this is at the druid grove.
she's lvl 10/12 and can't beat that shadow druid leader. she beat her with no problems in previous 3 run thrus, but this time it's miserable.

first off, it takes her approx 4 attempts to pick up that stoopid staff. i always thot that was lame. shadow girl comes equipped with it, but not me. nooooo. this allows badgirl to cast several spells while i try to remember basic motor control and pick that thing up.
then i noticed something else odd. if i cast insect plague on shadelady, it does constant 1 pt dmg, but she still gets spells off. if i get the insect plague cast on me, i have the constant dmg and i can't cast because i cant concentrate.

any tips on this? i don't know why it's playing out this way.

thanks.

V***V

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Are you casting insect plague or summon insects? Summon insects only has a 50% spell fail rate.

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Also, make sure Jaheira has cast some defensive spells on herself beforehand, and let a mage cast some protection on her. Then, when she is transported to the pit she at least has her protections on (use Iron Skins for example)
And I think Memnoch is right and you are using Summon Insects. Insect Plague is 5th level, Summon Insects 3rd level.

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BTW what do you need the "stoopid staff" for anyway? If it takes you that long to pick it up, why don't you use that time casting a good offensive spell? Then you could always pick it up later when Faldorn is busy with dealing with your spell. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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Last time through, I just turned Jaheira into a bear and mauled the druid leader..

I summoned a Fire Elemental AND 2 Mountain Bears,

Yes, you do have enough time to do this, the Shadow Druid Leader takes a few rounds to cast her defensive spells. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

The resulting carnage was gut-splitting funny. Oh, and if time permits, cast Insect Plague as well.

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miscast magic.

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This section may be the only place in the entire game where Cernd comes in useful. Just change him into a werewolf and watch the leader die.

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The call woodland being spell is also useful here. Cast it and let the woodland being cast hold person on Faldorn (seems to always work, i haven't seen her save vs spell once) while Jaheira is summoning up elementals/animals. To top it cast something like flameblade (or somesuch spell). Really easy to beat a held druid that way.

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well thanks for all the advice. i pretty much did all that... she goes in buffed up... sometimes i BEAR her right away, sometimes not.... she does both insect plague and summon insects....

it just was not working. at least not working like the other 4 times i had her do this. never a problem. ever. she always walks all over shadowugly in a few minutes.


however, as a roleplayer, i have found my answer. this is the first time i have had a romance with jaheira. i am very pleased and it is progressing rapidly. she has been at my side thru the very worst of encounters. but currently, she is being hounded by revianne and dermin from the harpers and has had to spill harper blood on 3 occasions. her fears of my 'true nature', her insecurity over breaking with the harp, her conflict over falling in love so quickly after losing khalid... well, that is a lot to keep bottled up inside. her attempts to probe my feelings and discover whether my father's blood runs true, do not allow for more than a few moments of conversation at a time.

considering all that, i am satisfied. *smiles* i don't think i could handle it as well as she does, if our places were reversed.

so i just tossed cernd in.
after all, a werewolf makes a rocking great statue at the Heroes' Fountain in Trademeet! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...s/biglaugh.gif


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[This message has been edited by vesselle (edited 06-25-2001).]