Fireball misses 5 times in a row????

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So a major competitor of mine is moving in. I have grouped and experienced archers, but his sovereign has high armor. So I plan on getting him with magic.  the encounter goes well, except that I "miss" with the fireball no less than five times in a row. Luckily the archers could hit him once he got close (not sure if I understand the mechanics of that, but best not to look a gift horse in the mouth).
 
Any idea why a fireball would miss that many times? I know the "miss" could be a result of zero damage, but I find that hard to believe.  Especially when considering I have 2 operating fire shrines (I even doubled checked after, they were built)
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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

In my experience, opposing sovereigns have very high magic resistance or are immune to spells in general.  It would be rather easy to kill a sovereign with a single spell if they did not since they tend to have lower hit points.

It is frustrating but meh, I guess it's balanced.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

hmmm, this would imply a sovereign with high armor is almost unstoppable...

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting nOObonian, reply 2
hmmm, this would imply a sovereign with high armor is almost unstoppable...
End of nOObonian's quote
no just harder to kill. I had a game where one of the female evil ai factions (I dont have them memorized yet) had a Sword of Wrath and Light Plate armor by like turn 35. I kinda avoided her for awhile till I had the tools to take her out around turn 80 or so.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I think the issue is with the word "Missed", we should see something like "Spell Failed" and/or "Spell Deflected". Magic shouldn't be 100% all the time. I always liked the magic system in the Old Wizardry series, the higher the level or more difficult the spell, the greater chance of failure, sometimes a spell would blow up in your own face and damage your party members, magic is a dangerous thing! Cell pones, cars, guns jam etc. nothing works 100% of the time, you've just been spoiled!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Different terms would be a good idea then.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

yeah i agree with that, miss is a miss, spell resisted is spell resisted or some such.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Maybe she had the protect spell on her? The one that gives 100% spell defence (not sure how quickly it decreases when getting attacked by magic repeatedly since ive never used it, but it seems like the only viable explanation)