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Magness · 09-30-2002, 01:11 PM

It only took me 3 times to beat the twins. Here's how.

1. MAXIMUM(!!!) buffing before starting the encounter. This is the final battle. Use all your buffing spells and potions. They will not be blown away with an immediate Dispel Magic like in the final battle in IWD.

2. When the fight starts, IGNORE the twins. Kill the mage behind the twins, then target any other allies of the twins in the room. This is to prevent the bad guys from summoning tons of allies. If the twins start getting in swarms of allied monsters, your chances of winning seem to be non-existant.

3. You WILL be stunned by a blasphemy spell. I don't think that it can be stopped. Don't worry about it. If you allied yourself with the monks in the prison, they will arrive to save your armored butt.

4. You are unstunned. RUN your spellcasters away from the twins to the back of the room. Why? To stay out of range of any further stunning spells. Have your spellcasters start summoning monster allies and have those monsters finish off any enemy monsters, then attack the twins.

5. At this point, your mission is to STAY ALIVE long enough for the twins' own magical buffing magics to expire. Once those resistances are down, the twins will be vulnerable. If one of your characters is taking poison damage, take an antidote potion or similar spell. If that character is stunned, unstun him/her with dispel magic. Do NOT let a character die while both stunned and poisoned!!!

6. When one of the twins takes enough damage, the twins teletport over to the radiant pool (for phase 2 of the battle). Run them down. If either twin goes invisible, cast some sort of invisibility purge. Don't let'em stay invisible.

This is a tough battle, but winable with good tactics.

09-30-2002, 01:11 PM	#8
Magness Quintesson Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Manchester, NH, USA Posts: 1,025	It only took me 3 times to beat the twins. Here's how. 1. MAXIMUM(!!!) buffing before starting the encounter. This is the final battle. Use all your buffing spells and potions. They will not be blown away with an immediate Dispel Magic like in the final battle in IWD. 2. When the fight starts, IGNORE the twins. Kill the mage behind the twins, then target any other allies of the twins in the room. This is to prevent the bad guys from summoning tons of allies. If the twins start getting in swarms of allied monsters, your chances of winning seem to be non-existant. 3. You WILL be stunned by a blasphemy spell. I don't think that it can be stopped. Don't worry about it. If you allied yourself with the monks in the prison, they will arrive to save your armored butt. 4. You are unstunned. RUN your spellcasters away from the twins to the back of the room. Why? To stay out of range of any further stunning spells. Have your spellcasters start summoning monster allies and have those monsters finish off any enemy monsters, then attack the twins. 5. At this point, your mission is to STAY ALIVE long enough for the twins' own magical buffing magics to expire. Once those resistances are down, the twins will be vulnerable. If one of your characters is taking poison damage, take an antidote potion or similar spell. If that character is stunned, unstun him/her with dispel magic. Do NOT let a character die while both stunned and poisoned!!! 6. When one of the twins takes enough damage, the twins teletport over to the radiant pool (for phase 2 of the battle). Run them down. If either twin goes invisible, cast some sort of invisibility purge. Don't let'em stay invisible. This is a tough battle, but winable with good tactics.