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Dragon helm

Discussion in 'BG2: Throne of Bhaal (Classic)' started by sorvo, Sep 27, 2001.

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    [​IMG] It won't give me the 25% in fire resistance! I'm playing a cavalier that has natural 20% fire resistance plus the ring of fire resistance 40% to give me 60%. I tried swithching but I only get 20% or 60%. It does give me the 25% in cold and electrical.
     
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    This is interesting, because I had that item on Minsc for a time, and I'm positive, it gave all the resistances that were listed in the description. Hmm...or maybe not?
     
    TGM, Sep 27, 2001
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    [​IMG] The dragon helm seems to override the other protections. Bioware was lazing again I think, since the protective effects from the stuff you'll find in Firekraags dungeon (the ring was found before and in BG-1, so it is an old item), namely: red dragon scale, dragon's helm and dragon shield in fact do add. :rolleyes: Bioware !!!! :rolleyes:

    Actually I forgot how it works with the ring of fire elemental control from the mindflayer dungeon in the underdark :(
     
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    The dragon scale and sheild do add the bonuses just not the helm.
     
    sorvo, Sep 27, 2001
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    From what I remember, the dragon helm actually SETS your resistances to 25; it doesn't add 25 to your current resistance. As you cavalier already has a certain amount of fire resistance, I think the natural one overrides it. Try the helm of defence instead.

    [This message has been edited by Will (edited September 28, 2001).]
     
    Will, Sep 27, 2001
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    Indeed, that is where many go wrong. There are two options: Resistance SET to a percentage and Resistance ADDED to the percentage. The description of the Dragon Helm says: Sets Fire, Cold and electrical resistance to 25. You would discover that when Cold of Electrical resistance would be higher then 25 it will also be reduced by the helmet.
     
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    The resistance bonuses seem to stack really wierdly so that if you take everything off and start putting them on in a different order, you can get different results.
     
    Arek, Sep 30, 2001
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