Scarab of Prot vanished

[Fenrisulven6]

Got killed by arcane skeleton in sewer tunnels. Had just purchased a fully charged scarab of protection, now its GONE.

Anyone know why? Because no one online will bother to respond right now

Answer: "Any NEGATIVE energy spell or effect will cause it to lose a charge. This means any inflict, enervation, chill touch, finger of death, harm, slay living, etc." - Missing Minds

[Aspenor]

Your scarab of protection ran out of charges of negative energy absorbtion. Once that happens, it crumbles to dust.

It is a good idea to not use one while fighting arcane skeletons with the negative energy aura if you plan on keeping it.

[Fenrisulven6]

Thanks, I was thinking the cause LWs drained it.

If I'd known arcane skels had a negative energy aura, I wouldn't have wasted 100k on one in the first place. I only got it for the DC20, and was thinking the charges were for the usual death spell, finger of death, spectre drain etc.

What a waste.

And Turbine, your search functions are next to useless.

This sucks. I'm going to find something else to do today so I don't delete and unistall out of anger. Geez.

[Fenrisulven6]

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[Lithic]

The search funtion is fine. You're methods were sloppy.

Had you made a search for "Arcane Skeleton Scarab", the 5th post in the third thread gives you EXACTLY the info you wanted.

[Thriand]

Thanks, I was thinking the cause LW drained it.

If I'd known arcane skels had a negative energy aura, i wouldn't have wasted 100k on one in the first place. I only got it for the DC20, and was thinking the charges were for the usual death spell, finger of death, spectre drain etc.

What a waste.

And Turbine, your search functions are next to useless.

Cause light wounds is a negative energy spell and is blocked by Deathward and the charge on your scarab. Every second you stand in the cause light wounds aura its gonna eat up a charge of that scarab.

[Fenrisulven6]

The search funtion is fine. You're methods were sloppy.

Had you made a search for "Arcane Skeleton Scarab", the 5th post in the third thread gives you EXACTLY the info you wanted.

No, not sloppy. A keyword search "Arcane Skeleton" should lead me to a monster desc that explains they are known to have a negative energy aura. No need to even mention scarabs.

And even using your standard, 5th post in 3rd thread is hardly "fine" [wade through 174 posts to get there]

I got better results using Internet Explorer. That says alot.

[Thriand]

No, not sloppy. A keyword search "Arcane Skeleton" should lead me to a monster desc that explains they are known to have a negative energy aura. No need to even mention scarabs.

And even using your standard, 5th post in 3rd thread is hardly "fine"

I got better results using Internet Explorer. That says alot.

You think the forums are the monster manual? A search on the forums should bring back posts with the keyword in it..... kind of like it already does

[Fenrisulven6]

Cause light wounds is a negative energy spell and is blocked by Deathward and the charge on your scarab.Every second you stand in the cause light wounds aura its gonna eat up a charge of that scarab.

Okay, thaks for the info. And that makes those scarabs useless to me, if a simply ILW will drain charges the same way one-shot death spells do. Expensive lesson.

[LawstCawz]

No, not sloppy. A keyword search "Arcane Skeleton" should lead me to a monster desc that explains they are known to have a negative energy aura. No need to even mention scarabs.

And even using your standard, 5th post in 3rd thread is hardly "fine"

I got better results using Internet Explorer. That says alot.

Yeah, sloppy. But seriously, you're looking on the FORUMS... when you should be looking at the wiki.

[Fenrisulven6]

You think the forums are the monster manual?

No. I searched "arcane skeleton" [all words match] ingame first and all I got was this:

1) where can i find a list of accessories
2) where can i find a list of all the tips on the portal screen
3) What is an Arcane Blackbone
4) what is a wraith

So I searched here next, thinking the forums would have better tools

A search on the forums should bring back posts with the keyword in it..... kind of like it already does

Again, I found the info I needed very quickly using Internet Explorer. That says alot about how useless the ingame and forum search functions are.

[Thriand]

Okay, thaks for the info. And that makes those scarabs useless to me, if a simply ILW will drain charges the same way one-shot death spells do. Expensive lesson.

The scarabs are far from useless at low levels, just unequip them around arcane skellys. Once you hit level 5 you can start using visors of the fleshrender guard, which is a clickie that gives you 7 mins of immunity to all death and negative effect, 2 or 3 of those should be enough to keep you death free between shrines. Just remember to keep a couple scarabs around for the beholders that will dispel the deathward from the visor.

