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[Trick]

Hi,
Does anybody know what monster does which kind of damage (slashing, piercing, blunt)? Is there a table somewhere?
Specifically, I'm considering the Circus Quest, where you find the girdle of Piercing, and I wonder if this girdle will be any help against Trolls or Vampires?

[Miloch]

It all depends on what kind of weapon they have. Creature claw attacks aren't really consistent. The troll attack is coded as piercing, but the vampires' are blunt for some odd reason.

You can check out the Creature Lister in my signature for a table that gives you the weapons at least. It doesn't list damage type. It doesn't list damage type, which I guess could be added, but some creatures can switch from one weapon to another (and therefore switch damage types potentially).

[Trick]

Thanks a lot, you already answered the precise question. Now I know there's a point in doing the Circus before De'Arnise.
I downloaded your table, it's handy and I understand the problem if they switch weapons, but is there yet another table giving the damage details for the weapons, such as TROLL01?
(OT: Just perusing the table, I see that Melissan is lawful good?! I guess the designers didn't want a Paladin to detect her evil.)

[Archmage Silver]

Yeah, the old Lawful Good trick... tsk tsk. I guess they never thought players would actually look at it and go tsk tsk. Does the Know Aligment spell work on her though? I don't remember.

[Miloch]

I downloaded your table, it's handy and I understand the problem if they switch weapons, but is there yet another table giving the damage details for the weapons, such as TROLL01?

You can look them up with a game editor (DLTCEP or Near Infinity). I'll see if I can add a damage type column if I remember. I think I also wanted to add proficiency at one point, to check against the creatures' proficiencies.

(OT: Just perusing the table, I see that Melissan is lawful good?! I guess the designers didn't want a Paladin to detect her evil.)

A lot of alignments in the game are just plain wrong. Probably came from cloning creature files and not bothering to change every field. The BG2 Fixpack has a component that adjusts some of these, but there are probably still creatures with wacky alignments even after installing that.

Does the Know Aligment spell work on her though? I don't remember.

She'd have to fail her saving throw vs. spells, which would be difficult but I think not impossible.

[Trick]

I downloaded your table, it's handy and I understand the problem if they switch weapons, but is there yet another table giving the damage details for the weapons, such as TROLL01?

You can look them up with a game editor (DLTCEP or Near Infinity).

Thanks, I downloaded Near Infinity and I'm discovering a new world, up to now confined to Shadowkeeper...