summoned skeletons have 0 DR

[hamstermonger]

At least, I've found they have 0 slashing DR.

 

Steps to reproduce are:

 

* Summon some skeletons

* Have something hit them

* Observe DR calculation is 0 and the skeleton takes full damage (at least for slashing damage, I have not confirmed 0 for other damage types)

[hamstermonger]

The other day, I pulled out some skeletons against some spiders in the dungeons of caed nua. I can confirm they also have 0 DR against piercing damage. On POTD, they pretty much fold up as soon as they come out. A chanters's level one summon choices are: summon a paralyzing, sneak attacking, kick-ass phantom or summon three speed bumps.

 

If they at least had normal skelli DR, then I may consider them if I want three bodies over a phantom.

 

Kana is forever saddled with them.

 

Bump for a fix...

[Sking]

Hey hamstermonger,

 

That is correct. They are set to have a zero DR. This was a design decision to prevent them from being overpowered. However I'll look into if they are maybe underpowered and we can decide if we want to give them a bump.

 

Thanks for the input  

[hamstermonger]

Good to know, thanks. I had not realized this was by design.

 

Speaking from a POTD perspective, their offensive power is negligible. If they had normal human skeleton DR, they could at least serve as three bodies to clog things up a bit on the battlefield. As it stands now, they are completely outclassed by Reny by several orders of magnitude.

 

Regardless, thanks for taking a look.