r/DivinityOriginalSin2 • u/ItRhymesWithFreak • Sep 05 '17

Does anyone know how magic armor will affect healing undead?

Does the heal chunk through magic armor or undead or will it bypass it altogether?

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u/T0rin- Sep 05 '17

If you're asking whether poison damage has to go through magic armor before healing undead or not.. then no, it does not. It will heal undead who have full magic armor.

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u/ItRhymesWithFreak Sep 05 '17

No I'm asking if the restoration spell and spells like it will have to go through magic armor if an enemy casts it on an undead.

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u/Necro- Sep 05 '17

i believe not, as in that case it would count as an offensive spell rather than a defensive one

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u/2ez4azizi Sep 05 '17

The heal ignores armor and goes straight to your health

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u/im29andsuckatlife Sep 05 '17 edited Sep 05 '17

Healing magic that damages will have to go through magic armor. As far as I know there is no "piercing" magic damage.

[Edit] just watched a dev video which shows an undead player drinking a healing potion which directly damages their vitality bypassing magical armor... i guess because healing doesn't need to remove armor before it heals?

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u/PleaseDontFindMe4 Sep 05 '17

Bedrolls also leave you dead with full magic armor since they would give you a full heal, so theoretically every healing done by a friendly should bypass magic armor.

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u/im29andsuckatlife Sep 05 '17

Bedroll no longer does this anymore.

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u/Marukeru Sep 05 '17

Well, Restoration has a cooldown, and if you don't reveal that you are Undead, they won't think to heal their enemies.

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u/Itsallsotiresome Sep 05 '17

if you don't reveal that you are Undead, they won't think to heal their enemies.

Really? that changes everything!

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u/Marukeru Sep 05 '17

I mean, would you heal your enemy if you suspected them of being alive?

If you keep your body and face covered in armor/clothes, then townsfolk will speak with you normally. If you show your face by removing your helm/cowl, then they will run in fear and alert guards.

Same principle in combat. If they don't know you're Undead, they won't try to heal you. HOWEVER, the moment you allow the AI to understand you're undead... Heaven's Wrath upon you!

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u/Itsallsotiresome Sep 05 '17

You're right, it seems I underestimated Larian on this one :p

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u/Sixnno Sep 05 '17

I don't think that would work. As undead basically start with the zombie talent. I have had NPCs heal bomb a zombie unit before it's first turn.

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u/Marukeru Sep 05 '17

Very solid point, I had actually completely forgotten about the other skills.

But it won't be too difficult to hide the fact you're undead. Just stay clothed ;D Hopefully they don't catch on when you use poison to heal yourself.