ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Doomelf brawler in roguelike normal 1.2.5.

All i want is to concuss people and then lengthen their recovery time.

At first, I just try this on everyone. But Pitiless doesn't seem to extend any negative effects... And it doesn't shorten beneficial effects either. It seems to do nothing.

I realize spell save can stop it. Okay, I assume it's scaling off my weakest stat, magic, or spellpower (8 or 11.)

I hunt down 25 test subjects who have 6 or lower spell save and who i don't one-shot-kill. This takes a while. Usually, they have Slow on them, often with other mag/men/phy effects, pro and con.

Pitiless. Never. Does. Anything.

I have a lot of training in statistics, but I'm not gonna use any of that, as 25 in a row is crazy unlikely, given how I understand saves working.

Is pitiless scaling off of like, half my magic? Anyone have any idea why this skill does nothing?

Thank you!

senon

Still pretending that anyone cares about this, I did further testing after boosting my spellpower to 62. Against ten opponents with spell save of 10 or less, Pitiless still did nothing. I call shenanigans.

-senon

I've never bothered to try the skill because I assumed it would fail the save check too much, but I would like to see this get fixed.

Or better yet, change the skill into a non-resistible effect that reduces all the target's saves and immunities. This would make Doomelf attractive for classes that rely on applying debuffs (such as Reavers/Corruptors), which is a spotty prospect currently.

removed save check

Ohmigosh! Exciting! Thank you, oh Dark One! praised be thine name and all that, etc. etc.

Nice! Praise the Dark One!