enchanter cha

[Crawdad]

Originally Posted by Luminious [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There is more to saving throws than just lvl, MR and CHA, but they aren't directly controllable.

EQemulator source code. Can't see why it would be different here. Falls inline with observation as well.

Spells.cpp line 4472-4478

Charisma ONLY effects the initial resist check when charm is cast with 10 CHA = -1 Resist mod up to 255 CHA (min ~ 75 cha)
Charisma less than ~ 75 gives a positive modifier to resist checks at approximate ratio of -10 CHA = +6 Resist.
Mez spells do same initial resist check as a above.
Lull spells only check charisma if initial cast is resisted to see if mob will aggro, same modifier/cap as above.
Charisma DOES NOT extend charm durations.
Fear resist chance is given a -20 resist modifier if CHA is < 100, from 100-255 it progressively reduces the negative mod to 0.
Fears verse undead DO NOT apply a charisma modifer. (Note: unknown Base1 values defined in undead fears do not effect duration).

https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/blob...one/spells.cpp

Underrated post. Thanks for the knowledge bomb. Particularly surprised by the fear mechanics-- does this apply to only Enchanter or for all fears? Seems like you would see enchanter fears being resisted a lot more often than necro.

Also, Cha is King. There's really no valid argument to stack anything but Cha>Hp>Int/Mana (depending on level/current int) as an Enchanter, especially in light of Luminious's post.. except maybe resist gear.

High Elf is the clear min/max choice. There's always going to be a 'best' choice from a min/max perspective. If you aren't a min/max'er it shouldn't matter to you. I can log on and play my Erudite enchanter and never have to rationalize it because (gasp) I enjoy playing an Erudite enchanter and I'm good at it. That's all it takes really [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]