[Jim]

"It does provide total immunity to Magic Missiles (though not in Baldur's Gate I or Icewind Dale)"

But since this is a BG2 Spell Reference...

I know [img]smile.gif[/img] But it was stated that this spell does not protect from MM in IWD. I was merely saying that it does

Cone of Cold: 20D4+20 = Average 42+20 = 62. Skull Trap: 60D6 = Average 183. Level 3.

How do you figure 60D6? Skull trap deals 1D6 magic damage per caster level, therefore surely the maximum is 20D6. Now that I think about it, a 20th level skull trap will beat a 20th level cone of cold, but as far as I can see, that's the only one that can for sub level 5 spells.

"It was suggested to take skull trap over sunfire, but sunfire is available by level 9 (so a skull trap would do 9D6 at this equivalent level) and deals 50% more damage than a fireball dealing 15D6 damage! I think sunfire is a very capable spell. There's also no danger of harming the caster like there is for a fireball or skull trap spell."

I didn't quite get this one. Skull Trap is availabe earlier, and deals better damage. A simple aiming will prevent damaging the caster.

The point I'm trying to make here is that skull trap deals 1D6 per caster level. Level 5 spells first become available at level 9, therefore a level 9 skull trap will deal 9D6 damage. A sunfire cast at the same level will deal 15D6, and hence has much more potential for lower level mages.

Not true. CMW cures 14 damage. CSW cures 17. 17 - 14 =

My bad. I've been playing too much IWD! Cure moderate only heals 11hp in IWD.

Check out the description. The Manual is wrong - Protecion from Fire (both Arcane and Divine) grants 100% resistance. Havn't checked into the duration part.

Sorry, I worded this wrong. The divine version grants +80% resistance to *magic* fire, the arcane version grants +50% resistance to *magic* fire. Both grant 100% resistance to normal fire. The durations are different, as are the casting times, so these spells are definatley not identical.

Toughness is not all about HP. We're also talking about AC, resistances, immunities, etc...

Aerial servant: AC = 3, HP=128, saving throws: 4,6,5,4,7, resistances: none
Mountain Bear: AC = 6, HP=70, saving throws: 8,10,9,10,11, resistances: none

Hmm, both have equal resistances, but the aerial servant has a better armour class, superior HP and superior saving throws. I still can't agree with the statement that mountain bears are as tough as aerial servants [img]smile.gif[/img] .

I'll have to look into natures beauty if that is the case.

Thank you for the great reply.

NP [img]smile.gif[/img] . I'll try and get some more feedback for tommorrow too [img]smile.gif[/img] .