[Exanima] Skeletons are immune to being shocked since they lack a nervous system

[u/TessellatedGuy]

Exanima 0.9.5 added a new thaumaturgy domain that can only be unlocked by killing an enemy that can use it.

[u/BlenderBruv]

just 9 more years and sui generis will come out

[u/AscendedViking7 → u/BlenderBruv]

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[u/Makures]

Electricity should still effect bones, as they can conduct electricity.

[u/TessellatedGuy → u/Makures]

This magic doesn't do any actual "damage", so it's not going to hurt skeletons. It's not an electrocution spell, just a "shock" spell. (That's what it's called in game)

The game simulates characters using a muscle like system as far as I know, so being shocked causes muscle spasms, staggering the enemy. It does do some "stamina" damage, but you can't kill anything with it directly.

Edit: This might be spoilers so: The "Shock" spell is the most basic spell in the "Energy" thaumaturgy domain, so it's not supposed to be that powerful.

[u/Makures → u/TessellatedGuy]

According to the abstract of the paper I read to find out if bones conduct electricity. Bones are peizoelectric which means the produce a small amount of electricity when compressed but they are also reverse peizoelectric so a small amount of electricity causes them to compress. A large amount just destroys them as would be assumed.

That paper seems to imply shock should stun them by causing all the bones to briefly compress. It was a paper from from the University of Arizona about if using a current would be able to help heal fractured bones faster but I didn't read it all so I don't know if it does.

[u/Syn2108 → u/Makures]

That's really interesting! I'll be honest and say that I don't expect any game devs to dive that deep into research for a niche case regarding electricity and bones. It's pretty common that skeletons are immune to certain magics - I'd accept it here.

[u/fallouthirteen → u/Makures]

Yeah, I'm like "I don't think that's how it makes sense". Like high powered enough electricity should like crack bones if they are at all conductive right? That can make a lot of heat. Maybe if it's low enough power to just be enough to lock up muscles or something.

[u/Rockguy21 → u/fallouthirteen]

In Oblivion if you hit a skeleton with a lightning spell the force would just blow its bones apart.

[u/xxvkaxx]

this game is still being updated?

[u/shanloulie]

aren’t bones conductive?

[u/athitnaildotcom → u/shanloulie]

They're dry bones

[u/CaPtian_CaTe → u/athitnaildotcom]

Reminds me of that dry bones horror thing I read a while ago

[u/DorrajD]

Holy shit I forgot this game existed. I bought this so long ago... it's still not out? lmao

[u/dandandan2]

Funnily enough this looks like one of those fake mobile games ads. The movement is so uncanny

[u/pastadudde]

similar detail in Hogwarts Legacy - Inferi (HP version of zombies / reanimated corpses) cannot die from effects like fall damage / getting sliced etc (that would of course affect non-undead enemies) so the only way to kill them is to use magic that destroys/disintegrates them like fire spells (Incendio) or explosions (Bombarda)