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Methodical Manuevering and Manipulating MultipleStrikes

by Lord Kulbaen

The Multistrike ability is gained with further training in the Multi-Opponent Combat (MO) skill. With each 5 training ranks you will gain the ability to hit one more opponent in combat based on the speed of your weapon as opposed to your standard roundtime. I will have more information on this as I gather it, but below you will see a chart which explains what you will gain from the listed rank of Multi-Opponent Combat training.

Number of MultiStrike Attacks based on MultiOpponent Combat skill

*MO Ranks*	*Ability Gained for the skill*
5	Attack 2 Critters
10	Attack 3 Critters
15	Attack 4 Critters
20	Attack 5 Critters
20	Focus An Attack upon a single target
25	Attack 6 Critters
30	Attack 7 Critters
35	Attack 8 Critters
40	Attack 9 Critters
40	Focus 2 Attacks upon a single target
45	Attack 10 Critters
50	Attack 11 Critters
55	Attack 12 Critters
60	Attack 13 Critter
60	Focus 3 Attacks upon a single target
65	Attack 14 Critters
70	Attack 15 Critters
75	Attack 16 Critters
80	Attack 17 Critters
80	Focus 4 Attacks upon a single target
85	Attack 18 Critters
90	Attack 19 Critters
95	Attack 20 Critters
100	Attack 21 Critters
100	Focus 5 Attacks upon a single target
105	Attack 22 Critters
110	Attack 23 Critters
115	Attack 24 Critters
120	Attack 25 Critters
120	Focus 6 Attacks upon a single target
125	Attack 26 Critters
130	Attack 27 Critters
135	Attack 28 Critters
140	Attack 29 Critters
140	Focus 7 Attacks upon a single target
145	Attack 30 Critters
150	Attack 31 Critters
155	Attack 32 Critters
160	Attack 33 Critters
160	Focus 8 Attacks upon a single target

And the chart continues in this format, theoretically. As of now the highest confirmed portion of the chart is 65 ranks, due to this skill not being implemented for the previous many years of Gemstone.

The command for using MultiStrike is simply -Mstrike-. To have the skill sweep the room (as in hit more than one critter at a time) type Mstrike then hit enter. To focus the Mstrike upon a single critter (as in at 41 ranks, 61 ranks, etc...) you would type Mstrike then hit enter. Also, the MStrike skill will always target the newest critters in the room, this can be important to notice when you are hunting roltons and that Troll King walks in.

MultiStrike Roundtime

MultiStrike attack roundtime is quite different from a normal method of attack. It takes several factors into consideration to derive the end result. The factors for determining your base speed with your MultiStrike are:

The number of attacks involved AFTER the initial attack
The weapon being used's Speed Factor, listed below. (For more indepth information on weapons click here.)
All other normal RT modifiers such as Encumberance, Spells, etc...

The Formula for this would look like:

[(Number of MultiStrike Attacks used* - 1) x (Weapon's Speed Factor)] + Normal RT Modifiers = MultiStrike Roundtime

* Note: If there are less critters in the room than your skill would allow you to attack unfocused, for instance someone with 25 ranks (6 critter maximum unfocused) attacking 4 critters unfocused, then the value here would be the number of critters not the maximum number of attacks.

Examples:

If you were to MultiStrike 5 critters with a Military Pick (swingtime of 10 sec), yer RT would be:

Swing #1 - 0 sec RT
Swing #2 - 10 sec RT
Swing #3 - 10 sec RT
Swing #4 - 10 sec RT
Swing #5 - 10 sec RT
--------------------
Total RT : 40 sec RT

If you were to MultiStrike 5 critters with a Dagger (swingtime of 1 sec), yer RT would be:

Swing #1 - 0 sec RT
Swing #2 - 1 sec RT
Swing #3 - 1 sec RT
Swing #4 - 1 sec RT
Swing #5 - 1 sec RT
--------------------
Total RT : 4 sec RT

(This, of course, is rounded up to 5 seconds.)

Special Thanks to Amery for these examples.

To determine the number of MultiStrike Attacks allowed based on MultiOpponent skill ranks use the chart above.
To determine your weapon's Speed Factor use the chart below:

Weapon Speed Factors

*Base Roundtime*	*Weapon(Type)*
1	fist tiger-claw dagger
2	rapier whip
3	crowbill main gauche short sword
4	pilum longsword estoc scimitar mace war hammer
5	backsword cudgel broadsword handaxe quarter staff halberd falchion morning star spear
6	bastard sword (twohanded) ball & chain
7	hammer of kai jeddart-axe flamberge bastard sword (onehanded) flail war mattock
8	twohanded sword greatsword greataxe battle axe claidhmore
9	lance awl-pike
10	military pick

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