kill irenicus in a zap!yes...(this is only a tactic. after killing him with this tactic, i retried to kill him with a hot battle, since i dont like cheap tactics -_-)
before opening the last door in nine hells, cast protection from magic spell on everyone and let yer mage/sorcerer cast lots and lots of skull trap near the door (i did 7 skull traps)
irenicus appears, and you and yer party AND irenicus will howl in pain, the difference is that you and yer party doesn't even lose 1 bit of hit point, while irenicus, is on major damage (near death).
after that he'll chit chat for a second, then summon 4 demons.concentrate ONLY on irenicus, and remove his protection, then send yer fighters to smash irenicus, and his dead.
my korgans thaco was -14, so even without removing irenicus spell protection, he still can hit irenicus.
[ 06-19-2003, 11:37 AM: Message edited by: BaRoN NiGhT ]