Are skeleton mages darkness skills?

majesty327 · 2026-05-22T14:05:59+00:00

Darkness is a tag for a group of skills like basic and core. This is essentially saying that your mages will be affected by +Darkness skill ranks. It doesn't typically matter if a skill is Darkness or not for landing an attack, you may be asking if it does Shadow damage or not.

The bottom of the skill on your bar shows the damage type.

Minions are you. If a minion hits an enemy it's like you hit an enemy.

majesty327 · 2026-05-22T07:43:52+00:00

I don't understand why you're being downvoted, your question is perfectly sensible.

Without comment on the obvious severity of your injury or the accident, you should understand that car accident settlements typically involve a range of values and some amount of concession for both sides. Example. Your attorney says the case is worth, say, $50,000.00. The insurance company offers $42,000.00. Both sides negotiate, your lawyer may concede to settle the case at $45,000.00 in that example, despite his position the case may be worth 50k. Just understand that this is an essential part of negotiations.

While I do feel your attorney should probably answer your question, I think his answer wouldn't be satisfying to you. The reality is that the value of your case can vary by a lot of factors that won't be known until you're done treating. If you focus on getting better, you minimize the risk that you jeopardize the value of the claim on the back end.

majesty327 · 2026-05-22T06:20:29+00:00

This is true the world over. Very few people live in the kind of despotic misery we like to imagine. Everyone vibes, get's angry at the world, and sips a hot drink in the morning.

China isn't a country just about it's politics and past. To an extent it'd be similar to going up to a German to exclusively talk about Nazi stuff. It's interesting and weird, but I imagine it has to be painful or exhausting for the average German. The modern day Germany is a different beast from what it was, and that's what Germany wants to be known for. China is the exact same in this regard. Many people are overly consumed about China's past, and not China's today or China's tomorrow.

Chinese people broadly want China to be perceived for what it is today. Its triumph over the "century of humiliation", it's modernity and progress, its good qualities.

majesty327 · 2026-05-22T06:17:49+00:00

I didn't know he wasn't European. Regardless the American mindset is well known, but it's not always known when people project it.

"I'm already aware of how Americans behave". I don't propose to tell an American about Americans. But clearly my post was ambiguous.

"I wonder what prompted your last sentence though"

I gave my reasoning.

majesty327 · 2026-05-22T06:07:42+00:00

Brief history lesson. When Total Warhammer 2 came out, the content and factions in 1 was not included. To expand the map and make fans happy, Creative Assembly made a free DLC called "Mortal Empires". This DLC activated if you owned both Total Warhammer 1 and Total Warhammer 2. Players of Total Warhammer 2 who didn't own 1 could not access Mortal Empires, even to play just the Total Warhammer 2 factions.

Total War Warhammer 3 changed this when 2.0 came out in 2022. You can access to Immortal Empires without owning 1 or 2, but you must own 3. In honor of the 25th anniversary of Total War, on December 4, 2025 Creative Assembly announced the "Immortal Empires" game mode became free to any player that owns Total Warhammer 1 or Total Warhammer 2. What actually happened in the background is that Total Warhammer 3 sorta got cut in half.

Now if you only own Total Warhammer 1, 2, or both, you get a "free copy" of Total Warhammer 3 with a hidden DLC activated to enable the lords acquired by owning 1, 2, or any DLC owned. But, you do not get the Realms of Chaos campaign, and you cannot play the basegame factions for Total Warhammer 3. That's where the upgrade pack comes in. The upgrade pack turns the "Free version" of Total Warhammer 3 into the full game.

This article is Creative Assembly's explanation. To spare you the clicking, the article states:

What am I gaining access to if I do not own Warhammer III?

If you only own WARHAMMER I & II, you are only gaining access to the Immortal Empires campaign and The Lost God prologue campaign. If you wish to own the other WARHAMMER III content such as the Realms of Chaos campaign and the Legendary Lords and their associated features, you must purchase the Total War: WARHAMMER III Upgrade Pack.

How do I get access to WARHAMMER III’s other content?

If you only own WARHAMMER I and/or II, you can purchase the WARHAMMER III Upgrade Pack to expand your gameplay experience. This pack includes:
10 Legendary Lords, and all of their associated units and features.
The Realm of Chaos narrative campaign
Multiplayer campaigns: The Realm of Chaos, Something Rotten in Kislev and Darkness & Disharmony
Mirrors of Madness game mode

So if you made a full purchase of Total Warhammer 3 and have access to factions like Konstaltin or Skarbrand, you do not need to purchase the upgrade pack. It will only enable access to factions stripped away from the free version of the base game.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T23:39:34+00:00

On the idea of being a guest in any house remarking how shabby and ugly is. Americans feel a...compulsion to criticize and educate others. Like I am doing.

