03-28-2003, 08:04 AM
Actually, it could just be that you stumbled on a bunch of monsters with Thorns from Dac Farren. Not likely in light of the above posts, but I think it's possible. Level 23 Thorns extends from the downward stairs of Worldstone Keep till the opposite end of the bridge leading to those stairs. About that far. To put it another way, if you were to stand a Thorns Pally at one end of the bridge(the end further from the stairs)leading to the staircase down, in the Worldstone Keep, and you were to bring an allied character up from the level below, the allied character would be able to gain the aura. So it's still possible for a unique/boss monster to be far out of sight(especially if you don't play 8 by 6 resolution), or even in a nearby room, and you'll kill yourself running to kill it(The absolute WORST being a Thorns enchanted Ancient Kaa, since he would either kill you with the Thorns, kill you with his LEBness, or his minions will keep resurrecting skeletons/mummies by the dozens, and you'll kill yourself wading through them to get to him) Utterly painful exercise in futility for almost any melee character.