Detailed Journal V6.4, 9 years of trying to beat IA Options

[Dequ]

Nice and very creative victory over the windmaster! I tend to save him for Ch 6. I wonder whether fireshield red with SI:Abjuration would be a good approach against him? I read in one of these journals that the druid spell acid shield is quite against him. Not sure how his dispel magic on hit works - maybe you need PFMW too for it to be a viable strategy?

Quickly tested those. Not working. We get dispelled by his ability which suck you in, not per hit. Not everything getting dispelled by this ability, like haste and SI: immunity wont. PFMW get dispelled.

[david77]

Nice journal, I will keep up with it.. :s

Thank u

[Dequ]

Finally added more on the journal (First Post). Too bad I focused on playing and not so much about writing, so "detailed" is not so detailed after all. Anyway next I have some really interesting fights ahead Chapter3, which I will try to record:
Firkraag + After Firkraag Encounters
Teshal
Troll Mound
Illithid Hideout
Demon Wrait
Kangaxx
Twisted Rune
Guarded Combound
Umar (havent tried yet)

[Dequ]

List getting smaller.

Managed to beat
Demon Wrait
Zallanora
Kangaxx
Teshal
Umar

Recorded all fights and adding videos on journal next week when I get new cpu cooler&heat sink.

Demon Wrait caused me most pain, I tried to beat it several hours until win it with perfect win. It should not have been this hard, but poor micromanagement and walking on traps caused me problems.
Zallanora I beat prettty straight forward with few tries. I had to use tactic "run away" for few round to make absolute immunity to expire and then attack to kill her.
Kangaxx both forms were quite easy. Berserker engrace helped so much. Won this fight on second try, I was in total control.
Also Foughtt umar and it was too easy. Teshal killed on first serious try, had few mistakes but did not change outcome., there is few grand skeletons, but I have new +4 weapon "Rimed Club" that will be useful + (FOA +4) and (Phosphorus +4).

Then Troll Mound, Firkraag and Guarded Compound next ahead.

This post has been edited by Dequ: Apr 20 2019, 01:43 PM

[Dequ]

Troll Mound beaten too easily. My initial plan to make both queen and almost dead before killing other. But then I just end up rushing to kill minor trolls, then queen then killed all vengeance troll spawns and then the king when no more spawn came. Ofc I did had ST drains and forced to drop some items to be able to move, but it worked on first try. I even had Spell Trigger 12xsunfire to kill all the Vengeance troll all together as a backup, but I managed to kill them right away more faster than they were spawning.

Firkraag caused me about 1 day to beat it. It was challencing and I was trying to be gentle and be total control on all the time, but those silences were causing me lot of problems. After long day of trying I was furstrated and tried just straight forward full attack without thinking too much or luring skeletons for suitable place to kill. Basically my attack power were high enought to beat all just right away, ofc got silenced and some things dispelled but it was still enought. Videos will come later.

Any tips beating Guarded Compound in pre Spellhold party? My managed to beat almost everything what I can in chapter3, most recent firkraag. I just hit lvl 18 and my spellcasters got improved alacrity, so I think that + Contigences and spell trigggers might be the way. I have planned and tested this encounter for 2 whole days, finding weaknesess. Right now I was planning to do 1 remove magic + Creater Malison, 12 sunfires, 16 Chain lighting to beat most of enemies in 2rounds. Then there is left only the mage, golems and skeletons and If I can get protections on it should not be problem to beat. My other plan to beat mage in first round, but then It will take basically 2-3 chars attention for few rounds and then cannot mass murder most of enemies. Another strategy is to use haste+stonekins on first round, interrupt cleric storm casting and rush into the room and have 1 char blocking it while others buffing. Havent tried that one yet.

After this there is only:
Illithid Hideout
After Firkraag Encounters (Some rune assassins cannot, remember clearly what kind of encounter this was).
Twisted Rune

[Dequ]

Firkraag
https://youtu.be/u2ppEll9T5o

Teshal
https://youtu.be/YquiWiMPnUU

Windmaster
https://youtu.be/2Y333XEKxoc

[Dequ]

Demon Wraith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0-MoJW5OHY

Kangaxx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QEzBIp1zFc

[bulian]

Impressive! I would think you would have a good shot at beating the Illithid Hideout and Guarded Compound given how far you made it.

Twisted Rune though... sounds tough!

[Dequ]

Progress hold for while. Almost managed to beat Guarded Compound. Did not enjoy enought for endless trying so keeping break now. Maybe some day will continue...