Poll of the Day > Month of the Ogre 27: Witches are hot (status effects in RPGs)

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Lokarin
06/27/20 2:30:48 PM
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A sequel to the Deneb topic, who is also a super hotty

But, like, Nimufu (Nimfo) in Breath of Fire 2 is pretty hot, too... and there's the intro cartoon to Bewitched

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Is it the hat? Is it the tight clothes? What's this have to do with Ogres?

Well, Witches in Ogre Battle have the very powerful ability to stun the entire enemy team... if you're lucky. The accuracy is low, but this would be a DEVASTINGLY overpowered move in most other games. And you can cast it TWICE

It's like every fight you have a Refresher Orb Tidehunter on your team!

They got nerfed a tad in Ogre Battle 64 - instead of always a stun they apply an element specific status effect. It's a LOT more accurate, but no longer AoE

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So, what's your opinion on status effects in strategy RPGs? strategy games tend not to have bosses that are immune to all status, but status effects tend to be weak such as armour down and such

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BlackScythe0
06/27/20 3:13:21 PM
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Wonder how many people get the tidehunter reference.
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Lokarin
06/27/20 7:37:22 PM
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I'm so sleepy... and hungry... and somethingsly


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