WiseGrimwald
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Next we took on some Hobgoblins that included wizards. One was made ineffective by means of silence. The other was attacked using poison and their mirror image was effectively dispelled using true sight. Once the wizards were eliminated the rest of the hobgoblins were effectively dealt with using melee by my tanks whilst my thief used his shortbow and the dragon disciple used magic missiles.
Upon exit we bought a "Gift of peace."
Next we killed Llyrk using spells to counter his.
The battle was not long.
Then we fought a band of ogres including an ogre-mage. We fought him first using true sight, silence and the like. Two ogres attacked Thiefhelm and I deenes that useful. The rest of the party killed the other ogres whilst Thiefhelm led those two round and round the arena until they were the only two left. Vastly outnumbered, the last two quickly fell.
We bought destroyer of the hills and the ring of fire resistance.
EDIT
After dealing with a lot of ankheg we were able to buy the priapt of proof against poison and a few antidotes to poison. Hopefully we will now be able to defeat poison users without too much difficulty. We are poor, but better equipped. We still need to buy another suit of full plate armour.
At this level having good defence is essential.
When Baeloth gave the enemy portals to bring in reinforcements, we destroyed the portals quickly once the ogre mage was killed. After that, it was just a matter of time.
Thiefhelm is now level 7 and I would have liked to have dual-classed to mage, but if and when we escape, I will want his thieving ability in Durlag's Tower, he will therefore have to stay at level 7.
We still need 3000gp to get full plate armour, and there is a lot of other equipment that we would like to buy: rings, amulets, +2 weapons and the like, though +2 weapons are not yet available.
Another run in with ankhegs allowed us to fork out on Evanter's Gift.
Still more run ins with ankhegs and we finally bought Dark Helm some full plate armour. We are poor again!
Fought a tough battle after which we were given a substantial amount of gold and +2 weapons became available.
Most of the party now has one +2 weapon and one +1 weapon.
We beat the trolls and slime by using fire to kill them.
The battle against the shambling mound and clay golems was touch and go, but we prevailed barely.
The ice salamanders were much easier, so much so that we fought them several times in order to buy better equipment..
Now reached the experience cap. The only major item that I need is the robe of the evil arch=mage.
However, just to get a small supply of potions of magic shielding took one trip to "Ice to see you," and to get potions of extra healingg would take another trip. Getting all the potions that they wanted/needed would take numerous visits.
One visit got each party member 2 potions of extra healing: another bought Blackhelm a Composite longbow +2 plus some arrows in case we need to kite.
The Fire Giant WAS killed, but we had to use almost all of our resources to succeed! We will have to replace them if we are going to beat Baeloth!
Upon exit we bought a "Gift of peace."
Next we killed Llyrk using spells to counter his.
The battle was not long.
Then we fought a band of ogres including an ogre-mage. We fought him first using true sight, silence and the like. Two ogres attacked Thiefhelm and I deenes that useful. The rest of the party killed the other ogres whilst Thiefhelm led those two round and round the arena until they were the only two left. Vastly outnumbered, the last two quickly fell.
We bought destroyer of the hills and the ring of fire resistance.
EDIT
After dealing with a lot of ankheg we were able to buy the priapt of proof against poison and a few antidotes to poison. Hopefully we will now be able to defeat poison users without too much difficulty. We are poor, but better equipped. We still need to buy another suit of full plate armour.
At this level having good defence is essential.
When Baeloth gave the enemy portals to bring in reinforcements, we destroyed the portals quickly once the ogre mage was killed. After that, it was just a matter of time.
Thiefhelm is now level 7 and I would have liked to have dual-classed to mage, but if and when we escape, I will want his thieving ability in Durlag's Tower, he will therefore have to stay at level 7.
We still need 3000gp to get full plate armour, and there is a lot of other equipment that we would like to buy: rings, amulets, +2 weapons and the like, though +2 weapons are not yet available.
Another run in with ankhegs allowed us to fork out on Evanter's Gift.
Still more run ins with ankhegs and we finally bought Dark Helm some full plate armour. We are poor again!
Fought a tough battle after which we were given a substantial amount of gold and +2 weapons became available.
Most of the party now has one +2 weapon and one +1 weapon.
We beat the trolls and slime by using fire to kill them.
The battle against the shambling mound and clay golems was touch and go, but we prevailed barely.
The ice salamanders were much easier, so much so that we fought them several times in order to buy better equipment..
Now reached the experience cap. The only major item that I need is the robe of the evil arch=mage.
However, just to get a small supply of potions of magic shielding took one trip to "Ice to see you," and to get potions of extra healingg would take another trip. Getting all the potions that they wanted/needed would take numerous visits.
One visit got each party member 2 potions of extra healing: another bought Blackhelm a Composite longbow +2 plus some arrows in case we need to kite.
The Fire Giant WAS killed, but we had to use almost all of our resources to succeed! We will have to replace them if we are going to beat Baeloth!
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As fun as it is, playing and writing takes a lot of time. And I lost a bit of motivation when I managed to beat it. But it does sound intriguing to start another char