T. Reich
Arcane
Depends on what you tried to tackle with it.
A transformation scroll basically goes to replace your stats+appearance+animations with the corresponding attributes of said creature.
You can check the critter stats here - http://www.worldofgothic.com/gothic2/?go=addonmonster
Shadowbeast has 300hp, 150dmg and 125 melee protection.
That makes it a good option for mowing down moderate strength enemies early on (enemies that are worth 120 exp or less). Trolls (1-on-1), too, but only because you attack them way faster than they attack you, so you'd be able to eat away their hp 5 points at a time before you croak.
However, if you tried tackling something like an orc or, god forbid, a dragon snapper while you were a shadowbeast, you'd be quickly fucked, because pretty much any 150+ exp monster has at least the same stats as shadowbeast, making you deal very little damage per hit to them, while they can chunk you relatively quickly.
Basically, I rate the transformation scrolls as follows:
1) warg, shadowbeast, fire lizard (300hp, 150dmg, 125def - 150def for lizzy) = good up until Chapter 3 while leveling, then become useless because you're supposed to be stronger than that yourself (offensively).
2) dragon snapper (400hp, 200dmg, 200def) = actually good up until endgame, but its strength falls off rapidly around Chapter 4 due to you having to fight large groups of strong enemies.
Everything else is trash-tier, usually useless at the very start of the game already.
And even the best transformation scroll is pretty weak vs groups of 3+ strong enemies, because you'll simply be stunlocked and your relatively small hp pool chipped away by many rapid attacks. The best use is to attack several solo enemies in sequence until your HP depletes.
A transformation scroll basically goes to replace your stats+appearance+animations with the corresponding attributes of said creature.
You can check the critter stats here - http://www.worldofgothic.com/gothic2/?go=addonmonster
Shadowbeast has 300hp, 150dmg and 125 melee protection.
That makes it a good option for mowing down moderate strength enemies early on (enemies that are worth 120 exp or less). Trolls (1-on-1), too, but only because you attack them way faster than they attack you, so you'd be able to eat away their hp 5 points at a time before you croak.
However, if you tried tackling something like an orc or, god forbid, a dragon snapper while you were a shadowbeast, you'd be quickly fucked, because pretty much any 150+ exp monster has at least the same stats as shadowbeast, making you deal very little damage per hit to them, while they can chunk you relatively quickly.
Basically, I rate the transformation scrolls as follows:
1) warg, shadowbeast, fire lizard (300hp, 150dmg, 125def - 150def for lizzy) = good up until Chapter 3 while leveling, then become useless because you're supposed to be stronger than that yourself (offensively).
2) dragon snapper (400hp, 200dmg, 200def) = actually good up until endgame, but its strength falls off rapidly around Chapter 4 due to you having to fight large groups of strong enemies.
Everything else is trash-tier, usually useless at the very start of the game already.
And even the best transformation scroll is pretty weak vs groups of 3+ strong enemies, because you'll simply be stunlocked and your relatively small hp pool chipped away by many rapid attacks. The best use is to attack several solo enemies in sequence until your HP depletes.
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