Hello, I'm recently returning to UO, after about a four year absence (I left a little while after Age of Shadows, not because of the expansion, seeing as how necromancy is my favorite skill but for other reasons altogether) Anyway I'm currently playing a Necromancer/Mage, and way back when you used to could make a "Nox Mage" where if you had good poisoning skill your poisoning spells in Magery would be better, and my question is-Does this still work, and would a higher poisoning skill work with your necromancy spells, Poison Strike and Strangle? Thanks in advance

It still works for magery, but as far as I know, it doesn't for necromancy spells. Still, I'll have a look in case they changed that.

Okay thanks a bunch, I'll still take up poisoning for the mage part of my character, and if it does work for necromancy it'll just be a bonus. Thanks again

jik i'll throw this in... The magery poisoning spell has a higher effect the closer you are to your victim.

Hello!

Normally the poison spell when cast is level 1 to 2 depending on range to target. The Nox Mage is a mage character with the ability to cast level 3 poison on an opponent, the mage needs a total of 170 skill points in magery and poisoning and will cast level 3 poison 100% of the time if close enough to target. You can cast level 4 poison on an opponent at GM poisoning and GM magery 10% of the time. Like mentioned before the closer you are the higher the poison level, up to level 4. So if you are 5 or so tiles away at GM mage and poisoning and cast the poison spell it will be level 1. As you get closer to the target the poison level increases up to level 4. If you use the necro skill to cast evil omen prior to the poison spell it will increase the poison level by one. There is a slim chance to get a level 5 poison cast, though you will have to be standing very close, one or two tiles away.

Hope this helps,
Zavi Torgal

Yes all of that helps a lot, thanks big.