Help...Acid Grubs

persself · Post by **persself** » January 9th, 2008, 7:39 am

After killing these things, the acid spray often times destroys my armour.

Question: Is the acid they "excrete" upon dying considered a toxin? If so, then raising strength and survival skills will reduce chance of armour being destroyed....see bottom of page 11 of manual.

macdude22 · Post by **macdude22** » January 9th, 2008, 8:04 am

You need magic or arrows, then pick them off from afar. I have a Fighter but I finagled a few points of archery for this purpose.

persself · Post by **persself** » January 10th, 2008, 4:48 pm

Appreciate the answer, but I'm still curious as to original question: is their acid considered toxin, and if so, is raising the strength and survival a viable alternative to "distance" fighting.

BTW, I tried some magic on them, and every time those grubs roll a save against it.

Slarty · Post by **Slarty** » January 11th, 2008, 2:52 pm

Acid isn't considered a toxin, but *something* appears to grant resistance to it, because my high-level character never has equipment destroyed by them despite killing them in melee. I suspect the culprit is Armor Rating, as mine is maxed. They probably need to make a regular to-hit roll in order to destroy a piece of armor.

persself · Post by **persself** » January 11th, 2008, 7:27 pm

You're probably right, cuz my hvy armour/lite armour skills are quite low...will know better when I play 2nd time around.
Thanks for reply.

realmzmaster · Post by **realmzmaster** » January 11th, 2008, 8:13 pm

Fire Dart works real well on kegs of explosives. If you do not have that demon oil ( be careful! ) which can be thrown and of course archery. I have not tried any of the other thrown weapons, but they may work.