Cheapshots

The official GemStone IV encyclopedia.
Revision as of 10:41, 21 December 2005 by Maintenance script (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

This skill allows a Rogue to initiate various offensive and status affecting attacks against a target. There are 7 different cheapshot skills total.

  • Footstomp - The first cheapshot skill. Allows a Rogue to inflict a roundtime (RT) on his opponent.
  • Nosetweak - Learned at rank 10. Allows a Rogue to lower an opponent's Defense Strength (DS) by 10.
  • Templeshot - Learned at rank 20. Allows a Rogue to lower an opponent's Attack Strength (AS) by 10. The Rogue is required to have a weapon.
  • Kneebash - Learned at rank 30. Allows a Rogue to force an opponent to kneel. The Rogue is required to have a weapon.
  • Eyepoke - Learned at rank 42. Allows a Rogue to lower a target's Attack Strength (AS) and Defensive Strength (DS) by 15.
  • Throatchop - Learned at rank 54. Allows a Rogue to prevent a target from vocalizing clearly (casting, talking or prepping a spell.) The Rogue is required to have a weapon.
  • Swiftkick - Learned at Mastery. Allows a Rogue to force an opponent into an offensive stance.

Information from Midgar's Rogue Guild Erudition

http://home.comcast.net/~cabri/cheapshot.htm

Cheapshot is a skill that does various offensive and status affecting attacks againt the target. There are 7 different cheapshot skills total.

Just like subdue, you can get a bonus to your cheapshot attack using certain weapons, with templeshot, kneebash, and throatchop. Also, if your target is wearing protection over the specific area you are targeting (such as a coif if you are throatchopping, or leg greaves of you are kneebashing.), then the attack will be completely deflected, and will give you 10 seconds of RT.

Cheapshot Training

Sweeping the courtyard
This task gives you 5 training points and 17 exp.

See Sweep tasks.

Watering flowers
This task gives you 5 training points and 17 exp.

This is much like wiping windows. To water flowers you must first get a can from the tool rack. There are 5 places in the Landing guild where there's flowers, the courtyard center, south of it, east of it, north of it, and west of it. You must wait 10 minutes to water a flower more than once. "Water wildflowers" is what you type to water them, and you need to kneel in order to do so.

Wiping windows
This task gives you 5 training points and 17 exp.

See Subdue tasks.

Critters
This task gives you 15 training points and 52 exp.

This is just like critters with sweep and subdue, but you need to cheapshot them, of course. It can be difficult to find a cheapshotable critter sometimes. Some cheapshots can be used on certain critters, others can't. That's one of the reasons why I made the guild skills vs. critter charts. If you're having trouble finding a critter to cheapshot, just refer to them.

Footstomp fellow member
This task gives you 12 training points and 42 exp.
The person being stomped gets 10 exp per rep you get from them.

This will always be footstomp, even when you learn new cheapshots. This is like sweeping a fellow member, except that you have to wait for the footstomp's effect to wear off the target before you can stomp them again. Also, you will get about 10-20 reps of this early on, but it will stay this way throughout your entire training, unlike sweep, which starts out with very few reps, but raises all the way to 30 reps.

Defend footstomp
This task gives you 12 training points and 42 exp.
The person being stomped gets 10 exp per rep you get from them.

This is similar to stomping, but you have to get stomped. Remember, you need someone with no more than 2 less cheapshot ranks than you to get a rep.