Re: firebrand gone wrong?

[Peter Mardahl <peterm@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>]

In message <199506241920.PAA09965@sps1.phys.vt.edu>, "Michael B. Martin" writes
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>Actually, I noticed something like this myself just yesterday.  I
>managed to make it all the way to the Fire DragonMaster (or whatever
>the correct name is) in the "Dragon Quest" cave, and beat it.  I found
>two special swords, one was a "Storm[something]" (maybe "Stormbringer"?)
>and the other (I think) was a Firebrand.  I tried then both out and
>found them to be quite disappointing compared to the sword I enchanted
>myself way back when I was 12th level or so (perhaps the 7 "Enchant"
>scrolls are more important than I realized at the time).  With the

Any weapon you made yourself then was bound to be better than anything
you could find.  By a lot.  When I made these maps I wanted to balance
them with respect to the rest of the world, and believe me, you won't
find weapons that nice in many other places.

>supposed to have "weaponmagic" attacks as well (or does the
>"weaponmagic" just do more damage?).  I just figured that this was due

Practically nothing is immune to "weaponmagic".  That is the advantage
of it.

>BTW, is there a "reflector" shield that a 20th level character could
>get to by himself?  I am still getting clobbered by these lightning-
>wielding monsters...

If you look enough you'll find one.  Or an amulet of reflection
or defense or something.

PM