New Player, Requesting Help Options

[Zarathustra]

Hi everyone.

I am a quite experienced BG2 player (as in: the vanilla game provides zero challenge anymore, but Ascension is still a struggle). Having recently started my first IA game, after perusing this forum for a while, I must say that IA is a very polished mod, and highly enjoyable once one accepts what it tries, and does not try, to do (some people seem to have difficulties with that).

However, I am - of course - up to my neck in trouble with most of the new encounters. So, I have opened this thread to occasionally ask advice once a battle has me stumped for hours on end. Any help would be appreciated; both general advice and moderate spoilers are welcome. Many thanks in advance!


My party consists of:

PC (Vagrant, 11) - very powerful kit, by the way; just I what I need for IA!
Valygar (11)
Anomen (12)
Jaheira (10 / 11)
Yoshimo (13) - he seems rather useless in IA, but I like him (it's not like he'll last anyway).
Nalia (12)

I have cleared the De'Arnise keep and done all the unmodded quests except the Unseeing Eye cult (if it even is unmodded). So you might be surprised to hear the Shadow Lover in the Lilarcor quest presents me with great difficulties. Tanking him seems impossible due to his low AC, his regeneration and his strength drain ability; and spells seem not to affect him, not even Bolt of Glory, which was a disappointment. Help? I am quite impressed that Sikret and others did it with lower-level and less-well-equipped parties.

This post has been edited by Zarathustra: Jan 20 2008, 08:05 PM

[Zarathustra]

Well, here I am again. I gave up on the Shadow Dragon for a while and did the Windspear Dungeon instead, excluding Samia, Conster and Firkraag (obviously). Then I did the Unseeing Eye, cleared Bodhi's lair and rescued Jaheira from the false Harpers; also, Anomen has been knighted.

I have pretty much run out of options, though I think I could win the battle with the pirates; but I would much appreciate a hint or two for the Shadow Dragon battle, since getting the Shadow Dragon Armor is one of the pre-Spellhold priorites for my Vagrant (now level 13, by the way). Maybe I will then postpone Firkraag and the Planar Prison and Planar Sphere quests until Chapter 6, with Imoen at my side. Does that sound like a good idea, or would Spellhold and the Underdark be too much for me, seeing as I have no +4 weapons and no IA forged items (I am saving up)?

Thanks in advance.

[Raven]

I have pretty much run out of options, though I think I could win the battle with the pirates; but I would much appreciate a hint or two for the Shadow Dragon battle, since getting the Shadow Dragon Armor is one of the pre-Spellhold priorites for my Vagrant (now level 13, by the way).

What specifically is causing the problem in the Shadow Dragon battle?