Question about fighting Faldorn Options

[geh4th]

I'm a IA beginner, just started my first game on v5.

As with any beginner, I'm trying to adjust to the new tactics required by Improved Anvil.

I'm following the suggested path of early quests to try to keep myself from getting in TOO deep too quickly. I'm currently at the druid grove.

What I can't seem to determine - and can't remember from my days of playing Vanilla BG2, if indeed it was an issue - is how do you arrange for Cernd to fight Faldorn instead of my protagonist? The latter is a Vagrant, who at L8 doesn't seem to stand a chance at defeating Faldorn. I've tried a few times - with no equipment or magic to speak of, I'm wasted almost immediately.

My guess, such as it is, is that with multiple strongholds (Ease of Use) the game considers ME a druid and doesn't give me the option of having Cernd fight Faldorn. Is this theory correct?

Beyond that, is it that I am actually too weak at this point to really consider fighting Faldorn in the pit, and should count this as one of those encounters that I need to return to later? I've seen commentary from others that Faldorn was "too easy", but that might have been in reference to earlier versions of IA.

Thanks in advance to any who respond with information.



Great mod, Sikret. I love what I've seen and read about so far.

geh4th

(p.s. - I wouldn't think that anything I've posted above would be considered a "spoiler". If I cross the line into revealing spoiler-ish info, I'd appreciate it if someone lets me know. I don't want to ever ruin anything for another player, now or in a future post.)

This post has been edited by geh4th: May 28 2008, 08:15 PM

[Raven]

I realize that many encounters are deliberately designed to be way too tough to handle right away, but it's clear that this one is considered doable based on the suggested walkthrough path.

The reason the battle with Faldorn is mentioned early in my suggested quest order is that at the time I wrote it, I assumed the player would not have Multiple Strongholds installed and thus would be fighting Faldorn with a druid (which is what people were referring to when they said the fight is too easy - with e.g. Cernd the fight is very easy).

If your protagonist is a ranger it is not at all easy and is fairly luck-based especially if you don't have LMD/Vamp Touch as Bhaalspawn powers. In other words you weren't missing anything; hopefully you will find later battles much less luck-based.

For the benefit of anyone playing a ranger protagonist who hasn't done the battle yet, it is much easier if delayed until the protagonist can cast Flame Blade (i.e. is level 10). I'll edit my quest order thread and mention that.

[Sikret]

I'll edit my quest order thread

Thanks, Raven. See my recent post in that thread.