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2021-07-26, 04:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
It seems like there was at least one full turn after blinky raised the anti magic field. V got to fly and shoot prismatic spray, Haley shot a number of arrows, Belkar got his lizard out and shot a dagger up, and blinky even made a full pursuit of V before turning and blasting everyone (which must have been in its next turn).
Durkon already had his magic ready and burning and had at least one full turn to cast it - so why Roy is still with the green poison bubbles? I assume that Elan cast something else, maybe some healing spell or something we're not aware of. Elan could also cast neutralize poison so even if Durkon didn't have it prepared, Elan could have cast it.
This seemed like their #1 priority so it's not like they decided to do it, they were foiled - but how?
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2021-07-26, 04:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
Hmm. I was going to say he did and the green bubbles around Roy's head could be attributed to the damage already done (since Neutralize Poison doesn't undo that), but that's not consistent with last time we saw Neutralize Poison. Maybe there was a more urgent spell Durkon needed to cast first? Maybe Roy was at -9 HP, and therefore needed a Cure Wounds spell more than he needed Neutralize Poison?
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2021-07-26, 08:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
There's no guarantee Durkon even had the spell prepared.
That said, it also looks like his spell was interrupted when he was hit by Sunny's ray; I suspect he was opting for something more powerful (Heal or Restoration, say) but the issue is moot because he never got the spell off in the first place.
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2021-07-26, 08:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
I'm assuming he did, but got interrupted?
Or maybe Durkon hit Roy with Neutralize but Rich left the bubbles in by mistake; maybe the bubbles are still there because it was still in effect, and Durkon was going for a Restoration to heal it or something?
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2021-07-26, 09:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
Maybe Sunny's initiative roll was lower than Vaarsuvius's, but higher than Durkon's. That would explain why V had time to cast Prismatic Spray, but Durkon didn't have time to cast anything.
Restoration takes 3 rounds to cast, so if Durkon's casting that, that would explain why he was interrupted. But while Restoration reverses many effects poison can have, it doesn't neutralize the poison. Surely it would make sense to stop the poison before casting Restoration?Last edited by ORione; 2021-07-26 at 09:39 PM.
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2021-07-27, 01:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
This has been annoying me too.
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2021-07-27, 03:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
Maybe it is a single turn, and Sunny rolled higher initiative. Following V around and turning upside-down may count as combat movements, and then her only combat action is the multi-eye blast.
Halley throwing two rounds of arrows is something she can do in a single turn, right? With SNEAK ATTACK and all that.
Also, it looks like the anti-magic field does not dispell magic, it merely supresses it; both V's fly spell and light sphere have returned as soon as they're out of the anti-magic cone.
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2021-07-27, 09:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
There was no fizzle! sound in the strip so I think Durkon was not interrupted. Perhaps he did not cast Neutralize poison (why bother preparing it anyway, when your Bard has it on his list?) but something else like Cure Some Wounds.
Last edited by Mike Havran; 2021-07-27 at 09:56 AM.
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2021-07-27, 02:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
I think Roy was only hit once today. Even if that was a sneak attack Roy should should still have plenty of hitpoints.
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2021-07-28, 08:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
Last edited by Precure; 2021-07-28 at 08:16 AM.
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2021-07-29, 05:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-30, 03:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-30, 03:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
Rolled low on intitative, got interrupted by Sunny.
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2021-07-30, 09:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
I suspect Durkon chose to cast restoration rather than neutralize poison, and was interrupted by Sunny's eye beam. Why would he do this? To get Roy back in the fight as soon as possible. Poison's secondary damage takes effect a minute after the initial damage, so depending on how long it's been since Roy was poisoned, he'd be able to act for 3 to 6 rounds before the secondary damage. There's no guarantee it will be as debilitating as the initial damage was, and even if it was, a lot can happen in 3 to 6 rounds.
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2021-08-04, 02:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
Last edited by Charity322; 2021-08-04 at 02:25 AM.
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2021-08-04, 03:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-08-05, 07:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why didn't Durkon manage to cast neutralize poison on Roy?
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2021-08-05, 07:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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2021-08-05, 08:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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