ghost81
14-01-2005, 11:57
Okay - so this isn't a bug per se, but it is a problem.
In the Tomb of Elythion in the barrow downs you have to make your way across a walkway to reach the King. Now this walkway also happens to be trapped - not a problem in and of itself you might say. Howver these traps can't be disarmed, some can't be avoided and offer you no saving throw - again not too much of a problem - until you realise just walking across a single trap area can trigger the trap three times, each of which seems top attack you with 2 ballista bolts - maybe not a problem for the lvl 4/5 fighters and the like in there. But walkijng across one trap, triggering it 3 times, being hit by 6 of the Ballista bolts totalled up for a grand total of 26 damage, not a lot to some people, but to a level 4 wizard?
This has actually happened to me more than once now, and I don't mind the xp and gold loss for dying generally - but when you die because there is no normal way to avoid it - that hurts. (And there is a way of casting certain spell just before crossing to avoid it - but what if you don't have that spell?)
In the Tomb of Elythion in the barrow downs you have to make your way across a walkway to reach the King. Now this walkway also happens to be trapped - not a problem in and of itself you might say. Howver these traps can't be disarmed, some can't be avoided and offer you no saving throw - again not too much of a problem - until you realise just walking across a single trap area can trigger the trap three times, each of which seems top attack you with 2 ballista bolts - maybe not a problem for the lvl 4/5 fighters and the like in there. But walkijng across one trap, triggering it 3 times, being hit by 6 of the Ballista bolts totalled up for a grand total of 26 damage, not a lot to some people, but to a level 4 wizard?
This has actually happened to me more than once now, and I don't mind the xp and gold loss for dying generally - but when you die because there is no normal way to avoid it - that hurts. (And there is a way of casting certain spell just before crossing to avoid it - but what if you don't have that spell?)