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Dancing Virginia · 12-27-2004, 12:23 PM

Just wanted to let you know how this "first timer" is doing.

The last level of Dragon's Eye is a b!tch when you haven't DC'ed your thief. It took me forever to find a safe path through all of those confusion/poison traps.

The battle with Yxunomei was a piece of cake. I was surprised how easy it was after all of the dire warnings about its difficulty. I just stayed in the doorway and quickly downed the two archers I could see with ranged weapons. By the time I had downed them, Yxunomei had descended from her dias. With a couple of Magic Missile blasts and my very nice +2 and +3 melee weapons, she was dead. I didn't even have time to use the Bardic Horn of Valhalla!!!

So, thus far I have DC'ed my Illusionist (at lvl 7) and she has already regained her fighter skills. I am soooo glad I gave her lots of PPs in axe due to the crazy awesome one I found that actually returns to you when you throw it. Now she has three in bow and two in axe. Great ranged weapon capabilities so she can stay in the back. That way, I won't have to worry about armor for her too much. Just keep her well dressed in magic resistant robes.

I'm about halfway through the first part of Severed Hand. I hope it gets more difficult because it is so easy right now. I'm not getting much experience with shadowed ogres and goblins. I could really use it right now, too, because my three remaining fighters are on level 8. Once I get to level 9, I'm DC'ing my thief. I plan on DC'ing my cleric at 10 (since I've been told I'll really need her in HoW) and my druid at 13. Hopefully this will work out.

I'm seriously thinking about going back to Dragon's Eye and cleaning the floor with some Cold Wights for the expo. You guys were right...they are easy fodder once you get the hang of it. If only they would stay away from my poor bard! Those stupid undead seem to find every chink in my defenses and go straight for her! With 50HP, she goes down in a hurry with cold damage.

So, anyway, as you can see, you're advice has not gone without proper application and I haven't completely abandoned IWD for my PS2! :-D

Cary

12-27-2004, 12:23 PM	#1
Dancing Virginia The Magister Join Date: July 23, 2004 Location: Cairo, Egypt Age: 46 Posts: 100	Just wanted to let you know how this "first timer" is doing. The last level of Dragon's Eye is a b!tch when you haven't DC'ed your thief. It took me forever to find a safe path through all of those confusion/poison traps. The battle with Yxunomei was a piece of cake. I was surprised how easy it was after all of the dire warnings about its difficulty. I just stayed in the doorway and quickly downed the two archers I could see with ranged weapons. By the time I had downed them, Yxunomei had descended from her dias. With a couple of Magic Missile blasts and my very nice +2 and +3 melee weapons, she was dead. I didn't even have time to use the Bardic Horn of Valhalla!!! So, thus far I have DC'ed my Illusionist (at lvl 7) and she has already regained her fighter skills. I am soooo glad I gave her lots of PPs in axe due to the crazy awesome one I found that actually returns to you when you throw it. Now she has three in bow and two in axe. Great ranged weapon capabilities so she can stay in the back. That way, I won't have to worry about armor for her too much. Just keep her well dressed in magic resistant robes. I'm about halfway through the first part of Severed Hand. I hope it gets more difficult because it is so easy right now. I'm not getting much experience with shadowed ogres and goblins. I could really use it right now, too, because my three remaining fighters are on level 8. Once I get to level 9, I'm DC'ing my thief. I plan on DC'ing my cleric at 10 (since I've been told I'll really need her in HoW) and my druid at 13. Hopefully this will work out. I'm seriously thinking about going back to Dragon's Eye and cleaning the floor with some Cold Wights for the expo. You guys were right...they are easy fodder once you get the hang of it. If only they would stay away from my poor bard! Those stupid undead seem to find every chink in my defenses and go straight for her! With 50HP, she goes down in a hurry with cold damage. So, anyway, as you can see, you're advice has not gone without proper application and I haven't completely abandoned IWD for my PS2! :-D Cary __________________ Ya salaam!