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[critto]

Okay. Really, the mod is totally fun and pleasure, but in the name of all that sacred, next version should ease up on spiders a little bit.
I thought 2 drow ambushes were hard to beat with those annoying spiders being everywhere. Apparantly, I was mistaken.
Deeper underdark. Cave with an instant supply of whisper spiders (where they just keeping coming from nowhere). Really, how can I beat this thing? They dispel everything, they somehow draw characters from place to themselves, and sometimes they just kill chars instantly. Why is that? Why no info about the damage being done or save-throw being made (dwarf-kensai, instantly dead. huh?). And, finally, there are just TOO DAMN much of them, my characters can't handle them, even though I have a fighter-heavy party (vagrant, kensai, blade, berserker-cleric, sorc, thief/mage). I am doing buffs, of course, but they are being dispelled very soon and there is no point and time in refreshing them. Summons doesn't help much too (tried 5 hasted mordy swords). Tried magic (adwh, chain lightnings), but they are magic resistant, as it seems.
I am no great tactician, but how am I supposed to win that battle? :) Just keep reloading and hope for better save-throws and no instant-kills? I would be really glad to have some advices on that battle. This is the first one in the game which makes me feel annoyed, instead of being interested, having fun and searching for better tactics.

[Sikret]

Whisper Spiders don't have the ability to instantly kill characters, but they have a chance per hit to drain INT and WIS. Do your warriors have low INT and WIS? If so, it can explain why they die fast against these creatures.

Also, their ability to pull/draw your characters is due to the "Web Lariat" they throw and you should see the message on the screen when any of them throws a lariat.

To be honest, I don't remember having any problems defeating those spiders in the deeperdark dungeons; so, I can't think of any particular tactical advice except the usual standard buffing (Chaotic Commands + Improved Haste), attacking, etc... Potions of Clarity can also be used to instantly refresh immunity to confusion if the CC is dispelled.

As for a magical approach, you can use spells which bypass MR, or alternatively you can cast "Lower Resistance" spells on a few of them before casting offensive spells.

EDIT: LOL, Kerkes was faster than me to tell you the essentials. It's very good to see that I don't have to worry about questions remaining without a reply here. Thanks!

This post has been edited by Sikret: Feb 11 2009, 07:56 PM