What is the point of these...was backtraining...shield 175, evasion 189 leather 121 using aether cloak and es.....(which seem useless)

A fire maiden gestures at you.
Your dark mantle of aether flutters angrily as if caught in a sudden wind.

The fire maiden winks and points at you.
Several shards of elemental flame fly at you!

Your ethereal shield crackles with energy!
The fire shard glances off your shield.
The fire shard glances off your back, singeing it a little.
Your ethereal shield crackles with energy!
The fire shard glances off your shield.
The fire shard glances off your chest, singeing it a little.
Your ethereal shield crackles with energy!
The fire shard glances off your shield.
The fire shard glances off your left arm, singeing it a little.
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A fire maiden gestures at you.
Your dark mantle of aether flutters angrily as if caught in a sudden wind.

The fire maiden winks and points at you.
Several shards of elemental flame fly at you!

Your ethereal shield crackles with energy!
The fire shard glances off your shield.
The fire shard glances off your left leg, singeing it a little.
Your ethereal shield crackles with energy!
The fire shard glances off your shield.
The fire shard glances off your right leg, singeing it a little.

2 maidens less than 30 seconds

Your body feels very beat up.
Your spirit feels full of life.
You have some minor abrasions to the head, some minor abrasions to the right arm, some minor abrasions to the left arm, some minor abrasions to the right leg, some tiny scratches to the left leg, some minor abrasions to the chest, some minor abrasions to the abdomen, some minor abrasions to the back.
You have no significant injuries
knocked me down to less than 50% health

how are at level characters supposed to hunt these....same with Atik which I am at level for but cannot hunt either.....

Confused warmage

Don't forget VoI and pathway Defense if you have it, all of these will stack with ES and AC. I agree the effect of ES is hard to notice, maybe it's more useful against the rare element-only spells like LB?

What do your stats look like? Any deficiencies in your stamina or reflex?

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Because Necromancers.
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Strength : 37 Reflex : 30
Agility : 32 Charisma : 20
Discipline : 30 Wisdom : 28
Intelligence : 30 Stamina : 32

Concentration : 167 Max : 167

not sure i would call deficiencies in either

confused warmage

While I agree that Lay Ward solves the problem, it's more a band aid solution. I don't know if critter TM damage just isn't scaling right or if the "well, you'll always be hit at times" formula is taking critter TM under proper consideration, or if the lack of general elemental protections in armor being what they are finally shining through.

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Uzmam! The Chairman will NOT be pleased to know you're trying to build outside of approved zones. I'd hate for you to be charged the taxes needed to have this place re-zoned. Head for the manor if you're feeling creative.

I'm not disagreeing that TM casting creatures need to be looked at and that there's a problem with them, but in its current form Lay Ward lets you hunt them.

Ones a cyclic ones not. Ones just for WMs ones for every caster. One is Esoteric the other is basic, if he can even cast AC its going to be min prep.

>Unless your mana management skills are awful, there's no reason not to cast both, and every other defense you can.

I'm assuming it is based on the ranks the OP posted.

>I don't know if critter TM damage just isn't scaling right or if the "well, you'll always be hit at times" formula is taking critter TM under proper consideration, or if the lack of general elemental protections in armor being what they are finally shining through.

It seems like creatures haven't needed to AIM or TARGET ever since 3.0...I'm wondering if it's related to this, because it could be some simplification with an unintentionally severe side effect (e.g. "Automatically gave them instant full aim because it's otherwise too easy an AI mechanic to bypass, but it's accidentally applying full AIM bonus to TM now")

That and/or mana put into their spells may have converted poorly, which would have them casting as a far greater potency than they should. I don't know a lot about FS, but wouldn't 2-3 shards be around 30 mana? I don't think a ~100-rank creature has any business spamming that kind of firepower, no pun intended.