Do monsters ever have HCI or DCI effects or is their hit chance purely based on weapon skill?
” At first glance, it looks like no, NPC hit chance is solely based on weapon skill. However, that’s not *quite* the whole story. A few NPCs have attacks that debuff hit chance or defense chance – Lady Mel’s “Aura of Nausea” does both, and NPC ninjas can use “Surprise Attack” which lowers defense chance. NPC samurai can use “Lightning Strike” which gives themselves a hit chance buff. So in those cases, it’s not pure weapon skill determinining their chance to hit. Here’s a completely random factoid that turned up while Leurocian was researching this, too – monsters that use breath attacks (dragons, hydra) suffer a huge defense chance debuff while using that attack. It only lasts about half a second – just long enough to shoot an arrow into their open mouth, I guess – but it’s a neat thing to be aware of. — “How is Concussion Blow’s effect determined?” Concussion Blow’s damage is the absolute value of the victim’s current mana percentage minus their current hit point percentage, divided
