On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Papa Legba wrote:

>
> convinced their fizz% is flawed. According to Vernat, once you get a
> few lvls above a spell it should be 5%. However, whenever I first gain
> a lvl, my fizz% goes up on all my spells until I max out my skill for
> that lvl. For example, I am lvl 10 casting my lvl 4 heal. (alteration
> obviously maxed). Very few fizz, maybe once every 5 fights. I hit lvl
> 11, fizz rates goes up dramitcally to around 1 fizz per fight (with the
> same lvl 4 spell). As soon as I gain some points in alteration, it goes
> back down to the low rate again. Since this hard to test (get only a
> small sample every time you level), I asked our wizard to watch for it

This is very easy for a bard to test. Accelerando uses a
drum. Before you level and when your skill is maxed (and if
you're under level 40), stop/start it a couple thousand
times. Note your missed note rate. After you level, repeat
but don't equip a drum (that will stop you from getting any
skill increases). Compare.

I'm too high level to test this. But since you're notified of
missed notes immediately, it shouldn't take too long to get a
decent sample size.

--
John H. Kim
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