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Do non-humanoids use Unarmed Combat?



Asked: 2000.10.31
Name: BlankDraw (CoD)
Question Title: Do non-humanoids use Unarmed Combat?
Category: Combat
Question: I did an experiment where I debuffed a Tusker Guard's Unarmed Combat skill with VIs, removing a total of (with optimistic spell economy) 40 + 80/3 = 66 points.

I had a melee defense of 240 at the time, and didn't evade once.

Then I put Defender 5 on a dagger, adding 13% to my melee defense. 1.13*240 = 271 melee defense. The dagger didn't have an inherent + to melee defense.

With the dagger, I evaded quite a few shots.

Is there any explanation you know of for these results, or did I just do something wrong? Is Unarmed Ineptitude going to affect a Tusker, or is a gain in melee defense more effective than a loss in attacker's UA skill?


Answered: 2000.10.31
Name: devilmouse
Answer: Yes, yes in fact non-humanoid type mobs do use UA. (In fact, most non-human mobs use UA when they attack (shreth, tuskers, armadillos, anything that doesn't use a weapon)).