#1 Its Meldreth, He is a level 53 Necro and he charmed you
#2 Wisdom is the stat used to counteract charms
#3 Mages can bind anywhere (I think) non mages can only be bound to cities.
Evil races can only be bound to evil cities, and good races to to good cities
#4 Faction does affect who a MOB will attack, along with Damage, Taunts, Heals,
Buffs, Etc
Mark Mazurik wrote:
> From: "Mark Mazurik" <mmazurik@...>
>
> This is a long e-mail because I didn't want to send a bunch of e-mails.
> Please do read the whole e-mail though.
>
> Sad Story:
> My formerly 12th level wizard went into the Minotaur cave in the Steamfont
> Mountains. We decided to explore. THIS WAS A VERY BAD IDEA. Some type of
> mind warp to over me and I ran right to Meridith (or whatever his name is)
> and 3 minotaur guards. But I did not die. I got stuck in a wall and could
> not run out or gate out. I filed a petition and while I was waiting I tried
> to fill out a bug report. But that crashed the game -- power off. When I
> log back on I drop right in front of Meridith and the guards (BAM, BAM,
> DEAD). Probably would have had better luck from a guard. Anyway after 3
> more deaths and some help from an enchanter's invisibility, my friend and I
> got our stuff back -- the other members of the party ran.
>
> Question 1:
> Has anybody killed this guy and what level were you, etc. etc.?
>
> Question 2:
> Is magic resistance used to resist the mind warp?
>
> Question 3:
> When I was still 12th level I cast Bind on myself and my friend. I got a
> message that I feel bound to the area (or something like that). My friend
> did not. I cast it on him 4 times and he did not get that message. I tried
> to cast it by the gnome city if that matters. The only message that I got
> was that I had started to cast a spell. When we died, I appeared near the
> gnome city and he had a much longer walk. It appears that the bind did not
> work for him.
>
> Another Story:
> I have mostly been fighting in Crushbone, so my standing with the orcs
> really sucks. Sometimes a legionaire or slaver will attack me without me
> attacking them and the "tanks" have been totally unable to pull them off
> while I am standing and trying to move away. I don't think that the "tanks"
> are at the top of the orcs most wanted list like I am. If it matters, I
> helped kill Crush with a large party.
>
> Question 4:
> Has anybody else experienced this? Any ideas?
>
> ****Spoiler****
> I have figured out what to do with some of the shackle keys that you get off
> of the slavers in CrushBone. Each number corresponds to a specific race/sex
> combination.
>
> Here are the combinations that I know:
> Male Dwarf 16
> Female Dwarf 17
> Male Wood Elf 18
> Female Wood Elf 19
> Male High Elf 20
> Female High Elf 21
>
> Question 5:
> What do the other keys do? So far I know that I have also gotten shackle
> keys #15, 23 and 24. I have not seen any halflings or gnomes, but have
> heard reports of them. If you know who to give these keys to or where the
> other slaves might be (I have not gone in the castle), please reply to the
> group with the answer.
>
> Laugh
> Has anybody noticed that it is empOREr cruch and not empEROr crush. The
> stupid orcs hail empOREr crush to. I turned that in as a bug.
>
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