LRD radius?

[nicooo]

I just took 66 damage from a petrified killer bee and I was maybe 4 squares away from it (-13/53 hp). How do other people deal with lrd? It seems like using it at maximum range is the only way.

[hxy]

I try to keep two or three squares between the target and I, no accidents so far

[Dustbin]

Don't use it anywhere remotely near you if you haven't got a lots of hp.

[Kate]

Fully petrified monsters have a radius 2 explosion (radius 1 while they're petrifying and still capable of movement), so you couldn't have been four squares away and still been hit. Being three squares away is enough to be safe from anything except green crystal walls, which are the only thing that can have a radius 3 explosion.

[KoboldLord]

I've gotten bigger explosions from top-end crystal golems, too. Never petrified bees.

[KoboldLord]

Really? Well, it's been a while. I may well misremember.

[nicooo]

Tried it in wizard mode and I always get a radius of 2. So it seems that I was wrong. Btw, is there a guide on wizard mode somewhere? I can't figure out how to get a robe of the archmagi.

[BlackSheep]

Tried it in wizard mode and I always get a radius of 2. So it seems that I was wrong. Btw, is there a guide on wizard mode somewhere? I can't figure out how to get a robe of the archmagi.

&o[robe
archmagi

&=wizard command
o=create item
[=armor (you'll get a menu for this)
robe when it asks what type of item to make
archmagi when it asks for the ego

[njvack]

Yeah, as I understand it, archmagi is just a ego for a robe (just like fire resistance would be), rather than some other kind of armour. You'll never ever see a robe of the archmagi of fire resistance. (Is that even possible on randarts?)

[Kate]

You'll never ever see a robe of the archmagi of fire resistance. (Is that even possible on randarts?)

No, artefacts can't have two egos.

[Blade]

The only thing preventing it is the restriction on artefact archmagi robes; there is no restriction on resistances, afaik.

[Kate]

Right, I was thinking of "fire resistance" as in the robe ego, not the randart property. But yeah, you can't get a randart with the archmagi ego anyway.