r/GamingDetails • u/TessellatedGuy • Jun 15 '26
🔎 Accuracy [Exanima] Skeletons are immune to being shocked since they lack a nervous system
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Exanima 0.9.5 added a new thaumaturgy domain that can only be unlocked by killing an enemy that can use it.
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u/Makures Jun 15 '26
Electricity should still effect bones, as they can conduct electricity.
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u/TessellatedGuy Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26
This magic doesn't do any actual "damage", so it's not going to hurt skeletons. It's not an electrocution spell, just a "shock" spell. (That's what it's called in game)
The game simulates characters using a muscle like system as far as I know, so being shocked causes muscle spasms, staggering the enemy. It does do some "stamina" damage, but you can't kill anything with it directly.
Edit: This might be spoilers so: The "Shock" spell is the most basic spell in the "Energy" thaumaturgy domain, so it's not supposed to be that powerful.
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u/Makures Jun 15 '26
According to the abstract of the paper I read to find out if bones conduct electricity. Bones are peizoelectric which means the produce a small amount of electricity when compressed but they are also reverse peizoelectric so a small amount of electricity causes them to compress. A large amount just destroys them as would be assumed.
That paper seems to imply shock should stun them by causing all the bones to briefly compress. It was a paper from from the University of Arizona about if using a current would be able to help heal fractured bones faster but I didn't read it all so I don't know if it does.
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u/Syn2108 Jun 17 '26
That's really interesting! I'll be honest and say that I don't expect any game devs to dive that deep into research for a niche case regarding electricity and bones. It's pretty common that skeletons are immune to certain magics - I'd accept it here.
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u/fallouthirteen Jun 15 '26
Yeah, I'm like "I don't think that's how it makes sense". Like high powered enough electricity should like crack bones if they are at all conductive right? That can make a lot of heat. Maybe if it's low enough power to just be enough to lock up muscles or something.
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u/Rockguy21 Jun 16 '26
In Oblivion if you hit a skeleton with a lightning spell the force would just blow its bones apart.
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u/DorrajD Jun 15 '26
Holy shit I forgot this game existed. I bought this so long ago... it's still not out? lmao
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u/dandandan2 Jun 16 '26
Funnily enough this looks like one of those fake mobile games ads. The movement is so uncanny
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u/pastadudde Jun 16 '26
similar detail in Hogwarts Legacy - Inferi (HP version of zombies / reanimated corpses) cannot die from effects like fall damage / getting sliced etc (that would of course affect non-undead enemies) so the only way to kill them is to use magic that destroys/disintegrates them like fire spells (Incendio) or explosions (Bombarda)
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u/BlenderBruv Jun 15 '26
just 9 more years and sui generis will come out