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SixOfSpades · 05-07-2002, 10:54 PM

If you use the traps the cheap way, by stacking them all on top of each other, or setting them where you somehow *know* the enemy will appear, or setting them near the feet of an enemy who isn't hostile *yet,* then yes, Traps are MEGA-cheesy.

If, however, you play nice by Stealthing ahead, seeing bad guys, coming back & laying your Traps at least 5 feet apart, then luring the enemies over them, Traps are NOT quite so cheesy.

Traps will always have their current cheesy odor because they'll hit any enemy within 20-30 feet, and NOTHING can block their attack. Protection from Normal, Protection from Magical, Stoneskin, Absolute Immunity, Death Ward, Protection from Energy........Traps ignore them all.

But then, you're soloing, so do what you gotta do. All the enemies worth Backstabbing are immune to Backstab (especially in ToB), so Traps are the only choice you've got, unless you want to get REALLY unrealistic and start casting millions of high-level spells from scrolls.

05-07-2002, 10:54 PM	#3
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 47 Posts: 6,901	If you use the traps the cheap way, by stacking them all on top of each other, or setting them where you somehow know the enemy will appear, or setting them near the feet of an enemy who isn't hostile yet, then yes, Traps are MEGA-cheesy. If, however, you play nice by Stealthing ahead, seeing bad guys, coming back & laying your Traps at least 5 feet apart, then luring the enemies over them, Traps are NOT quite so cheesy. Traps will always have their current cheesy odor because they'll hit any enemy within 20-30 feet, and NOTHING can block their attack. Protection from Normal, Protection from Magical, Stoneskin, Absolute Immunity, Death Ward, Protection from Energy........Traps ignore them all. But then, you're soloing, so do what you gotta do. All the enemies worth Backstabbing are immune to Backstab (especially in ToB), so Traps are the only choice you've got, unless you want to get REALLY unrealistic and start casting millions of high-level spells from scrolls. __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.