Re: To beat the Bat.

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_s-lRLoaPZm6NS0_-WpKCh6SJ0n_7MtpJuj63n0ZkyjqLWzGEas0uXhW4fcInTEP9z02eT>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 18:33:50 -0800

> Has anyone thought about a hvy Balista with an untempered iron tip
> coated with Lvl 20 poison. That should be able to penetrate the bat
> hide.

Nah, the bat's natural armor in RQ (any edition) is 85, and in HQ it would shrug off the hit with "Really Freakin' Huge, Man 10w4" or whatever I gave it. Even the Harpoon on the Zola Fel probably would have a bare chance of penetrating on a critical.

Not mention that if you're close enough to hit the bat with your ballista, it probably turned your brain to jello long before...

Basically, the bat is impervious to anything a non-Capital-H-Hero can do to it. It will shrug off any mundane weapon, absorb magic cast *on* it (but not necessarily *around* it), and drive you crazy with it's screams.

It has been upgraded considerably from the days of WBRM, when it was *just* an even battle for a basioc infantry unit (as long as the Bat wasn't stacked with another unit).

RR
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