Shattered Kingdoms

Non griffon MR barbs can still get fly but it more difficultly. Suppresion plus cast fly or brandish flight stave and then hope it doesn't get knocked out when resistance hops up again. They would also then have to remember to not bring up AoN, lest they eat their own flight.

Its not so much that griffon is a good choice for MR barb as MR barb is a good choice for a griffon as it makes the lack of eq enchants not quite as detrimental.

It does.

The check is a magic resistance check with modifiers that make it harder when it's used against other people. There would be a new additional modifier applied for this particular situation.

Still not a big fan of the pretty high rate of success that AoN seems to enjoy even on effectively naked griffarbs.

Edoras, how do you feel about aura of negation? I've been wondering about your opinion on this for some time.

I as well have sensed too much ambiguity to be clear on Edoras's stance on this skill, and would appreciate verbose clarification.

As I see it right now, with 10 MR trains and no extra items worn by the barbarian, he can negate about 80% of the other person's buffs. I think that is a bit verbose, since even the mr barbarian should be forced to wear some MR gear and get somethings enchanted to have a strong aura, not to mention the victim here has seemingly no chance to avoid the negation regardless of their own enchantments. I guess this might lie with the fact that 10 MR trains makes the barbarian 100% immune to spells, and I wonder if any other MR items worn even makes a difference? Can you go to 150% MR effectiveness? i.e. an even stronger Aura of Negation and even higher spell resistance health benifit?

I do not think that word means what you think it means.



Yes and yes.

Yeah that save definitely needs to be easier one way or another. Dulrik hasn't clarified (probably intentionally) what affects whether you can resist AoN, but some ways to tweak the balance on this would be:
* Have willpower/Wis or fortitude/Con affect the save (if the mechanics of this even work like a save in the classical sense)
* Have level difference affect the save the way it does dispel magic
* Require that 120% MR is required for an LD50 (50/50 chance of AoN working on a given spell on a naked target of the same level)

Also, Dulrik, would you be willing to clarify what it is that's affecting this "save?" I feel like we have help files that tell us what enchantments are needed to avoid a petrification or to avoid being put to sleep, but nothing to describe what preparations are required to combat AoN.

Dulrik has said that the "resistance mechanic" is being used, which seems to me as an indicator that there's nothing which can be done to "save" against the spell, except using higher level spells. To elaborate, lower level spells seem to be more likely to be resisted (Judging from my own empirical observations), and since no consumable item, regardless of how easy or difficult it is to obtain, gives GM level spells, that means that all your consumables (And probably scripted spells?) are very likely to go out the window the second someone flares their aura all in your grill, even if they're naked.