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Re: Thrall vs. Ghasts
Posted By: SiliconDream (mates.HIP.Berkeley.EDU)
Date: 12/2/1999 at 1:51 p.m.
In Response To: Thrall vs. Ghasts (Wasp)
: The Thrall don't really seem to be wearing that much
: armour. Sure those shoulder plates look impressive but
: I don't think they're wearing anything on their
: chests. IMO the key difference between ghasts and
: thrall is that thrall are built to hack at things, and
: to stay alive for as long as possible so they can keep
: hacking at things. Ghasts, on the other hand, are on
: their way to becoming wights, whose entire purpose is
: to blow apart with minimal effort and spray pus at
: things. Look at a wight, it looks like it's just
: barely holding itself together, gas and stuff is
: practically ready to make it burst. Indeed, three
: arrows or a good jagged knife wound will make it
: burst. If Ghasts are on their way to that state, and
: they're already filling up with pus, gas, etc. it only
: makes sense that their bodies are going to be less
: solid and therefore damage-resistant than the
: Thrall's, even if they're still holding together on
: their own. As an aside, are the Wights supposed to be
: magically held together? I can't recall...
Nah, Wights are just sewn together with thread. Really. That's what the manual says. And I don't think the Ghasts' bodies are *much* less solid than Thrall; if they were already filling up with pus and whatnot, you'd expect a small explosion when they came apart, or at least a spattering of pus which would paralyze anyone standing right next to him. But you could be right. Maybe the solid bits of their body start liquefying and coming apart a while before they start producing large amounts of toxins.
Oh, and the total armor of the Thrall consists of shoulder pads, some sort of hip/thigh protector thingies, and shin guards. IMO, the reason they don't have any chests protection is that they don't need it; they don't care about impalement wounds. All undead have to worry about are hacking blows that take bits off their bodies, so Thrall only have armor at their most vulnerable joints.
--SiliconDream
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