I'm fact, after the lifetap nerf in Fall of 1999 (to stop groups of level 20 necros from taking down Hill Giants), necro lifetaps wouldn't land on dragons, at least into late Velious, since they were all 100% magic immune to prevent them being slowed. At least this is my impression from reading newsgroups.
So maybe the real problem here is that lifetap lands on dragons at all.
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11/9/99
The problem with the lifedrain nerf is that it is an all-or-nothing
resist. Also, the life drain's resist rate has a much narrower range
of levels affected as opposed to ice comet at upper levels.
Here's an example: Several L50 necromancers complained that they could
no longer land a single spell on Lord Nagafen even when standing under
his belly. One L50 necro was 0 for 12 with the L49 drain in a row,
which is utterly ridiculous. However, other caster (druids, wizards,
magician, etc.) were casting at normal effectiveness, with some spells
landing or partially resisted. One druid had all spells land without a
single resist.
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