06-29-2003, 07:57 PM
'Lo Lurkers,
I am in the process of creating a golem/poison/bone-type necromancer, who will probably end up using a fire golem as a tank, curses for monster herding and P&B spells for a bit of direct damage. This seems like a common enough build, but I have found a number of conflicting opinions on one point - Summon Resists.
One school of thought says points here give your golem a better chance of tanking against elemental attackers. The other says that the fire golem will absorb fire damage to heal itself, and pumping resists will inhibit its ability to do this.
Suggestions? Hard evidence from the code? Empirical evidence from playing with a fire golem?
Thanks in advance,
Vornzog
I am in the process of creating a golem/poison/bone-type necromancer, who will probably end up using a fire golem as a tank, curses for monster herding and P&B spells for a bit of direct damage. This seems like a common enough build, but I have found a number of conflicting opinions on one point - Summon Resists.
One school of thought says points here give your golem a better chance of tanking against elemental attackers. The other says that the fire golem will absorb fire damage to heal itself, and pumping resists will inhibit its ability to do this.
Suggestions? Hard evidence from the code? Empirical evidence from playing with a fire golem?
Thanks in advance,
Vornzog