ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

50% seems a bit excessive to me, actually. I don't remember exactly what my stealth power was when I died around level 28, but it was at least eighty and 40 DR would for sure have made the entire game a walkover. Even just three points of DR would have reduced the damage I took by a full 20%, easily...

I ended up taking Eternal Guard, which may have tilted things significantly in my favor. I only had to hit every other turn to keep my block up, which makes a HUGE difference, and the counterstrike effect doubled a substantial portion of my damage.

Edit 5: Game over. Couple fun notes: Melee retaliation is bullshit. Throwing Knives provoke melee retaliation, see previous point. Walking around a corner into 900 damage hurts. Yep, seconded. I accidentally flurried on a guy who had like 15 melee retaliation and took 735 damage for instant death f...

Completed a run with this a couple weeks back. I use several addons, so my balance musings should be taken with a grain of salt. I usually play on Nightmare/Roguelike. The coolest part of this for me is the insane mobility you get from mixing two-handers and dual wielding. Between Rush, Fearless Cle...

A quick glance seems to indicate that Bone Shield has been significantly buffed -- it no longer absorbs very small hits, guaranteeing that each shield will have a bigger impact, and it also regenerates considerably faster. My typical problem with Bone Shield has always been randomly losing my entire...

I've noticed that since the release of this addon the Healing Infusion has received a reasonably significant buff -- most notably, it is now instant-cast. Consider updating the Reconstruction Rune to mirror it?

This just happened to me as well, shortly after being hit with an ability I had never seen before. I didn't inspect the monster before killing it; my HP then went to 0 (without killing me) and remained there for several turns despite my attempt to heal myself. Then suddenly I was back at full HP. I ...