super kitty aka Tabitha -- POSSIBLE SPOILER, for cat haters everywhere Options

[kilolima2]

I went straight to the Copper Coronet at the start of the game.

My F/T managed to sneak and attempt to backstab the guard in the prison backroom... but he was un-backstab-able?! Is he a barbarian or does he have some special gear to protect him from bs (which he didn't drop)? Or is this anti-player cheese? Since I enjoy playing a thiefly character, random non-bs enemies seems a little heavy-handed, if there is no RP reason for it besides just making it tougher.

Anyways, that guard was swarmed and killed before he could summon his mage friends for help. Is this cheese or not? If you intend to storm a room (after scouting it), is it ok to attack enemies before they go red (while they're still blue)? I think that if you are an agressive bad*ss, kicking butt and taking names and to hell with friendly fire, then overwhelming attacks on undeclared enemies should be your MO (aka Pearl Harbor). What do ppl think?

The Beastmaster and Tabitha was a huge, FUN fight. I couldn't do it with my level 8/9 party of 4 (F/T,F/C,Spellsword,Spellweaver) without cheese.. (draw BM out of hallway without Tabitha, use Valen's level drain attack). I think that Tabitha MAY do a little excessive damage for this early in the game, and she has the amazing ability to knock back opponents through WALLS AND CLOSED DOORS...

Anyways, fun stuff with my first IA fight. Thanks Sikret!

kilolima

This post has been edited by kilolima2: Apr 16 2007, 08:21 PM

[thetruth]

As leonidas said you can separate Tabitha from the Beastmaster.It can make the battle easier.
After you have separated them you can have one character with the best AC attack Tabitha in melee and the rest of your party to attack with ranged weapons.
Tabitha doesn't have a great THACO - good AC can protect.

Also if you can cast 5 level spells:

1 G.Malison (even better if combined with Doom) and then Hold Monster for Tabitha and Feeblemind for the Beastmaster
They will make the battle a lot easier.

I think that Tabitha MAY do a little excessive damage for this early in the game, and she has the amazing ability to knock back opponents through WALLS AND CLOSED DOORS...

Maybe Sikret should look at this and if possible to make knocked-back characters to not pass through walls and doors.
When I had tested the battle IIRC Tabitha hadn't this special attack.