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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.

[critto]

Well, I finally managed to beat those things. Used the melee tactic, of course. Blade really helped by being a low-AC decoy. But the spiders killed my b-c and t\m. Thankfully, I had the scroll of raise from the dead to resurrect my cleric. Thanks for the hints on that battle, again.

I have one more question. As I remember, one of the parts of the Wabe halberd was in posession of Sahuagin Prince. Does he still carry that part around? I didn't fight him so it means I have no way to acquire that part of the halberd (thus, I have no chance to forge Poseidon's Wrath)? Or maybe part of the halberd participates in item randomizer program, so I still have the chance?

And one more question. Is there any way to protect chars from deep shadows' strength drain?

This post has been edited by critto: Feb 12 2009, 09:02 AM