hit penalty
    Chant: -1 to-hit penalty
    Soul Reaver: Cumulative 2 point penalty for two turns
    Blackguard aura of despair: 4 points Thac0 penalty.

    I might have forgotten some of course.
    So here are my questions:

    Can you think of any more such spells/items?

    Are there any enemy immune to Thac0 lowering/to-hit penalty?

    Concerning Improved Invisibility effect, let's say I have Improved Invisibility. If I am facing an enemy with See Invisible attribute, does the penalty still apply?

    It depends on the type of invisibility detection. True Sight automatically dispels illusions, such as Improved Invisibility. Not sure about Detect Invisibility, since it's not used as often as True Sight in BG2.
  • ArunsunArunsun Member Posts: 1,592
    @Amberion I know that Oracle, True Sight, Purge invisibility dispel improved invisibility (and the to-hit penalty along with it, of course), but I meant enemies with the innate See Invisibility attribute. Demogorgon, the Winged, Planetars and Deva, and many more, have a see invisible attribute, which allows them to target their enemies even if they are invisible, without dispelling it.
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  • RedWizardRedWizard Member Posts: 242
    Blur: -3 to hit
  • ArunsunArunsun Member Posts: 1,592
    RedWizard wrote: »
    Blur: -3 to hit

    Blur directly affects your AC and thus it cannot be used to bypass the AC cap
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