On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Kimes, Dean W. wrote:

>
> I'd have to totally and completely disagree. At 10th level wisps are still
> red even the monk will lose.

My monk killed his first wisp at level 9, barely. It was
yellow to him. Mend worked successfully, and he was able to
win with a bubble of health remaining. I know it's level 9
because I retired him immediately after reaching level 10.

> At 13-14 though they still provide xp, some
> con blue, and a melee type with h2h maxed could beat one. I could beat one
> at 14th with just bellow and at the same time could punch normal critters
> for around the same damage 7-8 points.

Hmm. What's your strength? I didn't start punching for 7
damage until about level 30. And I've only seen punches for 8
recently, since level 34 or 35.

> I would doubt that a 13th level
> warrior would have trouble beating a wisp with his fists if they could hit
> magical critters.

Warriors don't get Bellow. ;-)

A typical melee person at that level is using a fine steel or
combine weapon (I bought my combine longsword at level 12).
That is 6/28 vs. 2/35 for punching. Weapons are nearly four
times more effective. Put another way, a non-monk melee
person will take nearly 4 times as much damage fighting a
creature h2h compared to fighting an equivalent non-magic mob
with weapons.

Whatever the reason, I don't think wisps were behind it.

--
John H. Kim
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