Temperature and Fortitude

[Igniswolf]

anyone have a clue of the effect of point per fortitude to temp resist? Im trying to work out how much fortitude i need to reduce cave damaged caused by freezing my nether regions off.

Ive got chitin armor on, 24 points in fortitude and yet i need to const back off to the warmer bit in the predator island cave while sniping bats else i start to die rapidly. Now the temperature in tht cave is -6'c, i can survive out side shoveling snow off my drive in -2'c while wearing a wooly hat and gloves etc so i am slightly confused as to how a high fortitude (well wht i thinks high and certainly higher than my paunch provides me) and the correct temp resistance armor fails to keep me warm enough and prevent my nadgers from freezing off.

Anyone got an idea of how high fortitude would have to go to resist the cave cold? (as a temp measure im going to build a bunch of standing torches near the top platform)

Thanks

[Salty Bulldog]

Bump.

I'd like to know too. I live at the top of a mountain, and I've put 10 points into Fortitude. It does make a difference. But if someone has the exact numbers that would be awesome.

[WasntAFairFight]

I would also be interested being up a mountain if I'm not freezing I'm cold so food goes through very quickly :(.

[EvilSmoo]

I've also gotten a lot chilly on the mountains.

I don't see why we can't hunt sabers and mammoths to make a fur coat. :P And take some waterskins to make a really weird looking hat that drips water to keep cool.

Failing that, you can cook up some Fria Curry as well. Between curry, high hypothermic-armor gear, and fortitude, it should probably be survivable. Haven't tried, myself.

It seems that fortitude alone won't do it, though. Anything below 20 degrees F seems to drain HP at 40 fortitude, but my character can almost *ignore* scorpion torpor... I think it also helps massively with increased water/food drain from harmful temperatures.

[Igniswolf]

yer i think the values are too harsh. -6'c is too low/high (which ever way you look at it) to cause such rapid hp loss. Also i was holdsing a torch in -6'c nd it did poo all to help

[BigDally]

Flak armor has good hypo insulation. Coupled with 40+ fortitude I was able to clear the volcano cave without taking health/food damage from the cold. Now the inhabitants of the cave posed slightly more risk....lol.

[Aira]

I'd look into hide armor, iirc it has the best cold resistance. I believe fortitude gives 3 resistance per point (6 total per level since you get 2 points). Also they have a food that can help with this also if you can get the recipe (or want to cheat and look it up).

[FuzzTightBeer]

I currently have 40 points in fortitude on official hardcore pvp server, in flak armor i still see the icecube and sometimes it onky takes the torch to bring it to snowflake.

[BigDally]

Originally posted by Te'Ryn:

I currently have 40 points in fortitude on official hardcore pvp server, in flak armor i still see the icecube and sometimes it onky takes the torch to bring it to snowflake.

Yep, I get "ice block" at -2c with flak. I like the armor protection flak gives, and coupled with it's good hypo insulation and 40+ fortitude cold caves are less of a pita.

[Igniswolf]

looks like i was looking at the amounts wrong way round, i thought chitin was better for cold resistance.

So metal and leather has a better cold res than compound (chitin) and leather.... thats got my brain annoyed. Metal would draw heat out like a straw as well as cook you in high temps. Meh what am i saying apparently punching a tree gives you enough wood to make a haft so oh well