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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]

Swash is very good actually. Up until you exit Underdark, he's awsome. Just get that +3 buckler upgrade for him + Belm + Bluntness Girdle. However, from my experience, low Hp, inability to use Hardiness and such will get him killed on a regular basis in late fights, like Chromatic Demon. Takes a lot of micromanagment. As I said, in early and mid-game, you'll love him. He-ll get better in a month anyway.

Yeah, I know. Things could get tough for swashi in mid-late game. I even considered to dual her into fighter until it's too late, but decided not to. Micromanagement indeed is an issue with swashi but it's kinda fun. So, I'll just play and see what happens

For partty composition / well, good luck. I never played multi rang/cler in IA. You get Restoration very late, and with your party (swash, berserker, cavalier) you will need it as soon as possible.

Good point here too. I thought of it while planning the party. But I've seen some positive opinions on r/c's in IA, so decided to try one for myself. Well, anyway, it's an experiment of sorts.

For item upgrades - I believe (I'm not sure about it) that +2 Halberd you can buy is actually Suriys (or something) halberd. It is a +2 halberd. But not the one you can upgrade to a +3 wpn. Your point is valid however, there are upgrades for +2 flail which are more expensive than the flail itself.

This halberd is indeed "Suriys something", but Cromwell can forge a +3 weapon from it, I just checked After all, it just a Halberd +2 (judging by its primary name and stats). "Suriys" is a part of the description only.

Faldorn will be very hard without spell disruption. Very, very hard. Those bears are deadly when your AC is 6.. Or, uninstall Multi Stronghold and let Cernd beat the crap out of her. Or some spell slots

Agreed. I've thought about using Cernd to win this battle, but I'm unsure if everything will be okay because of these re-installs (I've already started thief and cleric strongholds).