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NobleNick · 04-26-2004, 02:45 PM

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Lymond has been beating around the bush: not quite saying what I think he meant to ---> Your biggest problem is that your party has ventured into territory beyond its level (clvl 12 in HoW is more of a challenge than I want. And clvl 12 in TotLM? Yiikkes!!)

The quickest path is to press straight on with your IWD group, collect all badges and move to the IWD end game. But you asked for the least frustrating path; and your party, which is a fine main-stream build, seems a bit light on fighters and expo to fare well in the final battles. I, personally, would not want to confront RBP with characters less than clvl 13; and especially so with a party not heavy on full-contact, in-your-face melee artists. You might have to reload the final battle many, many times with your party in its current state.

Have you completed all the quests that were handed out in Severed Hand? Several of these require returning to SH after visiting LDD; and the combined expo is about 400K, or almost 70K per character --> That should buff your guys up a bit. To get more expo, maybe clean up LDD and collect all 6 badges & clear the way to meet RBP (but don't actually confront him). Then, if you need more expo, go to HoW. (Hint, with your party well-represented in the Cleric department, you shouldn't find the surface levels of BI too hard.)

Once your guys are all at least clv13 (even 13/13 for your Mage/Cleric is not a bad idea), melee guys (for your party this, of necessity, includes your Ranger and at least one of your Clerics, in addition to your Fighter) armed with at least +3 close-in (not ranged) weapons, and you have buckets full of high-level buff spells/potions available (like Stoneskin, Haste, Blur, Mirror Image, Improved Invisbility, fire resistance potions, etc.) then I think you have the basic ingredients needed to confront RBP and enter the chain of events that culminate in squeaking through the final battle (after being humbled a few times, of course).

Hope this helps.

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What's a party,
without a song?
Bards ROCK!
Party On!!

04-26-2004, 02:45 PM	#4
NobleNick Quintesson Join Date: February 5, 2002 Location: Huntsville, AL, USA Age: 64 Posts: 1,045	Deathstalker, ~ [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] . [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] . [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] . WELCOME TO THE IWD FORUM!!! . [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] . [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] . [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] ~ (slight spoilers below) ~ ~ ~ ~ Lymond has been beating around the bush: not quite saying what I think he meant to ---> Your biggest problem is that your party has ventured into territory beyond its level (clvl 12 in HoW is more of a challenge than I want. And clvl 12 in TotLM? Yiikkes!!) The quickest path is to press straight on with your IWD group, collect all badges and move to the IWD end game. But you asked for the least frustrating path; and your party, which is a fine main-stream build, seems a bit light on fighters and expo to fare well in the final battles. I, personally, would not want to confront RBP with characters less than clvl 13; and especially so with a party not heavy on full-contact, in-your-face melee artists. You might have to reload the final battle many, many times with your party in its current state. Have you completed all the quests that were handed out in Severed Hand? Several of these require returning to SH after visiting LDD; and the combined expo is about 400K, or almost 70K per character --> That should buff your guys up a bit. To get more expo, maybe clean up LDD and collect all 6 badges & clear the way to meet RBP (but don't actually confront him). Then, if you need more expo, go to HoW. (Hint, with your party well-represented in the Cleric department, you shouldn't find the surface levels of BI too hard.) Once your guys are all at least clv13 (even 13/13 for your Mage/Cleric is not a bad idea), melee guys (for your party this, of necessity, includes your Ranger and at least one of your Clerics, in addition to your Fighter) armed with at least +3 close-in (not ranged) weapons, and you have buckets full of high-level buff spells/potions available (like Stoneskin, Haste, Blur, Mirror Image, Improved Invisbility, fire resistance potions, etc.) then I think you have the basic ingredients needed to confront RBP and enter the chain of events that culminate in squeaking through the final battle (after being humbled a few times, of course). Hope this helps. -------------------- What's a party, without a song? Bards ROCK! Party On!!