[SixOfSpades]

Originally posted by Hank Parsons: Of course the DM should still make vaulnerabilities for the enemy, else it would be impossible and no fun for the player.

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: The way Weimer has it now, pretty much the only* way you can beat her is through luck.

* After sleeping on it, I have developed a way by which a well-balanced party could theoretically beat Improved Faldorn without actually cheating.

1) Keep Jaheira in the party.
2) Wait until your primary Wizard is around Level 20. (Putting Jaheira around Levels 16/14, with about 4 HLAs.)
3) Return to the Druid Grove, and buff Jaheira up with everything that lasts longer than 1 turn.
4) Have Jaheira cast all her Insect Plagues and Creeping Dooms on somebody with Boots of Speed, who keeps running away from the bugs to postpone them.
5) Finally, shield Jaheira with a Death Ward, have her Doom herself, and cast Otiluke's Resilient Sphere on her until it sticks.
6) Have Jaheira cast Regeneration on herself for good luck.
7) Have your frantically-running-away-from-insects guy talk to Faldorn, and start the "duel."
8) Hope that Otiluke's does what it says, and makes Jaheira immune to pretty much everything. Since it was cast by a Level 20 caster, Faldorn (who is Level 15) has about a 1% chance of Dispelling it.
9) Have your high-level Wizard(s) empty all their Remove Magics as close to Faldorn as they can get them. Provided Faldorn's buffs are dispellable at all, a Level 20 caster should have a 75% chance of dispelling them.
10) When you're out of Remove Magics, finally have frantically-running-away-from-insects guy run over to the edge of the pit, close to Faldorn. The bugs will hit him and spread to her and her damned Spirit Animals.
11) Have Jaheira cast Cure Disease so she can see again.
12) Hit Faldorn's side of the pit with every damn Area-of-effect spell you've got, except the ones that do Cold or Electricity damage.
13) If Faldorn is still alive by the time the Otiluke's expires, have Jaheira ready to Shapeshift Fire Elemental, and Greater Whirlwind for dear life.

After going through all of this, one must sit back and say, "What the #$&@ is up with that $%^*!?!?!" At this point, the prospect of fighting Faldorn without a Druid (as in the old TimeStop -> Shapeshift Mindflayer) is starting to look like the more reasonable alternative. But until Weimer corrects this, I'll probably just stick with uninstalling the Improved Druid Grove every time I get to Faldorn, and putting it back when I've beaten her.

[ 06-24-2004, 03:57 AM: Message edited by: SixOfSpades ]