I have no way of confirming this, so take it with a grain of salt. Since the
majority of Verant designers are old-time MUD / D&D players, my guess would be
that when you cast root the creature gets a savings throw. If the mob makes
the throw the spell is resisted and if not he's rooted. Every round after
that, the creature gets another throw until he's dead or free to move. My
guess is that Enstill just has a higher savings throw than root. My only proof
of the "savings throw" idea is that I've had root resisted by /con greens, I've
successfully rooted reds, and one time I managed to root a yellow long enough
to unload my mana on him, run to the guard, and meditate for one or two
bubbles before the guard killed him. That root lasted a good minute or two.
Neil Lambert wrote:
> From: "Neil Lambert" <smartass@...>
>
> enstill just last longer than root
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Hinshelwood <iktome@...>
> To: eq_wizards@onelist.com <eq_wizards@onelist.com>
> Date: Thursday, May 13, 1999 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [eq_wizards] Root vs Enstill
>
> >From: Simon Hinshelwood <iktome@...>
> >
> >Dear Cristie
> >
> >Therefore Root and Enstill are the same spell? Root stops your feet moving
> >while Enstill stops your whole body moving?
> >
> >Simon
> >
> >
> >
> >Cristie wrote:
> >
> >> From: Cristie <cristie@...>
> >>
> >> Root means the NPC you cast it on doesn't move... of course if it doesn't
> >> resist the spell..which happens. You get this at level 4.
> >> Enstill means a stronger version of Root, it looks like. Same
> >> definition. You get this one at level 20. I would venture to guess the
> >> NPC's can still resist it if they are able to.
> >> You can always try to cast when you are getting bashed...sometimes you
> can
> >> pop your spells off and other times you are interrupted and lose
> >> concentration and sometimes you get bashed and regain concentration and
> >> continue casting. Try to shoot your spells off while the NPC isn't
> >> smacking you.. a lot of it is in your timing, unless you have a bunch of
> >> monsters on you.
> >>