Heya,
Is there any particular reason/benefit to hunt undead? If so, does anyone have a general hunting progression for them?
Thanks.
DAENAR-DR
RAIST
Re: Cleric Undead Hunting
12/28/2012 04:48 AM CST
>Is there any particular reason/benefit to hunt undead?
The skins or bits from undead can be sprinkled with holy water and then sacrificed at an altar for devotion.
In addition, many of the clerical spells gain more power or extra abilities when used on cursed and/or undead.
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The skins or bits from undead can be sprinkled with holy water and then sacrificed at an altar for devotion.
In addition, many of the clerical spells gain more power or extra abilities when used on cursed and/or undead.
Weapons for Sale:
http://www.elanthipedia.org/wiki/User:Caraamon#Wares
Hunta Talna Kortok, built by Gor'Togs, for Gor'Togs
http://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/caraamon/home.html
Combat Balance List:
http://tinyurl.com/DRBalance
KROONERMANREVENGE
Re: Cleric Undead Hunting
12/28/2012 07:37 AM CST
Holy mana spells bypass undead magic resistance. Cleric spells often have added or increased effectiveness vs undead (harm evil, harm horde, are great examples. Two of the higher damaging spells in game, but only function vs undead). Mpp/pfe work better vs undead, and block most of the nastier attacks. Blessed brawling or weapons mean clerics handle undead with ease due to extra weapon damage or just beig able to hit ghosts at will. Holy TM spells do extra damage to undead, even bolt or STRA.
In general, it opens some OK alternate pathes for hunting. Like Meys or everything in P5, where clerics have an edge on any other guild. But before meys or togballs I'd probably stick to the pure living ladders, there is almost always a better thing to hunt.
Avoid ghosts or non corporeal undead like the plague honestly. They get strange bonuses that make them more dangerous and less rewarding than similar level critters in most cases, and mostly aren't skinnable.
As Carmoon said, you can also use skins in a commune but the circle calcs for that are barb based. So you have to really hunt up above normal 'at level' stuff for a cleric. Like you have to see what a barb of your circle would be hunting. Unless that was fixed.
You also get a small periodic boost to devotion for killing undead. Not a big one, but enough.
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In general, it opens some OK alternate pathes for hunting. Like Meys or everything in P5, where clerics have an edge on any other guild. But before meys or togballs I'd probably stick to the pure living ladders, there is almost always a better thing to hunt.
Avoid ghosts or non corporeal undead like the plague honestly. They get strange bonuses that make them more dangerous and less rewarding than similar level critters in most cases, and mostly aren't skinnable.
As Carmoon said, you can also use skins in a commune but the circle calcs for that are barb based. So you have to really hunt up above normal 'at level' stuff for a cleric. Like you have to see what a barb of your circle would be hunting. Unless that was fixed.
You also get a small periodic boost to devotion for killing undead. Not a big one, but enough.
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LIURIDR
DAENAR-DR
ALDEN
Re: Cleric Undead Hunting
12/28/2012 06:56 PM CST
What they all said. Only thing I didn't see mentioned was the shield boost SOL gets against undead.
As Liuri mentioned, Kertigen's is a nice damage boost to your weapon against undead.
And if you hunt undead a lot, your devotion will all stay pretty much at max with no additional effort.
Oh and FF gets multiple strikes against undead.
Lots of this will be changing come 3.0 so will have to re-evaluate then.
As Liuri mentioned, Kertigen's is a nice damage boost to your weapon against undead.
And if you hunt undead a lot, your devotion will all stay pretty much at max with no additional effort.
Oh and FF gets multiple strikes against undead.
Lots of this will be changing come 3.0 so will have to re-evaluate then.
KROONERMANREVENGE
Re: Cleric Undead Hunting
12/28/2012 08:43 PM CST
>And if you hunt undead a lot, your devotion will all stay pretty much at max with no additional effort.
Ya, not in 3.0, if you want to train theurgy, ha.
>Oh and FF gets multiple strikes against undead.
I forget about this because it takes something stupid like 300+ ranks in pm or tm to start activating. But in DR 3.0 multi strike spells are much more potent and awesome. If a cleric needs a big-heavy spell, there are better options, and if they need to train TM, it's hard to beat Divine radiance spam.
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Ya, not in 3.0, if you want to train theurgy, ha.
>Oh and FF gets multiple strikes against undead.
I forget about this because it takes something stupid like 300+ ranks in pm or tm to start activating. But in DR 3.0 multi strike spells are much more potent and awesome. If a cleric needs a big-heavy spell, there are better options, and if they need to train TM, it's hard to beat Divine radiance spam.
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