"Touch of idiocy" twice?

[AuraSeer]

The WOTC website has a new NPC, a mage-killer. It says: "One of his favorite tactics is to use touch of idiocy twice on a wizard opponent, which pretty much leaves the opponent unable to cast spells." Check me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it works how the author expects.

Touch of idiocy doesn't do ability damage, it applies an Intelligence penalty. So if you get hit with it twice, the castings overlap. Right?

 

[Caliban]

The WOTC website has a new NPC, a mage-killer. It says: "One of his favorite tactics is to use touch of idiocy twice on a wizard opponent, which pretty much leaves the opponent unable to cast spells." Check me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it works how the author expects.

Touch of idiocy doesn't do ability damage, it applies an Intelligence penalty. So if you get hit with it twice, the castings overlap. Right?

Your right. The guy who made the NPC doesn't really understand the spell stacking rules.

 

[Sejs]

What Caliban said.

Modifiers of the same type don't stack, you just take the highest.

 

[Vargo]

Hmm. Wonder if somebody cast that spell on the author...

(rimshot)

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Touch of idiocy doesn't do ability damage, it applies an Intelligence penalty. So if you get hit with it twice, the castings overlap. Right?

Right. It's not necessarily a useless tactic, since you increase the chance of knocking off 5 or 6 points from their primary casting stat, but if you want to do more than 6 points, you need to Empower it.

Or Feeblemind them.

-Hyp.

 

[Enkhidu]

Right. It's not necessarily a useless tactic, since you increase the chance of knocking off 5 or 6 points from their primary casting stat, but if you want to do more than 6 points, you need to Empower it.

Or Feeblemind them.

-Hyp.

Or more likely hit them with the first to make sure that the second sticks.

 

[sledged]

Or more likely hit them with the first to make sure that the second sticks.

The spell doesn't allow a save, so unless the enemy uses a mental stat for AC (wis for monks, int for duelists and bladesingers), you not going to have a better chance to hit with the second any more than you did with the first.

 

[Caliban]

The spell doesn't allow a save, so unless the enemy uses a mental stat for AC (wis for monks, int for duelists and bladesingers), you not going to have a better chance to hit with the second any more than you did with the first.

I think he meant "hit them with Touch of Idiocy to make sure that Feeblemind affects them".

 

[sledged]

I think he meant "hit them with Touch of Idiocy to make sure that Feeblemind affects them".

Ahh, that does make more sense. I'll have to remember combo next time I game.

 

[Hypersmurf]

I think he meant "hit them with Touch of Idiocy to make sure that Feeblemind affects them".

Yeah. It makes more sense than using Mind Fog, to me.

"It's a spell that reduces their Will Save... Will Negates."

-Hyp.