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Cerberus · 03-11-2002, 03:50 PM

Maybe this will be of some help to someone out there...

I was getting the crud knocked out of my 9th level party by the Oak Saplings in the Pagoda Armory until I figured this out. I snuck up on the corner of the room that the Saplings are in and as soon as combat was initiated I ran for the courtyard. The Saplings followed and once outside could no longer cast spells at me! Better yet, they stayed at extended/thrown range and tried to cast spells while my party used ranged weapons to pick them to pieces! I got a pair of Spirit Staffs for my efforts and came away relatively uncsathed.

Now my request: How do I deal with the trains of Sprites and Wasps I'm getting mobbed by in the Ratkin tree? I'm running into groups like this:

6 Tree Sprites
8 Blinding Wasps
9 Swarming Wasps
5 Tree Sprites

My party is now about 50/50 9th-10th level and I am getting blasted to pieces! On smaller groups of 3-4 Sprites I simply charged them and melee'd them to death, ignoring spellcasting since they almost always cast Eye-for-an-Eye first thing. But these mobs are just to big for that. The only thing I can think of is to go ahead with cone effect mass damage spells and hope to not get too hurt by the backblast.

Are there any better strategies out there?

TIA!

03-11-2002, 03:50 PM	#1
Cerberus Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: February 28, 2002 Location: The Gates of Hades Posts: 42	Maybe this will be of some help to someone out there... I was getting the crud knocked out of my 9th level party by the Oak Saplings in the Pagoda Armory until I figured this out. I snuck up on the corner of the room that the Saplings are in and as soon as combat was initiated I ran for the courtyard. The Saplings followed and once outside could no longer cast spells at me! Better yet, they stayed at extended/thrown range and tried to cast spells while my party used ranged weapons to pick them to pieces! I got a pair of Spirit Staffs for my efforts and came away relatively uncsathed. Now my request: How do I deal with the trains of Sprites and Wasps I'm getting mobbed by in the Ratkin tree? I'm running into groups like this: 6 Tree Sprites 8 Blinding Wasps 9 Swarming Wasps 5 Tree Sprites My party is now about 50/50 9th-10th level and I am getting blasted to pieces! On smaller groups of 3-4 Sprites I simply charged them and melee'd them to death, ignoring spellcasting since they almost always cast Eye-for-an-Eye first thing. But these mobs are just to big for that. The only thing I can think of is to go ahead with cone effect mass damage spells and hope to not get too hurt by the backblast. Are there any better strategies out there? TIA!