Nightmare VS DRagon

[tekai]

Appologies for my earlier harshness, good research Hoots.

[Caswallon]

http://web.archive.org/web/200008311752 ... ml#dragons

Scroll down about 1 1/2 pages and theres a paragraph about mares. Its written in the T2A style essay common on stratics in era, last updated just after UO:R, July 29th 2000.

Taming mares: Nightmares are easier to tame than wyrms because the New Lands provide more opportunity to keep yourself distanced from the mare. They have a very large HP total — on the order of 1000. Their breath causes about 50 points of damage each time (meaning they're tougher than a drake). They sound like a dragon when they let loose and it's not uncommon for them to fall over on their side when they let go with it. If you've never seen this, it can scare you when you're using a tamed one to fight with because your first impression is that it's just been killed! They have magic, I've not seen anything greater than Lightning cast by them (although they can dispel). They seem to have roughly equivalent magery to that of an old fire elemental.

May not be of any help but...

[Faust]

I know this isn't related to damage but the dying animation when they use their firebreath would bring back some nostalgia to the server...

I think it should be implemented when the damage is fixed too.

[son]

Please tweak the dex varaible of a mare, thats all I use them for.

[Voltron]

What is the stance on this?

Still researching?

[Derrick]

With the exception of the strength increase, Nightmares are virtually unchanged on UOSA for a long time.

From: http://web.archive.org/web/200105010714 ... =nightmare

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Animal Name      Str   Dex  Int    Dmg     
Nightmare (T2A) 450* 90* 118* 18-29*

This very much corresponds with what we have currently.

There are virtually no creatures in game with 1000 hit points, certainly Nightmares did not have 1000 hitpoints. Balrons don't even come close to that.

The firebreath animation will be fixed soon.

[Pro]

wouldn't a mare with 1000hp one shot anyone with a fireball?

[Mikel123]

It would do 50 damage. They do 5% of remaining health.