[Ringos]

No, not sloppy. A keyword search "Arcane Skeleton" should lead me to a monster desc that explains they are known to have a negative energy aura. No need to even mention scarabs.

And even using your standard, 5th post in 3rd thread is hardly "fine"

I got better results using Internet Explorer. That says alot.

Did you mean Google? I would assume that your browser would have nothing to do with it. I myself use Google for a lot of questions I have about DDO. I really don't care how I get to the information, I justcare that i get it.

[Phidius]

The scarabs are far from useless at low levels, just unequip them around arcane skellys. Once you hit level 7 you can start using visors of the fleshrender guard, which is a clickie that gives you 7 mins of immunity to all death and negative effect, 2 or 3 of those should be enough to keep you death free between shrines. Just remember to keep a couple scarabs around for the beholders that will dispel the deathward from the visor.

I prefer to use the Visors at level 5, and get the Silver Flame necklace second upgrade at level 9. I don't mind avoiding beholders untiil 9th anyway...

[Fenrisulven6]

No, not sloppy. A keyword search "Arcane Skeleton" should lead me to a monster desc that explains they are known to have a negative energy aura. No need to even mention scarabs.

And even using your standard, 5th post in 3rd thread is hardly "fine"

I got better results using Internet Explorer. That says alot.

Obviously, I'm irritated at wasting 100k, and having you poke me with a stick doesn't help, Troll.

But as a followup: in using your "non-sloppy" search standard [5th post, 3rd thread] you forget to mention that its 174 posts to get to that one nugget. Really, if you think a search function that requires skimming through 174 posts isn't subpar...

[Thriand]

No. I searched "arcane skeleton" [all words match] ingame first and all I got was this:

1) where can i find a list of accessories
2) where can i find a list of all the tips on the portal screen
3) What is an Arcane Blackbone
4) what is a wraith

So I searched here next, thinking the forums would have better tools



Again, I found the info I needed very quickly using Internet Explorer. That says alot about how useless the ingame and forum search functions are.

You can't honestly expect a forum search to be anything more than a search for keywords that are in that forum...... Did you try clicking the box that said "Please only show me posts that I want to see and not just the ones that fully meet my search criteria"

[Thriand]

I prefer to use the Visors at level 5, and get the Silver Flame necklace second upgrade at level 9. I don't mind avoiding beholders untiil 9th anyway...

yeah you are right I was thinking about the caster level when I said 7, they are indeed usable at level 5 and should be. The Silver flame necklace(s) is great but I have a bad habit of upgrading it all the way at once and can't use it til 11.

[Xanthrawl]

Thanks, I was thinking the cause LWs drained it.

If I'd known arcane skels had a negative energy aura, I wouldn't have wasted 100k on one in the first place. I only got it for the DC20, and was thinking the charges were for the usual death spell, finger of death, spectre drain etc.

What a waste.

And Turbine, your search functions are next to useless.

This sucks. I'm going to find something else to do today so I don't delete and unistall out of anger. Geez.

I would have thought that by the time you made 100k, you'd understand the mechanics of an arcane skeleton. Did you never notice the huge green arua that makes the same sound as inflict spells? Did you ever notice that when you're inside said aura, you take continual damage?

I use Scarab of Protection all the time at low levels, but you need to remember to unequip it around certain casters, most notably the arcane skeletons. As someone else suggested: Run Tangleroot. A lot. The Visor of the Fleshrender Guard is a goggle slot with 1 charge of Deathward. Deathward from this clicky lasts for 7 minutes (as it is a 4th level spell). Each goggle has only 1 charge/rest, but you can easily get 2-3 of them while still getting exp for running Tangleroot.

[Fenrisulven6]

The scarabs are far from useless at low levels, just unequip them around arcane skellys.

Thanks for the help. I'm new, and the scarab doesn't translate from tabletop. I thought you implied that cause light wounds will also drain it?

"Cause light wounds is a negative energy spell and is blocked by Deathward and the charge on your scarab."

[Fenrisulven6]

I would have thought that by the time you made 100k, you'd understand the mechanics of an arcane skeleton.

No, this is 1st time I've come across one. I'm only 5th. first toon too. A retiring vet gifted me with 2 dragon scales, which I sold to buy this.

Ironic that the first adventure I go on after getting this [not even an hour old] and I encounter an Arcane Skel.