So i like the Pivuhs, though I wonder if the gen-rate can be uptweaked ever so slightly. Its rather hard to wander around the area since you need to use vines and be empty handed. Sometimes it takes a rather long time for one to gen.
>So i like the Pivuhs, though I wonder if the gen-rate can be uptweaked ever so slightly. Its rather hard to wander around the area since you need to use vines and be empty handed. Sometimes it takes a rather long time for one to gen.
Aren't they a hoot? Tell me, though... do you have any trouble with their special attack (fire breathing)?
As far as their special attack goes, here's some background info on why I think it's weird:
I have no trouble obliterating them with 160ish ranks in Medium Blunt. I also have 40 agility, so that would put their skill range around 180ish. They can't touch me at all with their normal attacks with my 300ish ranks of Evasion, but unless I have a capped Swirling Winds running (putting me effectively around 400 ranks of evasion), their special attack hits me. It doesn't hit me hard, but it still hits me. It strikes me as weird that they would have such an incredibly accurate attack ability when their defenses are so low.
>It strikes me as weird that they would have such an incredibly accurate attack ability when their defenses are so low.
Unfortunately, a lot of special attacks are like this, and it makes many creatures basically unhuntable except for backtraining weapons. Even worse, most of these attacks don't even teach anything when you are able to evade them. It would be nice if special attacks were evauluated globally, but I'm not holding my breath.
There was another anomaly i noticed about another critter in the area. The bears. Totally beneath me both in offense and defense...except for the special attack. Their claw attack that throws you out of the room tanked me from perfect health. I didn't die, but I had a pretty serious wound and had to leave. Otherwise they couldn't touch me. Is this intentional? If so I have to ask why, cause it makes the critter unhuntable.
>Is this intentional? If so I have to ask why, cause it makes the critter unhuntable.
My understanding is that it was a quest creature that never had its special attack power adjusted. Its a shame really, the GMs really busted their butts to get p5 out, said there was more to come, and then abandoned it completely. There are still no ranger trails, no dock access for boats, and many of the hunting areas lie dormant.
Nope, its not them. I think its part of the flame attack. Whats confusing though is that I hunted there for days without being afflicted with poison, and then one day I started getting it a couple of times each time I went hunting. What makes things even more confusing is that the only big change I can remember making prior to going back to hunting was a stat increase. I shouldn't be getting penalized for that.
Actually... I remember getting nerve poison somewhere around there, but it wasn't the pivuhs. Something had been hitting me with a special attack that I hadn't noticed, and it was giving me nerve poison. Did you fight the bears or the gryphons recently before that?
