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Primeape

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Duskblade - Quick Cast not working in combat
« on: May 09, 2025, 09:13:13 AM »
Where:

Anywhere

When:

Any time

What:

Using the Duskblade special feat "Quick Cast" while your pc is in combat, does not infact make your next spell quickened

Recreate:

Try using your "Quick Cast" in melee combat and queue a spell, it will provoke AOO and is not quickened

Ideas:

If you're out of combat and use the "Quick Cast" -feat, the quickening of next spell does work. It has something to do with your pc being in combat mode

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Re: Duskblade - Quick Cast not working in combat
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2025, 12:50:09 PM »
Do you receive the message saying Quick Cast is activated?

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Re: Duskblade - Quick Cast not working in combat
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2025, 02:58:01 PM »
Yes, I receive the <<Quick Cast Activated: Your next spell will quickened automatically. >> (Should probably have "be" fixed in the text)

I did some further testing in the test-server, I noticed two kinds of behaviour in combat:

First case:

 1. Initiate melee combat
 2. Activate "Quick Cast"
 3. Cast a spell between your 2nd and 3rd attack in your combat round (My character has 4 attacks per round)
 4. Spell is quickened, generally, has some quirky animation twitching
 5. No attacks of opporturnity from enemies in melee range, spell is "safe" to cast

Second case:
 
 1. Initiate melee combat
 2. Activate "Quick Cast"
 3. Cast a spell at the end of your 4th attack, so at the end of your combat round
 4. Cast is NOT quickened, does normal spell-cast
 5. Provokes AOO

I tested the second case a multiple times, trying to recreate the issue. Sometimes it works as intended, the spell is quickened and is safe to cast without provoking AOO. But sometimes not, it is a timing at the end of your combat round if you try casting a spell, AOO is provoked.

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Re: Duskblade - Quick Cast not working in combat
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2025, 08:46:11 PM »
I'll try to fix this next update.

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Re: Duskblade - Quick Cast not working in combat
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2025, 09:34:12 PM »
This should now be fixed.

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Re: Duskblade - Quick Cast not working in combat
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2025, 08:23:29 AM »
Thanks for the update!

I re-downloaded the hakpaks for the test-server and had a few rounds of testing if I could replicate the behaviour again. I was not able to, it seems to be working now.

I did find out another bug while testing, I'll post it separately.