Recent content by jmerry

Sphere of Chaos is also on the exclusion list, for a different reason than the AoE damage spells. It gets excluded because it's, in part, a polymorph spell. Anything with polymorph immunity has to block all of the polymorph spells individually because of how those mechanics work, and the...

Oops. I just didn't spot that MR looking at the code. The rest of the info should be good, though. The high hit points are definitely a bug. SCC gives extra hit points to dragons, but those are huge monsters - they should feel bulky. A demilich is a tiny little thing; it makes sense that if you...

Demiliches don't have MR. Well, Kangaxx has the 10% from his ring, but that's all. You don't need a resistance-lowering effect, you just need to dispel the specific protections. And maybe break the spell protections, if you're trying something single-target. Also, the demilich immunity item...

The SCS setting that really matters is "spellcasting demiliches". If you pick that one, it changes the entire character of the fight - allow the demilich to cast spells, but also remove its immunity to high-level spells. So then you take down his energy protections and blast him. Without that...

Some commentary. - Wizard slayer, and the spell failure chance: "It is a bit more useful if you're fighting enemies like clerics." No, it isn't. It is completely ineffective against divine spellcasting. The spell failure chance applies only to arcane spells. So the kit is somehow even worse than...

Given how suddenly it went from "apparently fine" to "won't start up", probably. But it would definitely cost me, and everything else on that machine that matters was transferred long ago. I doubt I'll do anything. Besides, if I do resume on patch 1.14, I only have one Guardian to go. And a...

Interesting plan there. I've never gone with primarily blade skills, instead just doing things like one-point Blade Fury with Bonesnap as an anti-boss tool on a trapper. When it says it does some fraction of weapon damage, that includes everything that would add on to a normal attack; Venom...

From a role playing/lore perspective? I've got nothing. It's a very mechanical quirk, unique to this implementation of the D&D rules. And yes, permanent save bonuses (the Hell trials, the shadowdancer's Slippery Mind kit ability) get nullified just like the equip effects (I juat tested this...

One of the nasty bits of level drain is that it disables saving throw modifications from equip effects. Temporary buffs like the potion of invulnerability or a Barkskin spell still work, but a ring of protection is useless. Regarding the devil shades, they have a bit in their script that says...

Iron Fist? He sounds a bit confused. In charge of the bandits, in charge of fighting the bandits ... well, either way, he'll be able to deal with them.

And the final update for Dalok. Just as I've been doing for the last two acts, I continue into act 5 at player count 3. That will be lowered only for the Ancients and Baal. It continues to be manageable even with the increased monster quality, though some bosses still manage to be threatening...

Realistically, it's cosplay. Dress up as a character you like, or some variant thereof. Share pictures with like-minded folks. Show off at conventions. In this case, here's a shot of the character the look is based on...

Because "Bane" is being interpreted as referring to the Batman villain of that name. And then the movie which featured him as the main villain defines the most common version of what he looks like.

Level 99 is truly impressive. Definitely made easier by the existence of Terror Zones that scale with the character's level, of course. My level 92 character has to content herself with farming a level 85 area (and the level 94 boss). Anyway, here's the next two acts. Act 1 was played at...

Oh, it gets better. Here's two more acts of progress. I could have posted this yesterday ... but meeting my nephew for the first time was more important. (OK, that was only an hour or so. Just ignore the rest of the day.) The first thing to do going into Hell was that gear update. I could have...