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Legolas · 05-12-2003, 05:46 PM

Okay, first of all, welcome to the Ironworks Firkrag [img]graemlins/wavey.gif[/img]
( [img]graemlins/whackya.gif[/img] 's the other members for not paying attention

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There are a lot of ways to defeat your almost-namesake (BTW could one of our beloved mods put a tiny spoiler tag in that title?), and the most effective of them have already been mentioned. Usually I'd suggest walking away and coming back later, but you are, of course, eager to finish your errand (non-paladins lack that kind of motivation).

What tactic to use depends completely on what characters you have in your party, and what level they have achieved. Usually, they use one of three approaches:
1) Chopping the lizard into tiny bits:
This involves hitting Firkraag so often that eventually he'll reach 0 hitpoints and die. The problem is that it's one angry reptile, and the closer you are to it, the more damaging the attacks it can use on you.
If you can, attack him with many creatures and characters, and have any that are severely wounded retreat from the fight so you can heal them.
Crude, but if you can survive long enough it will work.

2) Drilling some extra nostrils
This involves using missile weapons which do as much damage as possible. Sommoned creatures may hold the dragon off for a while, after that you'll have to start running

3) The magic approach
This involves lowering the dragon's magic resistance. The lowest level spells that work here are Magic Resistance and Lower Resistance. The first is actually not supposed to work, and should only be used if you want to defeat him the 'easier' way.
After the magic resistance is down, you can use spells to hurt the monster. Fire spells won't work though, so you'll have to use other ones. Apart from damaging spells, you can use spells that kill the dragon right away or lower his strength, speed and similar.
Just like with 2), you'll want to keep the creature occupied with summoned creatures or the tougher characters.

Most tactics are a combination of the three, with each character doing what they do best for maximum effect.

05-12-2003, 05:46 PM	#9
Legolas Jack Burton Join Date: March 31, 2001 Location: The zephyr lands beneath the brine. Age: 41 Posts: 5,459	Okay, first of all, welcome to the Ironworks Firkrag [img]graemlins/wavey.gif[/img] ( [img]graemlins/whackya.gif[/img] 's the other members for not paying attention [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) There are a lot of ways to defeat your almost-namesake (BTW could one of our beloved mods put a tiny spoiler tag in that title?), and the most effective of them have already been mentioned. Usually I'd suggest walking away and coming back later, but you are, of course, eager to finish your errand (non-paladins lack that kind of motivation). What tactic to use depends completely on what characters you have in your party, and what level they have achieved. Usually, they use one of three approaches: 1) Chopping the lizard into tiny bits: This involves hitting Firkraag so often that eventually he'll reach 0 hitpoints and die. The problem is that it's one angry reptile, and the closer you are to it, the more damaging the attacks it can use on you. If you can, attack him with many creatures and characters, and have any that are severely wounded retreat from the fight so you can heal them. Crude, but if you can survive long enough it will work. 2) Drilling some extra nostrils This involves using missile weapons which do as much damage as possible. Sommoned creatures may hold the dragon off for a while, after that you'll have to start running 3) The magic approach This involves lowering the dragon's magic resistance. The lowest level spells that work here are Magic Resistance and Lower Resistance. The first is actually not supposed to work, and should only be used if you want to defeat him the 'easier' way. After the magic resistance is down, you can use spells to hurt the monster. Fire spells won't work though, so you'll have to use other ones. Apart from damaging spells, you can use spells that kill the dragon right away or lower his strength, speed and similar. Just like with 2), you'll want to keep the creature occupied with summoned creatures or the tougher characters. Most tactics are a combination of the three, with each character doing what they do best for maximum effect.