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Old 03-18-2015, 03:06 PM
Basenji Basenji is offline
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Default Tserrina Syltor should not cast Magi Curse

I don't think she should be casting Magi Curse.

I can't find any mention of her casting it before 2007-ish in any guide.

"Killing Vhal`Sera will net you a key-he's alot of fun to fight, IMHO and has a crazy spinning attack that needs to be seen to be appreciated." But no mention of it on the section for Tserrina. Only charm.
http://www.angelfire.com/freak/eqjon...discussion.htm

"Tserrina has gained a new ability called Magi Curse, which seems to be unresistable. It deals 100 damage and drains 100 mana every tick and always landed, even when I popped a Veteran reward and got 505 to each resist. " (Emphasis mine)
http://rising-dawn.azurewebsites.net...ious/ToFS.aspx

From Allakhazam thread:
"I used to kill Tserrina quite often on my druid a year or two ago with usually very little problem. I wanted her staff for an alt, so I decided to go up there again and encountered a rather deadly problem. "

"Tserrina has gained a new ability called Magi Curse, which seems to be unresistable. It deals 100 damage and drains 100 mana every tick and always landed, even when I popped a Veteran reward and got 505 to each resist." -2008
First mention of magi curse is in 2007.
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=5604

And that's how I remember the fight with her too. She did vampcharm and cast necro spells, was resistant, and she summoned. But I don't recall an unresistable stun proc.
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Old 03-18-2015, 04:19 PM
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Is there a VampireBlind spell?

The oldest guides seem to mention Tserrina and VhalSera blinding or charming a lot, but no stunning.

http://thedruidsgrove.org/archive/eq/t-3884.html
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Old 03-19-2015, 10:02 AM
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I don't think that ANY NPC in Tower of Frozen Shadow should cast Magi Curse. Other than the one reference above for Vhal'Sera spinning you, I've not found any mention of it in classic. And that's the only reference to it. I think he actually cast the spell "Whirl Til You Hurl" as he is caster NPC. If he had an unresistable stun proc, people would complain about that more than the resistable charm, but they don't.

From what I can gather, there was a period in 2005 where the tower experienced a temporary revamp for a game event. Tserrina kidnapped Firiona Vie and the tower got all buffed like what happened in Befallen during classic. When the event was over and the tower was reverted to "normal" the major NPCs had the Magi Curse proc.

Prior to that the chief complaints are that Cara Ormica casts Complete Heal, Vhal'Serra charms, and Tserrina blinds and charms. All of their effects can be resisted.

More guides:

http://www.graffe.com/forums/showthr...staff-of-Cazic

http://www.eqcleric.com/archive/index.php/t-4814.html

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/z...m9827956559420

That last guide also says that there should be two types of "enraged vampires" on floor 6b a male and a female. Male should melee, female should be an enchanter and cast Gravity Flux. That matches my memory.

VhalSera should walk up to the center of the room at the top of the bridge after he spawns.

Tserrina should walk up to the top of the spiral staircase if you don't kill her when she spawns from a bat. She should also gate there. (I couldn't test her gating because I couldn't get her below 90% health as a 60 bard.)

I can't verify this, but I think there's also a problem with how Cara and Vhalsera are spawning. Both have an "always spawn when I kill <X> but sometimes they seem to spawn anyhow." I think that other NPCs (probably in the same spawn group) on the floor have a very small chance to spawn them in addition to the one trigger that always spawns them. This created the early confusion about how to get them to spawn and made the dungeon slightly more crawl capable. It's taken me almost a week to solo my way through it on Beta. And here's why I think this is the case:
Evidence: "The next room you come to will have Cara in it. Kill her. Loot her. Sometime I have had her respawn as many as 4 times." http://www.eqcleric.com/archive/index.php/t-4814.html
Confirmation:"It's really simple actually, you kill either that named mummmy Amonhtepha(sp?), the maggot infested flesh, or Cara herself to get her to spawn,"
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/n...01405691360089
It appears that Cara Ormica has a chance to spawn Cara Ormica on her death. I am pretty sure that I remember this myself. So that should give some insight into how the system works. Cara is probably listed in her own trigger spawn group.
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