Always considered this guy to be nigh unbeatable in BG1, but I recently lost some respect for him :D Maybe it's just that playing ridiculous battles like the ones in Tactics and Ascension over and over gives you a new perspective on effective prebuffing. I remember when I tried to fight Drizzt with a single fighter a year ago, must've went through at least 20 different types of potions and the preparations for the fight took minutes, but that still failed miserably. Today though, with a level 7/8 dualclassed Fighter/Mage (154k XP) buffed with,

Potion of Storm Giant Strength
3x Potion of Mind Focusing
Potion of Invulnerability
Potion of Power
Oil of Speed

Prot from Evil
Blur
Imp Invisiblity
Defensive Harmony (from allied cleric otherwise being passive)

using the Short Sword of Backstabbing and the usual top of the line equipment like Helm and Cloak of Balduran, Golden Girdle, GoWE, Full Plate etc, I was sporting -26 AC vs Slashing and -3 THAC0. Drizzt was dead in less than 2 rounds while not scoring a single hit himself. Insane mode, but I guess that didn't make much of a difference.

http://atlas.walagata.com/w/rataxes/drizztkill.jpg

Just felt like sharing [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 03-17-2005, 08:29 PM: Message edited by: Rataxes ]

Nice one Rataxes! Pushing the BG2 envelope as always I see ;)

[ 03-17-2005, 08:13 PM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]

I'm curious as to why you drank 3 potions of Mind Focusing?

2 would've been enough I suppose, had 18 DEX and needed 24 for the maximum AC bonus.

[ 03-18-2005, 04:16 AM: Message edited by: Rataxes ]

Congrats! Finally, someone who beat him withOUT cheese!

Does mirror image stack with blur?

certainly does

i'm getting all nostalgic for BG1 now after seeing the screenshot with that interface [img]smile.gif[/img]

[quote]Originally posted by Armen:

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i'm getting all nostalgic for BG1 now after seeing the screenshot with that interface [img]smile.gif[/img]

Nah, give me the Tutu/BG2 interface any day.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Aye, after playing BGT I will never go back. Well, good going, I remember the first time I killed Drizzt, a momentous achievement: now it seems like a walk in the park :D

Perhaps it's just nostalgia, but the BG2 interface has nothing on BG1 to me. In fact, BG2 has nothing on BG1 in several other aspects as well.

(Why can't anyone do a version of BG2 with the BG1 interface, and get Kevin Michael Richardson to re-do the narration while you're at it!)