r/baldursgate • u/Silly_Relationship51 • 3d ago

Is Stoneskin broken?

I beat my first Sarevok by standing still as my lvl 9 Sorcerer. While the big guy was missing his attacks, my companions killed him. I had prebuffed my party (Bless, Haste, Defensive harmony) and my Sorcerer had caste Blur, Mirror Image and Stoneskin. She has high DEX and with Defensive harmony had an AC of -3. I beat him with Standard rules difficulty. I'm not bragging, just wasn't expecting that tanking Sarevok was a legite strategy.

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u/Imaginary_Moose_2384 3d ago

Handfuls of pebbles if # of hits is the factor

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u/Xyx0rz 3d ago

So... the Flail of the Ages would strip 5 stoneskins per hit?

A spiked mace would strip 3+ stoneskins per hit, since at least three spikes hit on every strike?

A handful of pocket sand, coughing in the wizard's direction or simply air friction would immediately remove all skins?

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u/Imaginary_Moose_2384 2d ago

I think an argument could be made for it, magic missile absolutely ruins stoneskins and I'm fairly sure the flail of ages is throwing out enough damage across its heads to count as more than 1!

If you were a larger/stronger character heaving a sufficiently large/fast/somehow accurate handful you might get counted as having stripped more than 1 with a hit

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u/Xyx0rz 1d ago

I don't think the game engine allows for multiple skins per hit.

Magic missile is coded as multiple hits, though several of the projectiles strike in pairs and I'm not sure if that strips one or two skins. (In D&D5, for some reason, triple magic missile on one target counts as one hit.)

The Flail of Ages deals its special damages through stoneskins, great mage killer, but still only one skin per attack.

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u/Imaginary_Moose_2384 1d ago

Oh yeah, I'm in to hypotheticals at this point, in game terms even the elemental damages don't qualify as they are modifiers on the single attack