"Spell or ability can you used in automatic mode"??

[MythTrip]

Sorry if this is basic, but I'm definitely one of the slower gamers our here. So if you right click on a spell or ability, a little window appears to the left of the task bar, with the spell icon. So does this mean the spell is quequed, ie it will fire after the current action, if the AI is set "on"? Therefore are they calling AI activation automatic mode?

I guess I'm asking what is the difference between just clicking on a spell to activate it vs R clicking on it.

[Kyutaru]

That's how you enable autofire. The AI is going to spam it.

[JonWoo]

It means they will automatically do that for as long as they're able.

[SIlverblade-T-E]

note that cantrips, 0 level spells, you never run out of them, so you can use those on automatic

interesting point
DISRUPT UDNEAD does 1d6 damage to udnead only, this means it's better than all the other cantrips, but useless on things that aren't undead
so in areas with undead I turn it on, and off when leaving


2nd interesting point
Sneak attack and precision attacks, require an attack roll to qualify
so, Acid Splash works perfectly well with this, meaning you get a Touch attack, which has ow chance to miss, against most things, that will trigger sneak/precision attacks
Touch attacks have WAY better chance to land than a normal melee or ranged attacked

this means casters can do decent damage if they are say, Arcane Tricketrs or use the spell, I forget name, that gives them bonus precision damage dice for short time

so a 1d3 damage spell, can work with precision/sneaks giving say 1d3 +3d6 damage or whatever

:)

[Antinous]

If you have a spell on automatic use, and want to manually use another spell only for your current round (or the next one if the current round is about to end), you can left click the spell, choose the target. After using that manually used spell, the character will start re-using your automatic spell.
So you don't have to toggle on and toggle off your standart spell all the time.

[MythTrip]

So does the character AI, ie the brain icon button to the right of the character icons, have to be activated for the spell to repeat fire, or will it repeat on manual mode?

[Antinous]

You need the AI mode turned on (brain icon visible)

[SIlverblade-T-E]

also turning off Party AI is great way to pull an enemy to your party through hazards (like Spike Stones) without your dumb party screwing it up ;)

[BloodNog]

Originally posted by MythTrip:

So does the character AI, ie the brain icon button to the right of the character icons, have to be activated for the spell to repeat fire, or will it repeat on manual mode?

It will repeat if you have AI off. You are manually telling it to repeat that spell/ability.