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Grammar · 10-05-2002, 11:37 PM

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I believe that you (Mack) are talking about Arkanis Gath, the assassin guy that defends the Shadow Thieves. To prevent a game from "hanging" (i.e. you lose both ways of getting into Spellhold by siding w/ the Thieves and then kill Aran), he spawns if you attack the Shadow Thieves outside of the plot. This means that you can, with Renal's permission, still carry through with the Mae'var quest. However, if you attack Mae'var too early, Arkanis should spawn and cause problems for you. Also in relation to Arkanis
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If you side with Bodhi, he will be defending the cargo shipment that you have to get for your first quest. He doesn't use that one hit kill sword, however.
If you side with Aran, when you go and beat up on Bodhi in chapter 6, you can talk with Aran and get him to send assassins to help. Arkanis is one of them. He will stay with you following the fight and even go downstairs and disarm a trap for you. I'm not sure what happens if he survives the fight against Bodhi, as he always gets completely owned in it for me. (Hey, it's not my fault he's a thief and he goes and tangles with like 8 Vampires!)

A note on defeating Arkanis: I've heard it can be done by using Protection from Magical Weapons (I think?) and then morphing a Mind Flayer or something weird like that. Never really felt like putting in the effort just to screw up my game, personally. I imagine Dundee or someone else like that could give you some pointers on killing Arkanis "dishonestly" if it should so please you =P

[ 10-06-2002, 01:22 AM: Message edited by: Grammar ]

10-05-2002, 11:37 PM	#6
Grammar Zhentarim Guard Join Date: September 15, 2002 Location: Washington Age: 38 Posts: 301	~ ~ ~ ~ Spoiler ~ ~ ~ ~ I believe that you (Mack) are talking about Arkanis Gath, the assassin guy that defends the Shadow Thieves. To prevent a game from "hanging" (i.e. you lose both ways of getting into Spellhold by siding w/ the Thieves and then kill Aran), he spawns if you attack the Shadow Thieves outside of the plot. This means that you can, with Renal's permission, still carry through with the Mae'var quest. However, if you attack Mae'var too early, Arkanis should spawn and cause problems for you. Also in relation to Arkanis ~ ~ ~ ~ Additional Spoilers ~ ~ ~ ~ If you side with Bodhi, he will be defending the cargo shipment that you have to get for your first quest. He doesn't use that one hit kill sword, however. If you side with Aran, when you go and beat up on Bodhi in chapter 6, you can talk with Aran and get him to send assassins to help. Arkanis is one of them. He will stay with you following the fight and even go downstairs and disarm a trap for you. I'm not sure what happens if he survives the fight against Bodhi, as he always gets completely owned in it for me. (Hey, it's not my fault he's a thief and he goes and tangles with like 8 Vampires!) A note on defeating Arkanis: I've heard it can be done by using Protection from Magical Weapons (I think?) and then morphing a Mind Flayer or something weird like that. Never really felt like putting in the effort just to screw up my game, personally. I imagine Dundee or someone else like that could give you some pointers on killing Arkanis "dishonestly" if it should so please you =P [ 10-06-2002, 01:22 AM: Message edited by: Grammar ]