Lightning bolt is a joke...

[daggaz]

Ok its ages since I ever needed this spell, but now I am doing a pwipe drow and I have noticed that lightning bolt *consistently* does far less damage than magic missile cast at 16th level and seems to even do less damage most of the time than chill touch.

Is this the meaning? I figure there is a big point spread, like 0-x damage on bolt, and missiles has a better average,.... but it seems bolt is completely disadvantaged here, rarely if ever beating the average. When you take into account the mem time for it (and chance of failing at 4th circle), it just doesn't seem fair to the little enchanters who have worked so hard to finally get it.

Maybe tease up the average damage a bit, so that if you dont fail too many times casting, it might actually be worth memming?

[Latreg]

funny you should mention it, few levels ago it appeard my cause lights did more damage than cause serious. Now I have cause crit, haven't noticed if that seems weaker than the cause serious.

[Teklar]

Is lightning bolt perhaps weather dependant? .. being cast indoors maybe handicaps it some?

I read in one of the player guides that spells like lightning bolt that cast multipule strikes are usually a staple until nearly 30th.. Like Invokers with Magic Missile and Minute meteors... Those are old guides out on the web so not sure if they still hold true or not.

[Hsoj]

Chill touch has always been one of the more powerful lower circle spells. In my understanding it grows in strength as you lvl. Is lightning bolt rangable here? Are any spells rangable, rather?

[Ragorn]

Chill touch is one of the most powerful lower level spells on Duris. On Toril, it's crap.

[Dalar]

what's duris' addy now?

[Disoputlip]

what's duris' addy now?

Duris just got up again but is really unstable

Here is the homepage: http://duris.game-host.org/index.php

the only port open is the 6666 one.

(hope its not illigal to post address to other mud, after all it has a different PK focus.)