Tactical advice for Tarnor in the Sewers Options

[sturmvogel]

Having struggled mightily with Mencar Pebblecrusher's party (none of Keldorn's 3 Dispel Magics dropped Sorcerous Amon's protections (thank ghod for Emotion!)) I'm a bit concerned about trying to deal with Tarnor's crowd, which has always been more of a struggle for me in the regular game since I've never been a very tactically elegant player.
I gather than my normal tactic of invisibly sneaking up and letting off a double cloudkill has been deprecated by Sikret and would like some advice for my 1.2 million XP party consisting of:

Me R/C
Keldorn
Jahiera
Yoshio
Xan F/M
Kelsey

[rbeverjr]

I actually found the horrid rakasha harder than this group. I ended up letting the rakasha chase me around, banging him every now and then, until his protections ran out. Of course you need to clean out a loop in the sewers for your race.

I suggest going around both the rakasha and the overwhelmingly experienced sewer dwelling toll keepers Complete the Unseeing Eye Quest while avoiding Sikret's improvements. Follow thetruth and Sikret's outline of initial quests. First do the unimproved quests, then the copper coronet/slavers, etc. Right before the underdark, visit De'Arnis Keep. It's tough now. All the strongholds are tough for low levels. Be sure that you can cast Death Fog or at least bring a scroll of it.

Strategies to kill beholders have been presented on this forum. So, you can search if you'd rather not figure it out for yourself.

[sturmvogel]

I actually found the horrid rakasha harder than this group. I ended up letting the rakasha chase me around, banging him every now and then, until his protections ran out. Of course you need to clean out a loop in the sewers for your race.

I suggest going around both the rakasha and the overwhelmingly experienced sewer dwelling toll keepers Complete the Unseeing Eye Quest while avoiding Sikret's improvements. Follow thetruth and Sikret's outline of initial quests. First do the unimproved quests, then the copper coronet/slavers, etc. Right before the underdark, visit De'Arnis Keep. It's tough now. All the strongholds are tough for low levels. Be sure that you can cast Death Fog or at least bring a scroll of it.

I've been a bit intimidated by all the talk of the multiplying assassins in the Slaver HQ as they were a real problem in my brief battle with Borinall (before pulling the plug). Not sure if I wanted to deal with them as one of my early improved quests or not.

I'm very fond of Death Fog although Sikret has reduced its effects against the bosses. But I'm not sure that I want Kelsey to use a spell slot for it when he levels up in a bit. So far I've got PfME and Imp. Haste chosen, but Contingency is really tempting for my next 6th level spell.

[thetruth]

I'm very fond of Death Fog although Sikret has reduced its effects against the bosses. But I'm not sure that I want Kelsey to use a spell slot for it when he levels up in a bit. So far I've got PfME and Imp. Haste chosen, but Contingency is really tempting for my next 6th level spell.

Yes Death Fog isn't so effective as it was. PfMWeapons, G.of Invulnerability and Death Fog could be your other 6 level spells.

Mislead and C.Lightning could be useful too in SoA, but not so effective against the tough enemies of IA. I wouldn't pick Contingency though.

[Sikret]

Yes Death Fog isn't so effective as it was. PfMWeapons, G.of Invulnerability and Death Fog could be your other 6 level spells.

I trust you meant "Death Spell".

[thetruth]

Yes Death Fog isn't so effective as it was. PfMWeapons, G.of Invulnerability and Death Fog could be your other 6 level spells.

I trust you meant "Death Spell".

It doesn't make a big difference. Death Fog insta-kills summons as well (but of course someone must be careful since it's not a party-friendly spell).
The advantage of D.Fog is that it can damage a few enemies as well (those not immune).