Use Any Item Question

General · Post by **General** » Sat Sep 15, 2001 10:59 am

Can a thief with UAI cast find familiar? and if so, do the get the HP?

MegaToerist · Post by **MegaToerist** » Sat Sep 15, 2001 12:50 pm

Yes, he can, and he gets the extra hp.

TC, Geert

Obsidian · Post by **Obsidian** » Sat Sep 15, 2001 8:34 pm

So long as he is the protaganist. In fact, anyone pc can cast find familiar. Just drink a potion in your inventory slot, then replace it with a scroll of find familiar. Cheap, but effective.

General · Post by **General** » Sat Sep 15, 2001 10:35 pm

But being a fighter/thief, I can't equip the scroll without Use Any Item

Valyissiun · Post by **Valyissiun** » Sat Sep 15, 2001 10:48 pm

You don’t necessarily have to wait that long… here's a little trick to find a familiar with any class at any time.

--> Pause game.

--> Open protagonist's inventory with some potion and Find Familiar scroll.

--> Open potion's window and click "Drink"

--> Replace potion's slot with scroll.

--> Return to main screen and unpause.

-->

casts Find Familiar instead of "Gulp".

Valyissiun

General · Post by **General** » Sat Sep 15, 2001 10:53 pm

You mean it doesn't have to be in a quick inventory slot?

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Sat Sep 15, 2001 11:20 pm

Does this work with all spells?

I wonder how many solo non casting class chars have used the trick to cast abu dazim at a dragon?

best item in the game is the scroll case, but it does not hold enough scrolls. I think limit is 20 all together.

Arch_Angel · Post by **Arch_Angel** » Sun Sep 16, 2001 4:52 am

Speaking of UAI, my Kensai/Thief just got this skill

Think of it, kensai wearing fullplate mail. Someone else posted that idea on the forum here a while ago. But the strangest thing has happened, ever since he started to wear armour he's developed a faint smell of cheese........

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Sun Sep 16, 2001 7:31 am

Can a thief backstab with staff of the magi if they have use any item? Can they hide in shadows wearing plate mail?

MegaToerist · Post by **MegaToerist** » Sun Sep 16, 2001 7:47 am

1) Yes, a thief can backstab with the Staff of the Magi, as it is a staff; backstab only checks weapon type, not usability.
2) No, he can't sneak around in plate mail. The armor has the effect of disabling thieving skills. (just check that with a fighter/thief, you'll see)

TC, Geert

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Sun Sep 16, 2001 8:31 am

so wielding that is like permanent assassination then.
bards and thieves really get the best ability

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Sun Sep 16, 2001 4:00 pm

No, you cannot backstab with Staff of the Magi. Thieves can backstab with melee weapons flagged usable by Thieves. Staff of the Magi is not flagged as a Thief weapon.

Or did this change for ToB?

Valyissiun · Post by **Valyissiun** » Sun Sep 16, 2001 7:03 pm

Originally posted by UserUnfriendly:
<STRONG>Does this work with all spells?

I wonder how many solo non casting class chars have used the trick to cast abu dazim at a dragon?

</STRONG>

So far ive seen it work only with 'non-tageted', ie 'Find Familiar'.

Valyissiun

[ 09-17-2001: Message edited by: Valyissiun ]

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Wed Sep 19, 2001 12:11 am

Does use any item override clerics weapon restrictions? Can a multiclass cleric/thief use bows and swords?

Shikton · Post by **Shikton** » Wed Sep 19, 2001 3:32 am

He probably can with the UAI ability for thieves.

Cybot · Post by **Cybot** » Thu Sep 20, 2001 2:06 am

Hmmm, I thought that in the game the thief could backstab with any weapon that has slashing damage? I was quite sure that I was backstabbing when I used Ravager with my Wizardslayer/Thief(actually before the Solostrategy was posted). Or perhaps I did that much damage normally. To quote Bugs Bunny: Weeeeell. You never know.