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Magness · 11-22-2003, 08:54 PM

Mindflayers are a pain, but there are tactics that make dealing with them easier.

1. Chaotic Commands is a must.

2. Have some Potions of Genius or of Mind Focusing ready. Both add INT and will act as "INT healing potions" if your characters take any INT drain hits.

3. Animate Dead skeletons are nice, since they are immune to MF psionic attacks, but they are a bit fragile.

4. Mordenkainen's Sword is the ultimate summons for dealing with mindflayers. They are totally immune to MF psionic attacks and do excellent damage.

5. My experience was that it is best to go in with 2 tanks and your summons, when meleeing with MF's. That way, if and when one of your tanks takes some serious INT drain damage, you can pull that tank out of melee and leave the other to hole the line. INT drain damage is very temporary.

11-22-2003, 08:54 PM	#20
Magness Quintesson Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Manchester, NH, USA Posts: 1,025	Mindflayers are a pain, but there are tactics that make dealing with them easier. 1. Chaotic Commands is a must. 2. Have some Potions of Genius or of Mind Focusing ready. Both add INT and will act as "INT healing potions" if your characters take any INT drain hits. 3. Animate Dead skeletons are nice, since they are immune to MF psionic attacks, but they are a bit fragile. 4. Mordenkainen's Sword is the ultimate summons for dealing with mindflayers. They are totally immune to MF psionic attacks and do excellent damage. 5. My experience was that it is best to go in with 2 tanks and your summons, when meleeing with MF's. That way, if and when one of your tanks takes some serious INT drain damage, you can pull that tank out of melee and leave the other to hole the line. INT drain damage is very temporary.