Pros and cons of: Blast, Lightning, Magic Fury, and bow/crossbow/sling/hurl weapon?
(Brett Wampner): Blast: Works both at extended and long/medium range. Magical skill attack, can use 2 @ trained + 1/lvl. This skill will actually take a chunk of energy to use (the previous were rather negligible). +2 level Ring of Blasting is available from the Mages Guild (rather expensive tho). Can gain free levels with use. Lightning: As seen in the Greydawn fight (where he fried Killian with a couple of lightning bolts) it can do monstrous damage, IF you have a decent level in lighting, AND you have a nice level in Universe Magic, AND you are fighting someone in platemail while not wearing armor. It takes 1 MP per bolt. According to what I have heard it does negligent damage to undead. It does not increase with use. Magic Fury: Can be cast once per combat at a cost of 2 MP. Hits ALL monsters (i.e. it’s an automatic hit (unlike CM-Blast)). Protection Gems and Vroks work against Fury. Magic Resistance appears to significantly reduce damage. Damage gets divided by the number of monst
