Spell effects damage value?

[Thomas Decker]

Does anybody know how much damage the spell effects do in comparison to the weapon values? (Sword - 6, Glass sword - 127, etc...)

If yes, where could I find that list?

For example, I was looking for the magicians wand damage code and couldn't find it anywhere - though its rather a weapon than a spell.

Or the spell weapons that NPC mages wield (e.g., Mortegro in SI) - since Mortegro can join you for a while, wouldn't it be interesting to know how much damage he could do?

As a side note - Has anybody noticed that tongs do as much damage as a sword? WT#?

[drcode]

Spells do damage by firing special weapons. These are listed in our 'weapons.txt' file, although that file is pretty far out-of-date.

[wjp]

Magic Storm does things a little different, though. (Which is why it doesn't do _any_ damage, the last time I checked)

[drcode]

What is Magic Storm supposed to do? I don't recall ever noticing, even when playing the original BG.

[wjp]

It throws random lightning strikes at nearby enemies. The function that should apply the damage hasn't been implemented yet, IIRC.

[Thomas Decker]

Where can I find this file?

[wjp]

In the docs/ directory in CVS. You can get it through SF's webCVS:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/view ... cvs-markup

[Thomas Decker]

Thanks. Are these the values used in the original game?

(Meaning that the lightning wand and the magicians wand both do 8 pts of damage - Shouldn't the charged lightning wand do more damage?)

[wjp]

this file is _very_ old. (It's created by exult 0.30, as you can see in the header)
I'm not sure how correct the values are.

[Max aka Moscow Dragon]

Corp Por spell in U7BG sometimes just plain _kills_ the opponent, not fires a missile which will obey the usual missile logic.

[Neutronium Dragon]

That was the idea of Corp Por in BG - instantly kills the targeted opponent.

Neutronium Dragon

[XxVenomxX]

Right, but the point is that the spell cast a missle, which could miss the target. Without the missle, it just plain kills without the probability of missing, making it a whole lot easier. Just an observation

[Thomas Decker]

The walkthrough by Dan Simpson has quite extensive weapon damage values, but not for spells or wands.

BTW, I've just hopped to Erstams retreat - "Cheaters never win"
In the armory there are 2 wands I don't know - could one be the dreaded Wand of Detainment?