An Unarmed Question

[Buko]

I just restarted exploring the game and found that unarmed combat is quite the formidable art. Is there a way to have, perhaps, magical gauntlets that let one strike unarmed with magical benefits (against magic weapon damage only creatures)? I am quite new to the game so am not sure if this may eventually be an option but would like to know if I may look forward to it.

[zmflavius]

It's called the Wxyryn rings. They are sold by Tallys for 16, 28, and 36 ATs respectively.

[Buko]

They will allow me to strike unarmed with magic?....nice.

[zmflavius]

Wait, actually, I reread your question. No, unarmed is simply a regular attack. They actually only give you the ability to hit immune monsters which cannot be hit by not magical weapons and unarmed combat.

[Buko]

So one must be proficient in a weapon style (with magic) to hit said creatures?

[Buko]

I suppose it would be too easy to become an "uber" character with the ability to have a magical weapon with their hands considering all it takes is a bit of training to get this skill into a very comfortable zone.

[zmflavius]

Let me explain:

Against certain enemies, using just your fists or a regular weapon (not magical), your "weapon is ineffective against this enemy." But with a magical weapon, you can hit them. Unarmed players obviously cannot use magical weapons, so instead they have a special ring which allows them to hit those enemies.

A magical weapon is any weapon with a (magical) label after its name.

And the Wxyryn's rings main drawback is their awful stats and the fact you need to spend ATs to get them.

[Elrond]

The only ring that might convince me to resort back to unarmed is the Ring of Mayhem (which I don't have since I didn't enter that raffle). It has a special attack; but I don't know if it is as frequent as magic attacks by weapons.

Otherwise, unarmed is nice at first because it reduces the difficulty of opponents compared to wielding a sword. But at a certain level the specials of magic weapons take precedence; and unarmed becomes useless as an attack option.

[Joddelle]

My experience with the ring of Mayhem has been that it's specials are coming up at about the same frequency as the specials from my Shimmering Silver Mace.

I had a round recently when the Mace hit 'thrice' in the same round where the ring gave me bonus damage. It was nice.