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Alhoon, if you don't recall, is the guy in charge of the mind flayers in the sewers. I had no idea he was undead. So far this game, at least two bosses, Alhoon and the Shade Lord, died in the first round from a non-upgraded Azuredge. And the Shade Lord Battle is also a little humorous. (Sorry. Didn't do a screen shot with more of the dialog.)
I guess it makes sense that the Shade Lord might be a little unclear on the concept of death, but it usually means you stop talking...

He is not really a boss, but the Shade Lich with the golden arms and legs also went down in the very first swing, before Improved Mantle went up. I reloaded just to see how tough he was supposed to be, and let him do his thing before I went after him. Still not too bad, just two AbuHW, a couple Mazes, but I made sure to keep drinking the Sup Healing potions to keep me above 90 HP, so the power words wouldn't take me out...

[ 03-01-2003, 02:09 PM: Message edited by: Thorfinn ]

Alhoon is a Mind Flayer / Lich. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Mind Flayer/Lich? Really? Why is he only worth 10k XP? The Lich in the Temple Ruins was worth 22k, IIRC. Or was that the Bone Golem? Seems to me one of them was 18k, the other 22k, I thought. Though ever since I turned 40, I found that memory is not my strong suit anymore...

[ 03-01-2003, 02:24 PM: Message edited by: Thorfinn ]

IIRC there's a little upgrade which makes him a tad bit more difficult .. but give more XO also [img]smile.gif[/img]
I think it's part of tacticsmod

Yes it is [img]smile.gif[/img]

Actually, Alhoon wouldn't be is name, it's what he is. Odd that the mind flayers were working with him though, since IIRC, mind flayers don't really like alhoons usually?

They live in the sewers ... they went pretty low already if you ask me.
Might as well take an alhoon as leader to add to the insult, doesnt matter anymore.

On a more serious note,.. I would like to know why a mindflayer/lich was chosen and not a Ularithiid or something.. any ideas ?

Maybe because poele like me would lay on the ground in a fetel position if I ran across one in the game. ( I always hurry through mine and miss 85-90% of the subquests.)

i dont think there is a lich in the temple ruins. IMO the bone golem is the hardest monster in that area, not that he is hard [img]smile.gif[/img] The shade lord is a piece of toast once his altar is gone.