Talk:Isaac's greater missile storm
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I think this spell is incorrect. The fourth level variant does 1d6 per level and is called Isaac's lesser missile storm rather than greater. The greater variant is a sixth level spell and does 3d6 per level. --69.243.102.57 4 October 2005
- No its correct. 2d6. A max casted IGMS is 12 Damage. -- Pstarky 09:24, 4 Oct 2005 (PDT)
- I think this was due to a change from 3d6 to 2d6 in one of the patches after some complaints about how powerful this was Chrominium
Since the consensus here is that the spell does 2d6 damage per missile and the in-game spell desciption says 3d6, I noted that discrepancy in the notes to avoid confusion. Zenobia 09:44, 5 May 2006 (PDT)
- My game descript says 20 missiles for 2d6 each. Are you sure yours says 3d6? Also, I remember back in the days that people were talking about 240 dmg IGMS, not 360 dmg IGMS... --GhostNWN 5 May 2006
- I checked to see where I got the 3d6 number and found: my game I loaded and the HotU manual say 2d6, but my SoU manual and the screenshot on GameBanshee both say 3d6. Changing the note I wrote to reflect that it's the SoU manual that says the incorrect info. Thanks for getting me straightened out, Zenobia 21:55, 5 May 2006 (PDT)
The description says, "If there are more missiles than creatures, one of the creatures will be hit with multiple missiles." This doesn't seems to be always true. I cast it on a group of 2 creatures and the hits alternated back and forth in the log window. And that fits with my instict as to what it does. Maybe that sentence should be changed to "If there are more missiles than creatures, some creatures will be hit with multiple missiles.", 66.234.34.40 18:03, 15 October 2006 (PDT)
is the a spell that can counter this????? --24.89.72.155 6 July 2007
- http://www.nwnwiki.org/Counterspell — Seems that only the "dispell" spells will counter this. They are universal counter-spell options. Bromium 07:29, 6 July 2007 (PDT)
[edit] Area of effect: gargantuan (8.33 meter radius)
Something that deserves be pointed out is that this spell -has- an area of effect. This means it is possible to target creatures more specifically even if several are hostile (I think it deserves to be stated because I found this out only today, and played nwn for years). It is similar to trying to hit only one creature with a fireball; you only need to aim it carefully. --Mouettte 11 January 2009
- I thought that already was pointed out. The area of effect is listed as an area, not "single creature". As for the careful aiming, that's general spell tactics, not something that should be included in each article for every spell that has an area of effect. (Do we have an article covering spell tactics?) --The Krit 20:13, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Also, when determining which creatures will be hit by more missiles, creatures that are closest to the target are selected first, not to the caster. --Mouettte 11 January 2009
- True, and I don't see anything to the contrary in the article. Is this a problem? The article is a bit vague on which target is "first", but I'd think "closest to the target point" would rank pretty high in how people interpret it. --The Krit 20:13, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
