Something tells me I hopped into this one a little soon, although I dont know how since my team is pretty beef.

I didnt bother to write down names, I dont usually think about it, so excusem my horrendous misspellings/forgetfulness.

My team is composed of me (lvl 11 blade), an level 10 Misc, followed by V-something (the gent needed to get into the sphere), the formerly flying elf cleric/mage, the bounty hunter fellow, and the half-elf woman. The rest range from level 9 to level 11, respectfully.

My problem: Just met the Solamnic Knights (*BIG* dragonlance fan, so I immediately was pleased with the brief crossover) and offed the fish-men in the north room rather handily. I was sweeping over the halfling opposition when I tried to cross the second bridge area in their camp.

This halfling mage is TOUGH. I cant do anything to him, and he disables us rather handily. I cant even distract him from doing spells in time, everything I throw at him doenst seem to do the trick before we all get aced by a spell or frozen in place.

Suggestions? Thanks!

Try casting silence on him or hitting him from range with arrows to disrupt his spellcasting. Jaheiras insect spells can also give magic users some big problems.

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Sure, it's pretty simple if you've got some handy summoning spells in hand. Cast them where the entrance is to the cave, (near the solomatic knights) and then lure each one or two into the area.

The mages won't chase you, but the fighters will so you have some backup to help you fight them off - do a "gang up" style attack.

Then, when only the wizards are a threat, have a few leftover summoning spells such as Jaheria's (half elf woman) Animal Summoning 1 and get them to be the "bait" for the the powerful spells.

You just go in and endure the remaining minor spells and hopefully it won't be too long before they fall to your blade's offensive spin!http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

Good Luck

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Use an antimagicshell scroll and he cant effect you, there expensive enough and availible from Ribald in the adventurer shop.

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wow, thanks guys! what prompt replies! I'll be sure to give 'em a try. I'll try em till I bust through, and tell you how it went if I succeed!

woah! i just finished the planar sphere. you haven't even got your toes wet, yet. it gets a lot rougher, especially as baddie mages go.


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i have jaheira the half elf maid *lol*, plus aerie (the wingless one) and anomen (cleric) as my magicians...i took them all out to the solemnic knights and completely redid every dang spell they know and then let them sleep. i beefed the group before each different area encounter with prot from evil, bless, aid and chant and then everything else was dispel magic, silence, feeblemind, command etc.

i also made sure they had their scripts set up. (note: i have Grog's scripts for cleric, druid, mage, and cleric/mage and i gotta say they are totally rocking! they utilize wands, potions and spells AND they dont run out and go toe to toe with the worst enemy in the area!) you prolly don't have those, so use the wizard disabler script. at least with that one, your casters will be using everything they have to get rid of the baddie mage in question right off the bat.

that quest is a toughie. but it's so much fun. you really have to manage your fights. be careful entering each new area. if you're low on your spells, take everyone back to the solemnic knights and rest.

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[This message has been edited by vesselle (edited 06-23-2001).]

Try having Jaheira cast two fire elementals with your party out of sight and some-one invisible to guide the elementals or other summonded creatures. These are great for distracting and wearing down your opponents. As is her Insect Plague.

Aerie should also be loaded up with anti-magic spells eg Lower Resistance, Miscast Magic etc.

Well...........he did say that they were at 9th to 11th level - that's why I suggested the enemy luring tactic.

If he was higher, then why bother when the pit fiend does everything for you?http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif (LVL 9 WIZARD = Gate)

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heh, man I suck. I can't take him down. Will keep trying.

i broke my team up.

i put 3 fighter types up front~ each one of them dual-weilding sharp axes and blades. think of it. that's 6 sharp things banging him, disturbing his concentration and interrupting his spell casting. that's like totally the point. stop him from casting.

when the crew loses hps, pause and have them slop down a potion.

then, i have an archer and 2 magic casters tossing off miscast magic, dispel magic, and the occasional bless or aid.

i lost one person. anomen got spelled, and minsc decided anomen was a practice dummy. one hit and anomen was out of the picture. minsc felt pretty bad, but like, we all know he's not very bright so we deal with it.

i had to do this encounter 3 or 4 times. i was about the same levels you're at, too. you can do it. just stick with it. one of these attempts, you will get your crit hit ::smiles::

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Ok, I did a varation of what you did and others.

First off, I summoned my 5 creatures (mainly level IIs) and lured the all (apparently the fighters AND the mage are lured) them into the middle ground just outside where the solamnics are. Then, I sent in one more shipment of creatures to soften em up, but mainly to get bearings of where they were. (I creeped in while in shadows to get a semi-accurate approximation.

Once I knew I was close, I let Aerie creep in and friggin' carpet bomb the area with silence. On the second volly, fortunately, the halfling mage must have rolled badly because he succombed.

Bingo. Time to move in.

Due to the fact I do not have the cleric fellow on-staff yet, I basically put myself, a dual magic sword user, and V, a dual Katana user, in the front and marched up. (with 4 animal summing II creatures backing me up, heh heh). Oh, and offensive spin was *on* http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

Oh course, the halfling mage crapped a brick and put up some kind of halfhearted shield thingy, but couldnt muster anything else. I had Jaheira insect him with the higher-level version for good measure. Unfortunately, due to the significant prowess of the halfling warriors, whom I horribly understimated, the whole thing turned into a badly organized grand melee. For a minute or two I thought I was a goner, but I had Jaheira cast two summoning I spells. The 4 wolves kept at the mage while my troops tried to rally.

During this, unfortunately, Aerie got hurt pretty bad, and this is after she and Misc had their 'new witch' agreement. I'm seeing Misnc start to panic, and start freaking out, because I *dont* need him going berzerk on me with everyone hurt as much as they are.

Of course, she dies, and Minsc goes nuts. He's got a rather potent magic two-handed sword, so he pretty much cleaves his way through the opposition. In the process he nearly cleves me down, but the only casualty was Aerie as the wolves ironically took care of whatever the mage had left to offer.

One rest and a Harper's Call later, I was back in business and a few fights wiser.

Yay!

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good work!
it just keeps getting better from thereon in and with creative strategies you're in for a great time. *lol*
so keep at it and have fun!
i would love to hear how you do the end of this quest.</font>


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[This message has been edited by vesselle (edited 06-24-2001).]

He may have a bit of trouble towards the end.

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Sorry about the Fire elemental summoning - most of my group is 10-11 except for Jaheira (10fighter/12druid after coming back from that secret Harper business.)

Another tactic is to have Yoshimo set some traps and the lure the halfings across them. Actually its good to set some traps in monster areas when trying to rest as the traps can damage or kill monsters that disturb your rest.

Does anyone know what range his traps have as they sometimes seem to damage creatures some distance way?

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Bog: No worries! She just leveled for me in the furnace room, so I've been summoning fire elementals like mad!

Oh, by the way, a fantastic combo: Jaheira summons a fire elemental, then I Aerie cast Champion and Haste on it. Of course, she's locked in place for the time being concentrating on keeping it up, but it simply rocks.

Don't tell me that little fight with Lavok was all he had to muster? Sheesh! I just pasted him with miscast magic, some insect spells, and lots of magical protection buster spells, sent in my melee and he crumpled like a cake.

Well, it wasn't instaneous or anything, but it was a bit easier than that stupid halfling mage. Go fig :-P

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