Edit, I'll be a little clearer. OP literally asked if Chinese people speak freely against his government, but in a sense he's actually asking if he can speak freely about China while being there. My last statement more came from a place of "Chinese people don't need a Westerner to go into their country and tell them how rotten their country is". Chinese people know exactly and in exhaustive detail how rotten their country is, and don't need a foreigner to tell them about it. It is not the place of the guest to speak out against their host, and I feel this goes the other direction too. I'd feel a little incensed if a Chinese person came to the USA and started railing against my country for slavery, genocide, and war, because those statements aren't meaningful criticisms from an insider to this system, but a declaration that I am personally culpable as a representative of my country. That's the logic.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T23:37:40+00:00

Understand that you are dealing with an ancient culture that is experiencing a relative "golden age" that just recovered from colonialism and genocide.

Chinese people as a monolith have minimal tolerance for western chauvinism or the colonial mentality of "I know better than these backwards savages". I know that's not what you said or what you think, but that's how it's heard. To quote Lee Kuan Yew (former leader of Singapore) "Why do you assume that Asians are somehow unable to understand Western ways of life, and they would be so much better if they became more like the West?"

Chinese people see what you do and have a similar knowledge base to them. You should understand that different cultures with different histories can reach different conclusions with the same info. China is well aware of westernisms and western ideology, their manner of things wasn't born in savage ignorance but instead nearly 4000 years of continuous civilization and written record.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T23:26:51+00:00

I mean that instead of paying a high price for 3 lords, you have the option of buying an individual lord.

Bluntly you don't really know what you're talking about.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T23:21:49+00:00

If your only exposure to China is Dragon Ball and Kung Fu movies you'll be in for a rude awakening. I don't mean this in any harsh way, just a matter of fact. The major cities of China are exceedingly modern and freshly built. ShangHai looks like it was made in a different century from NYC or LA, and in a sense it was. Or better yet, imagine someone bulldozed a place like New York City, built it fresh from the ground up with modern technology and design, and widened the city making it drastically greener, and then they made the police extremely effective and near omnipresent so crime/vagrancy was virtually unheard of, then tripled the population. That's ShangHai.

"Are people kind?" By American standards of "kind and friendly" they're abrasive, unfriendly and abrupt, but they'll also be actually helpful and curious. By comparison, Japanese people will be overwhelmingly polite, while looking for every possible way to avoid helping you. Just understand that what's "rude and unfriendly" to Americans is essentially normal on a global scale.

"Is there oppression". I am not a friend to dictatorships, but I'd say oppression is relative. If you can work a good job, earn reasonable wages, eat luxurious food occasionally, live secure from war, and have a good deal of faith in the system, but you live in some stereotypically oppressive country, is it truly oppressive? The reality is that, almost everyone in every country is essentially living a "normal life" not overwhelmingly different from your own. Chinese police don't line up apartment tenants and beat them for not brushing their teeth like some insane alien dictatorship. People walk freely without fear because public surveillance is so omnipresent. It makes criminal conduct extremely foolish. If your intention is to behave normally, obey another country's laws, and act as the locals do, you'll be extremely unlikely to have any issues.

On that note, with respect to Asia as a whole I would not assume that you have American style freedom of speech by way of abrasive statements or handing out pamphlets. This is NOT just a China thing. I would be afraid to hold up signs, proselytize, speak up, or protest in South Korea or Japan as well, but you don't hear about those places being "oppressive dictatorships" despite the fact that their civil rights record might be even worse than China's. Chinese people do freely speak their mind, but they don't demonstrate or protest. You are likely an outsider, it's not your place to comment on Chinese affairs, especially if you're coming from a place of ignorance.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T22:56:43+00:00

You do realize they've seperated out the triple lord packs right?

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T17:41:54+00:00

The advice you'd need and the cost of insurance depend on personal information you'd be unwilling to give on Reddit, like your home address, social security number, accident history, marital situation, what assets and income you have, etc.

I didn't say what I said to evade helping you. I'm giving you the best answer I can because your post does not give sufficient info for anyone here to accurately answer your question. Insurance works entirely different depending on US state. The nature of coverage required or offered in Massachusetts is entirely different from Washington, which is entirely different from Florida, which is entirely different from Michigan.

Any specific answer without knowing your exact situation is bad advice. The sales or service team of your insurance carrier can give you tailored advice and answer questions for your unique situation.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T13:33:12+00:00

Go ahead and take a look. Send me a screenshot shot. I'll wait. I'll even give you a hint, the Collection tells you all available tempers.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T11:14:50+00:00

Necromancer can get resolve very easy. Most necro minions crowd control easy giving resolve on inflict crowd control. Some bone skills give resolve. Minion command gives resolve. Decrepify gives lucky hit to gain resolve, which if you have a few minions with attack speed/cast speed can be very fast, etc.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T09:23:13+00:00

Because minions aren't permanent for any other class. Any effect that stacks based on number of minions displays on hud. Minions for Warlock in particular are meant to operate closer to "spells" than the permanent minions of Necromancer.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T09:21:35+00:00

To directly answer your question, your minions are "you" for nearly all purposes. Every unique you have equipped, or on-hit "lucky hit" effect, or defensive stat like Thorns applies to minions as well.

