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antonius 05-03-2002 11:00 AM

I've just discovered Arrows of Dispelling. I'd always just ignored them before as I'd had other ways of getting rid of protections. In my last solo game I kept having to resort to what I consider cheesy tactics to kill mages and ammo takes up way too much room when playing solo.

However, my latest game has been slightly modded so that I got the excellent ammo belt available to buy (and a quick nip to watcher's keep means I have a potion case as well - invaluable for soloers).

In my ammo belt I now have just under 80 of those fabulous arrows. Since I'm playing as a solo Assassin they are especially potent when poisoned and in conjunction with arrows of biting. In the situations where a backstab isn't possible (like if I've just killed the mage's buddy), the mage gets up stoneskin and mirror image (or whatever). One shot removes those (and poisons him), 2 more shots that round (tuigan bow) with poisoned arrows of biting = Goodbye mage [img]smile.gif[/img]

Anyway, what things have you discovered that brought new joy to your life in Athkatla?

Sorcerer Alex 05-03-2002 12:24 PM

I think it's spells that have opened my eyes a little more. I never actually realized their full potential until I took the time to experiment with them and try out different combinations of spells. It's made me realize that a mage can be practically invincible and it is this class that is now, perhaps not surprisingly, one of my favourites to play.

Glorfindel 05-04-2002 04:13 AM

<font color="lawngreen" face="trebuchet MS"> Sounds cool :D But I didnt think there was that many dispelling arrows in the entire game :confused: </font>

Horatio 05-04-2002 06:04 AM

Contigincy (s/p?) had me smiling, especially Chain Contingincy. Gotta love it. Your HP gets down to 10%, you quickly release Finger of Death, disintergrate and Stone to Flesh upon an enemy. :D Beutiful *sniff* .

Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs 05-04-2002 11:14 PM

my chaotic evil fighter that specialized in ranged weaponry had a blast killing hordes of Amnish Legionnaires and Coweled Enforcers with Arrows of Detonation (infinite supply, of course) nothing beats a rapid-fire flamethrower!! [img]graemlins/evillaughter1.gif[/img]

also, using spells that i had overlooked and were used continually by my enemies is fulfilling. Protection from Normal Weapons, for instance, is quite a bit better than many other early-attained protection spells for mages (especially solo wild ones :D ) good 'ole Dispel Magic is an overlooked gem, too. as far as i know it's the only way to get rid of charm/confusion-type spells.

also, a really fun thing is (for evil guys only) to cast Protection from Evil 10' radius and then gate in a Pit Fiend in the middle of the marketplace. (or Council of Six building or the Most Noble Order of the Radiant Heart [img]graemlins/evillaughter2.gif[/img] ) it makes fiery death for all around and no reputation loss, just sadistic satisfaction. ;)

Horatio 05-05-2002 05:32 AM

Wow, didn't know that a pit fiend didn't lose ya rep. Have to try that out. :D

hehehehe...

tom the strong wizzard 05-05-2002 07:04 AM

Ya know what would be cool if there were multi arrows in one arow!!!!

keep on rocking [img]graemlins/musicband.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/music06.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/music04.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/music06.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/music02.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rocking2.gif[/img]

daan 05-05-2002 08:32 AM

Are there any shops that sell these arrows of dispelling ??
I gave up my assasin after not being able to kill a cowled wizard, edwin asks you to kill. ( he started with stoneskin and had plenty more).
I never did find arrows of dispelling, so i just dualled to mage and patiently leveled up untill my lvl 12/23 assasin/mage whooped his ass
[img]graemlins/firedevil.gif[/img]

Anywayz, i wanna retry an assasin, so where did you find all those arrows antonius,plzzzzz, i wanna be sneaky too *snif* [img]smile.gif[/img]

F. Gottwald 05-05-2002 11:38 AM

the fletcher in waukeens promenade sells tons of them...

Kaltia 05-05-2002 11:53 AM

In my case it was dual weapons. Amazing. Hindo's hand in one hand and a long sword of Anwyaduvual (something like that) in another and my wizard slayer is pretty much invulnerable, especially when dualed as a thief with "use every item". It was very much the best fun ever obliterating Irenicus with no problems and vampires? What vampires? [img]tongue.gif[/img]


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