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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 3201999" data-attributes="member: 2011">First, I wouldn't have an NPC Wizard do this if his chance to fail the Will save was not 5%. There are many boost spells that can get his Will save up.Second, I would have him cast it as a 17th level caster instead of 20th since it has no spell resistance and hence, there is no reason (except possibly range) to cast it at the higher caster level.Third, for the 0.9% case, that's 0.9% for one artifact, 1.79% for two (1 - .991^2), 2.68% for three (1 - .991^3), 3.552% for four (1 - .991^4), etc. Not quite the same as multiplying by the number of artifacts.At that level, he might also have ways (an ability or a spell) to re-roll a failed save. That shoots this to .99 * .9 * .17 * .05 * .05 = .000379%. In this case, each artifact has one chance in 2641 of it adversely affecting him.If his enemies have artifacts, why would the NPC Wizard not be able to handle that situation? Why should the 20th level NPC Wizard with Int 30 play this stupidly?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 3201999, member: 2011"] First, I wouldn't have an NPC Wizard do this if his chance to fail the Will save was not 5%. There are many boost spells that can get his Will save up. Second, I would have him cast it as a 17th level caster instead of 20th since it has no spell resistance and hence, there is no reason (except possibly range) to cast it at the higher caster level. Third, for the 0.9% case, that's 0.9% for one artifact, 1.79% for two (1 - .991^2), 2.68% for three (1 - .991^3), 3.552% for four (1 - .991^4), etc. Not quite the same as multiplying by the number of artifacts. At that level, he might also have ways (an ability or a spell) to re-roll a failed save. That shoots this to .99 * .9 * .17 * .05 * .05 = .000379%. In this case, each artifact has one chance in 2641 of it adversely affecting him. If his enemies have artifacts, why would the NPC Wizard not be able to handle that situation? Why should the 20th level NPC Wizard with Int 30 play this stupidly? [/QUOTE]

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