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Magness · 11-18-2001, 04:29 PM

The BEST summon spell against Illithids/mindflayers is Mordenkenain's Sword. The sword is completely immune to all mindflayer psi attacks.

Send it into any mindflayer room BEFORE any of your fighters. The mindflayers and umber hulks will waste their initial psi blasts on the sword.

The potion of clarity or chaotic commans cleric spell are essential to protecting your fighters. Also the potion of genius (+4 INT) or the potion of mind focusing (+3 INT, +3 DEX) are very useful to counteract INT drains.

Don't bother sending in summoned elementals. One INT drain seems to be enough to kill them.

Keep non-pis protected characters well out of range of the mindflayers, at least until you have completely engaged the MF's and UH's in a good melee. Then you can sneak up your other characters to supply long range fire support.

Keep a close eye on your melee fighter INT. If it drops below 6-8, withdraw that fighter or drink another INT raising potion.

Mindflayer lairs are really quite managable using these solid tactics.

11-18-2001, 04:29 PM	#13
Magness Quintesson Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Manchester, NH, USA Posts: 1,025	The BEST summon spell against Illithids/mindflayers is Mordenkenain's Sword. The sword is completely immune to all mindflayer psi attacks. Send it into any mindflayer room BEFORE any of your fighters. The mindflayers and umber hulks will waste their initial psi blasts on the sword. The potion of clarity or chaotic commans cleric spell are essential to protecting your fighters. Also the potion of genius (+4 INT) or the potion of mind focusing (+3 INT, +3 DEX) are very useful to counteract INT drains. Don't bother sending in summoned elementals. One INT drain seems to be enough to kill them. Keep non-pis protected characters well out of range of the mindflayers, at least until you have completely engaged the MF's and UH's in a good melee. Then you can sneak up your other characters to supply long range fire support. Keep a close eye on your melee fighter INT. If it drops below 6-8, withdraw that fighter or drink another INT raising potion. Mindflayer lairs are really quite managable using these solid tactics.