Amulet of Elemental Vulnerability - Revision history

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Hordes: /* Notes */ 9 < 9.5

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‎Notes: 9 < 9.5

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Ge0ff: /* Desirability */

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Patrick2011b: bump

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2024-02-01T19:58:10Z

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Hordes: +dowan, because there are early-game uniques with elemental attacks

2023-09-20T17:27:15Z

+dowan, because there are early-game uniques with elemental attacks

Ge0ff: /* Notes */ more fiddling

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‎Notes: more fiddling

Ge0ff at 13:18, 25 August 2023

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 *You can also find [[unique]]s, like [[Dowan]], [[Azrael]], and [[Fannar]], with fire/cold attacks.
-Overall, this amulet will make 'average' encounters easier, but create entirely new threats in the process. Therefore, it is great for weak characters, namely those who struggle with the average encounters. Strong characters benefit much less: you can handle average encounters on your own, but this amulet can make you take damage spikes from otherwise nonthreatening enemies. (It introduces a ''player-side'' risk -- if *you* forget you are vulnerable, you can take surprising spikes of damage.)
+Overall, this amulet will make 'average' encounters easier, but create entirely new threats in the process. Therefore, it is great for weak characters that struggle with average encounters. Strong characters benefit much less: you can handle average encounters on your own, but this amulet can make you take damage spikes from otherwise nonthreatening enemies. In addition, it introduces a ''player-side'' risk -- if *you* forget you are vulnerable, you can take surprising spikes of damage.
 This artefact is more likely to spawn in the early game, where it is more likely to be useful. By the time you reach [[Vaults]] and [[Depths]], there are a large amount of fire/cold monsters, so it becomes a very questionable choice.

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 *Vulnerabilities do not stack. Both rF-- and rF- give the same 150% damage from fire attacks and 200% damage from fire melee attacks.
 *[[AC]] protects against magic and most types of elemental damage, e.g. Throw Flame is reduced by AC. Melee "[[attack flavour]]s" (such as [[ice beast]] cold melee) are ''not'' blocked by AC - however, the ice beast needs to deal at least 1 physical damage in order to trigger the cold attack flavour.
-:In the very early game, the AC bonus can mean you take less average damage from fire/ice attacks (though maximum damage increases):
+:In the very early game, the AC bonus can mean you take similar average damage from fire/ice attacks (though maximum damage increases):
 :*An orc wizard's Throw Flame deals 3d5 on its own. That's 9 avg. damage, 15 max. damage.
 :*With fire vulnerability, Throw Flame deals 3d5 * 1.5 damage. But the 8 AC reduces damage by an average of 4. That's 9.5 avg. damage, 23 max damage.

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 ===Notes===
 *Vulnerabilities do not stack. Both rF-- and rF- give the same 150% damage from fire attacks and 200% damage from fire melee attacks.
-*[[AC]] protects against magic and most types of elemental damage, e.g. Throw Flame is reduced by AC. "[[Attack flavour]]s" (such as [[ice beast]] cold melee) are ''not'' blocked by AC, however, the ice beast needs to deal at least 1 physical damage in order to trigger the cold attack flavour.
+*[[AC]] protects against magic and most types of elemental damage, e.g. Throw Flame is reduced by AC. Melee "[[attack flavour]]s" (such as [[ice beast]] cold melee) are ''not'' blocked by AC - however, the ice beast needs to deal at least 1 physical damage in order to trigger the cold attack flavour.
 :In the very early game, the AC bonus can mean you take less average damage from fire/ice attacks (though maximum damage increases):
 :*An orc wizard's Throw Flame deals 3d5 on its own. That's 9 avg. damage, 15 max. damage.

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 *You can also find [[unique]]s, like [[Dowan]], [[Azrael]], and [[Fannar]], with fire/cold attacks.
-Overall, this amulet will make 'average' encounters easier, but create entirely new threats in the process. It introduces a ''player-side'' risk -- if *you* forget you are vulnerable, you can take surprising spikes of damage. Therefore, it is great for weak characters, those who struggle with the average encounters. Strong characters benefit much less: you can handle average encounters on your own, but this amulet can make you take damage spikes from otherwise nonthreatening enemies.
+Overall, this amulet will make 'average' encounters easier, but create entirely new threats in the process. Therefore, it is great for weak characters, namely those who struggle with the average encounters. Strong characters benefit much less: you can handle average encounters on your own, but this amulet can make you take damage spikes from otherwise nonthreatening enemies. (It introduces a ''player-side'' risk -- if *you* forget you are vulnerable, you can take surprising spikes of damage.)
 This artefact is more likely to spawn in the early game, where it is more likely to be useful. By the time you reach [[Vaults]] and [[Depths]], there are a large amount of fire/cold monsters, so it becomes a very questionable choice.

