Curse

Mr Lookback · May 08, 2005, 04:59 PM // 16:59

I've encountered this thing along the Piken Square/Pockmar Flats area. Does anybody know what it's for or what it does? It seems to register as an enemy and henchmen attack it on sight but it never attacks back or yeild anything uselfull that I can tell off.

Thanks!

MasterDinadan · May 08, 2005, 05:06 PM // 17:06

Spirits are creatures that have an effect on all nearby creatures. If you get close to the spirit you notice you have a new buff, that's the effect from the spirit.
Rangers can make spirits, and certain monsters make them too.
They work a lot like auras from D2 (or druid spirits in D2 :P) except that they affect allies AND enemies.

Kaiwyn · May 08, 2005, 06:05 PM // 18:05

Is there any advantage to attacking one?

Olfin Bedwere · May 08, 2005, 06:10 PM // 18:10

Well Favorable wind helps arrows fly, if I remember, farther and straighter. So if your a Warrior about to attack a group of archers and you can kill FW first it would help a little. I`ve killed a group and FW was there and was heading to a group of archers so I killed it first then attack. Most of the time I`d say you just attack and kill it later for kicks. Plus they can just cast it again anyway.

Kinor Stonebow · May 08, 2005, 06:20 PM // 18:20

I'd imagine that it's been cast by an enemy ranger npc. It manifests as an attackable npc itself, but all it does if provide the enchantment of favorable winds to any npcs in the area. Whether it's worth attacking before attacking the mobs you're fighting is a tossup, it only makes a difference if the enemies are shooting arrows at you.

Devil's Dictionary · May 08, 2005, 06:23 PM // 18:23

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Is there any advantage to attacking one?

Depends.
Say you have a high-level ranger, you'd better approach the spirit and kill the enemy who cast it. That way you'll be the sole user of the spell.

There are Spirits I kill on sight, though: Spirit of Winter (when all creatures are protected from cold, I sure as hell don't want to deal cold damage) and Spirit of Quickening Zephyr (spells are too damn expensive: I got fast-casting anyway).

Lewick · May 08, 2005, 07:16 PM // 19:16

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Originally Posted by Kaiwyn

Is there any advantage to attacking one?

Yes, some spirits can have a somewhat negative impact on fights. As the previous poster mentioned, Quickening Zephyr increases the recharge speed of your skills with the price being a 33% increase in skill cost. That's generally pretty nasty for most casters.

However, it pains me to no end to see archers up front in a battle with their favorable winds spirit loaded. We run in, kill all the archers, and the first thing the warrior does after the archers are dead is kill the bloody favorable winds spirit. Me being a ranger, I'm now hamstrung. This means I have to waste 5 seconds to spin up my own favorable winds spirit, which I usually do before a fight, unless the archers on the opposing side have one spun up.

Most spirits effect all creatures, both friend and foe, in the area. Use this to your advantage when you can.