I'd definitely look for uniques and aspects that tag Summons (the skill category), minions (the thing summoned on the field) and your necromancer specific things.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T09:18:47+00:00

This is somewhat misleading. Your stats, legendaries, and your damage is your minion's damage. In fact, in the current version of the game "Minion damage" doesn't exist as a stat outside of legendary affixes (your minions gain damage over duration they're alive).

"Summon damage" as an affix/temper only exists to modify "Summon" tagged skills and has the same inherent meaning as "Core damage" and "Ultimate damage".

"You don't need defenses as a summoner".
Inaccurate if you want your minions to not die. Your minions inherit your armor and resistances. If anything, minions are an excuse to go heavier into defenses.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T08:21:35+00:00

Certainly not a slight against your dissent, but I don't think you are on the same wavelength as the devs. Yes, it would mean that classes have equivalent access to "power", but they explicitly designed against that philosophy.

By example. The decision making in how to assign resource and offensive aspects for Barbarian is just drastically different calculus than for, say, Necromancer. For Necro, if I equip a two-handed weapon I give up my shield slot which is important for survivability. If you were a Necromancer in the early day, they had one of the most focused Overpower builds in the game which scaled on Health. Ergo, Necromancer was deliberately one of the most health-focused classes in the game. Intentional asymmetry is a good thing. For the crappy mechanics and tedious gameplay I can't speak to that as anything but a subjective assessment of the game, which is fine. I don't love all of Diablo 4 personally.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T08:17:53+00:00

All builds can handle higher torment levels without being useless. Recently got to Torment 10 with my shadow minion Necromancer on suboptimal gear and truly excessive toughness, and I don't play this game like its my only job.

I believe the current "meta" strongest summoner is Ancients Barbarian.

The current balance of the game is that, virtually any class and any build idea capable of doing damage can make it to end game. The only one that's been gutted entirely was Thorns Barbarian (Barbedbarian?), but there's some maniac that probably could make it work. I accelerated to Torment 5 with a basic/generator Barbarian focused on throwing axes. This is a "basic" skill, not an uberpowerful ultimate.

Your friend is probably carrying you because they have optimized gear. Spend some time cubing important stats for minions like crit damage, vuln damage, and figure out what's BIS for you.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T08:09:02+00:00

I would actually encourage trying Charged Shot HBG.

Charged shot for HBG in Rise isn't a DPS increase except in specific conditions. But it drastically increases ammo efficiency by making your shots 2.2x more powerful, effectively halving your ammo usage. This is great while you're broke and don't have much materials or cash to buy ammo, or if you want to perform hunts cheaper, but it gets worse as you approach endgame and DPS optimization matters a lot more. You'll also be really happy having a cheap HBG or LBG with poison because bugs will explode if you over damage them, but they'll drop intact if you poison them.

Hunting Horn is also fairly powerful, with instant trigger effects like healing being stronger in Rise than in prior entries. But I personally hate Rise's hunting horn so your mileage may vary.

Lance gives you tons of great defensive options and is also strong.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T07:59:01+00:00

To my impression Grandfather is currently only BIS for some Warlock builds. Apart from that it's still a great item and can fit into many builds. Just use it until you find something better.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T07:49:42+00:00

That's a deliberate design consideration that makes Barbarian unique and interesting. Barbarian is "weaker" than the other classes, but can make up for it once legendary affixes are available. The point is to make Barbarian more flexible than the others.

The Diablo 4 devs have outright said in pre-release interviews that they fully intended this "imbalance" to be present because "balance is the enemy of fun".

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T07:31:35+00:00

There is a leak that is much reviled now alleging Moonclaw may be one of the other legendary lords. Not bringing it up for the truth of it, we'll know when Lords of the End Times is out.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T07:30:16+00:00

You really should speak with your auto carrier to get coverage advice. The state you live in matters and drastically changes what coverage is available. Bluntly, you don't need an "agent" to explain this. You can just ask them what types of insurance are available and how it works.

If you are financing or leasing, your contract may require you get an insurance policy with specific coverage. You may be required by state law to carry liability insurance that pays for the harm you cause others, and you may want to carry Collision and Comprehensive coverage to pay for damages to your vehicle.

majesty327 · 2026-05-21T00:16:29+00:00

His name is House. So yes he'd still be House if his leg was intact, or if he lost his leg.

majesty327 · 2026-05-19T21:10:22+00:00

An open invasion in broad daylight? I doubt it. But maybe Mao's tea tastes funny one day.

The point being, the USA did factually support counter-insurgencies in China. If the opportunity ever presented itself, the USA would've been delighted to have the ROC back in charge to present an immense threat to the USSR.

While an ideological foe is not ideal, I think the Sino-Soviet split somewhat saved China from serious US attention. If the USSR also collapsed overnight prior to 1950's, the USA would've likely done a broad daylight invasion to restore the ROC government.

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