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 ==Desirability==
-The '''amulet of Elemental Vulnerability'''<ref>{{source ref|0.30.1|art-data.txt|1685}}</ref> is an odd piece of jewellery. Matching the [[ring of the Tortoise]]'s amazing AC buff is great, and [[poison]] is the killer of many, many early characters. But even in the early [[Dungeon]], there are many elemental threats.
+The '''amulet of Elemental Vulnerability'''<ref>{{source ref|0.31.0|art-data.txt|1685}}</ref> is an odd piece of jewellery. Matching the [[ring of the Tortoise]]'s amazing AC buff is great, and [[poison]] is the killer of many, many early characters. But even in the early [[Dungeon]], there are many elemental threats.
 *In early Dungeon, you'll find [[orc wizard]]s (who cast Throw Flame) and [[ice beast]]s.
 *[[The Lair]] isn't safe either; it has [[rime drake]]s and the occasional [[lindwurm]].
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 *You can also find [[unique]]s, like [[Dowan]], [[Azrael]], and [[Fannar]], with fire/cold attacks.
-Overall, this amulet will make 'average' encounters easier, but create entirely new threats in the process. It introduces a ''player-side'' risk -- if *you* forget you are vulnerable, you can take surprising spikes of damage. Therefore, it is great for weak characters, those who struggle with the average encounters. Strong characters benefit much less: you can handle average encounters on your own, but this amulet can make you take damage spikes from otherwise unthreatening enemies.
+Overall, this amulet will make 'average' encounters easier, but create entirely new threats in the process. It introduces a ''player-side'' risk -- if *you* forget you are vulnerable, you can take surprising spikes of damage. Therefore, it is great for weak characters, those who struggle with the average encounters. Strong characters benefit much less: you can handle average encounters on your own, but this amulet can make you take damage spikes from otherwise nonthreatening enemies.
 This artefact is more likely to spawn in the early game, where it is more likely to be useful. By the time you reach [[Vaults]] and [[Depths]], there are a large amount of fire/cold monsters, so it becomes a very questionable choice.
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 ===Notes===
 *Vulnerabilities do not stack. Both rF-- and rF- give the same 150% damage from fire attacks and 200% damage from fire melee attacks.
-*[[AC]] protects against magic and most types of elemental damage, e.g. Throw Flame is reduced by AC. "[[Attack flavour]]s" (such as [[ice beast]] cold melee) are ''not'' blocked by AC, however, the ice beast needs to deal at least 1 physical damage in order to proc the cold attack flavour.
+*[[AC]] protects against magic and most types of elemental damage, e.g. Throw Flame is reduced by AC. "[[Attack flavour]]s" (such as [[ice beast]] cold melee) are ''not'' blocked by AC, however, the ice beast needs to deal at least 1 physical damage in order to trigger the cold attack flavour.
 :In the very early game, the AC bonus can mean you take less average damage from fire/ice attacks (though maximum damage increases):
 :*An orc wizard's Throw Flame deals 3d5 on its own. That's 9 avg. damage, 15 max. damage.

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 *[[The Lair]] isn't safe either; it has [[rime drake]]s and the occasional [[lindwurm]].
 *Any weapon-wielding monster can have a weapon of [[flaming]] or [[freezing]], increasing their threat level significantly.
-You can also find [[unique]]s, like [[Azrael]], [[Fannar]], and [[Nessos]], with fire/cold attacks.
+You can also find [[unique]]s, like [[Dowan]], [[Azrael]], and [[Fannar]], with fire/cold attacks.
 Overall, this amulet will make 'average' encounters easier, but creates entirely new threats in the process. It introduces a ''player-side'' risk -- if *you* forget you are vulnerable, you can take surprising spikes of damage. Therefore, it is great for weak characters, those who struggle with the average encounters. Strong characters benefit much less: you can handle average encounters on your own, but this amulet can make you take damage spikes from enemies that were otherwise unthreatening.