Nether Scroll Lich Help Options

[Jon Irenicus]

Hello everyone

Well, currently my evil sorceress protagonist is romancing edwin and so far i hadn't problems with the improved battles i had, but now on edwin's nether scroll quest i kinda run into a big problem because the lich guarding it is also improved and no one in my party has spells higher than lv 5 wich means i can't even cast protection from energy or attempt to disrupt him, and i can't go do other quests first because i want to continue the romance and edwin also says he will leave if i dont get this nether scroll arghhh...I wanted some opinions or ideas or even a reality check on me ( like saying YOUR SCREWED DUDE) from others players of improved anvil.My (nearly)evil squad is:

Protagonist - Evil sorceress - lv 11
Edwin - Wild Mage - lv 11
Korgan - Fighter/Assassin - lv 8/10
Minsc - Kensai - lv 9
Willie Bruce Mod Npc - Berserker - lv 9
Anomen - Cleric - lv 10

Well most of time i just end up getting owned but there was this 1 time, my sorceress and edwin's SI and my high hp tanks, Anomen buffs to fire res, using edwin's lv 1 spell: reckless dweomer or whatever to try cast PfME on my warriors, and some running around the tombs so that only 1 char would be affected by the area spell or retreating to heal with potions of heal, i managed to nullify / reduce or even taking on chin some of lich's spells without casualties like dragon's breath, horrid's ,3 chain light in a sequencer -.-, though after i started to be able to finally hit the lich and stop some of the spells the guy reaches injured status and while i am already thinking i was going to finally win this and make him bite the dust, all my team eats a chain contigency of 3 horrid wiltings and BAMB all dead, from win to total defeat lol.So any suggestions or hopeless comments are welcome.

This post has been edited by Jon Irenicus: Mar 13 2008, 01:29 PM

[rbeverjr]

Welcome to the forum Jon Irenicus,

At my skill level, I'd say you are probably screwed.

I notice that you have no fighter-mage/blade-type in your group. These type characters are good for this situation because their THAC0 is better than a mage, but they can still protect their buffs with spell immunity:abjuration (SI:A).

One way you may possibly win is to send your wildmage in under SI:A with protection from lightning and protection from magical energy. Just beat on stoneskins until the Protection from Magic Weapons that the lich spams runs out. (The rest of the team stays out of the liches sight/area of effect spells.) You'll need several SI:A because the lich will ruby ray you. The idea is to make the lich waste spells on a protected character, but my money is on the lich. He'll probably use some magic that you are not protected against or summon a nasty or in some way screw your world. In short, it's hard to beat Sikret's liches when you don't have some good spells above level 5 (particularly ruby ray). Perhaps, Sikret, Raven, or the better players can provide a more optimistic approach.

If you have the money and can find a stack of ruby ray scrolls, that would make things a bit easier. If you must do this quest now, you may need some scrolls for the job.

Old school cheese is to whack the lich and leave, letting his spells run out. I've never tried that approach, but I've heard that Sikret specifically protects against this tactic in some battles.

This post has been edited by rbeverjr: Mar 13 2008, 03:48 PM