- This article is about the Item Power called "Giant Strength". For the spell that this Power emulates, see Giant Strength.
Giant Strength | ||
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Item Power | ||
Cost | 300 | |
Required Spellbooks |
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Valid Items |
Sword Mace Axe Jewelry | |
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Sword Mace |
+1 | |
Axe | ||
Misc | +1 | |
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"Giant Strength" is an Item Power associated with the Nature Realm. It may be added to Magical Weapons created for Heroes via Create Artifact. Some of the 250 premade Items possess this power, and these can be found mainly as Treasure during the campaign. "Giant Strength" boosts the hero's melee attack strength by one point (for which this power seems somewhat overpriced).
Effect[]
Vital Nature energy can directly increase the strength of a hero's swordarm. This Power works in tandem with any direct enhancements that have been forged into his weapon, as well as with the Giant Strength spell itself.
"Giant Strength" imparts a straight Melee Attack bonus during the type of attack for which the host weapon is designed. These are, respectively:
Despite its apparent basis on the Unit Enchantment Spell of this name, the spell and item power stack together - in fact, multiple instances of this same power are also cumulative!
Strategy[]
This is one of several Powers which may be used to maximize a Hero's potential Melee Strength. Technically the "Giant Strength" power is always helpful, provided you can afford the extra time and cost in creation, and do not need the enchantment space for something more crucial. Point-for-point though, "Giant Strength" is less mana-efficient than increasing a weapon's attack bonus at any increment. It is equal in Cost to increasing the generic attack boost on Jewelry from +3 to +4, but then will limit that point to Melee only, not even improving Thrown.
The comparable Chaos derived power, Flaming, is thrice as mana-efficient as Nature's "Giant Strength".
Acquisition[]
Create Artifact[]
- Main article: Item Crafting
With 3, "Giant Strength" may be added to Melee Weapons and Accessories of your own design through Create Artifact. Making strong Items through this spell is an incredibly expensive and time-consuming process. Some recipes are more expensive than the Spell of Mastery. The proposition is made more reasonable by the Artificer and Runemaster Retorts.
Base | Runemaster | Artificer | Both |
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300 | 225 | 150 | 75 |
Overland[]
- Main article: Magical Items in Treasure
The game data files contain 250 pre-defined Items. Of these, ten possess the "Giant Strength" power. The power causes a premade Item to demand that the Wizard have particular Spellbooks in order to appear in Treasure, and the requirements are irregular.
There are three different ways by which you can acquire one of these pre-defined Items:
- By winning a difficult Encounter.
- By purchasing it from a Merchant, a random petitioner.
- As result of a Random Event called "The Gift".
It is often better to acquire items in this way, as it means you do not need to spend any time or Mana to create them. Still, Items found through these means are in no way guaranteed to exactly suit your needs.
The table below lists the pre-defined Items with this power.
Premade Items with "Giant Strength" | ||||||||||||
Item | Attributes | Realm Powers | Required Ranks | |||||||||
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1200 | Power Axe | 6 | Giant Strength |
3 | ||||||||
1600 | Trinket of Strength | 4 | 4 | 5 | Giant Strength |
3 | ||||||
1750 | Whirlwind | 2 | 3 | 1 | Giant Strength |
3 | ||||||
2400 | Golden Axe of Rath | 6 | 2 | 10 | Giant Strength |
3 | ||||||
850 | Laik Kenegul | 3 | 1 | Resist Magic |
Giant Strength |
3 | 2 | |||||
1000 | Tree Tamer | 3 | Death |
Giant Strength |
3 | 3 | ||||||
1100 | Living Sword | 2 | 2 | Elemental Armor |
Giant Strength |
4 | 3 | |||||
1400 | Sword of Renfield | 2 | 2 | Vampiric |
Giant Strength |
5 | 3 | |||||
4000 | The Kick Axe | 6 | 2 | Haste |
Giant Strength |
3 | 7 | |||||
Merchant Only | ||||||||||||
Item | Attributes | Realm Powers | Required Ranks | |||||||||
2750 | Bird of Paradise | Magic Immunity Righteousness |
Giant Strength Invulnerability |
3 | 5 | 4 | 5 |