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

[Clown]

SPOILER!

Ok the issue here and with golems generally is that they hit very hard and will quickly kill an unprotected character. However even the improved golems dont hit that fast so what you have to do is try and get them distracted fighting a character protected by stoneskins and mirror image, these spells are low level but it will take the golems a long time to batter there way through them and they can easily be replaced. You also might want this character to drwn the golems away from the main area so the golems are less likely to switch target and the witch doctor wont dispel your protections. While the golems are thus distracted take out the witch doctor first, he is a lot easier than the lich but can drop a few decent spells if you let him stay alive. Then clear up everything else before going for the golems, making sure electricity protection is up. You will probably also want to use what ever spells you have to increase damge at this point to kill the golems quickly as they will be likely to switch target and you dont want to lose a character when you are so close.