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Re: An evening of PVP

AntonioPark — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:04:59 +0100

Hey, this is really great information.

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Da Boss — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 07:56:12 +0100

Yes, cauterise works on all types of venom, bleed and disease effects - so you certainly put it to good effect!

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Gilgamesh — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:56:55 +0100

This discussion is a bit old...but it is about my doubt.
I found the Abyssal Brimstone ring, ability: Cauterise.
in the next section i have fought Scorpios (ability: Black venom) i stopped his ability with Cauterise and won at the last second! (i was hit again and finished the combat with only few health points).
Does Cauterise work with any kind of Venom? just that there is the word "venom" in it?

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Da Boss — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:49:00 +0000

Thank you for sharing that, Perceval. Yes, once you have a couple more heroes to play around with, things should get more interesting. ;) I'm looking to develop the 'pvp' side of things in the future, should DQ prove popular with the masses. Fingers crossed...

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Re: An evening of PVP

Perceval — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:04:09 +0000

The rogue had a speed of 15. He had a few annoying speed abilities like knockdown, webbed, haste. If he played one of those then I really didn't have much of a chance. My saving grace was that he was a really bad roller for some of the rounds and that gave me the openings I needed!

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noob_sauce — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:50:01 +0000

You sell the pvp very well. What speed did the rogue have?

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StarScream — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:03:12 +0000

Entry 397. A ring with +1 magic. That ring and tourniquet could be a nice combo for a medic. Shame they only remove the effect but as soon as you are hit you take damage again. Could be better, but enough to frustrate a lot of rogues ;o)

I have some friends with the book so this has inspired me to try and arrange a pvp night. Cheers Perce!

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Rhiukan — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:55:41 +0000

<abyssal brimstone> in Act 2 unicorns horn. its the only one i'm pretty sure

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Bishop — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:29:48 +0000

Am I right that the only counters to passives are cauterise, kickstart and tourniquet? What items have the cauterise ability?

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eXiled — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:48:44 +0000

Nice write up. My money would have been on the rogue though

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silicon spirit — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:42:03 +0000

That is a good review. It sounds you had a fun evening. I'm still battling through Act 2 with my mage but already having some ideas about how I can make her an endgame powerhouse

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An evening of PVP

Perceval — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:58:44 +0000

I see you are asking for reviewers on your Twitter site for Destiny Quest. Perhaps I can be the first to review something = your hero vs. hero rules. A mate of mine came over last evening who also has the book and an end game hero. Normally we’d drink some beers and play consoles but we thought it would be interesting to try out the hero combat rules.

So dice and paper at the ready we plunged in. I have a inquisitor as you will see from the forums. My mate has an assassin. I was interested to see how his passives would fare up against my cleansing light heal.

I had a lower speed so I felt I might have the disadvantage. If I wanted to use a speed ability then I had to state it up front. I like that rule because it made it feel like the rogue was always reacting to my moves as a faster opponent would. Time shift came into its own here as I could match him for three combat rounds (wiped grin off his face) and so we could declare at the same time. I did some bluffing so he burnt out some early abilities allowing me to use courage and fearless later on.

First strike is really annoying. It puts all his passives on you from the start and that was 7 a round -bleed, disease and venom mastery. My cleansing light changed that to a 5. It was still enough to cause me worry when his strikes like piercing hit home for around 30plus damage. Against a faster opponent I was grateful for the ability like retaliation, avenging spirits and overpower to keep up.

It was interesting how I reassessed all my abilities. Shock is next to useless in duels because the assassin had no armour so I couldn’t use. Time shift that I hardly used before was now a vital part of my strategy. In one combat I was able to use that with impale to reduce his speed.
So who won? We played six games.

I won four. Yes I was surprised at that too. Once the rogue had spent his main abilities he had a harder time taking down all my health. For most fights we were even and the luck of one roll for attack speed would change everything. I had some lucky rolls and my armour helped out with absorbing some damage that could have tipped me over.

My verdict: I/we enjoyed this almost as much as the book. It didn’t feel unbalanced and was challenging. The only problem is after three or more fights you know each others abilities and it can get repetitive but we tried to do different tactics each time purposely to try new things. I think if you had a bank of heroes and more players then a tournament competition would be really exciting.
I now need to get more friends interested in this book!

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