On 2010-02-08, Benjamin I Krefetz <krefetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm too lazy to work it out, but is it mathematically possible to have the > CS of 52 that would be necessary to kill Tagazin outright without the > Sommerswerd? (Base CS of 34 + 8 for Kai-surge + 5 for Weaponmastery... > Any way of getting the remaining 5?) ...+4 for completing books 13-16. And I am NOT going back over the "25+x" vs. "10+x+Kai/Magnakai series bonuses" question again, just to see if you can eke out one more point of CS from Special Items. Got any Alether? It should be noted that you don't NEED to kill him outright ('K' on the CRT). In s.230, you do, because you've only got one round. But in the parallel s.53, you have two rounds. Assuming you use Kai-blast, you could knock an (admittedly unlikely) 36 points off his EP, leaving just 9 to take by normal methods. More realistically, you could do average damage with two rounds of Kai-blast (approx. 18 EP), and do 27 points of damage, requiring a minimal CS of 46. Of course, since you can't use Kai-surge (or other psychic attacks) in the same round as Kai-blast, that's somewhat harder to manage... Interesting thought experiment. But yeah, it's quite possible to defeat Tagazin in two rounds, and we only need to account for another +1 CS to be able to defeat him in one round. -- Tim Pederick ~~~~~~ Manage your subscription at //www.freelists.org/list/projectaon