That's not what was happening. They were not being healed at all. That was where the final 'insanity check' kicked in, and set the damage to 0 if it would otherwise have been negative. So firing a cold only spell can only ever do zero or positive damage. You touched on the answer there already -- many monsters now have very high regeneration rates, and if you're doing zero damage to them...
This type of thing wouldn't affect a sorceress at all (melee sorcs being the exception, as well as, of course, the mercs accompanying sorcs). It would have an effect, however, on characters delivering 2 or more types of damage in a single "blow." Avengers come to mind.
gekko
This type of thing wouldn't affect a sorceress at all (melee sorcs being the exception, as well as, of course, the mercs accompanying sorcs). It would have an effect, however, on characters delivering 2 or more types of damage in a single "blow." Avengers come to mind.
gekko
"Life is sacred and you are not its steward. You have stewardship over it but you don't own it. You're making a choice to go through this, it's not just happening to you. You're inviting it, and in some ways delighting in it. It's not accidental or coincidental. You're choosing it. You have to realize you've made choices."
-Michael Ventura, "Letters@3AM"
-Michael Ventura, "Letters@3AM"