Deodorize

[Jonnyram]

Sneak is used to hide from monsters who detect by sound and invisible is used to hide from monsters who detect by vision.

That basically covers all the monsters, so I was curious about what exactly deodorize is used for and I came across a Japanese site that says you should use it to hide from monsters that are chasing you, e.g. if an Orc spots you (sight) and comes after you, you can hide from it by using invisible and deodorize. Invisible alone is not enough.

Has anyone actually successfully done this kind of thing - I would guess there isn't enough time to do this before the monster hits you (erasing your cover) or does deodorize not get erased by damage like sneak and invisible do?

Also, I am curious about whether deodorize helps avoid monsters who detect you are in red/yellow HP, like skeletons and dogs. Anyone have any experience with this?

[Icemage]

Some enemies track by scent - that's where Deodorize comes in. Dogs are the most common type of enemy that track by scent (such as Mauthe Doog, Hell Hound, etc.). Against most other enemies it isn't much use, and is certainly the least powerful of the 3 "stealth" spells.


Icemage

[Jonnyram]

You mention dogs, but if you are using sneak, dogs won't be able to detect you anyway. Can deodorize be used instead of sneak, or am I misunderstanding you?

[Silkiv]

I'm predicting (I do not know, sorry) that it makes a bigger deal if you sub whm or rdm where the 15, 20 and 25 of deodorize, sneak and invis would be a diff of 30, 40 and 50 for the mainjob.

As for the other point maybe rdm could chainspell it in emergencies in running away? *shrugs*

[Maxim]

A long time ago I heard about Deodorize allowing you to escape from monsters who are chasing you as well, so I decided to test it with my RDM at Yuhtunga. However, I only tested it twice, but these are the results I got.

The first time I was exploring in the jungle on foot and I got close enough to an Overgrown Rose (those Malboros) so that it would aggro me, and when it did I promptly used ˜A‘±–‚, put it to Sleep I, casted Sneak, Invisi, and Deode on myself, and ran away a good distance. The Malboro didn't come running my way.

Therefore, I decided to give it another run. I found the Malboro again and casted Sleep I from a distance, but I didn't cast the MGS spells on myself. This time I ran straight for Kazham, which was a good jont away. A few minutes later I saw the Malboro right behind me. Anyway, stuff got messy, I tried to cast Sleep II on it, fell into some hole, got aggroed by a handful of Gobs, tried putting them to sleep, ran around in circles, tried to Dezone myself, but died because I already used my two hour half an hour ago.

I only tested it twice. I didn't feel like testing it further after the incident that happened the second time so I can't tell if the first time was a fluke and/or if the second time was just bad luck. But nevertheless, those are the results. Maybe some other WHM or RDM can try messing around with Deode and see if they get different results. Controlling variables in an online RPG is kind of tough.

[Oddin]

From my personal experience in Beta, Deodorized is just like Sneak and Invisible. Its the lesser used of the three because not many fiends can smell you out. The only 3 i know of that you need Deodorized for are Pugils, Slimes and Dogs. Everything else i ran into i just needed Invisible and Sneak.

[Silkiv]

Well as for beasts that can smell you. I've read that they include sheep/ram, rabbits, slime, leeches, beetles, scorpions, crawlers, tigers, dhamel, raptors, coerl, demons, bees and orcs . Not all of them apply though for example some bees and orcs can't smell, many can however.

What intrests me however are enemies that supposivily detect you when your hp is less than 75% (ai version of smelling blood?) or by magical means. Undead/ hounds and golems/cardians respectively.

[Zarrik]

Does anyone know where you can pick up deodorize? I started in Bastok and the scribe there doesn't have it.

[Oddin]

Goblin Leechers drop Deodorize, Invisible and Sneak.