Noble efreeti Options

[Mjolnir88]

This is my first post, but i have been watching the forums for some time.

First, great mod sikret! Really challenging and makes me want to pull my hair out sometimes! Can't wait for v6.

My problem is the noble efreeti. I cant seem to do anything to him. I have even tried lower the difficulty from core to easy but the furthest i can get him down is injured. His improved fire shield murders me. This combined with his lower fire resist is overkill. He is immune to breach (which sikret already mentioned in another post) so i decided that my casters would have to take him down.

After 2 RR i can bring down his spell protections, but nothing much seems to damage him (due to his regen). He doesn't seem to take any damage from magic missle, and chain lightning did barely anything to him. I've even tried lowering his magic resistance and hitting him with multiple ice storms while a tank stood there aggroing him.

Running around doesnt seem to be an option with his incindeary clouds and fireballs.

I'm out of ideas. Please help.

[Sikret]

Welcome, Mjolnir!

SPOILER!

The noble efreeti has Pfmw and does cast it, but he is one of the few spellcasters who gives priority to stoneskin (he is probably too self-confident). So, if you have weapons which inflict elemental damage (other than fire, of course). The damage will bypass his stoneskin and you may be able to kill him even before he realizes that he needs to cast pfmw. That's probably the reason Critto hasn't seen his pfmw in his game.

@Critto

SPOILER!

I have intentionally scripted him not to give priority to pfmw in order to give some better tactical options to players against his stoneskins (the player needs to think and realize that he should use weapons which inflict additional elemental damage); but if you think that he is a tad too easy in this way, I can change him to behave more cautiously and cast pfmw early in the battle. What do you say?