ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

How does spellshock work exactly? Here's an example to show my confusion. You have 100 lightning damage and use it against a target with 90% lightning resistance. The target is already spellshocked. What is the damage the target will take? A) 12 (additional damage is tacked at the end of the formula...

So I got a nightmare brawler to the far-east and died. But I feel I can do better with him than with my stone warden. Some thoughts: On grappling - I think I figured out why the mobs could break free on my normal run. Its because it is possible to do a save throw or a status debuff broke the grapple...

Putting this here since i got brawler questions of my own: 1. How viable is a DEF-based counterattacking/defensive grappling brawler in NM? In normal, most mobs melt just being next to a countering brawler like those 1vsMany kung-fu movies. 2. Does Flexible Combat trigger on defensive grappling? Doe...