On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Papa Legba wrote:

>
> char is pretty amazing). Our groups biggest problem is no snare (we are
> warrior/bard/cleric/wizard), but chains aren;'t too far away for the
> bard. (We also have a friend training up a necro who will give us the
> darkness spells)

In my experience, the darkness line is inferior to snare.
Stuff with darkness on it will start to run *before* the
darkness will halt their movement. So they'll still manage to
flee a bit depending on how quickly you're damaging it.
Early on Chain acts pretty much like snare. But later (level
thirty-something?) it will stop runners when they're at half
hp. That makes it superior to snare for stopping green
runners, since greenies tend to run when they drop below half.

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John H. Kim
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