I agree completely, but with my experience as a warrior, I will take it even
further. Though in real life, I am unsure how Divine Aura would manifest
itself, I know that in EQ, you CANNOT stun an opponent in melee without
causing damage, EXCEPT in the case of a Cleric with DA on.
This eliminates all arguments to me, except for the one that Geoffrey
gave......One of the creators of the game didnt want the spell to have that
ability. Simple as that. Believe me, I want it changed as much or more as
the next guy (I sincerely think it makes NO sense), but the creators have
made an arbitration here, and that is that, as they say.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mikaela <mikaela1@...>
To: <EQ-Clerics@onelist.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 9:54 AM
Subject: [EQ-Clerics] Stun Issue & Interview with Geoffrey Zatkin
> From: "Mikaela" <mikaela1@...>
>
> Sorry, can't agree with you on the stun issue either. Doesn't make ANY
> sense to me, much less total as it does to you. If you have been given the
> ability by the gods to put a "divine" shield around yourself and make
> yourself invulnerable from being hit, then you shouldn't be able to be
> stunned because the critter MUST hit you to stun you. Quite simply, you
> can't get stunned if you can't get hit. Now, if they would've said Divine
> Aura is strictly a spell to prevent you from taking any DAMAGE from a hit
> but not to prevent you from BEING hit, then that is different.
>
> But in my opinion, if we have the ability to cloak ourselves from damage,
> it should include ALL damage, including stuns. Because stun to me IS a
form
> of damage even though it does not reduce your hps. It renders you
incapable
> of moving, which to me, is STILL a type of damage. Just like the blinding
> light spell.....its effects, aka damage, aren't reflected in loss of hps
but
> it DOES damage to you by rendering you incapable of seeing.
>
> Mik
>
>
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