Just a quick question regarding lust spells
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AFAIK it's not really specified anywhere, but they are definitely magical spells, so Spell Penetration should be the proper stat.
It would be a bit of a pain to test, but it would be doable.
It would be a bit of a pain to test, but it would be doable.
Yeah, but I was thinking that lust spells might be mitigated by focus rather than ward, and focus penetration is temptation, but then again does temptation affect spells? I dunno.
If the power has the [Spell] tag, then it uses spell penetration.
If the power has the [Tease] tag, then it uses temptation.
(If the power has the [Weapon] tag, then it uses armor penetration, and if it has none of these three tags, eg physical powers, then it uses base penetration, which simply is your strength score)
You can check these tags by looking at the power cards in the powers tab in your journal.
Now though, whether the power hits against armor, ward or focus is another story: it can vary from power to power, and you can figure it out by reading the
Basically, if an instance of damage is of type
if it is of type
and if it is of type
I'll spare you the manual checking for the lust spells that come to my mind:
Shadow Magic uses spell penetration against ward
Charm Spell uses spell penetration against ward
Carnal Hex uses spell penetration against ward
Soul Arrow uses spell penetration against ward
Groping Tentacles uses spell penetration against focus
Allure is an aoe Tease (of the Crotch variety) so uses temptation against focus
Prime Target is like Allure: temptation against focus
Estrus Flask uses strength score against ward
Banshee Wail uses strength score against focus
Warcry uses strength score against focus
War Song uses strength score against focus
Tackle uses strength score against armor
Tail Whack with Fluffy Tail uses strength score against armor
Attack with Eternal Delusion uses armor penetration against focus
Wyvern Sting uses armor penetration against armor
If the power has the [Tease] tag, then it uses temptation.
(If the power has the [Weapon] tag, then it uses armor penetration, and if it has none of these three tags, eg physical powers, then it uses base penetration, which simply is your strength score)
You can check these tags by looking at the power cards in the powers tab in your journal.
Now though, whether the power hits against armor, ward or focus is another story: it can vary from power to power, and you can figure it out by reading the
doCombat code of a new instance of that power in your browser's javascript console.Basically, if an instance of damage is of type
ATK_MAGICAL, then it will hit against ward,if it is of type
ATK_MENTAL or ATK_SEXUAL, then it will hit against focus,and if it is of type
ATK_PHYSICAL, then it will hit against armor (it can't be of none of these three types).I'll spare you the manual checking for the lust spells that come to my mind:
Shadow Magic uses spell penetration against ward
Charm Spell uses spell penetration against ward
Carnal Hex uses spell penetration against ward
Soul Arrow uses spell penetration against ward
Groping Tentacles uses spell penetration against focus
Allure is an aoe Tease (of the Crotch variety) so uses temptation against focus
Prime Target is like Allure: temptation against focus
Estrus Flask uses strength score against ward
Banshee Wail uses strength score against focus
Warcry uses strength score against focus
War Song uses strength score against focus
Tackle uses strength score against armor
Tail Whack with Fluffy Tail uses strength score against armor
Attack with Eternal Delusion uses armor penetration against focus
Wyvern Sting uses armor penetration against armor
Nice to know, some of those are pretty counterintuitive. Groping Tentacles and Eternal Delusion for example, it's very strange that Spell Penetration would reduce the target's Focus.